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Reminder: mandatory safety training refresher to be completed by May 17
by Nagy, Gabriela 13 May '15

13 May '15

Good morning! This is a reminder that everyone in our School (faculty, grad students, post-docs, staff -including clerical and business office staff) needs to complete the online safety refresher training by the end of next week, Sunday, May 17, 2015. If you already completed it, please disregard this email. If you didn't complete the refresher training yet, please follow this link: https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Schools/ChE/SafetyTraining.h… to access the dedicated safety refresher web page. Log-in with your Purdue credentials and click on the link that best describes your status in our School to access the training material relevant to you. For PUID number please put in only the numbers, without the dash. You'll find full instructions in my initial announcement (see below). In addition to the online training, people working in a lab, including faculty responsible for research labs will need to turn in the CHP certification for their lab specific CHP, within 30 days of completing the online training. Should you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Gabriela On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee From: Nagy, Gabriela Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 8:40 AM To: chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:chme@ecn.purdue.edu>; chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:chmegrad@ecn.purdue.edu> Subject: Mandatory safety training refresher Importance: High Hello Everyone! Following REM's recommendation and to comply with Purdue and OSHA safety training requirements, the ChE Safety Committee developed an on-line safety training refresher. This yearly refresher training is required for all ChE faculty, staff, graduate students and post-doctoral research associates and should be completed within 30 days of its announcement (you will receive an email every year with instructions on how to complete the on-line training and the due date). This year, everyone should complete the on-line safety training refresher by the end of Sunday, May 17, 2015. You can access the training material on any device linked to the internet; however, you will need a computer/laptop to take the quiz at the end and complete the training (the link to the quiz is not active from a mobile device such as an iPad or other tablets). Instructions: 1. Access the ChE safety website https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/AboutUs/Safety.html and click on the Annual Safety Training Refresher<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Schools/ChE/SafetyTraining.h…> link under the Training heading. Alternatively, you can follow this link: https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Schools/ChE/SafetyTraining.h… to access the dedicated safety refresher web page. 2. Log-in with your Purdue credentials and click on the link that best describes your status in our School to access the training material relevant to you. 3. You can choose to download the training material on your computer or open it directly in your browser (in this case you will not be able to access to the training material during the quiz). 4. Read and understand the training material and follow the active links in the document (where applicable) for more information on specific topics. 5. Follow the "Take the quiz" link at the end of the document and take the short quiz to complete this part of the training. Once you complete the quiz, you will receive an email confirming that you completed the training. Print that email (or save it) and keep it for your own records. 6. If applicable, read the updated lab specific Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) developed for the lab you work in (or, as PI, are responsible for) and complete the certification page (page 85 in the CHP template posted on REM's website: https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/home/booklets/chp2014.pdf) 7. Turn in the signed CHP certification page to Gabriela Nagy (FRNY G051, email: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>) within 30 days of quiz completion. A copy of this certification should also be kept with the lab's safety records. Please follow the instructions above and complete the ChE mandatory safety refresher training by the end of Sunday, May 17, 2015. Should you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Gabriela On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director ChE Safety Committee Chair School of Chemical Engineering Room FRNY G051 Purdue University Tel: (765)-496-1710 E-mail: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>

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Monday Power Outage
by Harrington, Michael P 12 May '15

12 May '15

Good morning, Due to the power outage on Monday, we would ask you to do the following at the end of the day with your ECN supported machines: Please reboot the system and leave it at the log on screen (don't log back on) and then on Wednesday log back in. For those that were not aware, Monday afternoon FRNY, as well as much of campus and West Lafayette, had a brief power outage. This of course resulted in all computers shutting off. When power was restored some computers came back on their own and others had to be manually powered back on. For Faculty and Staff computers I checked most late Monday (and a few this morning) to turn them back on if they were still off. If you were here on Monday and tried to immediately log back on via your ECN supported machine, you likely had issues accessing your normal 'drives' - this is because Atom didn't come back as fast as the PC's. A reboot followed by a 3-5 minute wait (after the log on screen has appeared) before logging back in should sort out most drive mapping issues. You may also want to check any machines in labs that are normally left on all the time as they may very well still be off. If you have experienced any other issues since the power outage please submit a 'Trouble Report' via this link: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/AboutUs/ContactUs Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager ECN/Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-4326 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Spring Party Reminder: Saturday, May 9th, 6-9
by Carl Laird 08 May '15

08 May '15

On Saturday, May 9th, the School of Chemical Engineering and the GSO are sponsoring a Spring Party at our house. All faculty, staff, graduate students and their guest are invited. The details are as follows and are included in the attached invitation document: Saturday May 9th 2015 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. 3420 Burnley Dr. West Lafayette, IN, 47906 The GSO will be providing a taco bar catered from Moe's and the School will be providing drinks. Hope to see everyone there. Regards, Carl.

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smoke smell
by Humphrey, Nick S 08 May '15

08 May '15

Good morning, There is no cause for alarm if you smell smoke in the building ,as there was a recycle dumpster on fire outside the building early this morning. The air handling system should air out the building in a short period time. Thank you, Nick Humphrey

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FW: [Elist39] Fisher Scientific named strategic supplier of critical scientific and laboratory supplies
by Varma, Arvind 07 May '15

07 May '15

FYI… From: elist39-bounces(a)lists.purdue.edu [mailto:elist39-bounces@lists.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of List 39 Administrator Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 10:09 AM To: elist39(a)purdue.edu; elist39d(a)purdue.edu Subject: [Elist39] Fisher Scientific named strategic supplier of critical scientific and laboratory supplies [Purdue University] TO: Executive Vice Presidents, Chancellors, Vice Presidents, Vice Chancellors, Vice Provosts, Deans, Directors and Heads of Schools, Divisions, Departments and Offices FROM: Rob Wynkoop, Managing Director, Office of the CFO and Treasurer DATE: May 7, 2015 SUBJECT: Fisher Scientific named strategic supplier of critical scientific and laboratory supplies After strategic analysis and campus-wide review of Purdue’s satellite stores and scientific commodities, Purdue has entered into a contract with Fisher Scientific as the strategic partner in managing the University’s scientific stores and providing scientific supplies to meet the University's research and teaching lab needs. This contract award resulted from a competitive procurement process overseen by a commodity advisory team consisting of representatives from the Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Department of Biological Sciences, Business Offices and Procurement. This team conducted a thorough analysis of Purdue's purchasing preferences and service requirements, as well as the scientific supplies market segment. Fisher soon will manage four satellite storerooms at the following locations on Purdue's West Lafayette campus: Biochemistry Building, Lilly Hall, Heine Pharmacy Building and Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. On April 6, Fisher began a 12-week implementation to upgrade the storeroom operations. Six Purdue employees affected by this transition have been offered positions with Fisher. Among several new programs designed to benefit Purdue customers, Purdue and Fisher are collaborating on a convenient, updated point-of-sale experience at the storerooms, and Fisher also will be piloting a Chemical Archive program in the chemistry storeroom area. The chemical archive will allow researchers who only use a small portion of chemicals to return unused materials to storerooms for further use and minimizing waste when possible. The archive program also includes container tracking, reporting, and a central chemical library. The review of the scientific supply commodity began in March 2014, and this 12-month project results in improved inventory management and availability of scientific products. The partnership eliminates the 13.5 percent markup on products purchased through the stores. Customers will continue to enjoy free freight and significant package discounts on new lab startups. The partnership will offer streamlined purchasing, improved operation of the satellite stores, and consistent pricing which will result in direct cost savings to the departments and Purdue. Savings also will be achieved by consolidating volume with a primary supplier. By making Fisher the first stop for scientific supply needs, faculty and staff will achieve savings that benefit their grants, contracts or University-supported activities. What customers need to know now: * As of May 1, customers should see new contract prices in the Fisher Scientific catalog. * On July 1, Purdue plans to transition management of the storerooms to Fisher Scientific. Storerooms will remain open throughout the implementation. * The rollout of changes to the storerooms may be phased and will be communicated directly to customers, and via Purdue Procurement and Fisher’s customer website. * Faculty and staff are advised to use Fisher as the first choice for purchases of exact match items (same brand and item). * Faculty and staff are also encouraged to consider Fisher’s top-quality, technically equivalent, discounted products for all scientific supply needs. * Purdue and Fisher are working in partnership on the implementation, including contacting manufacturers and informing current suppliers of the new partnership. * Fisher, in conjunction with Procurement and Service Enterprises, will host a supplier showcase on campus in June. More information will be forthcoming. * Additional information will be provided through eList 39, Purdue Today, and direct communication with customers. The new Fisher arrangement will be announced to the full West Lafayette campus in the Friday, May 8, issue of Purdue Today. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Spring Recognition Reception
by Ewing, Virginia G 04 May '15

04 May '15

[https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Templates/Template04/Im…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Faculty, Staff & Graduate Student Spring Recognition Reception When: Thursday, May 7, 2015 Where: Henson Atrium/FRNY Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m. School of Chemical Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-4050<tel:+17654944050> (c) 2015 Purdue University<http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/disclaimer.html> All rights reserved An equal access/equal opportunity university<http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/ea_eou_statement.html>

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Re: [ChE-Courtesy-list] Invitation to Toastmasters Demonstration Meeting - reminder
by Farmus, Cristina D 01 May '15

01 May '15

From: Farmus, Cristina D Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 4:37 PM To: 'chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu'; 'chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu' Subject: Invitation to Toastmasters Demonstration Meeting Good afternoon, Our School is in the process of setting up a Toastmasters Club. If you want to find out if Toastmasters is for you please come to the demonstration meeting on May 1, 2015, from 12.00 to 1.00 pm in FRNY 3059. This will be a brown bag lunch, so please come prepared. Let me know if you cannot attend the meeting but you are still interested in the club. Regards, Cristina Cristina Farmus Managing Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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Recent safety incidents in FRNY
by Nagy, Gabriela 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

Hello Everyone, I would like to share with you the safety incidents/near misses that occurred in FRNY and were reported during March-April 2015. 1. March 6, 2015: while a graduate student researcher was subculturing cells, the glass pipette used broke and the glass cut the index finger of her right hand. No professional medical attention was needed in this case, the researcher stopped the bleeding and applied a band-aid to the laceration. Recommendations: it is recommended that before using any glass-made equipment, this should be carefully inspected for integrity; broken or cracked glass equipment should not be used in the lab. 2. April 4, 2015: After an instrument was used in one of the research labs (researchers from multiple research groups use this instrument), the thermoelectric controller was left on, while the cooling system serving the controller was switched off. One researcher, unaware of this situation, received minor first degree burns to his hand after accidentally touching the overheated controller. No professional medical attention was needed in this case. Actions taken: A large sign was placed on the water valve reiterating that users need to turn off the thermoelectric controller before turning off the cooling water. After inspecting the system, it was also recommended that a flow control system be installed on this instrument. This will automatically switch off the heating, should the cooling water flow stop unexpectedly. This will prevent overheating of the system, possible damage to the instrument and safety incidents, like the one described here, from happening. 3. April 6, 2015: Due to poor construction of an in-hose made electrical instrument, the researchers using it noticed that the aparatus was overheated. A closer examination after disconnecting it form the mains revealed that the wires inside the electrical controller were loose and potentially caused a short circuit to the instrument. Actions taken: the aparatus was temporarily decomissioned and inspected by our Director of Instrumentation, Dr. Yury Zvinevich, and by REM presonnel. After proving unsafe for use in our labs, the inspection team made the following recommendations: (i) the researchers working with elecrtical items should have current electrical training (this was already delivered to the group by REM personell) and (ii) the aparatus be equipped with safety fearures such as grounding and fuses (or other kind of circuit breaker). At the same time, all in-house made electrical devices will need to be equipped with these safety features and inspected internally and by Dr. Yury Zvinevich before being used in our labs. The ChE Safety Committee recommends that electrical devices used in our research labs be professionally designed and constructed to incorporate necessary safety feactures. If you choose to build your own instrument/device, this needs to be safety inspected by Dr. Zvinevich before being used in our labs. Dr. Zvinevich will make recommendations on what needs to be incorporated to ensure the aparatus is safe to use. Should you identify that elecrtical training is needed for the work in your work area, please let me know and we can make arrangements with REM to provide this training for you and your group, as necessary. I hope that sharing this information with you will prevent similar situations from occurring in our labs. Should you have questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Gabriela On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director ChE Safety Committee Chair School of Chemical Engineering Room FRNY G051 Purdue University Tel: (765)-496-1710 E-mail: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>

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Congratulations to Rex Reklaitis!
by Varma, Arvind 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform that Rex Reklaitis has been named winner of the Council of Chemical Research’s 2015 Malcolm E. Pruitt Award. This annual award “recognizes an individual record of outstanding contributions to the progress of chemistry and chemical engineering research by promotion of mutually beneficial interactions among universities, government laboratories, and chemical industry.” Pl join me in congratulating Rex for this well-deserved recognition! Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Invitation to GSO Spring Party Saturday May 9th
by Field, Catherine A 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students; On Saturday, May 9th, the School of Chemical Engineering and the GSO are sponsoring a Spring Party hosted at the home of Carl and Christy Laird. All faculty, staff, graduate students and their guest are invited. The details are as follows and are included in the attached invitation document: Saturday May 9th 2015 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. 3420 Burnley Dr. West Lafayette, IN, 47906 The GSO will be providing a taco bar catered from Moe's and the School will be providing drinks. We hope you will join us at this informal event for food, fun, and casual conversation. Sincerely, The GSO and Dr. Carl Laird

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