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Graduate Seminar Series ChE- Prof Daniel Shantz - March 24
by McDaniel, Emily M 23 Mar '15

23 Mar '15

[blackwelder] School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Daniel F. Shantz Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tulane University "Designing Hybrid Materials for Chemical Transformations and Separations" March 24, 2015 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: This talk will provide an overview of my laboratory's efforts designing hybrid materials for achieving chemical transformations and separations. After an overview of how the materials are made, the talk will describe our work using these tethered groups as solid base catalysts. The effect of ligand density, spacing, and chemistry will be assessed as it relates to the catalytic activity of these ligands for reactions including the Henry reaction and synthesis of methyl esters. I will then summarize the recent efforts of my lab in developing materials that achieve selective rejection or capture of oxygenate species from solution. The overarching theme is that by suitably designing an organic layer on a ceramic support it is possible to achieve selective capture or rejection. Future prospects in this area will be discussed. Bio: Dan Shantz joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane in July 2014 as the Entergy Chair of Clean Energy Engineering. A native of Muskegon Michigan, Dan obtained his B.S. (ChE, 1995) from the University of Florida and Ph.D. (ChE, 2000) from the University of Delaware. Dan was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow for 18 months following his Ph.D. Prior to joining Tulane Dan worked for two years at SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries), first as a Chief Scientist and then as a Senior Manager in SABIC's Corporate Research and Innovation Future Feedstocks group. Prior to joining SABIC, Dan was a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M, starting as an assistant professor and ultimately holding the Ray Nesbitt Professorship and the rank of full professor. Dan's lab at Texas A&M was internationally recognized for its work in zeolite nucleation, biomimetic materials, and hybrid materials for catalysis and separations. Dan's lab at Tulane will develop materials that address problems in sustainability, energy storage, and solar energy capture for use in chemical conversions.

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GSO March Madness Bracket
by Field, Catherine A 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Dear ChE Faculty and Staff, Please see John DiIorio’s (Graduate Student Organization Officer) message below about the GSO’s March Madness Bracket. All are invited to compete. Cheers, Katie Dear All, It is approaching that magical time of the year where Cinderella's shine and dreams are made and hopes are shattered. For the impossible to become reality and the improbable to happen. Yes, it's time for March Madness to begin!! Today is Selection Sunday and the lucky 68 teams that will be competing are chosen. This also means that Bracket Madness is abound and you need to experience the chaos firsthand. Below is a link to create a bracket to compete in GSO's very own tournament challenge. This is a free tournament challenge! Instructions to join are as follows: Group: Purdue ChemE MADNESS Password: boilers 1. Click on the following link to access the group (THIS IS THE LINK<http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/group?invitesource…>) 2. Click on the red "Get Started" button. You may need to create an account with ESPN to be able to join. 3. Once in the group, you will need to click on the yellow "Create a Bracket" button 4. You will then be prompted to "Join Groups". The right hand column should already have "Purdue ChemE MADNESS" as a group. You can just skip this step or click the yellow "Fill Out Bracket" button. Feel free to join other groups if you want to. 5. The same steps as previous apply for the "Invite Friends" tab. 6. After 7pm tonight (3/15) you can begin adding your bracket and make your team selections. 7. You must add a bracket BEFORE March 17th (when the first round begins)!! There will be prizes awarded to the top 3 brackets in our group and ESPN (the host for this challenge) also awards their own prizes for exceptional brackets. I will be replying to this email with any updates. If you have any issues or questions, please let me know. Good luck to everyone and may the best bracket win! John

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FW: PostDoc at UCL
by Varma, Arvind 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

FYI... From: Gavriilidis, Asterios [mailto:a.gavriilidis@ucl.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 11:31 AM To: Varma, Arvind Subject: PostDoc at UCL Dear Dr Varma, I hope all is well with you and the bad weather has not affected you! I have a new collaborative EPSRC project to work on nanoparticle manufacturing. The first 2 postdoc posts are now advertised. Could you forward this email to appropriate people who may be interested? For the first one I am looking for somebody with chemical reaction engineering expertise. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKS077/research-associate/ http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKQ701/research-associate-in-inorganic-synthesis-… Many thanks Asterios ............................................................ Prof Asterios Gavriilidis, FIChemE Dept of Chemical Engineering University College London Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, UK Tel: 020 76793811 Internal: 33811 www.ucl.ac.uk/chemeng/people/gavriilidis<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemeng/people/gavriilidis>

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ChE Staff Excellence Awards - 2015 nomination window open
by Farmus, Cristina D 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

Good morning, The School of Chemical Engineering Staff Awards Committee is happy to invite nominations for the 2015 ChE Staff Excellence Award. The criteria, nomination form and details are attached. Nomination Process: Any ChE faculty member, staff or student can nominate any ChE staff member. A nominator or contributor with a letter of support can endorse only one candidate. Nominations should be submitted to Cristina Farmus at cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu> by April 10, 2015. Nominations should not exceed 2 pages. Two letters of support are required, of which at least one must be from someone in our School. Due Date for nominations: April 10, 2015, with the award to be presented at the May appreciation reception. Selection: The selection will be made by the ChE Staff Awards Committee and communicated to all School employees and students. Previous recipients: 2010 - Jeff Valley 2011 - Veronica Schirm 2012 - Sandy Hendryx 2013 - Teresa Cadwallader 2014 - Amy Hayden Sincerely, Cristina Farmus Managing Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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FW: Family Friendly Event
by Murray, Chris L 12 Mar '15

12 Mar '15

From: Jansen, Michelle R Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 1:52 PM To: LaGuire, Jennifer L; Peer, Rebecca J.; Gelfand, Johanna K; Murray, Chris L; Turner, Carmen S; Laguire, Melissa M; Jurss, Karen L; Hays, Cindey A; Moore, Terri R.; Dellinger, Leza R; Donna Bystrom (bystrom(a)ecn.purdue.edu) Baumgardt, Jacqueline C.; Reece, Kellie A Subject: Family Friendly Event Dear all, As a member of the Family Friendly Purdue Committee, I would like to share a message about an event that you, or someone you may know, might be interested in participating: The Purdue Student Union Board will be having Books and Chocolate Milk on Saturday March 28th and the students are looking for Purdue faculty, staff, students or community members to read books to the children. Here is a message to explain: My name is Emily Bonini, I am the Director of Traditional Events for Purdue Student Union Board. We are currently planning our Books and Chocolate Milk event. This event is a spin-off of our Books and Coffee series, geared towards children. We select five children's books for the event, provide cookies and milk, as well as crafts themed towards the books at the event. We are currently looking for three more readers for this year's event to read one of our selected books to the attending children throughout the event. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and enjoys spending time with children. If someone from your organization is interested in reading for the event, they would need to be available on Saturday, March 28th, from 10:00-11:30 am. If there is anyone in your organization who you think would enjoy volunteering for this, or if you have any suggestions for other people or groups who would be interested, please let me know at your earliest convenience. Please share accordingly. Sincerely, Michelle Michelle Jansen, PHR Director of Concierge Faculty Recruitment and Retention Program https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Concierge Academic Affairs, College of Engineering Purdue University Armstrong Hall, 2017 701 W. Stadium Avenue | West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 P 765-494-6772| mjansen(a)purdue.edu<mailto:mjansen@purdue.edu> [Partners Move Purdue Forward]

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[Truth and Beauty Seminar] - ROOM CHANGE! - Professor Delgass - Thursday 3/12, 5:30 PM @ FRNY G124
by Field, Catherine A 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Dear All, This is a reminder that Professor Delgass's T&B seminar will be tomorrow (Thursday) at 5:30 PM in FRNY G124. Free pizza and refreshments will be served! Please RSVP if you haven't so we can gauge how much food to order: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GpI43abwcM9xCMZLnh1D7Di2KUPT1AsVC_P2JU4cPw… Best, -Arthur Shih

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Faculty Candidate seminar - Dr. Jian Qin, Thursday, March 12
by Varma, Arvind 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Dear Colleagues, The seminar of faculty candidate Dr. Jian Qin is scheduled for Thursday, March 12, 9-10:30 am in FRNY 3059. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2009 and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Chicago - his CV is attached fyi. This is not a required seminar for graduate students. As always, however, I particularly encourage all those who are interested in an academic career to attend, for an opportunity to see how such seminars are presented and how the Q&A goes. With best wishes, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Emergency Preparedness notification
by Nagy, Gabriela 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Hello Everyone! As part of statewide testing of communication systems during Severe Weather Preparedness Week, Purdue University's All Hazards Outdoor Warning Sirens will be tested and a morning tornado drill conducted on March 19. Purdue's Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office will activate multiple warning systems at 10:15 a.m. The systems that will be activated include the All Hazard Outdoor Warning Sirens (intended to warn those outdoors only), text message, Purdue's @purdueemergency Twitter, desktop popup alert, alert beacon activation and the Boiler TV Emergency Alerting System layers of the Purdue Alert notification system. Please follow the link below to read the announcement published today in Purdue News: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q1/campus-wide-tornado-drill-o… I take this opportunity to remind everyone that the shelter in place location for FRNY building is the basement of both parts of the building. You can reach the shelter-in-place location via: - the staircase in the atrium, - the staircase adjacent to the exit facing Physics Building - the staircase adjacent to the exit facing Civil Engineering Building - the staircase adjacent to the exit facing Engineering Mall Please see below the emergency procedures for FRNY: [cid:image002.jpg@01D05BDF.5E5E3010] 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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Graduate Seminar Series ChE- Prof Daniel Shantz- March 24
by McDaniel, Emily M 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

[blackwelder] School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Daniel F. Shantz Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tulane University "Designing Hybrid Materials for Chemical Transformations and Separations" March 24, 2015 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: This talk will provide an overview of my laboratory's efforts designing hybrid materials for achieving chemical transformations and separations. After an overview of how the materials are made, the talk will describe our work using these tethered groups as solid base catalysts. The effect of ligand density, spacing, and chemistry will be assessed as it relates to the catalytic activity of these ligands for reactions including the Henry reaction and synthesis of methyl esters. I will then summarize the recent efforts of my lab in developing materials that achieve selective rejection or capture of oxygenate species from solution. The overarching theme is that by suitably designing an organic layer on a ceramic support it is possible to achieve selective capture or rejection. Future prospects in this area will be discussed. Bio: Dan Shantz joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane in July 2014 as the Entergy Chair of Clean Energy Engineering. A native of Muskegon Michigan, Dan obtained his B.S. (ChE, 1995) from the University of Florida and Ph.D. (ChE, 2000) from the University of Delaware. Dan was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow for 18 months following his Ph.D. Prior to joining Tulane Dan worked for two years at SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries), first as a Chief Scientist and then as a Senior Manager in SABIC's Corporate Research and Innovation Future Feedstocks group. Prior to joining SABIC, Dan was a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M, starting as an assistant professor and ultimately holding the Ray Nesbitt Professorship and the rank of full professor. Dan's lab at Texas A&M was internationally recognized for its work in zeolite nucleation, biomimetic materials, and hybrid materials for catalysis and separations. Dan's lab at Tulane will develop materials that address problems in sustainability, energy storage, and solar energy capture for use in chemical conversions.

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FW: [Che-clerical-list] Graduate Seminar Series ChE- Prof Perla Balbuena-March 10
by McDaniel, Emily M 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

[blackwelder] School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Perla Balbuena Dept. of Chemical Engineering Texas A&M Univeristy "Modeling Interfacial Phenomena in Lithium-Ion and Lithium-Sulfur Batteries" March 10, 2015 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Interfacial phenomena are present in many chemical engineering problems. Here we focus on solid-electrolyte interfaces where not only mass and heat transfer but also chemical reactions may occur. To understand the details, we will use a "theoretical microscope" based on first-principles (density functional theory) analyses. We will discuss electron transfer reactions occurring from electrodes of lithium-ion and lithium-sulfur batteries causing the reduction of organic solvents and salts used as electrolytes. The impact of these phenomena on battery performance will be addressed. Bio: Prof. Balbuena received a BS degree at Universidad Tecnologica Nacional Argentina, MS from University of Pennsylvania, and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, all in Chemical Engineering. She has been Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina and since 2004 she is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. Her work focuses on first principles analysis and design of materials. Recent research includes applications to fuel cell electrocatalysis, interfacial phenomena in batteries, shale gas thermodynamics, and separation of gas mixtures.

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