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Dr. Christopher Rao - Announcement
by Waibel, Lucinda M 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Christopher Rao Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Robert W. Schaefer Professorial Scholar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Design and Diversity in Bacterial Signaling Networks" November 11, 2014 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15-10:45 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Evolution has solved many of the problems faced by control engineers, though the solutions in natural systems are most often quite different than those seen in engineered systems. Specifically, natural control systems often employ interlocking positive and negative feedback loops with no clear decoupling between them. In this talk, I will discuss some of our work investigating the multi-loop control strategies that bacterial employ for transcriptional regulation. I will conclude by identifying some common properties of these systems and discuss their differences to engineered controlled systems. Bio: Christopher Rao is an Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Robert W. Schaefer Professorial Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a program leader within the Energy Biosciences Institute. He received his B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, both in Chemical Engineering. Prior to beginning his independent career at Illinois in 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2007, W. David Smith Jr. Graduate Student Paper Award from AIChE in 2007, the High Impact Paper Award from IFAC in 2010, and the Outstanding Young Research Award from the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE in 2012. His research interests are in the areas of systems and synthetic biology, with a specific interest in understanding how cells employ feedback control in decision-making processes. Sincerely, Cindy Waibel Secretary ~ Rm 1144 Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 765-494-4069 Fax: 765-494-0805 leiklebe(a)purdue.edu<mailto:leiklebe@purdue.edu> [PurdueEngineeringLogosmall]

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Kim See
by Murray, Chris L 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

I am sorry to announce that Kim See will be leaving ChE. She has accepted a position in the Animal Sciences Dept. in the School of Ag as an account clerk where she can use her recently obtained accounting degree. Kim's last day with us will be Friday, November 21. Please join me in congratulating Kim on this new opportunity. Thanks, Chris Chris Murray Academic Administrator School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-494-4075

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Dr. Christopher Rao - Announcement
by Waibel, Lucinda M 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Christopher Rao Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Robert W. Schaefer Professorial Scholar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Design and Diversity in Bacterial Signaling Networks" November 11, 2014 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15-10:45 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Evolution has solved many of the problems faced by control engineers, though the solutions in natural systems are most often quite different than those seen in engineered systems. Specifically, natural control systems often employ interlocking positive and negative feedback loops with no clear decoupling between them. In this talk, I will discuss some of our work investigating the multi-loop control strategies that bacterial employ for transcriptional regulation. I will conclude by identifying some common properties of these systems and discuss their differences to engineered controlled systems. Bio: Christopher Rao is an Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Robert W. Schaefer Professorial Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a program leader within the Energy Biosciences Institute. He received his B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, both in Chemical Engineering. Prior to beginning his independent career at Illinois in 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2007, W. David Smith Jr. Graduate Student Paper Award from AIChE in 2007, the High Impact Paper Award from IFAC in 2010, and the Outstanding Young Research Award from the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE in 2012. His research interests are in the areas of systems and synthetic biology, with a specific interest in understanding how cells employ feedback control in decision-making processes. Sincerely, Cindy Waibel Secretary ~ Rm 1144 Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 765-494-4069 Fax: 765-494-0805 leiklebe(a)purdue.edu<mailto:leiklebe@purdue.edu> [PurdueEngineeringLogosmall]

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Dr. Horia Metiu - Seminar Reminder, Nov 4
by See, Kimberly S 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Horia Metiu University of California, Santa Barbara "Catalytic Alkane Activation: Theory and Experiments" November 4, 2014 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15-10:45 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: I will present our work on two topics: 1. The use of density functional computations to explore whether we can improve catalytic activity of oxides, for alkane activation, by various chemical modifications. 2. Experiments that study halogen mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to produce propylene. Within the first topic we use as a guide the observation that when co-adsorbed a Lewis base and a Lewis acid interact strongly through the oxide. This allows us to predict qualitative trends regarding the ability of various kinds of doped oxide surfaces to break the carbon-hydrogen bond in alkanes. In the second topic I present experiments that show that iodine or bromine mediated oxidative dehydrogenation is very effective in converting propane to propylene. We show that this takes place when the gaseous halogen is introduced in a mixture of propane and oxygen or when it is produced by the action of oxygen on molten LiI or LiBr. Bio: M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute Bucharest and PhD in theoretical chemical physics from MIT with John Ross and Robert Silbey. He was a postdoc at the University of Chicago with Karl Freed. He has been professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara since 1976. Worked in many areas of theoretical chemical physics: surface enhanced spectroscopy, time-domain theory of spectroscopy, theory of rate constants, femtochemistry, crystal growth and epitaxy, thermoelectrics, catalysis and surface science. From time to time he did experimental work in collaboration with colleagues. He developed metastable quenching spectroscopy of adsorbates (with Yates and Martin), worked on fuel cell membranes (with Buratto), thermoelectric materials (with Stucky), the surface science of mass selected supported oxide or metal clusters (with Bowers and Buratto) and catalysis (with McFarland and Gordon). Currently his focus is on computations and experiments on catalysis and he is writing (slowly) a book on quantum mechanics. Kim See Secretary ~ Rm 2144 Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 765-494-7134 see2(a)purdue.edu [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~snpha/purdue_train3.gif]

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Fwd: [ChE-Department-Chairs] Website with local information for AIChE Meeting attendees
by Varma, Arvind 02 Nov '14

02 Nov '14

FYI... Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Sholl, David" <david.sholl(a)chbe.gatech.edu<mailto:david.sholl@chbe.gatech.edu>> Date: November 1, 2014 at 3:57:46 PM EDT To: "che-department-chairs " <che-department-chairs(a)engr.uky.edu<mailto:che-department-chairs@engr.uky.edu>> Subject: [ChE-Department-Chairs] Website with local information for AIChE Meeting attendees Colleagues, to help everyone who is coming to Atlanta for the AIChE Meeting in two weeks, we have put together at Georgia Tech a website with information about local restaurants, transportation, and related information. You can find this information here: www.chbe.gatech.edu/aiche2014<http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/aiche2014> If you would be able to forward this information to faculty and students from your program who will be coming to Atlanta then I hope they will find it useful. Best regards, David Sholl Prof. David Sholl Chair, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Michael Tennenbaum Family Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in Energy Sustainability Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, 30332-0100 Email: david.sholl(a)chbe.gatech.edu<mailto:david.sholl@chbe.gatech.edu> Phone: 404 894 2822 Local Information for AIChE 2014 in Atlanta: www.chbe.gatech.edu/aiche2014<http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/aiche2014> School Information: www.chbe.gatech.edu<http://www.chbe.gatech.edu> Research group: www.chbe.gatech.edu/sholl<http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/sholl> _______________________________________________ ChE-Department-Chairs mailing list ChE-Department-Chairs(a)engr.uky.edu<mailto:ChE-Department-Chairs@engr.uky.edu> http://lists.engr.uky.edu/mailman/listinfo/che-department-chairs

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Recent safety incidents in FRNY
by Nagy, Gabriela 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Hello Everyone, In October 2014 we had two reported safety incidents in FRNY. No medical attention was necessary, as no one was injured. 1. October 6, 2014: This incident involved a researcher who attempted to transport a full LN2 tank from the Physics LN2 facility to FRNY, using a defective LN2 cart with known recurring flat tires problem. Even though when the cart was held in upright position the tires seemed to have the required pressure for proper functioning, as soon as the cart was tipped over for transportation, the tires began to vent violently on a bystander. The cart began to tip over due to loss in the cart's tire pressure. The cart was brought and held in upright position until a group member arrived to help. Action taken: the defective cart was decommissioned until fully repaired. Please remember to check any gas cylinder cart or LN2 cart for mechanical integrity before using it. 2. October 8, 2014: This incident was due to a catastrophic failure of a small centrifuge located in a glove box. While the centrifuge was in use, the rotor (made of plastic) exploded, the centrifuge lid was opened and the rotor parts were ejected into the glove box. There was no damage to the glove box and to the contents of it. After investigating the causes of this incident, the following measures were taken to prevent similar incidents: (i) replace the centrifuge rotor every year (the centrifuge was a few years old and the rotor was never changed); (ii) a new way to keep track of routine maintenance for common pieces of equipment was implemented, (iii) all pieces of common use equipment will be checked and serviced on a regular base. Please continue to report any safety incident, accident or near miss that you experience or witness. This will help improving our safety culture through valuable safety lessons and will help prevent similar situations from happening in the future. 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 - Dr. Horia Metiu, Nov 4
by See, Kimberly S 28 Oct '14

28 Oct '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Horia Metiu University of California, Santa Barbara "Catalytic Alkane Activation: Theory and Experiments" November 4, 2014 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15-10:45 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: I will present our work on two topics: 1. The use of density functional computations to explore whether we can improve catalytic activity of oxides, for alkane activation, by various chemical modifications. 2. Experiments that study halogen mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to produce propylene. Within the first topic we use as a guide the observation that when co-adsorbed a Lewis base and a Lewis acid interact strongly through the oxide. This allows us to predict qualitative trends regarding the ability of various kinds of doped oxide surfaces to break the carbon-hydrogen bond in alkanes. In the second topic I present experiments that show that iodine or bromine mediated oxidative dehydrogenation is very effective in converting propane to propylene. We show that this takes place when the gaseous halogen is introduced in a mixture of propane and oxygen or when it is produced by the action of oxygen on molten LiI or LiBr. Bio: M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute Bucharest and PhD in theoretical chemical physics from MIT with John Ross and Robert Silbey. He was a postdoc at the University of Chicago with Karl Freed. He has been professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara since 1976. Worked in many areas of theoretical chemical physics: surface enhanced spectroscopy, time-domain theory of spectroscopy, theory of rate constants, femtochemistry, crystal growth and epitaxy, thermoelectrics, catalysis and surface science. From time to time he did experimental work in collaboration with colleagues. He developed metastable quenching spectroscopy of adsorbates (with Yates and Martin), worked on fuel cell membranes (with Buratto), thermoelectric materials (with Stucky), the surface science of mass selected supported oxide or metal clusters (with Bowers and Buratto) and catalysis (with McFarland and Gordon). Currently his focus is on computations and experiments on catalysis and he is writing (slowly) a book on quantum mechanics. Kim See Secretary ~ Rm 2144 Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 765-494-7134 see2(a)purdue.edu [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~snpha/purdue_train3.gif]

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FRNY G023 closed after 5pm today
by Harrington, Michael P 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

FRNY G023 (computer lab), will be closed this afternoon after 5pm and should be re-opened by 10am at the latest Tuesday. The other computer labs (FRNY 1014/1022 and 1033) will remain open and available. -Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager ECN/Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Mellichamp Lecture- Prof Rodney Priestley Oct 28
by Ewing, Virginia G 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

[blackwelder] School of Chemical Engineering MELLICHAMP LECTURE Prof. Rodney D. Priestley Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Princeton University "Engineering Structure and Properties in Polymer Thin Films and Nanoparticles" October 28, 2014 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15-10:45 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Polymer thin films and nanoparticles will enable emerging nanoscale technologies, including nanoimprint lithography for microelectronics, membranes for efficient separations and batteries, polymer solar cells for energy, coatings for barrier protection, nano-vehicles for controlled drug delivery, and components for fluorescent imaging and photonic structures. These commercial demands have dramatically escalated the need for new routes to process polymer thin films and nanoparticles with greater control over structure and properties. In this talk, we discuss Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) and Flash Nano-Precipitation (FNP) as unique approaches for the processing of polymer thin films and nanoparticles, respectively, with greater control over structure and properties, as compared to conventional processing methods. Brief Biography Rodney D. Priestley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2008. He completed a NSF/Chateaubriand postdoctoral fellowship at Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris. His research interests include polymer glasses, nanoconfined polymer dynamics, polymer thin film and nanoparticle formation, MAPLE and responsive polymers. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Quadrant Award, ACS New Investigator Grant, 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Grant, NSF CAREER Award, AFOSR YIP, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

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Amy Hayden - Open House Friday, October 24th
by Fetter, Erin N 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

Open House Friday, October 24th 9am - 4pm* *closed during lunch Please join the Business Office in congratulating Amy on her promotion and wishing her well in her new endeavors. We will have cake and drinks in our office to celebrate. I know that Amy would love to get a chance to say goodbye to as many people in ChE as possible, so please stop by to see her if you can! This will be her final day in ChE full-time as she will begin her transition to ECE the following week. From: Fetter, Erin N Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 4:37 PM To: chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu; chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Amy Hayden Dear Chemical Engineering Faculty, Staff, and Students, It is with a very heavy heart that I have to announce the departure of Amy Hayden from the ChE Business Office. Amy started in the ChE Business Office in 2004 and eventually landed in her current role in 2009. Over the last 10 years Amy has been an active member of the Chemical Engineering Team and garnered much respect from her peers and customers. She has a smiling face no matter the situation and is happy to help anyone and everyone. Most recently, Amy was awarded the Chemical Engineering Staff Excellence Award which summarizes her many years of phenomenal work and dedication to the school. She will be missed! Amy is receiving a much deserved promotion and taking a position within Electrical and Computer Engineering as an account assistant. Although she is leaving ChE, she won't be too far away! Please join me in congratulating Amy on her new position! Amy's new position in ECE will officially begin on October 27, but she will be spending partial days with us for a couple of weeks after that point. While we search for a replacement you may see new/different faces assisting us in the office. We will use college resources to ensure there is no disruption in service level. So that we do not confuse everyone with who is doing what task, it is best to use the email address chebo(a)purdue.edu<mailto:chebo@purdue.edu> to ensure that the entire group receives the communication. Also, please don't hesitate to contact me directly if you need assistance on anything and I will be happy to assist. Thank you, //////////////////////////////////////////// Erin Fetter Business Manager Chemical Engineering 765-494-4071 [Description: Description: W:\PU_signature_white_bg_215x80.png] Business Services enfetter(a)purdue.edu<mailto:enfetter@purdue.edu> www.purdue.edu<http://www.purdue.edu/> We are Purdue. What we make moves the world forward.

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