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NOTE CHANGE IN TIME: Easa Al-musleh Dissertation Defense Thursday (4/17) at 2:30 in 3062B
by Field, Catherine A 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

Easa Al-musleh's defense will be Thursday at 2:30 (not 2:00 p.m. as stated in earlier announcement) in 3062B. All are welcome to attend. Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> From: Field, Catherine A Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:48 AM To: 'chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu'; 'chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu' Subject: Easa Al-musleh Dissertation Defense Thursday (4/17) at 2:00 in 3062B This e-mail is to announce that Easa Al-musleh will be defending his dissertation, Efficient Processes for Power Generation and Energy Storage," on Thursday, April 17th, at 2:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062B The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Agrawal, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> -----Original Message----- From: ealmusle(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:ealmusle@ecn.purdue.edu> [mailto:ealmusle@ecn.purdue.edu] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 4:25 PM To: Field, Catherine A Subject: Easa's PhD abstract Hi Katie Please find attached my PhD abstract. Also, please note that I have changed my PhD title to the following: "EFFICIENT PROCESSES FOR POWER GENERATION AND ENERGY STORAGE" My defense will be April/17 at 2:30 pm in room 3062B

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Easa Al-musleh Dissertation Defense Thursday (4/17) at 2:00 in 3062B
by Field, Catherine A 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

This e-mail is to announce that Easa Al-musleh will be defending his dissertation, Efficient Processes for Power Generation and Energy Storage," on Thursday, April 17th, at 2:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062B The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Agrawal, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE -----Original Message----- From: ealmusle(a)ecn.purdue.edu [mailto:ealmusle@ecn.purdue.edu] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 4:25 PM To: Field, Catherine A Subject: Easa's PhD abstract Hi Katie Please find attached my PhD abstract. Also, please note that I have changed my PhD title to the following: "EFFICIENT PROCESSES FOR POWER GENERATION AND ENERGY STORAGE" My defense will be April/17 at 2:30 pm in room 3062B

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Jay Devaraj Dissertation Defense TOMORROW (Wednesday, 4/16) at 1:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062B
by Field, Catherine A 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

This e-mail is to announce that Jay Devaraj will be defending his dissertation, On an Expanded Framework for Personalized Cancer Treatment: Beyond Pharmacogenomics, on Wednesday, April 16th, at 1:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Ramkrishna, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE

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Alex Freer dissertation defense (TOMORROW 4/15) at 10 a.m. in 3062B
by Field, Catherine A 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

This e-mail is to announce that Alex Freer will be defending his dissertation, Surface Mineralization and Characterization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Biotemplated Nanoparticles, on Tuesday, 4/15, at 10 a.m. in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Harris, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Dr. Shashank Priya seminar 4-14
by Ewing, Virginia G 11 Apr '14

11 Apr '14

For your information. From: Dalton, Cynthia S. Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 12:23 PM To: Ewing, Virginia G; Cooper, Kathryn R; Donna Bystrom (bystrom(a)ecn.purdue.edu) Jurss, Karen L Cc: Gore, Jay P. Subject: Dr. Shashank Priya All, Professor Jay Gore has asked me to contact you to assist us in advertising an upcoming seminar for the Kenninger Renewable Power & Energy Professorship Candidate, Dr. Shashank Priya. Dr. Priya will be giving the seminar on Monday, April 14th, 3:30 pm in ME 2054. Please circulate to your faculty and graduate students. Thank you. Cynthia S. Dalton Administrative Assistant & Scholarship Coordinator Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering 585 Purdue Mall West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088 Phone: 765.494.6900 Fax: 765.494.0539 E-mail: cdalton(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cdalton@purdue.edu>

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Baby Shower for Karissa Raderstorf
by Heide, Karen Kay 11 Apr '14

11 Apr '14

Dear All, We are planning to have a baby shower for Karissa Raderstorf on May 2, 2014 for the arrival of her daughter, Kylie Irene. She weighed 7 ½ lbs & was 19" long. We are going to have a carry-in lunch in FRNY 3059. Please let me know what you would like to bring, so I can keep track of it. If you can't bring something you may donate money for food, then I will purchase something. Also if you would like to bring a gift or donate money for a gift card, please let me know. Please contact me by Noon on Friday, April 25 to let me know if you would like to participate. Karen Mrs. Karen Heide Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4050 Fax: 765-494-0805 [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~snpha/purdue_train3.gif]

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Graduate Seminar Series - Dr. Enrique Iglesia 4-15
by Ewing, Virginia G 10 Apr '14

10 Apr '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Prof. Enrique Iglesia Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California, Berkeley "Chemistry and Engineering Challenges in the Catalytic Conversion of C1 Molecules" Tuesday, April 15, 2014 9:00-10:20 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract. The recurring need for advantaged feedstocks as precursors to chemicals and fuels brings us once again to scientific and engineering matters pertaining to the conversion of molecules without any C-C bonds (methane, methanol, dimethyl ether). Such C1 molecules, especially methane, present thermodynamic and kinetic challenges that bring significant complexity and costs into their chemical transformations. We gather here some unifying concepts and, in doing so, provide guidance about the most attractive C1 conversion strategies. These concepts include (i) thermodynamic constraints and the limitations of catalysis in circumventing them; (ii) the pre-eminence of process simplicity and inexpensive oxidants over the allure of direct conversions; (iii) principles of kinetic and thermodynamic protection (iv) the coupling of separations with reactions and of multiple catalytic functions; (v) the prevalence of kinetic bottlenecks in forming the first C-C bond; and (vi) the emergence of a C2 conversion platform as we overcome (or accept) the limits of C1 chemistries. The conclusions are sobering, as the magnitude of the challenge so warrants. Bio. Enrique Iglesia is the Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley and a Faculty Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received a B.S. from Princeton University (1977) and a Ph.D. from Stanford University (1982) in chemical engineering. He joined Berkeley in 1993 after 12 years as a research scientist and manager at the Exxon Corporate Research Labs. He served as editor in chief of Journal of Catalysis (1997-2010) and acts as president of the North American Catalysis Society. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2008) and a fellow of the American Chemical Society (2010). His group addresses the synthesis and the structural and functional characterization of solids used as catalysts for production of fuels and petrochemicals, for conversion of energy carriers, and for improving the energy and atom efficiency and the sustainability of chemical processes. His work combines synthetic, spectroscopic, theoretical, and mechanistic techniques to advance novel concepts and applications in heterogeneous catalysis. He has coauthored more than 300 publications and 40 patents. His research has been recognized with the 2012 ENI Prize, the ACS Somorjai and Olah Awards, the AIChE Wilhelm and Alpha Chi Sigma Awards, the Emmett and Burwell Awards of the North American Catalysis Society, the Cross Canada Lectureship of the Chemical Institute of Canada, and the François Gault Award of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies. He has also received the Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion, the Tanabe Prize in Acid-Base Catalysis, a Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, and the Noyce Prize, the highest teaching honor in the sciences at Berkeley.

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Provost candidate, Dr. Cato Laurencin
by Varma, Arvind 09 Apr '14

09 Apr '14

Dear Colleagues, I expect that you are aware of the three Provost finalists, whose brief bio data, full CV and visit schedules are available at: http://www.purdue.edu/provost/search/ . In particular, I want to bring to your attention Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, who will make his presentation at 9:30 a.m., April 21 in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Some of you are probably aware that Dr. Laurencin is a chemical engineer by training: BS ChE from Princeton (1980) and a joint MD-PhD from Harvard and MIT (1987) - the latter under the direction of Bob Langer. As his CV shows, he holds a number of impressive positions currently at UConn (certainly in the news with basketball these days!): "Chief executive officer of the Connecticut institute for Clinical and Translational Science, director of the Institute for Regenerative Engineering, director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical, Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences; University Professor, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, professor of materials engineering and professor of biomedical engineering. In addition, he is the Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Chair Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the School of Medicine." Despite the administrative positions, he remains very active in research and has published 355 journal articles. He has received numerous recognitions, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. If your time permits, pl attend the presentations of all 3 Provost finalists. With best wishes, Arvind

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Dr. Joona Bang - April 10th
by Waibel, Lucinda M 09 Apr '14

09 Apr '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Joona Bang Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering Korea University "Design of Cross-Linkable Block Copolymers for Various Nano-Fabrications" Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:00-10:20 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract. --- In designing polymeric materials for use in nanotechnology it rapidly becomes apparent that control over all aspects of polymer structure (molecular weight, polydispersity, number and position of functional groups, architecture, etc.) is required. Equally important to the rapid introduction and incorporation of these materials into devices is the development of robust and simple techniques for their synthesis. Living free radical procedures have been developed and employed in the preparation of various functionalized polymers. These systems address a wide range of manufacturing issues for the successful adoption of such functional polymers as a viable nanofabrication technique. In the presentation, living radical polymerization was employed to design the photo-crosslinkable block copolymers, and their uses for various nanofabrications such as buildup of 3-dimensional multilayered nanostructures and functional nanocomposites will be discussed. Bio. Joona Bang received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University in 1999. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Minnesota in 2004 on block copolymer physics under a guidance of Prof. Tim Lodge. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow on polymer chemistry and polymer thin films in Prof. Hawker's group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 2006, he has been at Korea University as an associate professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering. His research interests include self-assembly of block copolymer thin films, living free radical polymerization, organic/inorganic nanocomposites, and polymeric membranes for water purification. 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> [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~snpha/purdue_train3.gif]

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Workplace Violence Training - Save the date
by Nagy, Gabriela 08 Apr '14

08 Apr '14

Hello Everyone! Lt. Keene Red Elk from the Purdue Police Department agreed to come and present exclusively for our School on "Workplace Violence". His presentation/training is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, from 11 am - 12 noon, in FRNY G140; please save the date! This is a very informative presentation/training that gives tips on how to identify and deal with a potentially violent situation. I strongly encourage everyone to attend. There is no registration for this event, everyone is welcome! 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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