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Queue for Building Related Issues
by Farmus, Cristina D 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, We are implementing a queue system for keeping track of building related items. From now on, please send all your issues related to the building to frnybldg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:frnybldg@purdue.edu>. This email is for all the items you would normally send to me or Jeff such as building maintenance, furniture moves, work orders, cleaning and temperature change requests. We plan to operate the building maintenance queue in a similar way as the computer queue, so please follow all verbal requests with an email to frnybldg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:frnybldg@purdue.edu>. This is a phased release; the staff started to use this email system at the beginning of February, now the graduate students and faculty are asked to start using this system. Jeff and I will both monitor this queue and we'll be able to track the requests we receive and how to address them best. If you have any questions, please let me know. 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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Mayank Shekhar and Haoran Yang 2014 Citation Award Winners
by Field, Catherine A 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

This is an e-mail to announce that Haoran Yang and Dr. Mayank Shekhar are both winners of the School of Chemical Engineering's 2014 Citation Award. The 2014 Citation Award honors outstanding achievement by a Purdue Chemical Engineering graduate student who is the lead author on an article that has been cited the most times since 2012. Haoran Yang's article, "Nontoxic and Abundant Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Nanocrystals for Potential High-Temperature Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting," has been cited 20 times in the 23 months since it was published in February of 2012. Mr. Yang is advised by Dr. Wu. Dr. Shekhar's article, "Size and Support Effects for the Water-Gas Shift Catalysis over Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Model AI2O3 and TiO3," has been cited 34 times in the 23 months since it was published in March of 2012. Dr. Shekhar graduated from our School in 2012, and he was co-advised by Dr. Ribeiro and Dr. Delgass. The School will honor Mr. Yang and Dr. Shekhar at the Faculty Lectureship Award Lecture on Thursday, April 24th, at 9 a.m. There will be a reception (with bagels and coffee) beforehand in the Atrium at 8:30 a.m. All are invited 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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Meenesh Singh winner of 2014 Faculty Lectureship Award (Lecture will be on Thursday, April 24th, at 9 a.m. in Forney G140)
by Field, Catherine A 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

This is an e-mail to announce that Dr. Meenesh Singh is the winner of this year's Faculty Lectureship Award. The Faculty Lectureship Award honors outstanding achievement in scholarly research and publication by a Purdue Chemical Engineering graduate student. Dr. Singh graduated from our School in August of 2013, and his advisor was Dr. Ramkrishna. Dr. Singh is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he works on artificial photosynthesis for solar fuels. Dr. Singh will give a lecture titled, "A Journey through Crystal Forests," and his abstract and bio are attached. There will be a reception (with bagels and coffee) in the Forney Atrium at 8:30 a.m. All are invited 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: Meenesh Singh [mailto:meenesh417@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 4:30 PM To: Field, Catherine A Subject: Abstract and Bio for Faculty Lectureship Award Hi Katie, Please see the attached abstract and biography for my lecture. Best, Meenesh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Meenesh Singh, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow @ JCAP and UC Berkeley Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 976 Berkeley, CA 94720 Email: mrsingh(a)lbl.gov<mailto:mrsingh@lbl.gov>, mrsingh(a)berkeley.edu<mailto:mrsingh@berkeley.edu> Office: (510) 495-8718 Fax: (510) 495-8700 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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FW: Lynda.com/ Roll-out Announcement Tomorrow/ All Faculty & Staff
by Murray, Chris L 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

FYI From: Sondgerath, William J Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 11:42 AM To: 'Ahmed Hassanein'; Anderson, William E; 'Anil Bajaj'; Bahr, David F; Balakrishnan, Venkataramanan; Holloway, Elizabeth M; Carmichael, David S; Crawford, Melba M; 'Dale Harris'; 'David Radcliffe'; Deshmukh, Abhijit V; Dietz, Jason Matthew; Engel, Bernard A.; Fentiman, Audeen W; Frosch, Robert J; Govindaraju, Rao S; Harris, Michael T; Hastak, Makarand; Jamieson, Leah H.; Kokini, Klod; Percifield, Carolyn A.; Pinion, Tyson L; Robledo, David Cruz; Shih, Tom I-P.; Sutherland, John W; Varma, Arvind; Wodicka, George R; Sondgerath, William J Cc: Baumgardt, Jacqueline C.; 'Chris Murray'; Crozier, Cristina A; Dellinger, Leza R; 'Donna Bystrom'; Geiger, Melissa J; Hays, Cindey A; 'Jo Gelfand'; Jurss, Karen L; LaGuire, Jennifer L; Peer, Rebecca J.; Reece, Kellie A; Frakes, Rebeka S; Gaylord, Lindsay K; Ivey, Beate; Karth, Rebekah J; Keller, Linda D; Meluch, Paula J; Mikels, Dawn J; Ortiz, Twila M; Shafer, Marsha L; Thomas, Hadley B; Young, Donna S; Smith, Kristy Jo; Moore, Terri R. Subject: Lynda.com/ Roll-out Announcement Tomorrow/ All Faculty & Staff Dear College of Engineering Leadership Team: As you know an important part of our College's Strategic Plan is the development of our faculty and staff. In partnership with Human Resources, Lynda.com<http://Lynda.com>'s LyndaCampus will be launched next week. LyndaCampus is an online educational site that allows for a variety of learning opportunities-there are over 2,300 on-line training modules ranging from Excel and Power Point to Photo Editing and Project Management courses. All Purdue faculty and staff will be granted access to this great resource. An article will appear in Purdue Today on Tuesday, March 11 (tomorrow). In it, the message will describe how faculty and staff can access Lynda.com<http://Lynda.com> as well as participate in introductory demonstrations at various locations around campus in the coming days. In advance of that communication, if you care to review Lynda.com<http://Lynda.com> ahead of time, please login using your Purdue career account and select create new account. http://www.purdue.edu/hr/lod/lyndaTraining/dist/index.html If for any reason you experience difficulty logging in, or if you have any additional comments/suggestions please contact me with your feedback. Thanks, Will William J. Sondgerath Administrative Director, College of Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-494-1871 wsondger(a)purdue.edu<mailto:wsondger@purdue.edu> [Description: W:\PU_signature_white_bg_215x80.png]

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Faculty candidate seminar
by Varma, Arvind 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

The seminar for Samira Azarin is about to start in FRNY 3059. Pl attend - thanks! Sent from my iPhone

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ChE Safety Committee Wins Purdue Presidential Safety Award
by Farmus, Cristina D 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce that the Chemical Engineering Safety Committee has been selected to receive the 2014 Purdue Presidential Safety Award in recognition of the School's safety efforts. Current team members include: Chairperson Gabriela Nagy; Professors Robert Hannemann and Fabio Ribeiro; Graduate Students Gregory Honda, Rohit Jaini and Erik Sheets; and staff members Jason Davenport, Jeff Valley and Yury Zvinevich. The team was nominated based on their hard work and persistence in implementing and enforcing safety protocols, procedures and rules within the School, as well as for their efforts to offer safety education and advice since the committee was established in 1979. Due in large part to the committee's efforts, the School of Chemical Engineering became the first Safety Indemnified school or department at Purdue. That indemnification continues to this day. The ChE safety committee meets monthly and conducts yearly safety inspection of all offices and laboratories. It also provides continuous support, safety training and safety advice to the School community. The 2014 Purdue Presidential Safety Award was presented at the Radiological and Environmental Management's Annual Safety Chair meeting on March 5, 2014Attached is a picture from the event. . This is the second year when Purdue gives the Presidential Safety Award. Please join me in congratulating all ChE Safety Committee members for this accomplishment. Cristina Farmus Managing Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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WebCAST: Parallel Computing and Opportunities in Nonlinear Optimization, Carl Laird
by Farmus, Cristina D 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

Please see below details for a webcast presented by Dr. Laird tomorrow at 11.00 am. Regards, Cristina From: John Hedengren <john_hedengren(a)BYU.EDU<mailto:john_hedengren@BYU.EDU>> Subject: Re: [CAST10] WebCAST: Parallel Computing and Opportunities in Nonlinear Optimization, Carl Laird Date: March 10, 2014 12:37:27 PM EDT To: CAST10(a)LISTSERV.UMD.EDU<mailto:CAST10@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> Reply-To: John Hedengren <john_hedengren(a)BYU.EDU<mailto:john_hedengren@BYU.EDU>> Please join us tomorrow (11 AM Eastern) for a presentation by Carl Laird at Purdue University. No pre-registration or password is required to join. Carl Laird 11 Mar 2014, 11 AM Eastern Time Parallel Computing and Opportunities in Nonlinear Optimization Announcement: http://apmonitor.com/wiki/uploads/Main/2014_03_Carl_Laird.pdf Join the WebEx Meeting Here: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=MBK6L1F1NCKLISQQ1PBRQ… Audio Connection (optional dial-in) 415-655-0001, Access code: 194 626 705 Abstract: Nonlinear programming has proven to be an efficient tool for important large-scale inverse problems like optimization of dynamic systems, parameter estimation, and decision making under uncertainty. However, engineering and scientific needs continue to push the boundaries of existing mathematical programming tools, and problems can become prohibitively large, often outstripping the capabilities of a single workstation. Furthermore, computer chip manufacturers are focusing on parallel computing architectures, and future performance improvements demand algorithms that are capable of utilizing these modern parallel architectures. In this short presentation, I will discuss different architectures for parallel computing, introduce some of the techniques we use to measure parallel performance, and discuss algorithms that can be used for parallel solution of nonlinear optimization problems. Biography: Carl Laird is an associate professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. Dr. Laird's research interests include large-scale nonlinear optimization and parallel scientific computing with applications in chemical processes, safety systems, water distribution networks, and public health. He is the recipient of several research and teaching awards, including the prestigious Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software based on his work on IPOPT, the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award, and the Montague Center for Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Laird earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2006 and his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta.

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Purdue Chemical Hygiene Plan update
by Nagy, Gabriela 09 Mar '14

09 Mar '14

Hello Everyone, Over the last few months, REM revised and reorganized the Purdue Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP). During the 2014 Annual Safety Chair Meeting on Wednesday, March 5, REM announced that the new document "Purdue Chemical Hygiene Plan and Hazardous Materials Safety Manual" is posted online on REM's website and is replacing the old CHP effective immediately. The new CHP is a more structured, informative and prescriptive document. It is a template that needs to be personalized for every lab. Please follow the link below to read this new document. http://www.purdue.edu/rem/home/booklets/chp2014.pdf All ChE laboratories are required to keep an up to date, work-area specific CHP, that needs to be revised and updated annually. Please replace your old lab specific CHPs with the new version of this document, personalized for your own lab. Should you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your commitment to safety! 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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Faculty Candidate seminar - Dr. Samira Azarin, Tuesday, March 11
by Varma, Arvind 09 Mar '14

09 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, The seminar of faculty candidate Dr. Samira Azarin is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, 9-10:30 am in FRNY 3059. Her PhD is from UW-Madison (2011) and she is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University - her 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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Used furniture available for labs and offices
by Farmus, Cristina D 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

We have many used furniture items available, such as filing cabinets, bookcases, tables, chairs, and shelves. If you are interested in taking some of them for your labs and offices, please stop by lab FRNY 1191 either on Tuesday, March 11 from 10.00 to 11.00 or Wednesday from 2.00 to 3.00 pm. Please be ready to move the items to their new location immediately, as we are trying to empty lab 1191 immediately. Any remaining items will be taken to salvage. Please contact Jeff Valley if you have any questions. 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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