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Aspen licensing issues
by Harrington, Michael P 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

I am currently waiting to get an updated license from Aspen, the current license expires tomorrow (Saturday) at midnight. If I do not get the license by then, Aspen will not function on Sunday and on Monday until the new license can be installed. I apologize for this potential but wanted to give those that use Aspen warning before Sunday. If the license arrives & can be installed before Saturday midnight I will let you know. ECN is aware of the situation as well. -Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Fire alarm earlier today
by Nagy, Gabriela 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

Hello Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the fire alarm was activated earlier today due to a malfunctioning water flow sensor in the sprinkler system situated in one of the rooms in the basement (new wing of the building). Let's hope it won't be activated again soon. Thank you, 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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School Calendar and Service Assignments
by Murray, Chris L 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Attached are the school calendar of events and school service assignments for this academic year. I'll send out a revised calendar when I have the meeting schedules of the grad, grad recruiting, and undergrad committees. Thanks, Chris

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Network 'outages' yesterday.
by Harrington, Michael P 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Yesterday afternoon there were a few times we lost network connectivity for a few minutes (first time was around 2:40pm and again between 6 & 6:30pm). The immediate effect for those logged in was their computers seems to 'lock up' for a few minutes. Once the connections were restored you may have noticed on your Windows 'desktops' that your icons disappeared along with some other strangeness in the way your computer acted. If you have not logged out since yesterday I would strongly suggest you log off and back on. Until then you may have issues with printing, web browsing, drive mappings, etc. Thanks, Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Sharing files securely with others outside ChE
by Harrington, Michael P 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Hi, There are lots of ways to share files and some occasionally have the need to send or receive files "securely." Purdue offers a service called "File Locker" that anyone at Purdue can use to upload files to a secure location and then send the recipient a link to download the file(s). You can also send a request to someone and have them upload files to you via the site. The site can be accessed here: https://filelocker.purdue.edu/ you log in with your career account. The page is self-explanatory and there are some simple help links on the page. Maximum file size is about 2gig. This is an ITAP service and thus is supported and maintained by ITAP - questions about it should be directed to itap(a)purdue.edu or by calling ITAP at x44000. -Mike As a general reminder, please remember to send any and all computer support related questions to cheq(a)ecn.purdue.edu ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Graduate Seminar Questionnaire
by Varma, Arvind 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Dear ChE Graduate Students, During the last few Conversations with the School Head, the ChE 690 - Graduate Seminar has been an important subject of discussion. Based on your feedback and after brainstorming with several students, faculty and staff, last year we implemented a number of changes to make this a more meaningful experience: * allowed students to attend 2 seminars per semester outside the School * requested speakers to prepare presentations at a reasonable technical level * put extra effort into scheduling to ensure an even distribution of topics * invited one industrial speaker per semester. During the spring 2013 Conversation, it was suggested to introduce a questionnaire to survey each seminar; this will help us to develop a data base of speakers and rank topics, which we hope will lead to further improvement of our Graduate Seminar program. The questionnaire is now ready and will be distributed after each seminar by Cristina Farmus as a link in an email. Each survey will be active until the date of the following seminar; the responses will be analyzed at the end of each semester and made available to all faculty and graduate students. The responses are anonymous and voluntary, it takes less than one minute to complete the questionnaire. I encourage you to complete this survey after each seminar and give us your feedback about how to make this a truly enriching experience of your Purdue ChE graduate studies. Sincerely, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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OChE Event Agenda and Invitation to Open Forum, Reception and Alan H. Fox Unit Operations Lab Inauguration
by Williams, David M 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

All: On Thursday, September 12th, Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award winners Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, BSChE '83, and Ronald Unnerstall, BSChE '83, will be on campus. Attached is a draft of the agenda for that day and you are invited to attend both the Open Forum from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. in room G140 and the Reception from 10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. in the Robert Henson Atrium where cake and punch will be served. On Friday, September 13th, please join in the celebration of the Alan H. Fox Unit Operations Laboratory Inauguration at 9:30 a.m. Cake and punch will again be served at this event, which will take place in the newly upgraded lab space. I hope to see you there! David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David M. Williams Purdue University Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060B 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 Office (765) 494-4065 Cell (765) 427-0527 dmwilliams(a)purdue.edu<mailto:dmwilliams@purdue.edu> www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Shane Bates's Dissertation Defense on Tuesday (9/3) at 3:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062A
by Field, Catherine A 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Dear Chemical Engineering Faculty, Students, and Staff: This e-mail is to announce that Shane Bates will be defending his dissertation, Spectroscopic and Kinetic Study of Copper-Exchanged Zeolites for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Ammonia, on Tuesday, September 3rd, at 3:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is being co-directed by Professors Ribeiro and Delgass. All are welcome to attend. Best Wishes, Katie Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2050 Telephone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/>

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Hung-Wei Dissertation Defense on Tuesday (9/3) at 3:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062A
by Field, Catherine A 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Dear Chemical Engineering Faculty, Students, and Staff: This e-mail is to announce that Hung-Wei Tsui will be defending his dissertation, Elucidation of Chiral Recognition Mechanisms of Solutes by Amylose Tris[(S)-methylbenzylcarbamate] Polymeric Sorbent, on Tuesday, September 3rd, at 3:00 p.m. in FRNY 3062A. The dissertation is being directed by Professor Franses. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Best Wishes, Katie Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2050 Telephone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/>

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Jesica Hollinger
by Murray, Chris L 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Jesica Hollinger has accepted a promotion to a position in Computer Science. Her last day with us will be Friday, Sept. 6. Jes joined us last December as secretary to the Director of Development and Administrative Director. Please join me in wishing Jes the very best for the future. We will miss her! Chris Chris Murray Assistant to the Head School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-4075

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