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ChE Staff Retreat
by Farmus, Cristina D 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Good afternoon, Most of the staff in Chemical Engineering will attend a staff retreat tomorrow from 1.00 to 5.00 pm and they will not be available in the building. The business office will remain open, a student helper will be available to address emergencies; the main office will remain open too, please address any items to Chris Murray who graciously agreed to cover the office. Regards, Cristina Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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Fall12 Teaching Schedule
by Hendryx, Sandra K 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Attached is the fall 2012 teaching schedule. Sandy The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Fall12 Teaching Schedule Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled.

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Blood Drive
by Heide, Karen Kay 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

FYI The Indiana Blood Center or the Red Cross is having a blood drive in the parking lot behind Urgent Care/Hospital here at P.U. -- until 2:15. Their goal is 30 pints of blood. Karen Mrs. Karen Heide, Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 765-494-4050 765-494-0805 (Fax)

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Safety Breach
by Farmus, Cristina D 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Good morning, Yesterday afternoon one of the janitors got stung in the palm of her hand with a needle thrown in trash. She had to go to the emergency room and receive treatment. This resulted in pain, stress for multiple employees, loss of time and goodwill. This incident could have been avoided if the proper safety procedure would have been followed. Please take the time to read Linda's message below, but most importantly, to do what is right and protect everyone working with you in this building. Cristina Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu> From: che-clerical-list-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu [mailto:che-clerical-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Davis, Linda S Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 11:40 AM To: chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu; 'chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu' Cc: Krajicek, Adam R Subject: [Che-clerical-list] Important Safety Information - Please Read Importance: High ChE Faculty, Staff and Students, (I shared the following information at the April faculty meeting.) The safety goal in chemical engineering is that everyone who works here goes home in the same condition that they arrived each morning. We will achieve this goal by developing and sustaining a strong safety culture in chemical engineering. A strong safety culture is not: * We have an active safety committee * We are re-indemnified by REM every year. The safety culture in ChE can be measured/characterized as "how we behave when no one is looking." Safety culture starts at the top of our organization - with our faculty. The faculty (Primary Investigators) and the lab managers are accountable for safety; however, everyone is responsible for safety. There are several immediate indicators of the safety culture in a laboratory: * Housekeeping * PPE use * Record Keeping On any day, you can enter chemical engineering laboratories and the occupants are not wearing safety glasses. Our policy is that you must have safety glasses on when you enter a ChE lab and keep them on until you leave the laboratory - no exceptions. We have had three incidents in the last two months. Incidents are lagging indicators of safety culture and performance. 1) A graduate student was inserting a stopper into a graduated cylinder and the cylinder broke. The student sustained a significant cut that required stitches and continuing medical review. It is unclear if the student will regain full feeling in and use of one of his fingers, potentially a permanent injury. 2) An undergraduate student was operating a glass reactor in a heat mantle when it exploded. There may have been a reaction runaway that over pressurized the reactor. The over pressurization protection (relief valve) and barrier were not in place. We were very fortunate that the student was not injured. 3) A student was performing a non-routine procedure to extract a Lithium battery from a battery pack when a small fire started. The lab occupants responded appropriately and the fire was extinguished without personnel or property damage. Further Indicators: There has been two reports of sharps found by the janitors in our trash containers. The first (photo attached) was a large syringe needle found in a recycle paper bin in a hallway. The second was a razor blade discarded in a laboratory trash can. Sharps (anything that can puncture the skin and cause injury) must be disposed of in designated laboratory sharps containers. We are very concerned that chemical engineering has taken its "eye off the ball" with regards to safety. You do not want to have a call a parent or family member to inform them that their student or family member has been hurt or killed. We want everyone in chemical engineering to recommit to safety as our #1 priority. Safety must be taken seriously and addressed in our laboratories because universities and faculty can be liable: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/plea-negotations-to-continue-…. As a first step, refresher ChE safety awareness training will be rolled out in August. Completion of refresher safety awareness training annually will be required for all ChE employees. Please contact me or any member of the ChE Safety Committee if you have any questions or safety concerns. Thank you. Linda Linda S. Davis Industrial Education Director Chair, ChE Safety Committee (https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/AboutUs/Safety.html) School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University lsdavis(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lsdavis@purdue.edu> (765)496-1710

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Card for Dr. Mike Harris
by Heide, Karen Kay 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Dear All, As you know, Dr. Harris' Mother passed away last Thursday, July 5. If you would like to share your condolences, I have a card on top of my desk which people can sign. I will be sending the card out Friday evening, July 13. Karen Mrs. Karen Heide, Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 765-494-4050 765-494-0805 (Fax)

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Sad news
by Varma, Arvind 06 Jul '12

06 Jul '12

Dear Colleagues, I am very sorry to inform that Mike Harris' mother passed away yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mike and his family. Arvind Sent from my iPhone

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Double Congratulations to Rex Reklaitis!
by Varma, Arvind 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform that Rex Reklaitis has been selected to receive two prestigious awards this year. The first is the 2012 AIChE Van Antwerpen Award, which recognizes a chemical engineer for outstanding contributions and service to the Institute. The Van Antwerpen Award is one of two AIChE Board of Directors Awards. Rex will receive the award at the AIChE Annual Meeting to be held in Pittsburgh during October 28 - November 2, 2012. His citation reads: "For exemplary service to AIChE and the chemical engineering profession at large through his editorships of various journals and invaluable service on several professional committees." Second, Rex has received the Long Term Achievements Award of the Working Party on Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. This award is given once every four years "in recognition of outstanding achievements over an extended period of time to CAPE methods, tools and/or applications for the advancement of science, engineering and technology." Pl join me in congratulating Rex for these terrific recognitions! Best, Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Head, School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Re: [ChE-Courtesy-list] Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 2046
by PatrickTores＠ecn.purdue.edu 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

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Congratulations to You-Yeon Won!
by Varma, Arvind 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform that You-Yeon Won has been selected as one of the three inaugural Fellows by the Bindley Bioscience Center. His project, titled "A Photo-Degradable Gene Delivery System for Enhanced Nuclear Transport" will start on July 1, 2012 and continue for two years. Our School will receive $25,000 per year to support his work as a Bindley Fellow, which will provide him teaching release for one semester in each of the next two academic years. In addition, he will receive $10,000 per year in equipment and infrastructure support within the Bindley Bioscience Center. Pl join me in congratulating You-Yeon for this terrific recognition and research support! Best, Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Head, School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Upcoming Dates - Grad Office will be closed
by Bowman, Debra J 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Dear All, Graduate office will be closed tomorrow (June 29, 2012) all day due to personal business. Graduate Office will also be closed July 4th (Purdue Holiday), July 5th & 6th (vacation). Thanks, Deb

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