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May ChE Newsletter
by Farmus, Cristina D 08 May '12

08 May '12

Faculty Recognition * Fabio Ribeiro received the 2012 Henry J. Albert Award from the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI). This award recognizes and encourages outstanding theoretical and experimental contributions to the science and technology of precious metals. Staff Recognition * Sandy Hendryx is the 2012 recipient of the Chemical Engineering Staff Excellence Award. She was nominated by Veronica Schirm. A committee of two faculty members and three staff members selected Sandy from four nominees. Sandy started at Purdue on 5/27/1980 and in ChE on 8/10/1998 as the undergraduate program secretary. She has been in this position ever since. She received the Rose award for two years in a row, in 2011 and 2012, nominated by undergraduate students. Student Recognition University Awards: * The CETA Teaching Award is granted by the Purdue Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA). The 2012 Chemical Engineering recipient is: o Kevin Brew College of Engineering Graduate Student Awards: * The Magoon Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to outstanding teaching assistants in memory of Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon who have influenced the lives of many engineering educators early in their careers. The 2012 Chemical Engineering recipients are: o Michael Detwiler o Anshu Gupta o Mark Suchomel * The Outstanding Researcher Award recognizes research excellence in graduate students. The 2012 Chemical Engineering recipient is: o Ahmad Al-Kukhun * The Outstanding Service and Scholarship Award is provided to graduate students who have provided outstanding service to the graduate student community, the School, the College, and the University. The Chemical Engineering 2012 recipient is: o Vinod Kumar Venkatakrishnan. School of Chemical Engineering Awards: * The Excellence for Undergraduate Teaching Award recognizes one outstanding ChE Teaching Assistant every year. The recipient is selected by the senior undergraduate students through an electronic vote. The 2012 winner is: o Vinod Kumar Venkatakrishnan Undergraduate Senior Design Awards: * The first place award is to be shared by senior design Group 16 - Strong, competent bagasse screw torrefier: o Bugher, Evan o Irwin, Thomas o Kral, Keith o Maday,Jaclyn o Wang, Andrew * The second place group award is to be shared by design Group 27 - Hardwood rotary torrefier with nice report mechanics o Grewe, Ted o Hahn, Samantha o Hwang, Margaret o King, Eric o Taylor, Kelly * The third place group award is to be shared by design Group 1 - Novel corn microwave torrefier o Arnold, Sierra o Lee, Chenglin Jason o Liew, Sip Chen o Teykl, Tyler o Zweber, Zoanne Miscellaneous - Leadership Library, please see updated list for the current titles, item in yellow are new additions. Stop by my office if you want to borrow any book or send me an email if there is a book you'd like to see in our library. Upcoming Events * May 11 - Graduation reception, Henson Atrium 4.30-6.30 pm. * May 11 - Commencement, Eliot Hall, 8.00 pm New Employees * Professor Nicholas Delgass will retire at the end of the semester on May 13, but will continue his research work in a reduced FTE position. * Amy Stanley - Operations Manager- Amy will assist Professors Agrawal, Delgass, Litster, Reklaitis and Ribeiro in managing their large research projects. Although technically an employee for the College of Engineering, Amy is located with our business office in FRNY G041E, phone 45578, email stanley7(a)purdue.edu<mailto:stanley7@purdue.edu>. Adjunct Professors - Our School appointed two new adjunct professors. Their profiles will be posted on our website shortly: * Eyal Barash, member at Barash Law; Chief Intellectual Property at Endocyte * Dr. Jeffrey T. Miller, Senior Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory. Employees Leaving * Hyun-Seob Song - Senior Research Scientist in Dr. Ramkrishna's group is leaving the University for an industry position. * Evan Nodine will not be joining us as planned, the Business Manager position is posted again and we are looking for suitable candidates. Best Regards, Cristina

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Important Safety Information - Please Read
by Davis, Linda S 07 May '12

07 May '12

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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Congratulations to Fabio Ribeiro!
by Varma, Arvind 06 May '12

06 May '12

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform that the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) has recognized Fabio Ribeiro with its 2012 Henry J. Albert Award, which recognizes and encourages outstanding theoretical and experimental contributions to the science and technology of precious metals. As you know, many articles published by Fabio and his research group utilize precious metal catalysts. Previous winners of the Albert award include Gabor Somorjai (UC-Berkeley, 1986), Lanny Schmidt (Minnesota, 1994) and Bob Madix (Stanford, 1997). Founded in 1976, IPMI is the largest and most well known association focused on precious metals in the world. It is an international association of the precious metals community, formed to provide a forum for the exchange of information and technology. IPMI recognizes excellence and achievement through awards to individuals and educational institutions. Pl join me in congratulating Fabio for this terrific recognition! Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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ChE Safety Awareness Training - May 8 and 14
by Davis, Linda S 04 May '12

04 May '12

ChE Faculty, Staff and Students, I have had several requests to deliver ChE Safety Awareness Training to students starting research in May. Two sessions are scheduled as follows: * Tuesday, May 8, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, FRNY 3062B * Monday, May 14, 10:00 - 11:00 am, FRNY 3062B Please advise your new students to attend one of these training sessions. Thank you for your commitment to safety in ChE! Regards, 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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REMINDER Spring Recognition Reception TODAY!
by Heide, Karen Kay 03 May '12

03 May '12

[cid:image003.png@01CD2918.EACB0520] 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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Spring Recognition Reception
by Heide, Karen Kay 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

Good Afternoon, Everyone, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS. The Chemical Engineering's Spring Recognition Reception will be Thursday, May 3, 2012. Below is the invitation. [cid:image003.png@01CD247F.B9C95B40] 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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2012 Spring Recognition Reception
by Heide, Karen Kay 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Good Afternoon, Everyone, Chemical Engineering's Spring Recognition Reception will be Thursday, May 3, 2012. Below is the invitation. [cid:image003.png@01CD215D.6E0EA0E0] 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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New Business Manager
by Farmus, Cristina D 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Good morning, It is my pleasure to inform you that we have hired a new Business Manager. Eva Nodine will join our School on May 7, 2012. Eva is currently working at Purdue in the Benefits area. Prior to that she worked as an auditor/accountant for Reed and Company in Lafayette. Eva earned her CPA certification in 2010. Her background in accounting and Purdue experience make her an excellent addition to our business office team. Please join me in welcoming Eva to our School! Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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FW: COMMUNICATION: Final Warehouse and Surplus Fleet Sale for 2012 Ends May 1
by Valley, Jeffrey L 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

FYI............ From: Terry, Rebecca L [mailto:rlterry@purdue.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:37 PM Subject: COMMUNICATION: Final Warehouse and Surplus Fleet Sale for 2012 Ends May 1 Communications Announcement Purdue University - Physical Facilities TO: Building Deputies (Please distribute and post) FR: Purdue University Warehouse and Surplus DA: Thursday, April 19, 2012 RE: Final Warehouse and Surplus Fleet Sale for 2012 Ends May 1 Warehouse and Surplus is now accepting sealed bids for over 30 fleet vehicles from Transportation Services. Interested individuals are encouraged to inspect the vehicles during normal Surplus Store hours (Monday through Friday from 12 - 4 p.m.) or during Special Fleet Sale Hours on Tuesday, April 24 from 4 - 6 p.m.; Thursday, April 26 from 4 - 6 p.m.; Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; and Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please note that the entire Surplus Store will not be open during the Special Fleet Sale Hours; customers will only be able to view and bid on the fleet sale vehicles. Bids will be accepted until 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 1. For more information on the vehicles or to obtain a bid form, visit https://www.purdue.edu/salvage/mustsee.aspx. Questions may be directed to Clyde Burghardt at 765-742-4414.

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CSi Lecture and Field Trip
by Farmus, Cristina D 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Good afternoon, CSi Lecture The Council for Sustainability Initiatives (CSi) is happy to announce the Spring 2012 Green Lecture focused on landfills titled "Solid Waste Disposal, Constituents and Contamination" presented by Dr. Terry West, Professor of Earth Science, Purdue University. The lecture will take place on April 19, 2012, from 9.00 to 10.00 am in FRNY G014. This lecture is part of the regular seminar series and graduate student attendance is required. A reception will follow in the Henson Atrium. CSi Field Trip On April 26, 2012, CSi is sponsoring a guided trip to the Clinton County landfill, to understand firsthand how a landfill operates. The trip will start at 8.30 am and we plan to be back at the latest by 11.00 am. All faculty, students (graduate and undergraduate), and staff are invited to participate. The trip is free but RSVP to cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu> is needed by April 19 so that appropriate transportation is arranged. The goal for both the lecture and trip is to raise awareness about post consumption disposal and motivate people to reduce, reuse, recycle as much as possible. 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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