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Thesis Defense Announcement for Qiyuan Zhao
by Johnson, Beverly J 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

This email is to announce that Qiyuan Zhao, will be defending his thesis TOWARDS AUTOMATED, QUANTITATIVE, AND COMPREHENSIVE REACTION NETWORK PREDICTION, Friday, April 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM in FRNY G124. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Brett Savoie. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Nominations accepted for the 2023 ChE Excellence in Safety Award
by Nagy, Gabriela 06 Apr '23

06 Apr '23

Hello Everyone, The Chemical Engineering Safety Committee is accepting nominations for the 2023 ChE Excellence in Safety Award. Please find attached the nomination form, award description and details on eligibility and selection criteria. Nomination Process: Any ChE faculty member, staff, postdoc, graduate or undergraduate student performing research can nominate any eligible ChE graduate student. A nominator can support only one candidate. Please submit your nominations to Gabriela Nagy at nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>, by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Nominations should not exceed 250 words (please use the attached template) and should include specific examples. Due Date for nominations: April 25, 2023 by the end of day. Selection: The selection will be made by the ChE Excellence in Safety Award Committee, and the award winner will be announced to the School in May. Previous recipients: 2022 - Apurva Pradhan 2021 - David Dean 2020 - Mihit Parekh 2019 - Claire Nimlos 2018 - Sydney Hollingshead Thank you for your commitment to safety! Sincerely, Gabriela On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director Davidson 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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Graduate Student Awards
by Johnson, Beverly J 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Please join me in congratulating the following students: CHE Citation Award Akriti Advisor: Dou Trevor Lardinois Advisor: Gounder/Ribeiro CHE's nomination for Outstanding Post-doc Award Kang Wang Faculty: Dou CHE's nomination for Distinguished Dissertation Award Qiyuan Zhao Advisor: Savoie COE Magoon Teaching Award David Dean Advisor: Miller Monika Neal Advisor: Nagy COE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award Ying Tan Advisor: Boudouris/Savoie COE Outstanding Service Scholarship Sopuru Ezenwa Advisor: Gounder/Ribeiro Bilsland Fellowship Jee Yung Park Advisor: Dou I will be sending the requests for nominations for the Faculty Lectureship Award later this week. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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ChE Staff Excellence Award - Call for Nominations
by Gonzalez, Joshua 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Dear All, We are now accepting nominations for the annual ChE Staff Excellence Awards. Attached are the necessary form and criteria that nominations must adhere to. Please send me your completed nomination package by the end of Monday, May 1, 2023. Per the nomination guidelines, the previous five recipients are listed below for your convenience. Previous Recipients: 2022 - Robin Waling 2021 - Nick Humphrey 2020 - Jason Davenport 2019 - Jennifer Merzdorf 2018 - Bev Johnson Thank you all for your time and cooperation in helping us recognize our staff. It is very much appreciated. Sincerely, Joshua --- [Davidson_H-Full-CMYK_1200px] <https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Joshua Gonzalez Operations Coordinator [Phone_1D_11x16px] (765) 494-4365 | [Fax_1D_16x16px] (765) 494-0805

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NEW - Report a Safety Concern in FRNY portal available
by Nagy, Gabriela 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Hello everyone, I wanted to let you know that as of today you can report safety concerns in FRNY building anonymously (or not) through a secure portal "Report a Safety Concern in FRNY" located on the ChE safety website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety. The submitted safety concerns will be collected and discussed in the next safety committee meeting, or addressed in a timely manner, depending on the reported issue. If you submit a safety concern and you would like for the safety committee to follow up with you personally, please fill in all the fields related to contact information. This portal is for collecting safety concerns ONLY and all other submissions will be disregarded. Other ways to submit your safety concerns: * via email directly to me at nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu> * via email to the safety committee's email address chesafety(a)purdue.edu<mailto:chesafety@purdue.edu> * Graduate students can submit concerns via the GSO Feedback Form<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7WY9vnI1e2ZXYPA> (choose the "Safety" option) * Graduate students can email the GSO Safety Chair (currently Catherine Vincent at: vincen24(a)purdue.edu<mailto:vincen24@purdue.edu>) Please let me know if you have questions, and thank you for your commitment to safety! Gabriela On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director Davidson 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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Dr. Enrique Iglesia Reception & Seminar
by Mamph, Jennifer A 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

"Theory and practice in catalyst design: Tailoring binding centers and their surroundings" Tuesday, April 18, 2023 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 - Reception at 2:30 PM in Henson Atrium at Forney Hall- [http://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Archive/Email00026/igles…] Dr. Enrique Iglesia Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Purdue University, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School, & Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering (Emeritus), University of California Berkeley Website<https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/cbe/emeriti/iglesia> Biography: Enrique Iglesia is a Distinguished Professor and the Vermeulen Chair (Emeritus) at the University of California at Berkeley. He holds degrees from Princeton and Stanford and doctor honoris causa from the Universidad Politecnica-Valencia and the Technical University-Munich. His research addresses the synthesis and structural/functional assessment of solids as catalysts for the production and use of energy carriers and chemicals with minimal environmental footprints. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Inventors. He has been recognized by ACS (Olah, Somorjai, Murphree awards), AIChE (Wilhelm, Alpha Chi Sigma, Walker awards), and chemical and catalysis societies worldwide (Emmett, Burwell, Boudart, Distinguished Service awards; Gault and Cross Canada Lectureships). He received the ENI Energy Prize, the Kozo Tanabe Prize, and the International Natural Gas Conversion Award. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Catalysis and President of the North American Catalysis Society. His teaching has been recognized by several awards, notably the Noyce Prize, the highest teaching award at Berkeley. ******* ******* "Theory and practice in catalyst design: Tailoring binding centers and their surroundings" Tuesday, April 18, 2023 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 - Reception at 2:30 PM in Henson Atrium at Forney Hall- Abstract: This lecture develops, through a combination of theory and experiments, a methodology to address the rate and selectivity of chemical transformations in surface catalysis based of thermodynamic formalisms that underpin the concept of transition states as intermediates. The approach considers the properties of molecular species involved as reactive intermediates in catalytic sequences and of active centers that bind them and how they act in concert to select reaction channels, often against those favored by thermodynamics. When applied to acid-base and oxidation catalysis at oxide surfaces, this methodology has uncovered unprecedented details about the types of active centers involved and the elementary steps that they mediate. For instance, the energy required to deprotonate a solid acid and that gained by placing the proton on a reactant molecule determine reactivity and selectivity for solid acid catalysts, because transformations involve the transfer of protons and cationic moieties at transition states. In contrast, oxidation catalysis on redox-active oxides occurs via H-abstraction from C-H bonds in reactants and the concomitant reduction of the metal centers in oxide catalysts. These steps are mediated by bound di-radical pairs with O-H and C-H bonds that are nearly formed and cleaved, respectively, thus making the energies of H-binding at surfaces and of C-H bond cleavage the relevant surface and molecular descriptors of reactivity. The environments that surround the binding centers complement their properties through solvation effects that are able to stabilize specific bound intermediates and transition states through concerted van der Waals or H-bonding interactions. Such stabilization becomes particularly evident (and consequential) when active centers reside within inorganic voids of molecular dimensions or are able to contact dense phases, such as liquids or bound adlayers. These emerging concepts and tools are bringing us closer to the purposeful design of surfaces and environments for specific chemical transformations. ******* *******

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Thesis Defense Announcement for Sheng-Ning Hsu
by Johnson, Beverly J 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

This email is to announce that Sheng-Ning Hsu, will be defending his thesis ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC SINGLE CRYSTALS AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYBRID MATERIALS, Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 8:30 AM in PHYS 201. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Bryan Boudouris and Dr. Letian Dou. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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FW: AIChE Event
by Johnson, Beverly J 28 Mar '23

28 Mar '23

Hi All! AIChE is inviting Kevin Heahl to speak about his experience in the radiopharmaceutical industry. The event is on Tuesday, 4/4/2023 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM in DUDL 2119. Kevin is serving as a chief development officer at Nucleus Radiopharma. Throughout his career, he has gained valuable experience in the pharmaceutical industry, manufacturing industry, quality supply chain, and engineering industry. You may get more details about our guest speaker through his LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinhaehl/) If you are interested in this event, please reach out to Madeleine Barondeau at mbaronde(a)purdue.edu<mailto:mbaronde@purdue.edu> to attend. Best, Montgomery Smith Purdue Doctoral Fellow Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student | Purdue University ChE GSO President '22-'23 | ChE GSO PGSG Representative '21-'22 ChE Safety Committee '21-'23 | GWG Ambassador '21 Chemical and Laboratory Safety Committee '21 | ChE DEI Initiative '21 smit2894(a)purdue.edu<mailto:smit2894@purdue.edu> | (517) 604-0656 [cid:image001.png@01D9617E.EFB0B850]

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Safety related information - updates
by Nagy, Gabriela 24 Mar '23

24 Mar '23

Hello everyone, I wanted to communicate a few safety updates: * The Building Emergency Plan for FRNY was updated on March 7 and the updated version is available on Chemical Engineering Safety website (https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety) under the Emergency Preparedness section (Building Emergency Plan (BEP) for FRNY Building<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/emergency-preparedness/emergency-plans/bep/buil…>) * The ChE safety committee developed a "Safety Event Protocol for FRNY Labs" schematic/visual (see attached) to help researchers determine what they need to do in case of a safety event (e.g.: near miss/safety incident) (see attached). The document also provides links to ChE safety website, ChE safety incident/near miss reporting form, FROI form and other resources on campus, such as the emergency preparedness' website, and where to seek medical attention. This visual is now posted in each lab; please take a moment to review the information and reach out to any safety committee member if you have questions. * Our School had the ISP safety review meeting with EHS/REM on Wednesday, March 22. I am still waiting to receive the document from the ISP Program reviewer that states the deficiencies we need to correct for our School to get recertified. During the review process the following labs were inspected and the deficiencies will be communicated to me once they are compiled by REM. * FRNY B019 * FRNY 1006 * FRNY 2003 * FRNY 2004 * FRNY 1183 * FRNY 1185 * FRNY 1190 * FRNY 2184 I will continue to update the School on the ISP review progress as I have news. Thank you for your commitment to safety! Gabriela On behalf on the ChE safety committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director Davidson 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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Hot Water Addition Side of Building
by Valley, Jeffrey L 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

BE ADVISED - The hot water pump on the addition side of the building has failed and will be shut down until they find a replacement. There will be no water coming out of any hot water taps. They will notify us as soon as they can with an idea of how long it be off and I will let you know. Thanks. Jeff Valley

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