Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to inform that at their meeting this morning, the Board of Trustees ratified the appointment of Dr. Fabio Ribeiro as the Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Ribeiro received his PhD degree from Stanford University in 1989. He joined the Purdue faculty in 2003, was promoted to Professor rank in 2006, and has distinguished himself with outstanding research, teaching and service. His area of research is experimental catalysis, with particular emphasis on discovering new catalysts, as well as reaction kinetics and mechanisms. He has authored 88 archival journal publications and is the co-author of one book. He has made over 120 presentations at university and industry seminars, and conferences including many plenary and keynote lectures. He has graduated 20 PhD students, including 16 at Purdue, and is currently advising or co-advising another 21 PhD students. In external recognition, Dr. Ribeiro received the NSF CAREER Award (1997), New York Catalysis Society Excellence in Catalysis Award (2005), and most recently the Henry J. Albert Award from the International Precious Metals Institute (2012); internally, he received a University Faculty Scholar (2006-11) and Team Excellence Award of the CoE (2007) recognitions. He is a member of Editorial Board for two journals and, since 2010, an Editor of the Journal of Catalysis, the flagship journal of the field. He has also served AIChE in various leadership roles, including Chair of the Catalysis & Reaction Engineering Division (2010), and is currently serving as a Director of the North American Catalysis Society (2013-2017). Finally, he has demonstrated excellence in teaching and provided devoted service to the School, particularly as a long-standing faculty member of the School's Safety Committee and as Chair of the Instrumentation Committee. The procedure to select the Shreve Professor was as follows. Earlier this year, all Professors in our School were requested to submit CVs for consideration and several did. Following University guidelines, a School level committee was established to consider candidates - it included all the School's Distinguished and Named professors. The committee voted enthusiastically to award the Shreve Professorship to Dr. Ribeiro. All candidates were informed of the selection soon after the committee's decision. Dr. R. Norris Shreve was a distinguished member of our School's faculty during 1930-55 and served as the third School Head during 1947-51. The Shreve Professorship is funded by the Norris and Eleanor Shreve Trust. Pl join me in congratulating Dr. Ribeiro for this most well-deserved recognition! Best, Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University