Happy New Year! It is my pleasure to inform you that Dr. Nate Schultheiss has joined the staff of our School today as Director of Unconventional Energy. Nate has a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Missouri State University and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Solid State Chemistry from Kansas State University. He comes to Purdue from Halliburton, where he has held multiple positions of progressive responsibility, most recently he was the Global R&D Technical Chemistry Advisor. Nate will be located in FRNY 1060G, his email is nschulth@purdue.edu<mailto:nschulth@purdue.edu> and his office phone is 494-0226. Please join me in welcoming Nate to our School. Sangtae "Sang" Kim Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University