January 2014 - Che-student-staff-list

ChE Director of Graduate Studies
by Varma, Arvind 28 May '14

28 May '14

Dear Colleagues, After serving since January, 2009 as our School's Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), Prof. Litster recently requested relief from this service, to devote more time to his teaching and research. Reluctantly, I accepted his request. On behalf of our School's faculty, staff and graduate students, I express deep gratitude to Jim for his outstanding service in this role. Simultaneously, I am pleased to inform that, effective July 1, Prof. Mike Harris has accepted to become our School's DGS. In this capacity, he will advise the graduate students and oversee the operations of the graduate office. I am grateful that Mike has accepted this position of leadership and service. Sincerely, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Cristina Farmus
by Varma, Arvind 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, With very mixed emotions, I am writing to inform that Cristina Farmus has accepted a position as Senior Policy Associate with the Office of Global Affairs. Her start date is November 14 - she'll be there most of November 14 and 15, but work half-time in ChE and OGA for the following two weeks, until November 27. Cristina joined our School in July 2004 as the Business Manager and served admirably in this role for four years. Since September 2008, she has served as the first Administrative Director for our School. This was a new position created to address a wide range of administrative needs in ChE. In this capacity, she has overseen essentially all non-academic aspects related to operating our School: finances, facilities, staff, computer network, corporate relations, marketing, and strategic plan implementation. She has defined the Administrative Director position and has performed in an exemplary manner in all her activities. In addition to her regular duties, Cristina undertook many other tasks. She was a member of the Centennial Planning Committee and helped to organize all the School Centennial activities in 2011. Among many tasks, she worked with co-authors Phil Wankat and Nicholas Peppas to issue a new edition of our School's history book, titled "100 Years of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, 1911-2011." During this process, a new book project emerged, and thus a coffee table style book was published "A Pictorial History of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, 1911-2011" for which Cristina is a co-author along with Phil Wankat. Cristina was a member of ChE Strategic Planning Committee in 2009, whose charge was to define the 2010-2014 ChE Strategic Plan and assess its progress - she has led the latter process since its inception. She is also a member of the ChE Industrial Advisory Council (IAC), handles all communications related to the IAC and coordinates all the School's corporate relations. For her extraordinary work, she received the CoE New Employee Excellence Award in 2005. In addition, she received the 2012 CoE Leadership Award for staff members. Cristina has performed at a superb level in all her activities. She has been absolutely central for our School's operation for many years but is now interested in broadening her background, which is understandable. She has worked closely with me and helped me tremendously to do my own job. I know that I speak for all of us that her professionalism and positive attitude in all her activities will be sorely missed by all. Pl join me in wishing Cristina the very best for the future. Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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New Communications Specialist for our School
by Farmus, Cristina D 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to introduce our newest staff member - Kay Hagen, as the Communications Specialist for the School of Chemical Engineering. Her responsibilities include newsletters, brochures, website updates, building display cases, annual report, posters, the yet to be installed touch screen/Kiosk, and any other marketing materials our School needs. She will also be responsible for the communications part of ChE 435 - the senior design laboratory. Kay comes with great experience in communications. She worked as Communications Coordinator in the College of Veterinary Medicine from 2006 to 2011; prior to that she was a news writer for Purdue, focusing on Extension Offices for four years. Most recently she has worked as an independent graphic designer. Kay comes to us with great design and marketing experience and has built an impressive portfolio of articles, publications and displays. Kay started in our School this Monday, her position is half time and her office hours will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm. You can find her in FRNY 1027 or via email at kjh(a)purdue.edu<mailto:kjh@purdue.edu>. Please join me in welcoming Kay to our School. Cristina Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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FW: [Elist39] Xerox Management of the Purdue University Print Center
by Varma, Arvind 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

FYI... From: elist39-bounces(a)lists.purdue.edu [mailto:elist39-bounces@lists.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of eList 39 administrator Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:51 PM To: elist39(a)purdue.edu; elist39d(a)purdue.edu Subject: [Elist39] Xerox Management of the Purdue University Print Center [cid:image001.png@01CF1CFF.23538CB0] TO: Vice Presidents, Vice Provosts, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Deans, Directors, and Heads of Schools, Divisions and Departments FROM: Rob Wynkoop, Managing Director, Office of the Executive Vice President for Business and Finance, Treasurer DATE: January 29, 2014 SUBJECT: Xerox Management of the Purdue University Print Center After strategic analysis and campus-wide review of Purdue's Printing Services operations, Purdue has entered into a centralized print management agreement with Xerox Corporation Ltd. Under this agreement, Xerox will operate the Purdue Print Center with the goal to reduce costs, improve productivity and enhance services for the campus community. The operational changeover will occur Feb. 3. This agreement builds on a 40-year relationship with Xerox, which has served as a technology vendor. The 16 Purdue employees affected by this transition have been offered and have accepted on-campus positions with Xerox. As Xerox begins to manage the Print Center operations, current clients of Printing Services should continue conducting printing service business as usual. In addition, the BoilerCopyMaker Center located in the Purdue Memorial Union will remain open with the same services, under the operation of Xerox. The new Xerox arrangement will be announced to the full West Lafayette campus in the Thursday, Jan. 30, issue of Purdue Today. As you know, operating expenses that outpaced revenue prompted the analysis of the university-owned operations at the West Lafayette campus. The review determined that advancements in both technologies and service delivery models would allow for more enhanced support services to the university community. With this agreement, the university will pay an average of 10 percent to 15 percent less for printing services over previous pricing. What you need to know now: * The job submission process will remain the same until complete integration with the Xerox managed print center. Continue to request printing services jobs by calling 765-494-2006. * Additional information will be provided as Xerox assesses current operations and begins to shift workloads, update service offerings and address the job submission processes. * The BoilerCopyMaker will remain open in Purdue Memorial Union. * Additional information will be provided via List 39, Purdue Today and direct communication from the Purdue Print Center. If you have questions, please call the center at 765-494-2006. Thank you for your cooperation.

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FW: A message from Dean Leah Jamieson to the Purdue Engineering family
by Varma, Arvind 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Dear Colleagues, Please read the message below from Dean Leah Jamieson. I join her in expressing my own deep sense of loss from the senseless tragedy. Please visit the website below for counseling services available in the wake of the incident: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/counseling-resources-available-t… . Sincerely, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Dean Leah Jamieson Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:21 PM To: engfaculty-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: A message from Dean Leah Jamieson to the Purdue Engineering family [Purdue University College of Engineering] Dear Engineering Faculty, Staff, and Students - Yesterday we lost a member of the College of Engineering family through a senseless act of targeted violence. Andrew Boldt was a senior in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Those who knew him, studied with him, and enjoyed life with him have been touched deeply and personally by his death. My heart goes out to you. And because of the manner of his death, we have all been shocked and saddened. This is a time to come together, as so many did at the vigil last night, a time to reach out to those whose pain is unbearable, and a time to pause from "business as usual" to reflect on how to begin the healing process. As you have heard from Provost Sands, Purdue's counseling and health services are available for all. Please seek help and seek strength in knowing that yesterday was not "business as usual." On behalf of the College of Engineering, I extend my deepest sympathy to Andrew's family and friends, to the faculty, students, and staff in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and to the entire College of Engineering community, for yesterday's events have touched us all. [http://www.purdue.edu/email/2013/ENG-basic-email-template/signature.jpg] Leah Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Equal access/equal opportunity university<http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/ea_eou_statement.html> | Produced by Purdue Marketing and Media<http://marketing.purdue.edu> <http://engineering.purdue.edu/>[Purdue Engineering - Think impact]<http://engineering.purdue.edu/><http://engineering.purdue.edu/> <http://www.purdue.edu/>[Purdue University]<http://www.purdue.edu/><http://www.purdue.edu/>

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Safety information related to the event that occured yesterday
by Nagy, Gabriela 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Hello Everyone, The tragic event that occurred yesterday affected all of us and I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that an emergency requiring sheltering in place doesn't mean only weather related events, but also a HazMat event such as (accidental) hazardous materials release/spill, or even a shooter/bomber. Those of you who recently attended a mandatory safety awareness training session, will remember that I mention this during the safety training. Our Shelter in Place location is the basement of both wings of the building, and can be reached via the staircases located in the atrium and those located adjacent to the exits facing the Physics Building, Civil Engineering Building and the Engineering Mall. However, in an incident that involves shooting, people should stay in their office or a secure place, away from windows, turn the lights down and lock the door. Please visit our website (https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/AboutUs/Safety.html) and under the Emergency Preparedness section you will find (among other useful information) a link to a short video (20 minutes) meant as training material for situations like the one we experienced yesterday ("Shots Fired on Campus: When Lightning Strikes"<https://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/news/2008/emergency-preparedness-shots-…>). If you are not already subscribed to Purdue's "ALERT" notification system, I strongly advise you to subscribe as soon as possible. This makes sure you are notified of emergency situations that occur on campus, via text message and email. Please see below the link and instructions on how to subscribe for this notification system: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/health_safety/mail.html Subscribe to emergency alerts: For Purdue faculty, students and staff Sign up for emergency text messages at http://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/. Click on the "Change Your Password" icon, log in. Then click on emergency contact information under the account tools list in the right column. Enter your cell phone number. (Please contact your service provider to ensure that your phone can receive such messages.) To be removed from the text system follow the above procedures and delete your cell phone number. Sincerely, Gabriela on behalf of the ChE Safety Committee ________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director ChE Safety Committee Chair 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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reminders about spring seminar (next seminar will be 3/4) and attendance policy
by Field, Catherine A 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Hello ChE Grad Students, Just a quick note to remind you that we don't have any seminars scheduled for February, and grad students are not expected attend the faculty candidate talks, unless specifically asked to do so by Dr. Varma or their advisors. So you are "off" from Seminar until March 4th (speaker to be announced later). I've attached the Seminar schedule (please make a note of all dates in your calendar), and the Seminar Absence form (to be turned in if you want to substitute an outside Seminar for our Seminar). I've also copied Nela (my student worker) who maintains the Seminar attendance spreadsheet. Please make an note of her e-mail, and please be sure e-mail her if you are going to be absent, and she'll update the spreadsheet accordingly. Thank you. Best, Katie

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Graduate Seminar Announcement - Dr Chongli Yuan
by Ewing, Virginia G 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Chongli Yuan School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University "Seeking the Critical Traits of Epigenetic Modifications for Early-Stage Disease Diagnosis" January 14, 2014 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract. In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that abnormal epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications are hallmarks of many types of diseases, such as lung cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. Understanding how different epigenetic patterns regulate gene activity and enabling sensitive detection of epigenetic patterns hold the key to developing the next generation of therapeutic and diagnostic tools of human diseases. By combining state-of-the-art quantitative fluorescence spectroscopy with engineering principles, we have established quantitative correlations among epigenetic content, chromosome structure, and gene activity. Such correlations can be used for screening early-stage disease biomarkers and identifying potential epigenetic modifications as novel drug targets. In addition, we have developed protein probes to identify and recognize disease-related DNA methylation marks. Our detection platform offers a simple and cheap DNA methylation detection approach, promising for detecting early stage cancers. Bio. Dr. Yuan received her BS degree in chemical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology in 2002. She worked with Dr. Lynden Archer at Cornell on the DNA mechanics and nanomaterial synthesis for her Ph.D. After obtaining her degree in 2007, she moved to ETH, Zurich and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Prof. Tim Richmond's group in molecular biology and biophysics. She joined the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University as an Assistant Professor in 2009. She received the ACS PRF new investigator award and CDMRP lung cancer concept award. Her current research primarily focuses on elucidating the epigenetic regulation mechanism in human cells and developing novel epigenomic tools to detect and quantify epigenetic modifications related with human diseases. .

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Reminder re: CHE 697: Finite Element Analysis in ChE
by Field, Catherine A 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Hello ChE Grad Students, Please see attached course description for Dr. Basaran’s CHE 697: Finite Element Analysis in Chemical Engineering. Class starts today at 3:30 in FRNY G124. Best Wishes, Katie Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Welcome to Carl Laird and Vilas Pol
by Varma, Arvind 11 Jan '14

11 Jan '14

Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, both Carl Laird and Vilas Pol have joined our School as Associate Professors this week. They bring outstanding credentials and new research-teaching expertise to our faculty. There is no doubt that their programs will attract new outstanding graduate students and also bring recognition to themselves and to our School. Their offices are located in FRNY G027C (CL) and 2146 (VP). Pl join me in welcoming them to our School and take the time to re-introduce yourself to them. With best wishes for the start of a New Year and a new academic semester! Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Tel: 765-494-4075; Fax: 765-494-0805; Email: avarma(a)purdue.edu<mailto:avarma@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/People/ptProfile?id=11068

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