January 2015 - Che-student-staff-list

New Grad Program Office Secretary
by Field, Catherine A 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Hello Everyone, Katherine (Kitty) Takiguchi is the new Graduate Program Office Secretary. She just graduated from Purdue in December with a B.S. in Communications, and she'll be working full-time in the Grad Office until she leaves for law school in the early summer. As some of you may recall, Kitty also worked for the ChE Grad Office last year as a Student Worker. Her office is 1029D, and her e-mail is ktakiguc(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ktakiguc@purdue.edu>. Please join me in welcoming Kitty back to the School of Chemical Engineering. Best Wishes, Katie Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47906 E-mail: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Graduate Seminar Series ChE- Prof Jeffrey McCutcheon- Jan13
by Jackson, Christa N 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Jeffrey McCutcheon University of Connecticut "New Membrane Designs for Forward Osmosis" January 13, 2015 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Forward osmosis (FO) is a rapidly emerging technology platform that harnesses the osmotic pressure difference between solutions of differing salinity. By harnessing osmosis in an engineered process environment, innovative technologies for desalination, water reuse, dewatering, and power production can be realized. However, a vast majority of FO development has been hindered by the lack of appropriately-designed membranes that facilitate the use of this unusual driving force and thus exhibit high water flux, superior selectivity, chemical stability and adequate mechanical strength. At the University of Connecticut, we have developed a number of new polymeric thin film composite membranes that function well in a number of FO applications. One of our developments has been a modified reverse osmosis membrane that has a demonstrated 20-fold improvement in water flux over its unmodified counterpart. Another is our cast nylon 6,6 microfiltration membrane supported thin film composite membrane which has matched productivity of a standard commercial FO membrane but is 10 times more selective. One of our most innovative flat-sheet platforms is our electrospun nanofiber supported TFC membrane. The high porosity and low tortuosity of the nanofiber nonwoven support material facilitates mass transport and thus enables excellent osmotic performance. Lastly, our newest work is on a hollow fiber TFC membrane designed for osmotic applications. Each of these membrane platforms has its own benefits and drawbacks. Each also has varying prospects for commercial development. These issues will be discussed in the context of other FO commercialization efforts occurring around the world. Bio: Jeffrey McCutcheon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and at the University of Connecticut. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. At the University of Connecticut, he serves as a Center Faculty at the Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Director the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering REU-Site, and Director of the UConn Piloting Facility. Since his appointment in Fall of 2008, he has established the Sustainable Water and Energy Laboratory (SWEL), an interdisciplinary research environment that supports 10 graduate students and 4 undergraduate researchers. His primary research efforts are focused on osmotic processes, including forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO). His work has resulted in 34 publications, 2 book chapters, 5 pending patents, and a number of invited seminars around the world. He is an elected Director in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Separations Division and serves on the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Board of Directors. He is co-chair for a number of upcoming international membrane related meetings, including the ACS workshop on "Advances in Materials and Processes for Polymeric Membrane Mediated Water Purification" to be held in Pacific Grove, CA in Spring 2015, the NAMS Annual Meeting to be held in Boston, MA in Summer 2015, and the Gordon Research Conference on Membranes and Membrane Processes to be held in Summer 2016. He has received a number of awards including the 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, the Solvay Advanced Polymers Young Faculty Award, The DuPont Young Faculty Award, and the FRI/John G. Kunesh Award from the AIChE Separations Division.

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Graduate Seminar Series ChE- Prof Bruce Gates - Jan 20
by Ewing, Virginia G 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

[blackwelder] School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Bruce C. Gates Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of California, Davis "Molecular Metal Catalysts on Supports: Organometallic Chemistry Meets Surface Science" January 20, 2015 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Advances in synthesis and characterization of essentially molecular metal complexes and clusters on supports are making a reality of catalyst design. We summarize work unraveling effects of the design variables of these site-isolated catalysts: the metal, metal nuclearity, support, and other ligands on the metal. The syntheses provide structurally simple, uniform species bonded to crystalline porous supports chosen for their uniformity: zeolites and MgO. The catalyst syntheses involve reactions of organometallic precursors with support surfaces; the characterization methods include IR, EXAFS, XANES, and NMR spectroscopies, atomic-resolution electron microscopy, and computations at the level of DFT. The data demonstrate high degrees of uniformity of supported species and determine their compositions and structures, including the ligands and the metal-support bonding and structure. Bio: Bruce Gates studied chemical engineering at Berkeley (B.S., 1961) and the University of Washington (PhD, 1966) and with a Fulbright grant did postdoctoral research at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. He worked for two years as a research engineer at Chevron Research Company and began as an assistant professor at the University of Delaware in 1969, becoming the H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry. In 1992 he joined the University of California, Davis, where he is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. He has spent four sabbatical years at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and was recently a guest professor at Hokkaido University. Gates's research is focused on catalysis, with an emphasis on essentially molecular metal complex and metal cluster catalysts anchored to solid surfaces and on catalytic conversion of biomass-derived compounds. He authored the textbooks "Catalytic Chemistry" and co-authored "Chemistry of Catalytic Processes." He edits the monograph Advances in Catalysis. He serves on the U.S. Department of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Board. He has been recognized with awards from the American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the North American Catalysis Society, and the Council for Chemical Research. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

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Scholar Award in Studying Complex Systems 2015 Grant Competition
by Pol, Vilas G 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Hi Ramki, Just thought about you. We could make a plan to solve our complex problem via this funding. https://www.jsmf.org/apply/scholar-cs/ Vilas ________________________________ From: Che-faculty-list [che-faculty-list-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu] on behalf of Doraiswami Ramkrishna [ramkrish(a)ecn.purdue.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 12:51 PM To: Varma, Arvind; chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Re: [Che-faculty-list] FW: 2014-15 Preeminent Teams Competition Jim: Hearty congratulations! Ramki On 11/12/2014 9:16 AM, Varma, Arvind wrote: All, Congratulations to Jim Litster and his team! Arvind From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Jamieson, Leah H. Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:04 AM To: 'engfaculty-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:engfaculty-list@ecn.purdue.edu>'; 'engap-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:engap-list@ecn.purdue.edu>'; 'engcs-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:engcs-list@ecn.purdue.edu>'; 'Eac-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:Eac-list@ecn.purdue.edu>' Subject: 2014-15 Preeminent Teams Competition Colleagues - I am pleased to announce the four teams selected in this year's College of Engineering Preeminent Teams competition: Team #3 Designer Particulate Products Lead: Jim Litster, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Members: Klein Ileleji, Associate Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering Zoltan Nagy, Professor of Chemical Engineering Lynne Taylor, Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Carl Wassgren, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Team #5 Nanomanufacturing Lead: Ali Shakouri, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center Members: Jan Allebach, Hewlett Packard Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Gary Cheng, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering George Chiu, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Timothy Fisher, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering Joe Kokini, Professor of Food Science Kinam Park, Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rodo Pinal, Associate Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Arvind Raman, Associate Dean for Global Engineering Programs and Robert V Adams Professor of Mechanical Engineering Alex Wei, Professor of Chemistry Jeff Youngblood, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering Babak Ziaie, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Team #7: Spintronics: Atoms to Systems Lead: Supriyo Datta, Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Members: Joerg Appenzeller, Barry M. and Patricia L. Epstein Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Scientific Director of Nanoelectronics in the Birck Nanotechnology Center Yong Chen, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering Zhihong Chen, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ernesto Marinero, Professor of Engineering Practice of Materials Engineering Anand Raghunathan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kaushik Roy, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Team #11: Cold Plasmas Lead: Sergey Macheret, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Members: Alina Alexeenko, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Sally Bane, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Timothy Fisher, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering Allen Garner, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering Ahmed Hassanein, Paul L. Wattelet Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Head, School of Nuclear Engineering Kevin Keener, Professor of Food Science Robert Lucht, Ralph and Bettye Bailey Professor of Combustion in Mechanical Engineering Dimitrios Peroulis, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Please join me in congratulating the members of this year's Preeminent Teams. This year 27 teams, comprising of more than 150 faculty members, participated in the Preeminent Teams competition. The panelists were unanimous in their compliments to all of the teams for the evidence of strength, teamwork, and the impressive array of ideas. I extend my thanks and congratulations to all of the faculty who participated. Over the next couple of weeks, watch the College of Engineering homepage for a spotlight describing the selected teams' proposed research. Best, leah --- Leah H. Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall +1 765 494 5346 701 West Stadium Avenue +1 765 494 9321 (fax) Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 lhj(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lhj@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr<http://www.ece.purdue.edu/%7Elhj> _______________________________________________ Che-faculty-list mailing list Che-faculty-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:Che-faculty-list@ecn.purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/che-faculty-list -- Prof. Doraiswami Ramkrishna Harry Creighton Peffer Distinguished Professor School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University TEL: (765)494-4066; FAX: (765)494-0805 Email: ramkrish(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:ramkrish@ecn.purdue.edu> http://atom.ecn.purdue.edu/~drops/

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Graduate Seminar Series - Spring 2015
by Ewing, Virginia G 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Happy New Year! Please find attached the Graduate Seminar Series schedule for Spring semester 2015. I will send an update when additional titles are provided. Virginia Virginia Ewing 480 Stadium Mall Drive School of Chemical Engineering/FRNY Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 Phone 765-494-4365 Email: vewing(a)purdue.edu<mailto:vewing@purdue.edu>

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SPRING 2015 Teaching Schedule
by Hendryx, Sandra K 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Attached is the Spring 2015 Teaching Schedule. Thanks. Sandy Sandra Hendryx, Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Office Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1057 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765-494-5650 Fax: 765-494-0805

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Seminar Announcement
by Jackson, Christa N 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Jeffrey McCutcheon University of Connecticut "New Membrane Designs for Forward Osmosis" January 13, 2015 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Forward osmosis (FO) is a rapidly emerging technology platform that harnesses the osmotic pressure difference between solutions of differing salinity. By harnessing osmosis in an engineered process environment, innovative technologies for desalination, water reuse, dewatering, and power production can be realized. However, a vast majority of FO development has been hindered by the lack of appropriately-designed membranes that facilitate the use of this unusual driving force and thus exhibit high water flux, superior selectivity, chemical stability and adequate mechanical strength. At the University of Connecticut, we have developed a number of new polymeric thin film composite membranes that function well in a number of FO applications. One of our developments has been a modified reverse osmosis membrane that has a demonstrated 20-fold improvement in water flux over its unmodified counterpart. Another is our cast nylon 6,6 microfiltration membrane supported thin film composite membrane which has matched productivity of a standard commercial FO membrane but is 10 times more selective. One of our most innovative flat-sheet platforms is our electrospun nanofiber supported TFC membrane. The high porosity and low tortuosity of the nanofiber nonwoven support material facilitates mass transport and thus enables excellent osmotic performance. Lastly, our newest work is on a hollow fiber TFC membrane designed for osmotic applications. Each of these membrane platforms has its own benefits and drawbacks. Each also has varying prospects for commercial development. These issues will be discussed in the context of other FO commercialization efforts occurring around the world. Bio: Jeffrey McCutcheon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and at the University of Connecticut. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. At the University of Connecticut, he serves as a Center Faculty at the Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Director the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering REU-Site, and Director of the UConn Piloting Facility. Since his appointment in Fall of 2008, he has established the Sustainable Water and Energy Laboratory (SWEL), an interdisciplinary research environment that supports 10 graduate students and 4 undergraduate researchers. His primary research efforts are focused on osmotic processes, including forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO). His work has resulted in 34 publications, 2 book chapters, 5 pending patents, and a number of invited seminars around the world. He is an elected Director in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Separations Division and serves on the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Board of Directors. He is co-chair for a number of upcoming international membrane related meetings, including the ACS workshop on "Advances in Materials and Processes for Polymeric Membrane Mediated Water Purification" to be held in Pacific Grove, CA in Spring 2015, the NAMS Annual Meeting to be held in Boston, MA in Summer 2015, and the Gordon Research Conference on Membranes and Membrane Processes to be held in Summer 2016. He has received a number of awards including the 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, the Solvay Advanced Polymers Young Faculty Award, The DuPont Young Faculty Award, and the FRI/John G. Kunesh Award from the AIChE Separations Division. Sincerely, Christa N. Jackson Main office Secretary Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1060 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-494-4050 jacksonc(a)purdue.edu

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