March 2016 - Che-student-staff-list

Sad News
by Varma, Arvind 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Dear Colleagues, I am very sorry to inform that Julie Kim's mother passed away recently after a lengthy illness. Sang will leave for her memorial services in California early tomorrow morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Julie, Sang and their family. Arvind

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2016 ChE Excellence in Safety Award - nominations accepted
by Nagy, Gabriela 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

Hello Everyone, The Chemical Engineering Safety Committee is inviting nominations for the 2016 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, 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 Monday, April 4, 2016. Nominations should not exceed 250 words and should include specific examples. Due Date for nominations: April 4, 2016, with the award to be presented on May 5, 2016, at the May appreciation reception. Selection: The selection will be made by the ChE Excellence in Safety Award Committee, and communicated to all School employees and students. Previous recipients: 2014 - Erik Sheets 2015 - Viktor Cybulskis Thank you for your commitment to safety! 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 G041D Purdue University Tel: (765)-496-1710 E-mail: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>

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Frank DeVilbiss Dissertation Defense, Tuesday, April 5, at 4:30 PM in FRNY 2107
by Johnson, Beverly J 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

This e-mail is to announce that Frank DeVilbiss will be defending his thesis: Is Metabolism Goal-Directed? Investigating the Validity of Modeling Biological Systems with Cybernetic Control via Omic Data on Tuesday, April 5, at 4:30 p.m. in FRNY 2107. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Ramkrishna. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 1051 Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Sad News
by Murray, Chris L 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

Visitation and service details for Karen are available at http://www.mausfuneralhome.com/sitemaker/sites/MAUSFU1/memsol.cgi?user_id=1… Thursday, March 31, Visitation from 5-8 pm, Service at 8:00 pm at Maus Funeral Home in Attica. From: Che-staff-list [mailto:che-staff-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Varma, Arvind Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 2:41 PM To: chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:chme@ecn.purdue.edu> Subject: [Che-staff-list] Sad News Dear Colleagues, I am very sorry to inform that Karen Heide passed away earlier today. Karen worked at Purdue for nearly 40 years, of which more than 26 were in our School. She had some health issues for several years before retiring in May 2014 but she was always cheerful, with a smile on her face. Her hobby was bowling - along with her husband Rich, she was an avid bowler and participated in the Purdue Faculty , Staff & Students Bowling League for years. Recently, on March 19, she was inducted into the Lafayette USBC (US Bowling Congress) Hall of Fame for Meritorious Service. Details about her visitation and services will be available later. Our thoughts are with Rich and her family - may Karen rest in peace. Arvind

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Seminar Announcement - Dr Daniel Schwarts, 03/29/16
by Shafer, Marsha L 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

Last reminder for today's seminar! [cid:image001.png@01D18995.FE083C20]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Daniel K. Schwartz, Chair Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering University of Colorado Boulder "Single Molecule Resolution of Heterogeneous Interfacial Dynamics" Tuesday, March 29, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Interactions between molecules and surfaces lead to complex and highly-varied interfacial behavior, where heterogeneity may arise from spatial variation of the surface/interface itself or from molecular configurations (i.e. conformation, orientation, aggregation state, etc.). These phenomena greatly impact technologies and applications including biomaterials, separations (chromatography and membrane filtration), heterogeneous catalysis, and biosensing, among others. The direct observation of adsorption, interfacial diffusion, and desorption of individual fluorescent molecules permits the characterization of heterogeneous interfacial behavior in ways that are inaccessible to traditional ensemble-averaged methods. Moreover, spectral information can be used to simultaneously track molecular configuration (aggregation or folding state). Single-molecule tracking experiments have traditionally been limited by small sample sizes, leading to poor statistical significance and a lack of sensitivity to rare populations. However, advances in high-throughput tracking methods now enable hundreds of thousands of molecules to be followed in a given experiment. This approach has recently been used to characterize heterogeneous molecule-surface interactions including: complex mechanisms of interfacial transport, spatially dependent interactions, surface-mediated intermolecular association, and others. Bio: Dan Schwartz is Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Glenn L. Murphy Endowed Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has been a professor at CU-Boulder since 2001. He was previously an Assistant and Associate Professor of Chemistry at Tulane University from 1994-2000. Dan received his Bachelor's Degree (in Chemistry and Physics) and his PhD (in Physics) from Harvard, and subsequently performed postdoctoral fellowships in Chemical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara and Physical Chemistry at UCLA. Dan's research interests focus on interfacial phenomena with specialties in surface modification, surfactant phenomena, biotechnology, liquid crystals, single-molecule microscopy, and biomimetic catalysis. He has published roughly 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts that have been cited approximately 7000 times. His recognitions include the NSF CAREER award, the Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar award, the CU-Boulder Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in Research, and election as a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Chemical Society. Dan has been a Senior Editor of the journal Langmuir, the American Chemical Society's journal of surfaces and colloids since 2004 and is currently the Chair of the ACS Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division (COLL). He was the founding Director of the Tulane Science Scholars program (an enrichment program for High School students) and of the Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Functional Materials at CU-Boulder. He also developed a general education course at CU-Boulder, Creative Technology, that has communicated state-of-the-art technology concepts to more than 6,000 non-science undergraduates to date. Marsha Marsha Shafer Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall, Room G027 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 (765) 494-4069 mlshafer(a)purdue.edu<mailto:mlshafer@purdue.edu>

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Seminar Abstract/Announcement
by Vigar, Jill K 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

Good morning! Purdue's School of Chemical Engineering is honored to be hosting Dr. Gyeong Hwang of the University of Texas at Austin on April 5, 2016. Please make plans to attend this seminar! Jill K. Vigar Secretary Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Rm 2144 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 P. 765-494-7134 E. jvigar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jvigar@purdue.edu> [ENG_Chem] [cid:image007.png@01D185B0.3C119AA0]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Gyeong S. Hwang McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin "Accelerating Materials Discovery and Design through Computational Modeling" Tuesday, April 5, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: First-principles computational approaches have emerged as a powerful tool for design and development of new energy materials. This talk will focus on introducing our ongoing efforts in first principles modeling of energy storage and conversion materials. In particular, I will present recent progress in our collaborative theoretical and experimental efforts to explore photocatalytic materials, especially the photocatalytic properties of bismuth vanadate that has received much interest as a promising visible-light-active photocatalyst for water splitting. The effects of doping and structural phase transitions as well as the underlying mechanisms of photocatalytic water splitting will be discussed. Bio: Gyeong S. Hwang is the Paul D. and Betty Robertson Meek & American Petrofina Foundation Centennial Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (with M.S. in Applied Physics) from California Institute of Technology in 1999. Prior to joining the faculty of UT-Austin in Fall 2001, he was the F.M. Becket Fellow of the Electrochemical Society at the Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, in Germany, and a research staff at the Materials Process and Simulation Center of California Institute of Technology. His current research has a well-balanced emphasis on fundamentals and applications, ranging from first principles studies of surface chemistry, bulk dynamics and interfacial interactions to multiscale, multiphysics modeling of engineering problems encountered in the fabrication of energy, electronic devices. He has published about 165 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has been granted 4 US patents. He has received several awards and fellowships including: Lyondell Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering (2007, UT-Austin); Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2005, NSF); and F.M. Becket Memorial Award (1999, ECS).

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Campus-wide tornado drill - today
by Nagy, Gabriela 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Hello everyone, I wanted to remind you that today, March 22, the National Weather Service, in conjunction with several Indiana state agencies, will conduct a statewide test of communication systems at approximately 10:15 a.m. and 7:35 p.m. As part of Indiana's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, Purdue's Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office will coordinate a voluntary campus-wide tornado drill during the state's morning drill only. Multiple warning systems will be activated at 10:15 a.m. The systems that will be activated include the All Hazard Outdoor Warning Sirens (intended to warn those outdoors only), text message, Purdue's @purdueemegency Twitter, desktop popup alert, alert beacon activation, some digital signs and the Boiler TV emergency alerting system layers of the Purdue Alert notification system. The All Hazard Outdoor Warning Sirens will sound again at 7:35 p.m. as part of the state's drill, but the other Purdue Alert warning notification layers will not be activated. Although our School will not practice the shelter-in-place procedures today, I wanted to remind you of our shelter-in-place procedures in case of a weather related emergency: - Calmly move to the basement of either the new or the old wing of the building. - Use one of the staircases: in the FRNY atrium, adjacent to the exit that faces Physics, adjacent to the exit facing Civil Engineering or adjacent to the exit facing the Engineering Mall. - Do not use the elevators. - Take your personal belongings with you, if possible. - Assist those who need help, if possible. - Stay in the shelter location until instructed by emergency personnel that it is safe to leave. Please follow the signs (see below) posted in the building to find the shortest way to the shelter-in-place location. [http://www.anytimesign.com/images/shelter_in__place.jpg] [Emergency Shelter Safety Sign] No action is required today when the Purdue's warning systems will be activated at ~10:15 am, but please take a few minutes to review the above shelter-in-place procedures. Thank you, Gabriela On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director ChE Safety Committee Chair School of Chemical Engineering Room FRNY G041D Purdue University Tel: (765)-496-1710 E-mail: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>

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Ridade Sayin Dissertation Defense, Wednesday, March 23, at 3:00 PM in FRNY 1043
by Green, Corwin S 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Good afternoon, This e-mail is to announce that Ridade Sayin will be defending her dissertation, Mechanistic Studies of Twin Screw Granulation, on Wednesday, March 23, at 3:00 p.m. in FRNY 1043. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Jim Litster, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Regards, Corwin Green Graduate Office Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive, Room 1051 West Lafayette, IN 47907 P: (765)494-4057 E-mail: csgreen(a)purdue.edu<mailto:csgreen@purdue.edu> www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Graduate Seminar Announcement -Dr. Daniel Chiu - March 22
by Ewing, Virginia G 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Seminar tomorrow. [cid:image006.png@01D17B7B.087208E0]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Daniel Chiu Department of Chemical Engineering University of Washington "Highly Fluorescent Semiconducting Polymer Dots for Biology and Medicine" Tuesday, March 22, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention in recent years because of their outstanding characteristics as fluorescent probes. These nanoparticles, which primarily consist of conjugated polymers and are called polymer dots (Pdots) when they exhibit small particle size and high brightness, have demonstrated utility in a wide range of applications such as fluorescence imaging and biosensing. In this presentation, I will highlight work in my lab in the development of Pdots for biological detection, imaging, and sensing. Bio: Daniel T. Chiu is currently the A. Bruce Montgomery Professor Chemistry, Endowed Professor of Analytical Chemistry, and Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. He is also a member of the University of Washington's Institute for Molecular Engineering as well as the Cancer Consortium of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Chiu obtained a B.A. in neurobiology and a B.S. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University in 1998. He completed postdoctoral research at Harvard University before joining the University of Washington in 2000.

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Seminar Announcement for Dr. Daniel Schwartz, March 29, 2016
by Shafer, Marsha L 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

[cid:image001.png@01D1834A.60461800]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Dr. Daniel K. Schwartz, Chair Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering University of Colorado Boulder "Single Molecule Resolution of Heterogeneous Interfacial Dynamics" Tuesday, March 29, 2016 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Interactions between molecules and surfaces lead to complex and highly-varied interfacial behavior, where heterogeneity may arise from spatial variation of the surface/interface itself or from molecular configurations (i.e. conformation, orientation, aggregation state, etc.). These phenomena greatly impact technologies and applications including biomaterials, separations (chromatography and membrane filtration), heterogeneous catalysis, and biosensing, among others. The direct observation of adsorption, interfacial diffusion, and desorption of individual fluorescent molecules permits the characterization of heterogeneous interfacial behavior in ways that are inaccessible to traditional ensemble-averaged methods. Moreover, spectral information can be used to simultaneously track molecular configuration (aggregation or folding state). Single-molecule tracking experiments have traditionally been limited by small sample sizes, leading to poor statistical significance and a lack of sensitivity to rare populations. However, advances in high-throughput tracking methods now enable hundreds of thousands of molecules to be followed in a given experiment. This approach has recently been used to characterize heterogeneous molecule-surface interactions including: complex mechanisms of interfacial transport, spatially dependent interactions, surface-mediated intermolecular association, and others. Bio: Dan Schwartz is Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Glenn L. Murphy Endowed Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has been a professor at CU-Boulder since 2001. He was previously an Assistant and Associate Professor of Chemistry at Tulane University from 1994-2000. Dan received his Bachelor's Degree (in Chemistry and Physics) and his PhD (in Physics) from Harvard, and subsequently performed postdoctoral fellowships in Chemical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara and Physical Chemistry at UCLA. Dan's research interests focus on interfacial phenomena with specialties in surface modification, surfactant phenomena, biotechnology, liquid crystals, single-molecule microscopy, and biomimetic catalysis. He has published roughly 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts that have been cited approximately 7000 times. His recognitions include the NSF CAREER award, the Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar award, the CU-Boulder Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in Research, and election as a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Chemical Society. Dan has been a Senior Editor of the journal Langmuir, the American Chemical Society's journal of surfaces and colloids since 2004 and is currently the Chair of the ACS Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division (COLL). He was the founding Director of the Tulane Science Scholars program (an enrichment program for High School students) and of the Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Functional Materials at CU-Boulder. He also developed a general education course at CU-Boulder, Creative Technology, that has communicated state-of-the-art technology concepts to more than 6,000 non-science undergraduates to date. Marsha Marsha Shafer Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall, Room G027 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 (765) 494-4069 mlshafer(a)purdue.edu

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