March 2017 - Che-student-staff-list

Nominations accepted for the 2017 ChE Excellence in Safety Award
by Nagy, Gabriela 04 Apr '17

04 Apr '17

Hello Everyone, The Chemical Engineering Safety Committee is pleased to invite nominations for the 2017 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, research associate, 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 Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Nominations should not exceed 250 words and should include specific examples. Due Date for nominations: April 5, 2017, with the award to be presented 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. Thank you for your commitment to safety! Sincerely, Gabriela On behalf of the ChE Safety Committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director Davidson 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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ChE Relay for Life and Penny Wars
by Hendryx, Sandra K 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Hi All, This year the undergraduate and graduate chemical engineering organizations have decided to join forces and raise money for Relay for Life, which supports the American Cancer Society. If you like to donate or participate in Relay for Life, please see the attached document for instructions. An alternative way to donate for our Relay for Life team would be to participate in Penny Wars! AIChE, OXE, GSO, and PGSO have penny collecting jars in the undergraduate office (G041). Each organization receives positive points for pennies and negative points for any silver or dollars. The organization with the most positive points will win and all funds raised will go towards the Relay for Life total. Penny Wars will end on Wednesday April 5th, at 5:00PM. Sincerely, AIChE, OXE, GSO, and PGSO

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Reminder of Seminar Tomorrow: Dr. Notestein - March 28; FRNY G140
by Cox, Nicole I 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Hello all, Please be sure to join us at Dr. Notestein's Seminar tomorrow, March 28th from 3:00-4:15 in Forney G140. The reception will be held prior to the seminar in the Forney Atrium from 2:30-3:00pm. Thank you! Nicole Cox Graduate Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall Room 2043 765-496-0309 nicox(a)purdue.edu [Purdue_ChE_] [https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Templates/Template04/Im…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series Dr. Justin Notestein Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Northwestern University "Oxide Engineering at the Nanoscale for Catalyst Supports and Active Sites" Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Abstract Oxides are crucial materials as catalyst supports or as active sites in their own right for a number of important chemical transformations. Oxide-oxide interfaces are known catalytic hotspots, but they are inherently unstructured for many materials, and thus challenging to control and understand. Our research group therefore takes a multifaceted approach to study the catalytic surface of these materials through novel syntheses, probe molecules, and reaction modes. Two stories reflecting current materials development will be described. In the first area, we describe continuing efforts at creating highly dispersed metal oxide sites on silica and other supports, principally for selective oxidation (epoxidation, hydroxylation, ODH). For epoxidation, we created a series of similarly-dispersed group IV and V oxides supported on silica using bulky precursors, and used those materials to make surprisingly simple conclusions about the role of electronics on reactivity. For ODH, we demonstrate some of the first ODH by CuOx clusters, and show the dependence of precursor structure, surface density, and in particular, support. Going further, we are able to quantify the fraction of kinetically-relevant sites of these and other oxide materials using an in situ phosphonic acid titration technique. Combined, synthesis and site titration allows us to organize large families of supported catalysts into quantitative, predictive relationships that apply to a number of different materials from traditional oxides to metal organic frameworks and their analogues. In the second area, we demonstrate a technique to easily deposit thin (<2 nm), conformal SiO2 shells on other oxides such as TiO2 or Al2O3. These core-shell materials impart a number of new properties on the material, including the creation of acidity sufficiently strong to crack alkyl benzenes (SiO2 on Al2O3), and the ability to act as supports that stabilize small metal nanoparticles. We also have shown that we can control access of molecules to the reactive surface using similar layers. This trait can, for example, minimize oxidation of one species in a mixture due to size or relative strength of adsorption. Finally, these layered oxide architectures allow the synthesis of multiple, distinct oxide structures on a single particle for tandem catalysis. Overall, it will be shown how advances in oxide materials synthesis can lead to improved understanding and breakout reactivity even in this mature field of research. Bio Prof. Justin Notestein is an associate professor at Northwestern University in the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and an affiliation with the Center for Catalysis and Surface Science. He received his BSE at Princeton University in 2001 in chemical engineering with a certificate in materials science and engineering, and he completed his PhD at the University of California Berkeley in chemical engineering in 2006 under the direction of advisors Alex Katz and Enrique Iglesia. Following postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign in the departments of chemistry and materials science with Prof. Jeffrey Moore, he joined Northwestern in 2007 and was elevated to the rank of associate professor in 2013. Since 2007, he has mentored approximately 20 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in three different disciplines (chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science), many in the context of extensive networks of collaborative projects throughout the university. Prof. Notestein is the author or inventor of more than 50 manuscripts and patents on many aspects of catalysis. Research in Prof. Notestein's group focuses on the development and understanding of new hybrid, oxide, and nanostructured catalysts and adsorbents for a number of transformations relevant to energy and fuels, emissions and environmental catalysis, and industrial chemical processes. Systems studied in his wide ranging research group include supported molecular oxidation catalysts or reagents for epoxidation and alkane oxidation, nanostructured oxide photocatalysts for (shape) selective oxidation, molecular and zeolite catalysts for hydrocarbonylation, metal organic frameworks, hybrid adsorbents for biofuels and CO2 capture, modified ceria for deNOx, and support modifications for stabilizing supported metal nanoparticles. Special attention has been paid to developing full synthesis-structure-function relationships for supported oxides, including new methods for quantification of kinetically relevant sites. The insights derived from atom-precise syntheses and mechanistic investigations lead to improvements in rational design and selection of new catalysts. Prof. Notestein's research has supported by individual and collaborative grants from the US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, the 3M Non-tenured Faculty Fund, Toyota, and Dow Chemical. Among other recognition, Prof. Notestein has been awarded the Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award and the DuPont Young Professor Award. In the classroom, Prof. Notestein has been recognized as a member of the faculty honor roll, academic advisor of the year for the school of engineering, and recipient of several selective grants for coursework development. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-4050<tel:+17654944050> (c) 2017 Purdue University<http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/disclaimer.html> All rights reserved An equal access/equal opportunity university<http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/ea_eou_statement.html>

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Cancelled: April 11th Graduate Seminar
by Cox, Nicole I 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

Good morning, Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Graduate Seminar and reception scheduled for Tuesday, April 11th have been cancelled. Thank you, Nicole Cox Graduate Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall Room 2043 765-496-0309 nicox(a)purdue.edu [Purdue_ChE_]

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Safety awareness training session - Monday - March 27
by Nagy, Gabriela 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Good afternoon, I have scheduled a new safety awareness training session for those visitors/students/new employees who need to attend an "in-person" training. This session is scheduled for next Monday, March 27, 2017 from 1:30-2:30 pm in FRNY G060A. If you have new visitors, postdocs, etc., who joined your group recently and need this training, please send them to this sessions. As a reminder: most of the undergraduate students in our School already had initial training and therefore they might not need to attend another session. If you are unsure, please send me their names and I can check what they need to complete. Should you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you, Gabriela __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director Davidson 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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Thesis announcement for David Acevedo
by Johnson, Beverly J 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

This e-mail is to announce that David Acevedo will be defending his thesis: Development of Particle Size and Shape Manipulation Approaches for Crystallization Systems via Model Based Design and Process Intensification Monday, April 3 at 11:00 AM in FRNY 3059. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Nagy. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2043A Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Guerra Thesis Announcement
by Johnson, Beverly J 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

This e-mail is to announce that Omar Guerra will be defending his thesis: Management of Energy Supply Chains under Uncertainty Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 3:00 PM in FRNY 3059. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Reklaitis. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2043A Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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B014 Area Closed
by Valley, Jeffrey L 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

BE ADVISED - For the next 2 days they will be removing asbestos from the B014 area in the old basement and it will blocked off. Temporarily Nick Humphrey will be sitting in G027 for computer access and I will be monitoring the FRNY BLDG and emails from different areas to begin with. Thank you. Jeff Valley

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Special Energy Lecture - The Engineering of Carbon Nanomaterials and Redox Flow Batteries for Energy Storage Applications
by Farmus, Cristina D 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Please see attached an invitation to attend a special energy lecture co-hosted by our School, on the Engineering of Carbon Nanomaterials and Redox Flow Batteries for Energy Storage Applications. Cristina Farmus Managing Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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Campus-wide tornado drill and testing of warning systems - today
by Nagy, Gabriela 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

Hello everyone, I wanted to remind you that today, March 21, 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. If there is any chance of severe weather anywhere in Indiana today, the tests will be postponed to tomorrow, Wednesday (March 22). 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 approximately 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 Davidson 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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