October 2019 - Che-student-staff-list

2nd ChE Informational Staff Meeting - Fall 2019
by Gonzalez, Joshua 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Dear Colleagues, It is time to schedule our second Informational Staff Meeting. As a reminder, these meetings are open to all staff and are optional. The purpose is to provide respective offices/areas the opportunity to report to each other about any important events that will be happening in our school. We greatly appreciate if staff representatives from the various offices/areas listed below attend and inform everyone of any upcoming events or pertinent information regarding ChE. ChE Offices/Areas: Building Business Communications Development ECN Graduate Industrial Ed. & Safety Instrumentation Main Shipping/Receiving Undergraduate Please fill out the quick survey with a list of possible meeting times. I will identify the best possible date for this meeting and will send an email regarding the specific day/time for the meeting. Please complete survey as soon as conveniently possible: CLICK HERE<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9YLB7PXjXXpS7oF> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you, Joshua --- [ENG-David-Colle-H-BG-RGB] Joshua Gonzalez Operations Coordinator [Phone_1D_11x16px] (765) 494-4365 | [Fax_1D_16x16px] (765) 494-0805

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Thesis Defense Announcement for Robert Warburton
by Johnson, Beverly J 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

This email is to announce that Robert Warburton will be defending his thesis: Interfacial Reactivity Studies of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials from First Principles Thursday, November 7, 2019, at 1:00 PM in MSEE 239. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Jeff Greeley. The abstract is attached, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Presentation/training on Active Threats - Tuesday November 5
by Nagy, Gabriela 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Hello Everyone! Deputy Chief Keene Red Elk, from Purdue Police Department will present exclusively for our School on "Active Threats". His presentation/training is scheduled for next week on Tuesday, November 5, from 3-4 pm, in FRNY G140; please add this date to your calendar! This is a very informative presentation/training and I strongly encourage everyone to participate. Please let any visitor researchers in your group know about this session and encourage them to attend. The session is relevant to everyone and gives tips on how to identify and deal with the diverse active threats we can encounter on campus and not only, potential violent situations, emergencies, etc. There will be a reception in the Atrium before the event, 2:30 - 2:55 pm, with donuts and coffee. I hope everyone can attend! Should you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Gabriela On behalf of the ChE safety Committee __________________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director Davidson 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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ChESS Webinar - tomorrow!
by Nagy, Gabriela 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Good morning, This is a reminder about the ACS Webinar: "Lab Safety for Researchers: Responsibilities, Regulations, and Lessons Learned" presented by the ChESS Safety Education Program in our School. The session is tomorrow, Wednesday, October 30, from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm in FRNY 3059. Pizza will be provided, and we ask that you please sign up here<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t4mUEEmrGtrnpp9ki6h7yodCVojgyeXU9F1…> by 4 pm today if you plan to attend; this will help with ordering the right amount of food. Please see below the initial announcement and attached the flyer for this event. Thank you, Gabriela On behalf of the ChESS organizing Committee From: Che-staff-list <che-staff-list-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu> On Behalf Of Nagy, Gabriela Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 2:27 PM To: chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu; chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: [Che-staff-list] ChESS Webinar - October 30 This message is sent on behalf of Jonathan Turnley, GSO Safety Officer Hi all, ChESS is presenting an ACS Webinar: "Lab Safety for Researchers: Responsibilities, Regulations, and Lessons Learned" on Wednesday, Oct. 30th, from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm in FRNY 3059. See the attached poster for more details on the event. Please sign-up here<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t4mUEEmrGtrnpp9ki6h7yodCVojgyeXU9F1…> if you would like to (or think you might) attend so we can estimate attendance for food ordering purposes. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Best, Jonathan On behalf of ChESS Organizing Committee Jonathan Turnley GSO Safety Officer [cid:image001.png@01D58B38.4FA8A720] [cid:image004.jpg@01D58E40.019DFD40]

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Graduate Seminar Series - 07 - Dr. Daniel E. Resasco (OU)
by Thorp, Jason M 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Dear All, On behalf of Purdue University's Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, we are glad to announce our upcoming Graduate Seminar Series Lecturer Dr. Daniel E. Resasco from the School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He will be visiting Purdue University on October 29, 2019. You will find further detail regarding the lecture at the end of this email. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Jason Thorp Secretary V Office: FRNY 2043 Purdue University Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765-494-7134 jthorp(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jthorp@purdue.edu> [https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Templates/Template04/Im…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Graduate Seminar Series [https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Messages/Email00025/Dan…] Dr. Daniel E. Resasco Gallogly Chair in Engineering #1, and George Lynn Cross Professor Center for Interfacial Reaction Engineering and School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma Website<http://www.ou.edu/coe/cbme/people/faculty1/resasco> Bio: Prof. Daniel E. Resasco (PhD Chemical Engineering, Yale University, Gallogly Chair and GLC Professor at the University of Oklahoma). Resasco obtained his BS (1975) from Argentina and his PhD (1984) from Yale University. He specializes in heterogeneous catalysis and nanostructured materials for applications in energy, fuels, and chemicals. He has been editor of the Journal of Catalysis and member of editorial boards for several periodicals. He is an industrial consultant in areas related to catalysis, reaction engineering, oil refining, nanotechnology, and carbon nanotubes. Has supervised more 80 graduate students (PhD and MS). He is the Chair of the Catalysis Division of ACS, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, Distinguished Overseas Professor in Shanghai China, the Inaugural Gallogly Chair of Engineering, George Lynn Cross Research Professor (Highest research honor bestowed by the University of Oklahoma, the Douglas and Hilda Bourne Chair of Chemical. He has received the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award, the Yale Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science, the Oklahoma Chemist of the Year award (American Chemical Society), the Regents Award for Superior Research), the Houssay Award for scientific achievement (National Research Council of Argentina). Has received the Sam A. Wilson Professorship, the Janet and Ken Smalley Presidential Professorship. Has been D. B. Robinson Distinguished Speaker (U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) and received the N.N. Bakhshi Lectureship Award in Chemical Engineering, (U. Saskatchewan, Canada). Resasco is author of 280 publications and 40+ industrial patents. He has received 24,000+ citations. His h-index is 78. ******* ******* "Water-mediated Heterogeneous Catalysis" Tuesday, October 29, 2019 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 - Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium - Abstract: Water is ubiquitous in a broad range of physicochemical phenomena and technological processes. For example, water is a desirable solvent for reasons of cost, safety, and environmental concerns. Solvent effects in chemical reactions are often connected to changes in solubility due to the polarity and other characteristics of the solvent, which can affect transport properties and indirectly overall reaction rates. In addition to the well-known solvation, heat transfer and sink effects, water can also form rich variety of structures at the water/solid interfaces to enhance the reaction performance and even change the kinetics of surface-catalyzed reactions. This is the main aspect that we want to address in our proposed review. One of the most common ways in which water can affect the intrinsic rate of reaction is the so-called differential solvation in which the solvent stabilizes the transition state to a greater extent from the initial state. As a result, a reduction in activation barrier takes place. Another, just recently recognized, role of water is its mediation in reactions involving H-transfer, thus providing a lower energy path. Several examples of this phenomenon exist in the literature, including some of our own work, which we would like to analyze. For example, in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis it has been proposed that water can function as a H-shuttling mediator by transferring a H from the surface onto the CO molecule and thus facilitating the rate-limiting H-assisted CO cleavage. Similar shuttling mechanism has been proposed for other reactions involving H-transfer, such as hydrogenation of furfural, aldol condensation, and other biomass upgrading reactions. One aspect that seems to be particularly intriguing is the "remote promotion effect" that only seems to occur in liquid aqueous systems, either involving remote proton hopping or remote bond polarization. Since this water-mediated mechanism seems to be a general phenomenon that can explain water promotion for a number of different reactions, we would like to do a critical analysis of all reactions that have shown to be enhanced by water. Other mechanisms of water promotion will also be explored. For instance, the recent analysis of the effect of confinement of hydronium ions in zeolites when reactions are carried out in the aqueous phase will also be reviewed, paying particular attention to the combination of experimental kinetics and theoretical calculations. ******* ******* Davidson School of Chemical Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-4050<tel:+17654944050> (c) 2019 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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Graduate Seminar Series - 07 - Dr. Daniel E. Resasco (OU))
by Thorp, Jason M 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Dear All, On behalf of Purdue University's Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, we are glad to announce our upcoming Graduate Seminar Series Lecturer Dr. Daniel E. Resasco from the School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He will be visiting Purdue University on October 29, 2019. You will find further detail regarding the lecture at the end of this email. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Jason Thorp Secretary V Office: FRNY 2043 Purdue University Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765-494-7134 jthorp(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jthorp@purdue.edu> [https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Templates/Template04/Im…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Graduate Seminar Series [https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Messages/Email00025/Dan…] Dr. Daniel E. Resasco Gallogly Chair in Engineering #1, and George Lynn Cross Professor Center for Interfacial Reaction Engineering and School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma Website<http://www.ou.edu/coe/cbme/people/faculty1/resasco> Bio: Prof. Daniel E. Resasco (PhD Chemical Engineering, Yale University, Gallogly Chair and GLC Professor at the University of Oklahoma). Resasco obtained his BS (1975) from Argentina and his PhD (1984) from Yale University. He specializes in heterogeneous catalysis and nanostructured materials for applications in energy, fuels, and chemicals. He has been editor of the Journal of Catalysis and member of editorial boards for several periodicals. He is an industrial consultant in areas related to catalysis, reaction engineering, oil refining, nanotechnology, and carbon nanotubes. Has supervised more 80 graduate students (PhD and MS). He is the Chair of the Catalysis Division of ACS, a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, Distinguished Overseas Professor in Shanghai China, the Inaugural Gallogly Chair of Engineering, George Lynn Cross Research Professor (Highest research honor bestowed by the University of Oklahoma, the Douglas and Hilda Bourne Chair of Chemical. He has received the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award, the Yale Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science, the Oklahoma Chemist of the Year award (American Chemical Society), the Regents Award for Superior Research), the Houssay Award for scientific achievement (National Research Council of Argentina). Has received the Sam A. Wilson Professorship, the Janet and Ken Smalley Presidential Professorship. Has been D. B. Robinson Distinguished Speaker (U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) and received the N.N. Bakhshi Lectureship Award in Chemical Engineering, (U. Saskatchewan, Canada). Resasco is author of 280 publications and 40+ industrial patents. He has received 24,000+ citations. His h-index is 78. ******* ******* "Water-mediated Heterogeneous Catalysis" Tuesday, October 29, 2019 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 - Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium - Abstract: Water is ubiquitous in a broad range of physicochemical phenomena and technological processes. For example, water is a desirable solvent for reasons of cost, safety, and environmental concerns. Solvent effects in chemical reactions are often connected to changes in solubility due to the polarity and other characteristics of the solvent, which can affect transport properties and indirectly overall reaction rates. In addition to the well-known solvation, heat transfer and sink effects, water can also form rich variety of structures at the water/solid interfaces to enhance the reaction performance and even change the kinetics of surface-catalyzed reactions. This is the main aspect that we want to address in our proposed review. One of the most common ways in which water can affect the intrinsic rate of reaction is the so-called differential solvation in which the solvent stabilizes the transition state to a greater extent from the initial state. As a result, a reduction in activation barrier takes place. Another, just recently recognized, role of water is its mediation in reactions involving H-transfer, thus providing a lower energy path. Several examples of this phenomenon exist in the literature, including some of our own work, which we would like to analyze. For example, in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis it has been proposed that water can function as a H-shuttling mediator by transferring a H from the surface onto the CO molecule and thus facilitating the rate-limiting H-assisted CO cleavage. Similar shuttling mechanism has been proposed for other reactions involving H-transfer, such as hydrogenation of furfural, aldol condensation, and other biomass upgrading reactions. One aspect that seems to be particularly intriguing is the "remote promotion effect" that only seems to occur in liquid aqueous systems, either involving remote proton hopping or remote bond polarization. Since this water-mediated mechanism seems to be a general phenomenon that can explain water promotion for a number of different reactions, we would like to do a critical analysis of all reactions that have shown to be enhanced by water. Other mechanisms of water promotion will also be explored. For instance, the recent analysis of the effect of confinement of hydronium ions in zeolites when reactions are carried out in the aqueous phase will also be reviewed, paying particular attention to the combination of experimental kinetics and theoretical calculations. ******* ******* Davidson School of Chemical Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-4050<tel:+17654944050> (c) 2019 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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ChESS Webinar - October 30
by Nagy, Gabriela 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

This message is sent on behalf of Jonathan Turnley, GSO Safety Officer Hi all, ChESS is presenting an ACS Webinar: "Lab Safety for Researchers: Responsibilities, Regulations, and Lessons Learned" on Wednesday, Oct. 30th, from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm in FRNY 3059. See the attached poster for more details on the event. Please sign-up here<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t4mUEEmrGtrnpp9ki6h7yodCVojgyeXU9F1…> if you would like to (or think you might) attend so we can estimate attendance for food ordering purposes. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! Best, Jonathan On behalf of ChESS Organizing Committee Jonathan Turnley GSO Safety Officer [cid:image001.png@01D58B38.4FA8A720] [cid:image003.jpg@01D58B38.4FA8A720]

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Ariba Training - trying again
by John Hegg 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

There is an opportunity to have an Ariba training by the College of Engineering's Procurement Center here in Forney Hall. The attached survey is to gauge interest and to determine the best time of day to offer it. Please take a moment to complete this simple survey - thank you in advance for your time. Please respond by October 29. For whatever reason, the first email contained a dead link. If this one doesn't work, please let me know. Follow this link to the Survey: Take the Survey <https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1GJ8saZvOh00xil?Q_DL=1OjkHYO6X…> Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1GJ8saZvOh00xil?Q_DL=1OjkHYO6X… Follow the link to opt out of future emails: Click here to unsubscribe <https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/CP/Register.php?OptOut=true&RID=MLRP_0xOCw…>

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Ariba Training for ChE
by Hegg, John Joseph 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

There is an opportunity to have an Ariba training by the College of Engineering's Procurement Center here in Forney Hall. The attached survey is to gauge interest and to determine the best time of day to offer it. Please take a moment to complete this simple survey - thank you in advance for your time. Please respond by October 29. Follow this link to the Survey: Take the Survey<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6AqUZ5kp86eHBkx?Q_DL=cBG20hOMo…> Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6AqUZ5kp86eHBkx?Q_DL=cBG20hOMo… Follow the link to opt out of future emails: Click here to unsubscribe<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/CP/Register.php?OptOut=true&RID=MLRP_3C1Yg…> Thanks, John /////////////////////////////////////////// John J. Hegg Business Manager Davidson School of Chemical Engineering FRNY 1057A West Lafayette, IN 47907 https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE 765-494-5455 [cid:image001.png@01D58A71.31DF8F50]

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Lessons learned - Recent safety incidents in FRNY
by Nagy, Gabriela 22 Oct '19

22 Oct '19

Hello Everyone, Please find attached a document describing two recent safety incidents that occurred in our building in the last few days, and were reported to me yesterday. I hope that sharing this information with you will prevent similar situations from happening in the future. Please continue to report all safety incidents and near misses using the form "Safety Incident/Near Miss Report" posted on our website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety under "Workplace Injury Information". As a reminder, when someone is injured during a safety incident, even if the injury does not require medical attention, this still needs to be reported to REM, using the First Report of Injury (FROI) form: https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/froi.pdf. The form, which is also available on our website, needs to be submitted by the supervisor. Please also add me (nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>) on the list of recipients, when you submit the completed FROI form by email. Should you have any questions, please let me know. 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 G051 Purdue University Tel: (765)-496-1710 E-mail: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>

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