August 2019 - Che-student-staff-list

Thesis Announcement for Todd Zhen
by Johnson, Beverly J 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

This email is to announce that Todd Zhen will be defending his thesis: Optimal Sensor Placement Problems Under Uncertainty: Models and Applications Friday, September 6, 2019, at 10:00 AM in FRNY 1142. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Laird and Dr. Reklaitis. 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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OCHE Awards Seminar - Required for PhD Students
by Johnson, Beverly J 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

[https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Templates/Template04/Im…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> 2019 OChE Awards Open Panel JOIN US FOR THIS OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH THE 2019 OUTSTANDING CHEMICAL ENGINEER AWARD RECIPIENTS! September 5, 2019 Forney G140 3:00-4:15 pm Reception prior to the Seminar, 2:30-3:00 pm in the Henson Atrium, Forney Hall [http://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Messages/Email00048/Mitc…] Mitchel J. Papanicolas (BSChE '65) Mitchel J. Papanicolas is President and Owner of Del Ray Glass, Inc. Since the early 1950s, Del Ray Glass Co., Inc. has provided glass services for commercial, residential, and governmental projects throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Papanicolas earned his BS in Chemical Engineering in 1965, graduating in the top 10% of his class. He earned an MS in Industrial Engineering, with an emphasis on manufacturing management, in 1967. He went on to receive his MBA from George Washington University. In 1967, Papanicolas was a Development Engineer for Rohm & Haas Chemical Company. As a junior executive at Rohm & Haas, he was responsible for production control of the agricultural chemicals division. In 1970, Papanicolas took over as President and Owner of Del Ray Glass, Inc. from his stepfather, who began the company over 50 years ago. He expanded company sales from $100,000 per year in 1970 to $20 million currently, with a staff of more than 100 people. All members of the Del Ray Glass, Inc. management team hold degrees from Purdue University's College of Engineering. Del Ray Glass, Inc.'s business is 80% commercial, with the remainder of their business serving residential clients. The company specializes in custom glass showers, custom mirror work, varied work for all major hotels and commercial properties, storefronts, new low-rise office buildings, and new schools. Del Rey Glass, Inc. has worked with major clients such as Amazon, Volkswagen, and others. [cid:image001.jpg@01D55CB6.61D2DCF0] Craig A. Smith (BSChE '72) Craig A. Smith earned his B.S. with honors in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 1972. After graduation, he earned his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern. In 1975, he accepted a position with Exxon Research and Development Labs (ERDL) in Baton Rouge, where he was responsible for all downstream research. His work there was dedicated to pioneering research in the areas of coal liquefaction and gasification as well as developing new catalysts for conventional downstream processing. After eight years at ERDL, Smith moved to Exxon's Research and Engineering (ERE) facility in Florham Park, NJ, providing tech support, trouble shooting, and design/engineering services to their lubricant manufacturing facilities worldwide. His work in new technology development and implementation sought ways to profitably employ promising new technologies in existing lube operations, including development of Exxon's proprietary new synthetics lubes processing technology first commercialized in Europe. He led planning, feasibility, and logistics studies for this operation. After 13 years at Exxon, Smith decided it was time for a change. Since college, he had dreamed of starting and running his own business. Career-wise, he had transitioned from the technical side to business and finance, and he had also enjoyed the increased client services responsibilities that had come with it. The financial services industry made a lot of sense to him. In 1988, Smith accepted a position in the private client group of Shearson Lehman Brothers, which through a series of mergers and acquisitions, later became Morgan Stanley. Over the course of 29 years, he built a practice dedicated to serving the complex financial needs of high net worth clients and their families. For the last 15 years, Smith led a team of investment professionals that managed $600 million in client assets. Smith and his wife of 31 years, Jacqui, are semi-retired and make their home in New Jersey. They are proud parents of Kristen, who has just been accepted into Rutgers graduate forensics sciences program. [https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Messages/Email00048/Kri…] Kristin L. Thunhorst (BSChE '93) Kristin L. Thunhorst is employed by 3M Company and currently serves as Staff Scientist in the Safety and Industrial Business Research and Development Laboratory. During her 21 years at 3M, she has worked in the Corporate Research Organization, as well as three Business Groups and five Divisions. Thunhorst's previous roles have included Process Engineer, Product Development Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, Technical Team Leader, and Program Manager. Her areas of technical focus include photopolymers, nanotechnology, organic resins, composites, ceramics, and optical materials, applied to products ranging from tapes, air filters, decorative products, and composite pressure vessels, to abrasives. Thunhorst has 22 issued U.S. patents. Her work has been recognized with numerous leadership and technical awards, notably including the 2018 AIChE Industrial Research and Development Award, 2019 University of Colorado Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, Corporate Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation Awards, PSI Leadership award, and Best Overall Technical Paper Award at American Composite Manufacturer's Association Technical Meeting. Her teams have been responsible for significant financial contributions to 3M. She supports and develops the next generation of scientists and leaders through extensive mentoring, including serving as a mentor for the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for many years. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering degree from Purdue University, where she served as the President of the Student Chapter of AIChE, participated in the co-operative education program and Mortarboard, was selected as one of 100 Purdue Outstanding Seniors, and received a National Science Foundation Fellowship. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder with a focus on Photopolymerization and Membrane Separations. 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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Safety awareness training session - Thursday August 29
by Nagy, Gabriela 27 Aug '19

27 Aug '19

Hello everyone, I have scheduled a safety awareness training session for this coming Thursday, August 29, 2019, from 9:30 - 10:30 am in FRNY 3062B. All new employees and researchers need to have this initial safety training. If you have new people who recently joined your groups, they will need safety training before they can start working in our building (e.g. visitors, exchange students, post-docs, etc.). Please ask them to attend this session. Most of our undergraduate students already have the initial training and would need to take the online refresher when they do undergraduate research. Students from other departments or universities doing research in our labs will need this initial training. 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 G051 Purdue University Tel: (765)-496-1710 E-mail: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>

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ISP Recertification of our School
by Nagy, Gabriela 27 Aug '19

27 Aug '19

Hello Everyone, I am pleased to let you know that following the Integrated Safety Plan (ISP) recertification meeting with REM representatives on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, followed by safety inspection of selected ChE labs and corrections of identified deficiencies, our School was ISP recertified for another year. The official recertification document was signed on August 14, 2019, and made available to me yesterday. One of the deficiencies identified during lab inspections was "open hazardous solid waste container" and "open contaminated sharps container". As a reminder, ALL hazardous waste containers, including solid waste and contaminated sharps, have to be CLOSED at all times, apart from when adding waste to the container. For solid hazardous waste, including contaminates sharps, you can determine if the container is closed properly by answering this simple question: "If the container is accidentally knocked over, will the waste/sharps remain contained?" If the answer to this question is NO, then you need to seal the container in a different way, so that the answer to the question will be YES. Thank you for your efforts in making this possible and for your sustained commitment to safety! Sincerely, Gabriela on behalf of 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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Addition Fume Hoods SHUTDOWN
by Valley, Jeffrey L 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

BE ADVISED - Tomorrow morning , Wednesday 8-20-19 , between 7:30 am and 8 am they will be shutting down the fume hood exhaust system in the addition for a minor repair. The hoods will not be operational for approximately 10 - 15 minutes. This will set off the alarms and will change the air flow balance in all labs with a hood. Please take all necessary precautions for this shut down. The hoods on the old side of the building will not be affected. If you have any questions please contact me. Thank you. Jeff Valley

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GSO Symposium Winners
by Johnson, Beverly J 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

Please join me in congratulating the winners from the 2019 GSO Symposium! Presentation Awards Energy & Process Intensification Ryan Ellis - Agrawal Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Kanjakha Pal - Nagy Material Science Andrew Parker - Beaudoin/Taylor Catalysis & Reaction Engineering Claire Nimlos - Gounder Best Overall Presentation Yelin Ni - Caruthers Poster Awards Catalysis & Reaction Engineering Laura Wilcox - Gounder Energy and Process Intensification Adrian Chavez - Agrawal Fluid Dynamics and Interfacial Phenomena Jaeyub Chung - Boudouris/Franses Material Science Caralyn Coultas-Mckenney - Beaudoin Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Arnav Deshpande - Morgan Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Andrew Radcliffe - Reklaitis/Nagy Best Overall Jessica Torres - Liu Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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FRNY Internet/Phones Offline
by Gonzalez, Joshua 09 Aug '19

09 Aug '19

Dear All, Please be aware that our entire Forney Hall building is experiencing an internet outage. This is also affecting the internet based phones as well as the ability to connect via remote access. Our building appears to be the only one affected on campus. ECN and ITaP are aware of the issues and are working on a solution. However there currently isn’t a timetable for how long it will take to be back online. We apologize for this inconvenience. Thank you, Joshua Gonzalez Operations Coordinator Purdue University | Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Phone: (765) 494-4365 | Fax: (765) 494-0805 Sent using Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS

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Updated Building Emergency Plan for FRNY is now available
by Nagy, Gabriela 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

Hello everyone, The Building Emergency Plan (BEP) for FRNY has been updated and the new BEP can be accessed via our website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety, first link under the "Emergency Preparedness" section. A printed copy is available in my office and one is available in the main office. The following updates were made: 1. Revision date (date of update: 7/29/2019) 2. List of safety committee members 3. Update of my office number to FRNY G051 throughout the document, where applicable 4. Added Prof. Bao's research labs to the Building Critical Operation table on page 12/13. The updated list of ChE Safety Committee members was also posted on the ChE safety website. Should you have any safety concern, please feel free to reach out to any member of the safety committee. 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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OSHA Inspections - 8-8-19
by Valley, Jeffrey L 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

BE ADVISED - OSHA will start conducting their annual inspection of our building mid-morning tomorrow which covers all office and lab space. Please check and ensure that your areas are compliant with all regulations. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you. Jeff Valley

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addition side 2nd floor lab safety showers/eyewashes
by Valley, Jeffrey L 07 Aug '19

07 Aug '19

BE ADVISED - At 6 am tomorrow morning - 8-8-19 -, the emergency showers/eyewashes on the 2nd floor of the addition will be shutdown to make repairs. They will not be operational for approximately 2 hours so please take the necessary precautions or if able , do not work in the labs until they are working again. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thanks. Jeff Valley

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