March 2022 - Che-student-staff-list

ChE Safety Committee Openings for Graduate Students
by Nagy, Gabriela 31 Mar '22

31 Mar '22

Hello Everyone! Siddhartha Akkiraju and Arnav Deshpande have served for nearly two years as graduate students on the ChE Safety Committee and I want to take this opportunity and thank them for all their help and input as committee members; they have been very active and valuable members of our Safety Committee. The ChE Safety Committee has now two (2) openings for graduate students. We are looking for two enthusiastic, motivated and safety oriented graduate students to join our active Safety Committee. An ideal candidate is someone who still has to complete about 3 years of graduate studies and who performs research in a lab. Typically, graduate students serve as members of the ChE Safety Committee for a period of two years. We would like the new members to join us this summer (June 2022), as trainees, and then with full responsibilities from August 2022. Some of the Safety Committee members responsibilities are: * attend the safety committee meetings (once a month) and actively participate in discussions and committee activities * report unsafe conditions and unsafe practices/acts * assist in addressing safety issues/concerns * contribute with ideas and suggestions for improvement of safety in our School * follow safety procedures and rules and be an example for others for work safely * help with the safety inspections throughout the year, and with preparations for the ISP Recertification Review with REM * help investigating safety incidents, if/when necessary * share safety information with colleagues, etc. If you know someone who you think would be a good member of the safety committee, or if you feel this would be a good fit for you, please send your nomination or intent to join, and a short supporting statement/justification describing why you or your nominee should be considered for this opening, by email to: Gabriela Nagy: nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>, by 5 pm on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. I look forward to receiving your emails! Thank you, 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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Graduate Student Awards
by Johnson, Beverly J 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Please join me in congratulating the following students: I'm so proud of them all!!! Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship Qiyuan Zhao (Advisor: Brett Savoie) Centennial Award Akash Nogaja (Advisor: Rakesh Agrawal) Citation Award Mihit Parekh (Advisor: Vilas Pol) and Laryssa Cesar (Advisor: Jeff Miller) Faculty Lectureship Sid Akkiraju (Advisor: Bryan Boudouris) Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award Carly Battistoni (Advisor: Julie Liu) and Angel Santiago Colon (Advisor: Raj Gounder and Fabio Ribeiro) Outstanding Grad Student Research Akriti (Advisor: Letian Dou) Outstanding Post-doc Shiyan Wang (Doraiswami Ramkrishna) Outstanding Service Jessica Torres (Advisor: Julie Liu) Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Nominations accepted for the 2022 ChE Excellence in Safety Award
by Nagy, Gabriela 29 Mar '22

29 Mar '22

Hello Everyone, The Chemical Engineering Safety Committee is accepting nominations for the 2022 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 11:59 pm on Monday, April 18, 2022. Nominations should not exceed 250 words (please use the attached template) and should include specific examples. Due Date for nominations: April 18, 2022 by the end of day. Selection: The selection will be made by the ChE Excellence in Safety Award Committee, and the award winner will be announced to the School in May. 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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Rokke Thesis Defense
by Johnson, Beverly J 25 Mar '22

25 Mar '22

This email is to announce that David Rokke, will be defending his thesis Deposition and Characterization of Solution-Processed Chalcogenides for Photovoltaic Applications, Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 9:30 AM. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Rakesh Agrawal. The abstract is attached, the WebEx information is below, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling] From: Bev Johnson <messenger(a)webex.com> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 11:07 AM To: Johnson, Beverly J <bevjohnson(a)purdue.edu> Subject: (Forward to others) Webex meeting invitation: Rokke Thesis Defense You can forward this invitation to others. Bev Johnson is inviting you to a scheduled Webex meeting. Wednesday, March 30, 2022 9:30 AM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) | 2 hrs 30 mins Join meeting<https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m731559d386c4a1f00037e446feaea14c> More ways to join: Join from the meeting link https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m731559d386c4a1f00037e446feaea14c Join by meeting number Meeting number (access code): 2624 661 4864 Meeting password: boilerup Tap to join from a mobile device (attendees only) +1-855-282-6330,,26246614864##<tel:%2B1-855-282-6330,,*01*26246614864%23%23*01*> US TOLL FREE +1-415-655-0003,,26246614864##<tel:%2B1-415-655-0003,,*01*26246614864%23%23*01*> US TOLL Join by phone +1-855-282-6330 US TOLL FREE +1-415-655-0003 US TOLL Toll-free calling restrictions<https://cisco.com/go/tollfree-restrictions> Join from a video system or application Dial 26246614864(a)purdue.webex.com<%20sip:26246614864@purdue.webex.com> You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Need help? Go to https://help.webex.com

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Thesis Defense for Jeremy Arvay
by Johnson, Beverly J 24 Mar '22

24 Mar '22

This email is to announce that Jeremy Arvay, will be defending his thesis Reaction kinetics of direct gas phase propylene epoxidation on Au/TS-1 catalysts, Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 10:30 AM. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Fabio Ribeiro. The abstract is attached, the WebEx information is below, and all are welcome to attend. Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling] From: Bev Johnson <messenger(a)webex.com> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 3:22 PM To: Johnson, Beverly J <bevjohnson(a)purdue.edu> Subject: (Forward to others) Webex meeting invitation: Arvay Thesis Defense You can forward this invitation to others. Bev Johnson is inviting you to a scheduled Webex meeting. Wednesday, March 30, 2022 10:30 AM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) | 2 hrs 30 mins Join meeting<https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m37ce1ddfabb700c62c7baf8576ae09fe> More ways to join: Join from the meeting link https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m37ce1ddfabb700c62c7baf8576ae09fe Join by meeting number Meeting number (access code): 2623 757 9503 Meeting password: boilerup Tap to join from a mobile device (attendees only) +1-855-282-6330,,26237579503##<tel:%2B1-855-282-6330,,*01*26237579503%23%23*01*> US TOLL FREE +1-415-655-0003,,26237579503##<tel:%2B1-415-655-0003,,*01*26237579503%23%23*01*> US TOLL Join by phone +1-855-282-6330 US TOLL FREE +1-415-655-0003 US TOLL Toll-free calling restrictions<https://cisco.com/go/tollfree-restrictions> Join from a video system or application Dial 26237579503(a)purdue.webex.com<%20sip:26237579503@purdue.webex.com> You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Need help? Go to https://help.webex.com

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OSHA Inspections
by Valley, Jeffrey L 24 Mar '22

24 Mar '22

BE ADVISED - REM is starting to conduct the OSHA inspection of the entire building today. If you have a reason for them not to enter a lab at this time, please post a note on the door and work with them to reschedule. Thanks. Jeff Valley

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Updated Seminar Flyer
by Gonzalez, Joshua 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

Dear All, Please find the updated Graduate Seminar Series flyer. Two key changes were the rescheduling of Dr. Nagarajan's seminar from March 22 to April 26. As well as the rescheduling of Dr. Ierapetritou's seminar from March 31 to April 12. Thank you, Joshua Gonzalez Operations Coordinator Purdue University | Charles D. Davidson School of Chemical Engineering Phone: (765) 494-4365 | Fax: (765) 494-0805

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Graduate Seminar Series - 03 - Dr. Reid Van Lehn (UWM)
by Thorp, Jason M 18 Mar '22

18 Mar '22

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. Reid Van Lehn from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He will be visiting Purdue University on March 24th, 2022. 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 Administrative Assistant 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 [https://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Templates/Template04/Im…]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Graduate Seminar Series [http://marketing.purdue.edu/Email/TemplateSets/ChE/Archive/Email00025/van-l…] Dr. Reid C. Van Lehn Conway Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison Website<https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/che/Faculty/Van-lehn_Reid/> Bio: Reid is the Conway Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT under the supervision of Prof. Alfredo Alexander-Katz, then performed research as a NIH Ruth-Kirshstein postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Tom F. Miller III at Caltech before joining UW-Madison in May 2016. He has recently been recognized with the AIChE CoMSEF Young Investigator Award, 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, the UW-Madison Vilas Associate Award, and an NSF CAREER award. ******* ******* "Molecular Modeling of Solvent Effects for Biomass Conversion and Plastic Recycling" Thursday, March 24, 2022 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. FRNY G140 Abstract: Liquid-phase chemical and physical processes for the deconstruction, separation, and recovery of natural and synthetic polymers depend critically upon the solvent environment. In this talk, I will discuss our efforts to combine molecular-scale simulations and data-centric modeling to understand and predict the influence of solvent composition on processes relevant to biomass conversion and plastic recycling. I will first discuss computational methods to predict reaction rates for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis and dehydration of biomass-derived oxygenates using classical molecular dynamics simulations. By characterizing solvent structure at the nanoscale, we quantitatively predict experimental reaction rates without modeling reaction mechanisms. I will then discuss a computational approach to select solvents for the selective dissolution of polymers from plastic waste. We demonstrate that effective solvent selection permits the recovery of nearly 100 wt% of the components of commercial multilayer plastic films. These computational models thus permit the rational design of solvent systems based on molecular-scale insight. ******* ******* Davidson School of Chemical Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-4050<tel:+17654944050> (c) 2022 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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Updated Seminar Schedule
by Gonzalez, Joshua 09 Mar '22

09 Mar '22

Dear All, Please find attached the latest seminar schedule. The seminar for Dr. Allen Liu has been reschedule for April 19. There were also two additional seminars added, one of which will be given by our Distinguished Visiting Scholar Dr. R Nagarajan and another faculty lectureship that should be finalized in the coming week. Once that is finalized, an updated schedule will be provided. I also want to make mention that since Purdue and our local regulators have relaxed Covid-19 restrictions as well as cases going down recently for our area; our School will once again reinstitute seminar receptions which will be arranged by our Grad Office as soon as logistically possible. They shall follow the usual time and held before each seminar as is custom. Thank you, Joshua --- [Davidson_H-Full-CMYK_1200px] <https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Joshua Gonzalez Operations Coordinator [Phone_1D_11x16px] (765) 494-4365 | [Fax_1D_16x16px] (765) 494-0805

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FRNY Swipe System Audit
by Gonzalez, Joshua 08 Mar '22

08 Mar '22

Dear All, Yesterday and today we have been auditing the new swipe access system for our building as recommended by the Purdue Card Office. This will not affect those currently active in the PUID card system (enrolled/employed at Purdue). For those rare/unique instances where a request for extension of Purdue account/PUID privileges was needed after being formally separated (graduated, end of appointment, etc.), please be sure to check that you still have swipe access to your appropriate rooms. If a disruption occurs, please contact either myself or one of our main office team members via the Cc'ed email. We will be able to assist you and resolve the matter accordingly. Thank you! Sincerely, Joshua --- [Davidson_H-Full-CMYK_1200px] <https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE> Joshua Gonzalez Operations Coordinator [Phone_1D_11x16px] (765) 494-4365 | [Fax_1D_16x16px] (765) 494-0805

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