February 2025 - Che-student-staff-list

Reminder ChE mandatory annual safety refresher training - due tomorrow!
by Nagy, Gabriela 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

Hello everyone, This is a gentle reminder to please complete the ChE Specific Annual Safety Refresher Training<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca…> if you didn't complete it yet. The refresher training is required as part of the ISP recertification of our School with EHS. The initial announcement is below. Please follow this link https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6nVeJould04jJlA<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca…> and complete this required training by the end of tomorrow, February 28, 2025. 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> From: Nagy, Gabriela Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2025 1:09 PM To: 'chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu' <chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu>; 'chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu' <chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu> Cc: Corti, David S <dscorti(a)purdue.edu>; Kim, Sangtae <kim55(a)purdue.edu>; Nagy, Gabriela <nagyg(a)purdue.edu>; CHE Safety <chesafety(a)purdue.edu> Subject: ChE mandatory annual safety refresher training - complete NOW Importance: High Hello Everyone! It is now time to complete the online annual safety refresher training, required for our School's ISP recertification with EHS. The training is required for all ChE faculty, staff, graduate students (including first-year graduate students), post-doctoral researchers and visiting researchers/scholars, regardless of when they joined the School. Please follow the instructions below and complete the required safety refresher training by the end of Friday, February 28, 2025. Instructions: 1. Before starting the online refresher training: * Review the Building Emergency Plan (BEP) for FRNY Building<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/emergency-preparedness/emergency-plans/bep/buil…> * Complete the Lab Specific Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) training by reviewing your lab's CHP and all relevant SOPs (if applicable). 2. Complete your online ChE Specific Annual Safety Refresher Training<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca…> . The link to the training is also available on the ChE safety website https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety, under Training/ChE Annual Safety Refresher Training. 3. Once you completed the online training you will receive an email confirming completion. Keep this email safe, for your records. Please complete the ChE mandatory safety refresher training by the end of Friday, February 28, 2025. 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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Thesis Defense Announcement for Anirudh Venkatesh
by Bev Johnson 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

This email is to announce that Anirudh Venkatesh, will be defending his thesis, "Dynamics, stability, and thermodynamics of deformable biological membranes interacting with Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids" Thursday, March 6 at 12:30 PM in FRNY 3062B. The dissertation is directed by Dr. Vivek Narsimhan. The abstract is attached, the Zoom link is below, and all are welcome to attend. https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/91243866007<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-ed…> Bev Johnson Graduate Program Administrator Chemical Engineering Forney Hall 2037D Purdue University 765-494-4057 [P bling]

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Safety inspection of ALL labs and offices in FRNY - next week
by Nagy, Gabriela 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

Hello everyone, In preparation for the ISP safety review with EHS, members of the ChE Safety Committee will conduct safety inspections of ALL labs and offices, starting Monday, February 24, 2025. We will use the forms in the first 2 tabs of the attached Excel workbook. If you have a sensitive experiment running and your lab can't be inspected now, please place a clearly visible note on the entrance door to the lab, and the inspection team will respect that. Reports of the inspections will be sent to PIs and safety officers (for labs) and to occupants of offices (if needed). Any identified deficiencies will need to be corrected within the time specified on the forms. Instructions on how to follow up regarding correction of deficiencies will be communicated when the results of the safety inspections are shared. Thank you for your commitment to safety! 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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Safety self-audit of ChE labs and offices - forms due TODAY
by Nagy, Gabriela 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

Good morning, This is a gentle reminder that the completed ISP self-audit forms are due TODAY; see the initial email below. If you didn't submit your forms yet, please take the time to complete the self-audit and send the forms today. Please remember that ALL offices and labs/storage rooms need to be audited. Multiple offices can be included on the same form, but each lab/storage space needs a form. The forms need to be signed by the person responsible for that room, i.e.: PI, but can be completed by their designee ( e.g.: safety officer). Please return completed self-audit forms as PDF files via email to Gabriela Nagy (nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>) by the end of the day today. Should you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you, 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> From: Nagy, Gabriela Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 2:20 PM To: 'chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu' <chme(a)ecn.purdue.edu>; 'chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu' <chmegrad(a)ecn.purdue.edu> Cc: Corti, David S <dscorti(a)purdue.edu>; Kim, Sangtae <kim55(a)purdue.edu>; Nagy, Gabriela <nagyg(a)purdue.edu>; CHE Safety <chesafety(a)purdue.edu> Subject: Start of safety self-audit of ChE labs and offices! Importance: High Hello Everyone, Our School is scheduled to have the Integrated Safety Plan (ISP) review at the beginning of April 2025. Part of this process is the completion of the safety self-audit of ALL ChE laboratories AND offices using the Integrated Safety Plan Self-Audit Checklist<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/ispcheck.pdf> (also attached). Please only use these forms, as they are the most up-to-date forms used University wide. One form needs to be completed for EACH lab/storage area/machine shop. However, multiple offices (but not labs) can be included on the same form. The first page of the document provides more information. 1. The first eight sections have universal questions that apply to every area. For self-audits of office space, only section 1-8 have to be completed. I attach the Hazard Assessment Certification for FRNY offices for your information; please answer "yes" to questions 8.1 - 8.4 and "no" to question 8.7 for offices 2. Sections 9 to 29 have questions related to specialized operations; research laboratories and shops should address all sections (section 1 through 29). 3. All self-audit checklists must be signed by PI/supervisor, but another person, the supervisor/PI's designee can complete the self-audit. 4. Electronic signatures are accepted on ISP self-audit forms. Please correct identified deficiencies, and record the corrections in the "Comments" section on last page of the form before submitting the forms. You should also record the deficiencies that were not corrected, and list the steps taken to correct them. In addition to completing the self-audit for your labs/shop, please review and update (to be dated within the last 6 months) the following: * Laboratory Door Posting<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/doorpost.pdf> - use this form which includes a date stamp. This needs to be posted outside the lab, at every entrance including the connecting doors in between labs (if applicable) * Hazard Assessment Certification (should be placed inside the lab, near each entrance, including connecting doors) * Chemical inventory for the lab (qualitative) * Lab Specific Chemical Hygiene Plan (at a minimum, the first page needs to be signed by the PI of the lab and dated within the last 6 months). * SDS Records (update printed SDS book with SDSs for newly purchased chemicals). If your group is keeping SDSs saved electronically, please make sure you follow the recommendations issued by the safety committee, that are listed HERE<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety/documents/Guidelines%20fo…>. SDSs on record should be dated within the last 5 years. * Eye wash station flushing log - please flush eye-wash stations weekly and record the completion in a log. I attach a template that can be used for this activity. The ChE Safety Committee will perform safety inspections of all laboratories and offices at the beginning of March and will send the inspection reports to faculty and their group safety officers. Deficiencies identified in your audits and during the safety inspections must be addressed before the recertification meeting with EHS. The ChE Safety Committee (list of members posted on https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety) is available to help. Please return completed self-audit forms as PDF files via email to Gabriela Nagy (nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>) by the end of day on Friday, February 21, 2025. Should you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you, 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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ChE mandatory annual safety refresher training - complete NOW
by Nagy, Gabriela 13 Feb '25

13 Feb '25

Hello Everyone! It is now time to complete the online annual safety refresher training, required for our School's ISP recertification with EHS. The training is required for all ChE faculty, staff, graduate students (including first-year graduate students), post-doctoral researchers and visiting researchers/scholars, regardless of when they joined the School. Please follow the instructions below and complete the required safety refresher training by the end of Friday, February 28, 2025. Instructions: 1. Before starting the online refresher training: * Review the Building Emergency Plan (BEP) for FRNY Building<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/emergency-preparedness/emergency-plans/bep/buil…> * Complete the Lab Specific Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) training by reviewing your lab's CHP and all relevant SOPs (if applicable). 2. Complete your online ChE Specific Annual Safety Refresher Training<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca…> . The link to the training is also available on the ChE safety website https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety, under Training/ChE Annual Safety Refresher Training. 3. Once you completed the online training you will receive an email confirming completion. Keep this email safe, for your records. Please complete the ChE mandatory safety refresher training by the end of Friday, February 28, 2025. 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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Start of safety self-audit of ChE labs and offices!
by Nagy, Gabriela 06 Feb '25

06 Feb '25

Hello Everyone, Our School is scheduled to have the Integrated Safety Plan (ISP) review at the beginning of April 2025. Part of this process is the completion of the safety self-audit of ALL ChE laboratories AND offices using the Integrated Safety Plan Self-Audit Checklist<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/ispcheck.pdf> (also attached). Please only use these forms, as they are the most up-to-date forms used University wide. One form needs to be completed for EACH lab/storage area/machine shop. However, multiple offices (but not labs) can be included on the same form. The first page of the document provides more information. 1. The first eight sections have universal questions that apply to every area. For self-audits of office space, only section 1-8 have to be completed. I attach the Hazard Assessment Certification for FRNY offices for your information; please answer "yes" to questions 8.1 - 8.4 and "no" to question 8.7 for offices 2. Sections 9 to 29 have questions related to specialized operations; research laboratories and shops should address all sections (section 1 through 29). 3. All self-audit checklists must be signed by PI/supervisor, but another person, the supervisor/PI's designee can complete the self-audit. 4. Electronic signatures are accepted on ISP self-audit forms. Please correct identified deficiencies, and record the corrections in the "Comments" section on last page of the form before submitting the forms. You should also record the deficiencies that were not corrected, and list the steps taken to correct them. In addition to completing the self-audit for your labs/shop, please review and update (to be dated within the last 6 months) the following: * Laboratory Door Posting<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/doorpost.pdf> - use this form which includes a date stamp. This needs to be posted outside the lab, at every entrance including the connecting doors in between labs (if applicable) * Hazard Assessment Certification (should be placed inside the lab, near each entrance, including connecting doors) * Chemical inventory for the lab (qualitative) * Lab Specific Chemical Hygiene Plan (at a minimum, the first page needs to be signed by the PI of the lab and dated within the last 6 months). * SDS Records (update printed SDS book with SDSs for newly purchased chemicals). If your group is keeping SDSs saved electronically, please make sure you follow the recommendations issued by the safety committee, that are listed HERE<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety/documents/Guidelines%20fo…>. SDSs on record should be dated within the last 5 years. * Eye wash station flushing log - please flush eye-wash stations weekly and record the completion in a log. I attach a template that can be used for this activity. The ChE Safety Committee will perform safety inspections of all laboratories and offices at the beginning of March and will send the inspection reports to faculty and their group safety officers. Deficiencies identified in your audits and during the safety inspections must be addressed before the recertification meeting with EHS. The ChE Safety Committee (list of members posted on https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/aboutus/safety) is available to help. Please return completed self-audit forms as PDF files via email to Gabriela Nagy (nagyg(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>) by the end of day on Friday, February 21, 2025. Should you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you, 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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