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Safety information related to the event that occured yesterday
by Nagy, Gabriela 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Hello Everyone, The tragic event that occurred yesterday affected all of us and I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that an emergency requiring sheltering in place doesn't mean only weather related events, but also a HazMat event such as (accidental) hazardous materials release/spill, or even a shooter/bomber. Those of you who recently attended a mandatory safety awareness training session, will remember that I mention this during the safety training. Our Shelter in Place location is the basement of both wings of the building, and can be reached via the staircases located in the atrium and those located adjacent to the exits facing the Physics Building, Civil Engineering Building and the Engineering Mall. However, in an incident that involves shooting, people should stay in their office or a secure place, away from windows, turn the lights down and lock the door. Please visit our website (https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/AboutUs/Safety.html) and under the Emergency Preparedness section you will find (among other useful information) a link to a short video (20 minutes) meant as training material for situations like the one we experienced yesterday ("Shots Fired on Campus: When Lightning Strikes"<https://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/news/2008/emergency-preparedness-shots-…>). If you are not already subscribed to Purdue's "ALERT" notification system, I strongly advise you to subscribe as soon as possible. This makes sure you are notified of emergency situations that occur on campus, via text message and email. Please see below the link and instructions on how to subscribe for this notification system: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/health_safety/mail.html Subscribe to emergency alerts: For Purdue faculty, students and staff Sign up for emergency text messages at http://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/. Click on the "Change Your Password" icon, log in. Then click on emergency contact information under the account tools list in the right column. Enter your cell phone number. (Please contact your service provider to ensure that your phone can receive such messages.) To be removed from the text system follow the above procedures and delete your cell phone number. Sincerely, Gabriela on behalf of the ChE Safety Committee ________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director ChE Safety Committee Chair 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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reminders about spring seminar (next seminar will be 3/4) and attendance policy
by Field, Catherine A 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Hello ChE Grad Students, Just a quick note to remind you that we don't have any seminars scheduled for February, and grad students are not expected attend the faculty candidate talks, unless specifically asked to do so by Dr. Varma or their advisors. So you are "off" from Seminar until March 4th (speaker to be announced later). I've attached the Seminar schedule (please make a note of all dates in your calendar), and the Seminar Absence form (to be turned in if you want to substitute an outside Seminar for our Seminar). I've also copied Nela (my student worker) who maintains the Seminar attendance spreadsheet. Please make an note of her e-mail, and please be sure e-mail her if you are going to be absent, and she'll update the spreadsheet accordingly. Thank you. Best, Katie

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Graduate Seminar Announcement - Dr Chongli Yuan
by Ewing, Virginia G 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Chongli Yuan School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University "Seeking the Critical Traits of Epigenetic Modifications for Early-Stage Disease Diagnosis" January 14, 2014 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract. In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that abnormal epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications are hallmarks of many types of diseases, such as lung cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. Understanding how different epigenetic patterns regulate gene activity and enabling sensitive detection of epigenetic patterns hold the key to developing the next generation of therapeutic and diagnostic tools of human diseases. By combining state-of-the-art quantitative fluorescence spectroscopy with engineering principles, we have established quantitative correlations among epigenetic content, chromosome structure, and gene activity. Such correlations can be used for screening early-stage disease biomarkers and identifying potential epigenetic modifications as novel drug targets. In addition, we have developed protein probes to identify and recognize disease-related DNA methylation marks. Our detection platform offers a simple and cheap DNA methylation detection approach, promising for detecting early stage cancers. Bio. Dr. Yuan received her BS degree in chemical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology in 2002. She worked with Dr. Lynden Archer at Cornell on the DNA mechanics and nanomaterial synthesis for her Ph.D. After obtaining her degree in 2007, she moved to ETH, Zurich and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Prof. Tim Richmond's group in molecular biology and biophysics. She joined the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University as an Assistant Professor in 2009. She received the ACS PRF new investigator award and CDMRP lung cancer concept award. Her current research primarily focuses on elucidating the epigenetic regulation mechanism in human cells and developing novel epigenomic tools to detect and quantify epigenetic modifications related with human diseases. .

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Reminder re: CHE 697: Finite Element Analysis in ChE
by Field, Catherine A 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Hello ChE Grad Students, Please see attached course description for Dr. Basaran’s CHE 697: Finite Element Analysis in Chemical Engineering. Class starts today at 3:30 in FRNY G124. Best Wishes, Katie Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1051 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2100 Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 Email: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Website: www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Welcome to Carl Laird and Vilas Pol
by Varma, Arvind 11 Jan '14

11 Jan '14

Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, both Carl Laird and Vilas Pol have joined our School as Associate Professors this week. They bring outstanding credentials and new research-teaching expertise to our faculty. There is no doubt that their programs will attract new outstanding graduate students and also bring recognition to themselves and to our School. Their offices are located in FRNY G027C (CL) and 2146 (VP). Pl join me in welcoming them to our School and take the time to re-introduce yourself to them. With best wishes for the start of a New Year and a new academic semester! Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Tel: 765-494-4075; Fax: 765-494-0805; Email: avarma(a)purdue.edu<mailto:avarma@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/People/ptProfile?id=11068

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ChE Graduate Seminar Schedule-Spring 2014
by Ewing, Virginia G 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

Attached please find the Spring 2014 seminar schedule for the School of Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Updates will be sent when additional seminar titles are received. Regards, Virginia Virginia Ewing School of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive/FRNY Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100 765-494-4365 vewing(a)purdue.edu

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Northwestern Parking garage exit
by Valley, Jeffrey L 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

Be Advised- The exit onto Northwestern Ave from the parking garage will be closed tomorrow -Friday 10th - from approx. 9 am to 4 pm to replace glass in the stairways. To exit use the Grant street exit. Jeff Valley Building Deputy Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 494-8727 valley(a)purdue.edu

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Property Accounting Inventory
by Valley, Jeffrey L 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

BE ADVISED- Property Accounting is beginning today to do inventory of equipment in the building that has a PU# on them. Please assist them if needed to locate these items in your areas. Thank you. Jeff Valley Building Deputy Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 494-8727 valley(a)purdue.edu

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Phishing emails
by Harrington, Michael P 25 Dec '13

25 Dec '13

Hi, Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday break! It appears those that try to steal account information are hard at work sending out phishing emails. I have received several emails in the last 24 hours from a couple different sources claiming that my account is being suspended and asking me to click on a link and enter my Purdue credentials so I am sure many of you have as well. These are phishing emails. Please DO NOT click on the links & fill out the information. Delete the emails. If by chance you have actually clicked on the links in these emails & supplied your information you should change your password immediately via a regular method such as going to itap.purdue.edu and selecting the option to change your password. Thanks and enjoy the remainder of your break! Mike Harrington Sent from my iPhone

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FW: Invitation to XPS Workshops
by Murray, Chris L 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

From: Zemlyanov, Dmitry Y Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 1:05 PM To: Starewich, Deborah S.; Salazar, Cynthia S; Blakey, Pamela S; Ferguson, Cynthia L; Elwell, Cathy L; Blue-Boyer, Rhonda E; Reece, Kellie A; Murray, Chris L Cc: Black, Nancy Lee Subject: Invitation to XPS Workshops Could I ask each of you to post this in your building and send out an announcement with the weblink and flyers to invite all to join us? Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! You are invited to join us at Birck Nanotechnology Center for some XPS Training. Sessions will be run by Dmitry Zemlyanov, Surface Science Application Scientist Intro to XPS - January 16-17, 2014 Registration at: http://bit.ly/1eqIM8U Intro to CasaXPS - January 20-21, 2014 Registration at: http://bit.ly/IYeOeu Do let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, ***************************************** Dmitry Zemlyanov, PhD Surface Science Application Scientist Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center, 1205 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Tel.: +1 (765) 496-2457 (office - BRK 1274) +1 (765) 496-6217 (lab - BRK 1077) Cell: +1 (765) 427-3813 Fax: +1 (765) 496-8299 mailto:dzemlian@purdue.edu web: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/facilities/XPS.php Surface Science Facility Schedule: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=bircksurfaceanalysis%40gmail.com&…

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