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FW: Reminder: Special Program - Professional Responsibility in Engineering Practice; Dec 2 at 5:30 p.m.
by Nagy, Gabriela 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Hello Everyone, Please see below the details of a special event scheduled for today afternoon. Please share this information with people who might be interested in this. Thank you to Prof. Fabio Ribeiro, who brought to my attention this event. Best regards, Gabriela ________ 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> ______________________________________________________________ Reminder: A special program on professional responsibility..........please share with your colleagues/students this once in a lifetime opportunity to hear from engineers who were involved in serious incidents. What: A Special Presentation/Discussion open to interested students, faculty and staff entitled "Professional Responsibility in Engineering Practice" 1. Hear from and question engineers who were "on the ground" for the following disasters: a. Challenger Shuttle (1986 - 7 dead) b. Kansas City Skywalk Collapse (1981 - 114 dead) c. Refinery Explosion and Fire (2005 - 15 dead) 2. Become more familiar with how interdisciplinary issues in engineering, business, ethics and communications contribute to fatal incidents. Date: December 2, 2013 Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Place: Civil Engineering - HAMP 1141; Purdue University Who: Open to all Engineering, all Science, all Business and all Ethics and Psychology students, faculty and staff. Please share with colleagues/friends. Sponsored by: The United Engineering Foundation of the USA, Purdue University College of Engineering, and Purdue's School of Civil Engineering Flyer with speaker information: <<...>> Thank you!

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AIChE Food Drive
by Hendryx, Sandra K 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

AIChE is hosting a food drive in the last two weeks of school! There will be boxes around Forney from Monday, December 2 through Thursday, December 12 to collect your food donations. All of the items will go to Food Finders in Lafayette. All nonperishable food is gratefully accepted, such as canned goods, pasta, and cereal. Thank you, Kevin Bock AIChE Philanthropy Head

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Notes about Registration (including clarification on when to sign up for CHE 699 Research vs. CHE 698 Research)
by Field, Catherine A 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

Hello ChE Grad Students, Advising Faculty, and Support Staff: I am writing to follow up on my e-mail to the grad students back in October about spring registration. Spring registration is now open and will close on January 15th. There are several important things graduate students (and their advising faculty and support staff) need to know when grad students are registering for spring classes. TO THE GRAD STUDENTS (See special notes to those of you intending to graduate and those of you in your second year and beyond): 1. Please use Form23A attached to this e-mail to list your classes. It is also available in hard copy in my office and in the magazine rack outside of the Undergrad Office (FRNY 1057). 2. Please consult with your thesis advisor about your spring schedule and then list all classes (including ChE 690 Seminar), your research hours on this form, and your weekly meeting (if your advisor holds weekly meetings) on Form23A. Be sure to include all CRNs on the form. 3. Please sign this form and have your advisor sign the form, and then return it to me (slide under my office door if office is closed). I will register you for your research hours and for your weekly meeting and graduation candidate status (if applicable-for more information, please see below). You will register yourself for everything else, including Seminar. 4. ATTENTION SECOND YEARS AND BEYOND: If you have taken your Qualifier, you should sign up for CHE 699 Research (NOT CHE 698) from this point forward. 5. ATTENTION THOSE OF YOU INTENDING TO GRADUATE WITH YOUR PH.D. OR PICK UP YOUR MASTER'S IN THE SPRING: a. Consult the Graduate School deadlines calendar to be sure you will meet all their deadlines to get your degree in May. http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/calendar/calendar.cfm?type=Deadlines b. NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE FILED YOUR PLAN OF STUDY BEFORE THE SEMESTER IN WHICH YOU INTEND TO GRADUATE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THOSE OF YOU WHO INTEND TO PICK UP A MASTER'S DEGREE. If you plan to get a Master's degree, you must file a Master's plan of study (separate from the Ph.D. plan of study) the semester before you intend to pick up your Master's. In this case, you must have filed your Master's or Ph.D. plan of study by January 12th. c. Check with your advisor to see which candidate status you need to be registered for. There are three options, and you will put one of these on your Form23A, and when you return that form to me with your advisor's signature, I will sign you up as a candidate for graduation using one of these three codes. You may choose to do the following: 1. Register as CAND 991 (Candidate) and sign up for your designated number of research hours (whatever you and your advisor determine is correct for your next semester) OR 2. Register as CAND 992 (Degree Only). You use this designation if you defend and deposit by the end of this fall semester (but you missed the graduation deadlines for the fall) OR 3. Register as CAND 993 (Exam Only). You use this designation if you have completed all graduation requirements and if you can defend and deposit by March 7th. You register for Exam Only if you can defend and deposit by March 7th. d. ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INTENDING TO GRADUATE: If you register with a reduced course load the semester you intend to graduate, you must fill out a special form stating you are registering for a reduced load and turn it into the Office of International Students and Scholars. This form is available in my office and in the Office of International Students and Scholars. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and thank you. Best, 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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Graduate Seminar Announcement - Prof Cheng 12/5
by Ewing, Virginia G 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Stephen Z.D. Cheng College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering University of Akron-Ohio "Giant Molecules Based on 'Nano-Atoms': A New Platform for Engineering Structures at Nanometer Feature Sizes" Thursday, December 5, 2013 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: To create new materials with multiple functionalities for advanced technologies, control over their hierarchical structures and orders is vital for obtaining the desired properties. Our research focuses on a new route to build up materials via giant molecules based on "nano-atoms". We utilize molecular nano-particles (MNPs) to be the basic unit for "nano-atoms" which are compact and rigid, possess precisely-defined symmetry and surface functionalities. These NMPs may be polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), [60]fullerene (C60), polyoxymatalates, and globular proteins. With the help of those accurately-defined surface functionalities to generate collective physical bonds to construct giant molecules which are precisely defined macromolecules. Giant moelcules include shape amphiphiles, giant polyhedra and giant surfactants etc. While these particles share some common features, they are intrinsically different in many ways, such as the overall shape, physical properties, and chemical composition. By diverse periphery functionalization, they serve as versatile "nano-atoms" for the construction of giant molecules with controlled hierarchical structures in multi-dimensions across different length scales. A large variety of thermodynamically stable and metastable hierarchal structures is observed in the bulk, thin-film, and solution states of these "giant molecules". All the results demonstrate that MNPs are unique elements for macromolecular science, providing a versatile platform for engineering nanostructures that are not only scientifically intriguing, but also technologically relevant. Bio: Stephen Z. D. Cheng received his Ph.D. degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York in 1985. His research interests are in the area of chemistry, physics and engineering of polymers and advanced functional materials including crystal structure, crystal morphology, transition thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular motions, liquid crystals, liquid crystalline polymers, hybrid materials and phase transitions of these materials with different shapes, chemical and physical architectures and interactions, as well as in nanoconfined environments. He is also in the developing researches in high performance polymers, conducting polymers, photovoltaics, and polymer photonics. He currently holds the Robert C. Musson and Trustees Professor and Dean, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron. More than 73 Ph.D. students and 23 M.S. students have been graduated from his research group. He has published 440 articles and one book titled "Phase Transitions in Polymers: The Role of Metastable States" in 2008, and given over 650 invited talks and lectures. He has served as a senior editor of Polymer, and members of editorial and advisory boards of more than ten scientific journals. In 1991, he received The Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. He was also the recipient of the American Physical Society John H. Dillon Medal (1995), the North American Thermal Analysis Society Mettler-Toledo Award (1999), the Education Ministry of China Cheung-Kong Scholar (1999), the TA-Instrument Award of International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2004), the Cooperative Research Award of Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering of ACS (2005), the Polymer Physics Prize of American Physical Society (2013), and was elected to be a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1994, a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006), an Honorary Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society (2011), a Fellow of Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering of American Chemical Society(2012). In 2008, he was selected to be a member of the National Academic of Engineering of the USA.

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Faculty Lectureship Award Nominations due to the Grad Office by Dec. 13th
by Field, Catherine A 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

Hello Everyone: A quick note to say that the Faculty Lectureship Award Nominations are due to the Grad Office (field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu>) by Friday, December 13th. The Faculty Lectureship Award is meant to reward scholarly research and publication by a Purdue Chemical Engineering graduate student. The winner of the award will be given a certificate, a $500 monetary award, and will be invited to give a 30 minute lecture to the faculty and graduate student body on their research. The winner will be selected by the Graduate Committee based on a broad evaluation of their scholarship and potential. At most one award per year will be made, but the Graduate Committee may elect not to grant an award if no truly outstanding candidates are identified. A graduate student may be nominated by any Purdue ChE faculty member. Requirements for the nomination are: (1) A nomination citation, which is not to exceed 1 page. The nominee may help develop and write the citation, but it must be approved, signed, and endorsed by the nominating faculty member. (2) The student's CV, which is not to exceed 2 pages. (3) A copy of one first-authored published (or accepted) manuscript that is to be representative of their scholarly ability. For this year's award, nominations are due to the graduate program administrator by email, no later than close of business Friday, December 13, 2013. The Graduate Committee will announce the winner early in the spring semester. Best, 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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Katie Smith's Dissertation Defense is Tomorrow, Friday, November 22nd, at 3:00 p.m. in FRNY G060A
by Field, Catherine A 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

This e-mail is to announce that Katie Smith will be defending her dissertation, Particle Adhesion in Nano-structured Microelectronics Systems, on Friday, November 22nd, at 3:00 p.m. in FRNY G060A. The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Steve Beaudoin, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. 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, IN 47907-2050 Telephone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/

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Sang Ha Son's Dissertation Defense Tomorrow, Friday, November 22, in FRNY 3062A at 10 a.m.
by Field, Catherine A 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

This e-mail is to announce that Sang Ha Son will be defending his dissertation, Development of Quantitative FT-IR methods for Analyzing the Cure Kinetics of Epoxy Resins, on Friday, November 22nd, at 10 a.m. in FRNY 3062A. The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Jim Caruthers, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. 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, IN 47907-2050 Telephone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/

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AIChE Panda Express Skip-A-Meal
by Hendryx, Sandra K 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

AIChE is hosting a skip-a-meal at Panda Express this Sunday, November 24th from 5 PM to 8 PM. If you bring a flyer with you to the Panda Express on Chauncey (next to the West Lafayette Public Library), 20% of your purchase will go to the American Cancer Society! Flyers will be passed out in some classes today, and there should be extras in the undergraduate office. Alternatively, you can print out the attached flyer. Be sure to bring all of your friends (whether they're chemical engineers or not), and thanks for helping us fight cancer together!

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Graduate Seminar Announcement - Prof Shinji Hasebe
by Ewing, Virginia G 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Shinji Hasebe Department of Chemical Engineering Kyoto University, Japan "Process Systems Engineering for Realizing Micro Chemical Plants" November 12, 2013 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: The production of high value-added products requires the precise control of temperature, flow pattern and residence time. It is difficult for conventional plants to satisfy these requirements. Many researchers have discussed the availability of the micro-systems for production. However, to realize the micro chemical plants, the contribution of PSE is essential. In this lecture, the design and control problems of micro chemical plants are discussed from the viewpoint of process systems engineering. One of the dominant characteristics of the design problem of micro devices is that the shape of the device should be included in the design variables in addition to the volume of the device. Three types of systematic shape design methods will be explained using case studies. Because of the difference of the characteristic size, micro chemical plants require different instrumentation and control systems from conventional chemical plants. Some control systems, which are suitable for the micro chemical plants are demonstrated. In real micro chemical plants, the blockage of the channels is the crucial problem for long stable operation. In the presentation, the latest blockage detection system for parallelized micro process is explained. Bio: Professor Hasebe received his B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from Kyoto University in 1976, 1978 and 1984. He became an assistant professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Kyoto University in 1981. After the experience of lecturer and associate professor, he is a full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering since 2003. He is Vice Chairman of the Committee for International Academic Exchange of the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University since April 2010, and organized the NEDO national project named "Development of Microspace and Nanospace Reaction Environment Technology for Functional Materials" as project leader. His research areas are design and operation of micro chemical plants, supply chain management, synthesis of environmentally benign processes and the synthesis of separation processes.

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Service outage on Sunday
by Harrington, Michael P 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

As you may know, many services, including "MyMail" and the Exchange servers were unavailable today due to the storms in the area. Power was lost in many buildings on campus for a period of time (Forney didn't appear to lose power - at least my office computer, located in the 'old' side of Forney stayed up and running). Unfortunately since most faculty and staff use Exchange for mail there was no easy way to communicate the status of services. For future reference you might want to bookmark the following pages to have to reference in such situations. ITAP has a "twitter" and "facebook" page that can be checked. ITAP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PurdueIT ITAP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PurdueIT ECN will usually post an update if there are outages specifically related to the Engineering Computer Network: ECN Main Page: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN The status from the current incident is being reported and updated here: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/news/131117_SA_multiple.html As of now some have access to Exchange (including myself which is why I am sending this). Please note some services such as Confluence and the Purdue research clusters are still not available. -Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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