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ELEVATORS
by Valley, Jeffrey L 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

BE ADVISED - The State Inspector will be in our building to certify our elevators this afternoon so there will be a 15-20 minute interruption in service for each elevator while this is being done.

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Graduate Office will be closed Friday, March 15, 2013
by Bowman, Debra J 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Dear All, The Graduate Office will be closed Friday, March 15, 2013. I will be on vacation. Thanks, Deb

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Reminder - Atom Downtime Starting 8pm tonight.
by Harrington, Michael P 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Please log out of any accounts on Atom before 8pm tonight as it will be taken offline for updates. This would generally include logging off any ECN deployed machine. Atom will be restarted around 9pm - but to be safe I would assume it won't be back online until at least 9:30pm. -Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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USNWR rankings
by Murray, Chris L 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Dear Colleagues, The USNWR graduate rankings have just been released - attached are the ChE graduate rankings for 2014 (issued 3-13), and also for comparison those issued last year. We are at rank 13, up 1 from last year, and tied with CMU and UIUC (rank 12 last year) - last year we tied at rank 14, with CMU and Northwestern (rank 17 last year). We have been improving rank by 1 position for the last two years in a row. Congratulations to all for their creative and hard work - it has been great teamwork and the best is yet to come! 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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Graduate Seminar Announcement - Dr. Konstantinos Konstantopoulos
by Mamph, Jennifer A 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Konstantinos Konstantopoulos Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering The Johns Hopkins University "Cell Migration in Confined Spaces" March 19, 2013 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Understanding the mechanisms of cell migration is a fundamental question in cell, developmental and cancer biology. Unraveling key, physiologically relevant motility mechanisms is also crucial for developing technologies that can control, manipulate, promote or stop cell migration in vivo. Much of what we know about the mechanisms of cell migration stems from in vitro studies using two-dimensional (2D) surfaces. Cell locomotion in 2D is driven by cycles of actin protrusion, integrin-mediated adhesion and myosin-dependent contraction. A major pitfall of 2D assays is that they fail to account for the physical confinement that cells encounter within the physiological tissue environment. The seminar will challenge the conventional wisdom regarding cell motility mechanisms, and show that migration through physically constricted spaces does not require *1 integrin-dependent adhesion or myosin contractility. Importantly, confined migration persists even when filamentous actin is disrupted. This seminar will also discuss an alternative mechanism of confined cell migration based on a jet propulsion model. Bio: Received the Diploma of Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Rice University in 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering at Rice University. He joined the faculty of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University in 1997, and promoted to the rank of Professor in 2008. He was elected Chair of the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering in 2008. He is a co-Director of the NCI-funded Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center (2009-present). He was elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2009 and of the Biomedical Engineering Society in 2012. He serves on the Editorial Board of The American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology (2005-present), as Associate Editor of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering (2009-present), and as Chair of the Bioengineering Technology and Surgical Sciences (BTSS) study section of the National Institutes of Health (2011-present). His research is at the interface of engineering and biology pertinent to cancer metastasis. He has published >100 peer-reviewed articles. http://web1.johnshopkins.edu/kostaslab/

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March 2013 School Newsletter
by Farmus, Cristina D 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Faculty Recognition Nicholas Delgass, the Maxine Spencer Nichols Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the AIChE. https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/HomepageFeatures/delgass-elected-aiche-f… Graduate Student Recognition 2013 Magoon Award * Nathan B. Davis * Laura J. Hirshfield * Daniel Pohlman 2013 Outstanding Service and Scholarship Award: * Aniruddha Kelkar 2013 CETA (Committee Education of Teaching Assistants) Award: * Emre Gencer GPRI Fellowship * Emre Gencer ChE Faculty Lecture Award for 2012: Julie Renner, given on the basis of academic accomplishments during graduate work. The Seminar for this award has been scheduled for April 23rd at 9 a.m. in G140 2012 Research Publication Award of the School of Chemical Engineering, selected based on citation counts obtained from the Web of Science: * Ford, Grayson M., Guo, Qijie, Agrawal, Rakesh , Hillhouse, Hugh W., Earth Abundant Element Cu2Zn(Sn1-xGex)S-4 Nanocrystals for Tunable Band Gap Solar Cells: 6.8% Efficient Device Fabrication, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 23 (10), 2626-2629, (2011), 10.1021/cm2002836 * Young, Jamey D., Shastri, Avantika A. , Stephanopoulos, Gregory , Morgan, John A., Mapping photoautotrophic metabolism with isotopically nonstationary C-13 flux analysis, METABOLIC ENGINEERING, 13 (6), 656-665 (2011) 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.08.002 * Gary, Dana J., Lee, Hoyoung , Sharma, Rahul , Lee, Jae-Sung , Kim, Youngwook , Cui, Zheng Yun , Jia, Di , Bowman, Valorie D. , Chipman, Paul R. , Wan, Lei , Zou, Yi Mao, Guangzhao , Park, Keunchil , Herbert, Brittney-Shea , Konieczny, Stephen F. , Won, You-Yeon, Influence of Nano-Carrier Architecture on in Vitro siRNA Delivery Performance and in Vivo Biodistribution: Polyplexes vs Micelleplexes, ACS NANO, 5 (5), 3493-3505 (2011), 10.1021/nn102540y * Lee, Wen-Sheng, Zhang, Rong , Akatay, M. Cem , Baertsch, Chelsey D. , Stach, Eric A. , Ribeiro, Fabio H. , Delgass, W. Nicholas, Differences in Catalytic Sites for CO Oxidation and Propylene Epoxidation on Au Nanoparticles, ACS CATALYSIS, 1(10), 1327-1330, 10.1021/cs200373f Staff Recognition - The deadline for the 2013 ChE Staff Excellence Award is March 29. Please take the time to send in your nominations as none have been received to date. Let me know if you need a copy of the rules or the forms. Miscellaneous - US News & World Report published their annual rankings of graduate programs on March 12, 2013. Eight of the College of Engineering disciplines ranked in the top 10, up from five last year. Once again, Purdue's engineering disciplines all ranked in the top 25. ChE is ranked #13, up from #14 last year. Ranking Summary: Unit 2014 Ranking (Published March, 2013) 2013 Ranking (Published March, 2012) College #8 #10 tied with Cornell ABE #1 #1 AAE #6 #6 CE #6 #6 tied with MIT ME #8 #9 tied with Cornell NE #8 tied with Penn State #11 tied with Oregon State CmpE #10 #11 EE #10 #10 tied with Princeton IE #10 #15 ChE #13 tied with Carnegie Mellon & U Illinois #14 tied with Carnegie Mellon & Northwestern MSE #17 tied with U Minnesota and U Wisconsin-Madison #14 tied with Carnegie Mellon EEE #17 tied with Duke, Rice, U Wisconsin-Madison & Yale #19 tied with Penn State & U Minnesota BME #23 tied with Harvard, U Minnesota & U Virginia #23 tied with U Minnesota, U Virginia, U Wisconsin-Madison Upcoming Events * Graduate Students Conversation with the Head - April 3, 2013, 12.00 to 1.00 pm in FRNY 3059 * Women in ChE Seminar - April 10, 2013 * Fundamentals of Engineering Exam - April 10, 2013 * Kelly Lectures - April 16, 17, 2013 * Senior Banquet - April 25, 2013, PMU, West Faculty Lounge * EV Grand Prix - April 27, 2013 * Faculty retreat - May 6, 2013 Please send me information suitable for inclusion in future newsletters. Regards, Cristina Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>

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Atom Downtime - Wednesday 8-9pm
by Harrington, Michael P 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Hi, ECN needs to update and patch Atom as part of routine maintenance - since it is Spring Break and most are not here this is a good time for such work. The current plan is to begin the work at 8pm Wednesday evening (tomorrow) - and they estimate it will be finished around 9pm. You should make sure you have logged out of your computer by 7:55pm tomorrow night. If your mail is hosted on atom you won't have access during that period - if you use atom to send mail (you shouldn't but some old clients may be set that way) you won't be able to send mail which it is down. Lastly - some mail delivery will be unavailable during that time. If you have any questions please send them to cheq(a)ecn.purdue.edu -Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Candidate Seminar Announcement - C Gounaris
by Ewing, Virginia G 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

REMINDER -- Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Faculty Candidate SEMINAR Dr. Chrysanthos Gounaris Princeton University "Microporous Materials Informatics: Computer Algorithms to Elucidate Structure-Function Relationships" Thursday, March 7, 2013 9:00-10:30 a.m. FRNY 3059 Abstract: Due to their shape-selective properties, microporous materials are being routinely utilized for separations and catalysis applications. Zeolites, a notable example, have evolved to a market in excess of $2 billion per year, and the recent research attention to metal-organic frameworks is expected to lead to additional commercial applications. With the hundreds of distinct structures that have now been synthesized, as well as the millions that have been hypothesized, the selection space for adsorbent materials has become too big to explore thoroughly via experimental techniques. To that end, robust computational frameworks are required to swiftly analyze structures and perform high-throughput screening of large databases in order to identify the most promising candidate materials for a given application. In this seminar, we will discuss innovative modeling approaches and the use of well-established computer algorithms, such as nonlinear optimization solvers among others, to characterize microporous materials and identify their functionality. We will start by demonstrating our characterization frameworks, ZEOMICS and MOFomics, which geometrically describe the three-dimensional porous networks of such materials. We will then address gas separations applications of industrial interest (e.g., air separation, carbon capture from flue gas) and predict the most promising materials to achieve selectivity. Next, we will focus on catalytic selectivity and demonstrate the ability of microporous materials to preferentially produce certain products over others as well as their ability to induce certain reaction pathways within a larger reaction network. Finally, we will discuss current research efforts to elucidate the diffusion anisotropy of microporous materials, as well as present interesting open questions in the area.

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Candidate Seminar Announcement - C Gounaris
by Ewing, Virginia G 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Faculty Candidate SEMINAR Dr. Chrysanthos Gounaris Princeton University "Microporous Materials Informatics: Computer Algorithms to Elucidate Structure-Function Relationships" Thursday, March 7, 2013 9:00-10:30 a.m. FRNY 3059 Abstract: Due to their shape-selective properties, microporous materials are being routinely utilized for separations and catalysis applications. Zeolites, a notable example, have evolved to a market in excess of $2 billion per year, and the recent research attention to metal-organic frameworks is expected to lead to additional commercial applications. With the hundreds of distinct structures that have now been synthesized, as well as the millions that have been hypothesized, the selection space for adsorbent materials has become too big to explore thoroughly via experimental techniques. To that end, robust computational frameworks are required to swiftly analyze structures and perform high-throughput screening of large databases in order to identify the most promising candidate materials for a given application. In this seminar, we will discuss innovative modeling approaches and the use of well-established computer algorithms, such as nonlinear optimization solvers among others, to characterize microporous materials and identify their functionality. We will start by demonstrating our characterization frameworks, ZEOMICS and MOFomics, which geometrically describe the three-dimensional porous networks of such materials. We will then address gas separations applications of industrial interest (e.g., air separation, carbon capture from flue gas) and predict the most promising materials to achieve selectivity. Next, we will focus on catalytic selectivity and demonstrate the ability of microporous materials to preferentially produce certain products over others as well as their ability to induce certain reaction pathways within a larger reaction network. Finally, we will discuss current research efforts to elucidate the diffusion anisotropy of microporous materials, as well as present interesting open questions in the area.

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Seminar Abstract/Announcement - Mahmoud El-Halwagi
by Ewing, Virginia G 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate SEMINAR SERIES Prof. Mahmoud El-Halwagi Texas A&M University "SUSTAINABLE PROCESS DESIGN THROUGH MASS AND PROPERTY INTEGRATION" February 26, 2013 9:00-10:20 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Industrial processes exert some of the most profound impacts on the ecosystem. These impacts are attributed to several factors including the significant usage of natural resources, the environmental discharges associated with the processing, and the ecological effects of the products. Sustainable design of industrial processes is aimed at achieving several objectives including resource conservation, recycle/reuse, pollution prevention, yield improvement, and profitability enhancement. These objectives can be methodically addressed using systems-based approaches. In this context, process integration offers an effective framework for sustainable design. The presentation focuses on two branches of process integration: mass and property integration. Mass integration has evolved as a holistic approach to the generation, separation, and routing of species and streams throughout the process. It is a systematic methodology that provides a fundamental understanding of the global flow of mass within the process and employs it in identifying performance targets and optimizing the allocation and generation of streams and species. The presentation starts by discussing key concepts and tools in the area of mass integration and how this methodology can be used to provide global insights on the process performance. Special emphasis is given to the notion of targeting which enables the benchmarking of process performance ahead of detailed design. The second part of the presentation discusses the concept of process integration which is defined as a functionality-based, holistic approach to the allocation and manipulation of streams and processing units which is based on tracking, adjustment, assignment, and matching of functionalities throughout the process. In particular, the presentation will show systematic rules and visualization techniques for the identification of optimal mixing of streams, their allocation to units based on their properties, task identification, and integration with molecular design. Case studies will be used to illustrate the basic concepts and applicability. Bio: Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi is the McFerrin Professor at Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Dr. El-Halwagi's main areas of expertise are process integration, synthesis, design, operation, and optimization. Specifically, Dr. El-Halwagi's research focuses on sustainable design. In addition to the theoretical foundations he helped lay down in these areas, he has been active in education, technology transfer, and industrial applications. He has served as a consultant to a wide variety of chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, gas processing, pharmaceutical and metal finishing industries. He is the coauthor of more than 200 papers and book chapters, the co-editor of five books, and the author of three textbooks. Dr. El-Halwagi is the recipient of several awards including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Sustainable Engineering Forum (AIChE SEF) Research Excellence Award, the National Science Foundation's National Young Investigator Award, the Lockheed Martin Excellence in Engineering Teaching Award, and the Fluor Distinguished teaching Award. Dr. El-Halwagi received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and his M.S. and B.S. from Cairo University.

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