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FW: Steam shutdown FRNY
by Valley, Jeffrey L 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

This pertains to the old side of the building and mainly to the second floor between Rm 2016 to Rm 2033. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you. _____________________________________________ From: Graham, Lew L Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:51 AM To: Valley, Jeffrey L; Nunan, Jeffry M Subject: Steam shutdown FRNY

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Grad Seminar announcement- Julie Liu
by Ewing, Virginia G 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Prof. Julie Liu Purdue University "Engineering Cell-Microenvironment Interactions for Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Regeneration" Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:00-10:15 A.M. FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15 A.M. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Tissue engineering therapies are currently being developed to replace diseased or damaged tissues such as cartilage, bone, and arteries. Due to their high proliferative capacity and their plasticity, stem cells have emerged as a promising cell source for tissue engineering strategies. To successfully utilize stem cells in treatments, however, it is necessary to develop efficient and effective methods for stimulating homogeneous cell differentiation. This talk will present our work on peptide-based cues for promoting differentiation of stem cells towards the cartilage fate or the endothelial cell fate. We will also present our work on developing a protein-based biomaterial for use in cartilage regeneration. Bio: Julie Liu received her B.S.E. in chemical engineering from Princeton University. She received a Whitaker Foundation Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering to pursue her Ph.D. in chemical engineering with a minor in biology from the California Institute of Technology. She was awarded an NIH postdoctoral fellowship to work with Jane Lian and Gary Stein in the field of bone and cartilage biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In 2008, she joined the faculty of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. She has been awarded a 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant and the American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant to support her research in protein engineering, biomaterials development, and cell-microenvironment interactions.

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FW: COMMUNICATION: Tornado Awareness Sessions to be Held in March
by Valley, Jeffrey L 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

FYI........................ From: Terry, Rebecca L [mailto:rlterry@purdue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:28 AM Subject: COMMUNICATION: Tornado Awareness Sessions to be Held in March Communications Announcement Purdue University - Physical Facilities TO: Building Deputies (Please distribute and post) FR: Ron Wright, Director Campus Emergency Preparedness and Planning DA: February 21, 2012 RE: Tornado Awareness Sessions to be Held in March The following training sessions are free and available to all Purdue University faculty, staff, and students. Presenter: Tom Cooper, Fire Safety Specialist When: Friday, March 9; Friday, March 23; or Friday, March 30 Time: 10 to 11 a.m. Where: Terry Conference Room, Police Department, 205 South Martin Jischke Drive (Enter through the side door facing Intramural Drive) Content Overview: * Severe weather awareness strategy * Response actions * Actions to take after the event Please RSVP to Mary Stair at (765) 494-1424. If you have any questions contact Tom Cooper at tncooper(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tncooper@purdue.edu>, Ron Wright at rdwright(a)purdue.edu<mailto:rdwright@purdue.edu>, or call (765) 494-0446.

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FW: [Gradcontacts] Chronic Disease Research Poster Session - March 22
by Bowman, Debra J 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Dear All, See announcement below regarding Chronic Disease Research Poster Session if interested in attending. Thanks, Deb From: gradcontacts-bounces(a)lists.purdue.edu [mailto:gradcontacts-bounces@lists.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of McCammack, Marilyn L Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:13 AM To: gradcontacts(a)purdue.edu Subject: [Gradcontacts] Chronic Disease Research Poster Session - March 22 Please forward to your graduate students. Thanks. [cid:image003.jpg@01CCED50.10039AA0] Dorothy Teegarden, PhD Professor and Associate Head for Research, Department of Nutrition Science Director, Cancer Prevention Internship Program Lead, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Oncological Sciences Center 700 W. State St. Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 765-494-8246 (office) 765-494-0906 (FAX)

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Slowness on Atom
by Harrington, Michael P 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hi, In the last couple of weeks there have been times where your ECN deployed computers may have seemed 'slow' - this has been very noticeable to me specifically on the last two Monday mornings but it has also happened at a few other times. One of the major causes for this 'slowness' appears to be a large number of people accessing their email that is stored on Atom at the same time. If you have large mail folders or try to move large amounts of email at one time (sorting to folders, deleting lots of old or junk mail) this can cause a heavy load on atom and the result will be seen as slow response times across the department. Please keep this in mind when you are trying to organize your email, especially on Monday mornings after a weekend if you haven't been checking it. If you have an exchange account and don't save any mail on atom (many do in archives though) then there isn't anything you can do except to be patient. The long term solution is a newer server with increased CPU capacity and that is in the works, but the short term solution is better email management and the awareness that when your move or delete large groups of messages, or when your 'inbox' is extremely large, your actions while using your mail program can cause a high amount of load on Atom. Thanks, Mike ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Updated Grad Seminar dates
by Ewing, Virginia G 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

See attached - Graduate seminar dates.

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Seminar cancelled Feb. 21
by Ewing, Virginia G 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Seminar is cancelled for next week. Hope to reschedule this semester. Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Prof. Julie Liu Purdue University "Engineering Cell-Microenvironment Interactions for Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Regeneration" February 21, 2012 9:00-10:15 A.M., FRNY G140

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FW: COMMUNICATION: Steam Blows February 16 and 17 at Wade Utility Plant
by Valley, Jeffrey L 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

FYI.................... From: Terry, Rebecca L [mailto:rlterry@purdue.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:14 PM Subject: COMMUNICATION: Steam Blows February 16 and 17 at Wade Utility Plant Communications Announcement Purdue University - Physical Facilities TO: Building Deputies (Please distribute) FR: Physical Facilities DA: Thursday, February 16, 2012 RE: Steam Blows February 16 and 17 at Wade Utility Plant During the course of today and tomorrow, steam blows will be conducted to clean the new Boiler 7 and piping at Wade Utility Plant. The steam blows will consist of burst releases lasting up to 30 minutes and can be extremely noisy, comparable to the sound of a jet engine. Any questions may be directed to Dwayne Rodgers, Project Manager, at 494-6629 or Ed Rafacz, Utilities Engineer, at 494-6971.

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Abstract & Bio for Dr. Eric Shaqfeh, Lester Levi Carter Professor and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
by Heide, Karen Kay 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Dear All, Below is the Abstract & Bio for Dr. Erick Shaqfeh. Karen Mrs. Karen Heide, Secretary School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 765-494-4050 765-494-0805 (Fax) Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Prof. Eric Shaqfeh Lester Levi Carter Professor and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering Stanford University "Platelet Margination in the Microcirculation... or 'How Capsules Push Particles Around'?" February 7, 2012 9:00-10:15 A.M. FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15 A.M. in Henson Atrium Abstract: It is well known that individual vesicles or liposomes (i.e. fluid enclosed by a lipid bilayer membrane suspended in a second fluid) are characterized by a remarkable dynamics in flow. For vesicles that are "near spheres" this dynamics includes at least 5 different types of orbits in shear flow that are functions of the viscosity ratio between the inner and outer fluid as well as the Capillary number based on the bending modulus. However, this dynamics becomes even more rich as the reduced volume falls below about 0.65 where now there are at least three equilibrium shapes (prolates, discocytes, and stomatocytes) which are linearly stable. It is therefore not surprising that a suspension of vesicles is characterized by fascinating collective behavior as well. I will discuss our recent development of a numerical code (based on Loop subdivision) which allows the Stokes flow simulation of non-dilute suspensions of vesicles and capsules at essentially any value of the reduced volume. We will then use these numerical simulations to examine a very important naturally occurring consequence of the interactions in these suspensions -- hemostasis in the small vessels. Hemostasis relies on naturally occurring blood particles such as platelets being concentrated near the vessel walls. The adhesion of platelets to an injured vessel site is a critical initial stage for the formation of a platelet plug to stop bleeding. Any reduction of hematocrit and/or flow rate can both slow down the margination of platelets toward the vessel wall and in turn hamper the formation of the platelet plug. The resulting coagulopathy can be life-threatening, so understanding this process, which we shall demonstrated is an inherently fluctuation-induced hydrodynamic process, is critical to developing therapies for the mitigation of these coagulopathies. Bio: [cid:image002.png@01CCE257.72016D30] Eric Shaqfeh is the Lester Levi Carter Professor and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. He joined Stanford's faculty in 1990 after earning a B.S.E. summa cum laude from Princeton University (1981), and a M.S. (1982) and Ph.D. (1986) from Stanford University. In 2001 he received a dual appointment and became Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is most recently (as of 2004) a faculty member in the Institute of Computational and Mathematical Engineering at Stanford. Shaqfeh's current research interests include non-Newtonian fluid mechanics (especially in the area of elastic instabilities, and turbulent drag reduction), nonequilibrium polymer statistical dynamics (focusing on single molecules studies of DNA), and suspension mechanics (particularly of fiber suspensions and particles/vesicles in microfluidics). He has authored or co-authored over 170 publications and has been an Associate Editor of the Physics of Fluids since 2006. Shaqfeh has received the APS Francois N. Frenkiel Award 1989, the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1990, the David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering 1991, the Camile and Henry Dreyfus Teacher--Scholar Award 1994, the W.M. Keck Foundation Engineering Teaching Excellence Award 1994, the 1998 ASEE Curtis W. McGraw Award, and the 2011 Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology. A Fellow of the American Physical Society, he has held a number of professional lectureships, most recently the Merck Distinguished Lectureship, Rutgers (2003), the Corrsin Lectureship, Johns Hopkins (2003) and the Katz Lectureship, CCNY (2004). He was also the Hougen Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin (2004) and the Probstein Lecturer at MIT (2011). Eric has been married to Terhilda Garrido for 28 years, and they have two children, Stefan, 22 and Elena, 18.

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New Employee for CHE business Office
by Madrid, Mary Anne 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

All, I would like to formally announce that Jenny Olinger has accepted the new position as Account Clerk IV for the Chemical Engineering Business Office. Jenny's primary responsibilities will be Travel and Purchasing. Please join me in welcoming Jenny to Chemical Engineering and Business Services. Thank you, MaryAnne Madrid Business Manager School of Chemical Engineering PURDUE UNIVERSITY ph: 765-494-4071 fx: 765-494-4073

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