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Announcing the New President of the University of Utah
by Varma, Arvind 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

Dear Colleagues, A quick note that David Pershing , BSChE 1970 from our School, has been named President of the University of Utah. He had served as their senior vice president for Academic Affairs since 1998. I visited with him in Spring 2009 when I was at the Univ of Utah to present a seminar. He received both OChE and DEA awards from Purdue in 1999. Pl read the announcement: http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/david-w-pershing-named-new-president-of… A great Purdue ChE alum! Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Head, School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Schaffer seminar announcement
by Green, Brandy J 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar series Prof. David Schaffer Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering University of California, Berkeley "Molecular Engineering of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Cues to Control Stem Cell Function" January 24, 2012 9:00-10:15 a.m., FRNY G140 Reception at 10:15 a.m. in FRNY Atrium Abstract: Stem cell microenvironments present complex repertoires of signals to regulate the processes self-renewal and differentiation. There has been considerable progress in studying soluble signals that regulate stem cell function, but comparatively less work has focused on investigating the "solid phase" of the microenvironment, in large part due to experimental complexities in investigating and mimicking the complexity of the extracellular matrix (ECM), cell-cell interactions, and other components. Recent work demonstrates that bioactive, synthetic materials can be harnessed to emulate and thereby study the effects of solid phase, biophysical cues on cell function. By using a modular, bioactive material, we have found that that the matrix modulus or stiffness profoundly impacts neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, and mechanistic analysis implicates key mechanotransductive pathways in this process that are important in cell culture and in vivo. Furthermore, immobilization of biochemical signals to the solid phase of a natural niche can lead to nanoscale organization of these signals, and nanostructured biological-polymeric conjugates likewise serve as potent effectors of neural stem and human embryonic stem cell function. Finally, the combinatorial presentation of different matrix motifs from a material can generate synthetic systems capable of supporting the self-renewal and differentiation of both neural stem cells and human embryonic stem cells, thereby enabling the dissection or distillation of the ECM into key individual signals necessary to support stem cell function. Biomimetic materials can thus be employed to study mechanisms by which the solid phase of a stem cell microenvironment regulates cell function, as well as offer safe, scaleable, and robust systems to control stem cells for biomedical application. In addition to engineering the microenvironment, one can control a cell's behavior by editing its genome. Gene delivery vehicles based on viruses offer a number of advantageous properties, including the potential for safe and efficient gene delivery; however, they face a number of challenges including inefficient delivery to some therapeutically relevant cells such as stem cells. Such shortcomings arguably arise from the fact that viruses did not naturally evolve to be utilized as human therapeutics, and we have thus been developing directed evolution - the iterative generation of large libraries genetic mutants and selection for enhanced properties - as an approach to create new viruses with useful properties. For example, we have evolved adeno-associated virus for enhanced gene delivery to and gene targeting in neural stem cells and human embryonic stem cells. Engineering both extrinsic and intrinsic cues thus provides strong capabilities to study natural mechanisms of stem cell fate regulation, as well as to control these choices for therapeutic applications. Bio: David Schaffer is a Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience at University of California, Berkeley, where he also serves as the Director of the Berkeley Stem Cell Center. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1993. Afterward, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his Ph.D. also in Chemical Engineering in 1998. Finally, he did a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Fred Gage at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA before moving to UC Berkeley in 1999. At Berkeley, Dr. Schaffer applies engineering principles to enhance stem cell and gene therapy approaches for neuroregeneration, work that includes developing new technologies to enable mechanistic investigation of stem cell control. David Schaffer has received an NSF CAREER Award, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, Whitaker Foundation Young Investigator Award, and was named a Technology Review Top 100 Innovator. He was also awarded the Biomedical Engineering Society Rita Shaffer Young Investigator Award in 2000, the American Chemical Society BIOT Division Young Investigator Award in 2006, and was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 2010.

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Congratulations to Julie Liu!
by Varma, Arvind 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform that Julie Liu has received a Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association - it is that group's young investigator research award. Pl read about this Spotlight on our School's homepage and join me in congratulating Julie for this recognition! Best, Arvind

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Recycling Old Phone Books
by Valley, Jeffrey L 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

The new Lafayette phone books have arrived and will be distributed to offices and labs that have phones. If you would like to recycle your old phone books there will be a green recycling bin marked phone books in G134 , the receiving /copy center area that you may drop them off at. You have until this Friday the 20th to do so, as they will be collected for recycling on Sat. the 21st. Thank you.

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12 Jan '12

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ChE Space Management Policy
by Varma, Arvind 11 Jan '12

11 Jan '12

Dear Colleagues, Below is the space management policy for Forney Hall, distributed first in August 2009. Please note that for the current Spring semester, since Dr. Caruthers is on leave, space for "Post Doctoral, Graduate Student, and Visiting Scholars Offices" will be assigned by Cristina Farmus, Administrative Director. Best, Arvind Varma Purdue University - School of Chemical Engineering Space Management Policy From: Arvind Varma, School Head To: ChE Faculty, Staff, and Students Effective Date: August 3, 2009 Purpose This document outlines the procedures to follow for space allocation and key issuing in Forney Hall. Scope Faculty and Staff Offices - The School Head assigns offices for all faculty (regular and visiting) and staff members. For faculty members, each case is considered on an individual basis. When a staff member is hired in an existing position, the same office as the last occupant is assigned by default. All requests should be addressed to the Head, and notification of approval is given via email. Laboratories - The School Head assigns all laboratory space in Forney Hall. All requests should be addressed to the Head, and notification of approval is given via email. Post Doctoral, Graduate Student, and Visiting Scholars Offices -The Forney Hall renovation coordinator (currently Dr. Caruthers) assigns offices for all graduate students, post doctoral associates and visiting scholars. All requests should be made by the faculty research advisor to Dr. Caruthers, and notification of approval is given via email. Keys The Building Deputy (currently Jeff Valley) is copied on all written approvals of space assignments; he/she will then issue a key to the occupant. When a key to a laboratory is needed but no space allocation is involved, the faculty research advisor requests the Building Deputy directly for a key to be issued to the individual. When a key is issued, the person receiving it will be asked to sign a form committing to return it at the end of the appointment. The employees leaving the School upon completion of their appointment will return all their keys to the Building Deputy during the check-out process, which is monitored by the Business Manager (currently Mary Anne Madrid) for faculty and staff and by the Graduate Program Coordinator (currently Deb Bowman) for graduate students.

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by dvanalst＠ecn.purdue.edu 11 Jan '12

11 Jan '12

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Graduate Seminar Series-Spring 2012
by Ewing, Virginia G 11 Jan '12

11 Jan '12

Faculty, Staff and Students, Attached is an updated Spring semester Graduate Seminar list of speakers and titles. Virginia Virginia Ewing School of Chemical Engineering 480 Stadium Mall Drive/ FRNY Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 765-494-4365

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Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award
by Bowman, Debra J 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

Dear all Please see email below from Audeen Fentiman regarding Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award, including criteria. Graduate students - you may self nominate by sending an email briefly outlining your service contributions with a CV attached. Faculty, staff, graduates students - you may nominate any (other) graduate student by sending a short email with the reason for the nomination. Deb Bowman will then request a CV from the nominated student. NOMINATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY JANUARY 20TH. If we have more than one nomination, the graduate student awards committee will meet to choose one nominee to forward to the College of Engineering. Jim Litster (DGS) Jim Litster, PhD Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Director of Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering Purdue University Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Room 1053 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette IN 47907-2100 USA +1 765 496-2836 (phone) +1 765 494-0805 (fax) jlitster(a)purdue.edu -----Original Message----- From: Fentiman, Audeen W [mailto:fentiman@purdue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:15 AM To: Taylor, Daniel C.; Armstrong, Charles T; Ricksy, Jennifer R; 'ChE, Deb Bowman'; Cook, Toni K; 'ECE, Matt Golden'; McKinniss, Loretta F; Flack, Linda L; Garrett, Mark D; Barnhart, Cheryl L; May, Sandra M; 'ME, Julayne Moser'; 'MSE, Patti Finney'; 'MSE, Vicki Cline'; Randler, Chrystal E; Reece, Kellie A; Lyrintzis, Anastasios S; 'AAE, Wayne Chen'; Irudayaraj, Joseph M K; 'BME, Tom Talavage'; Govindaraju, Rao S; Litster, James Donald; 'ChE, Rex Reklaitis'; Beaudoin, Stephen P; 'ECE, Chee Mun Ong'; Melloch, Michael R; 'ECE, Sam Midkiff'; 'ENE, David Radcliffe'; Ohland, Matthew W; Adams, Robin S.; 'ENE, Senay Purzer'; 'IE Barrett Caldwell'; Landry, Steven J; 'ME, Dave Anderson'; 'MSE, Jeff Youngblood'; 'NE, Takashi Hibiki'; 'ProEd, Dale Harris' Cc: Fisher, Susan K; Michael, Peggy A; Fentiman, Audeen W Subject: Outstanding Service Award for 2012 Dear Graduate Chairs and Administrators, Good morning and happy new year. Attached and pasted into this e-mail is a request for nominations for the Outstanding Service Award. Nominations are due by noon on Friday, January 27. Regards, Audeen MEMO To: Graduate Chairs and Administrators From: Audeen Fentiman Date: January 3, 2012 Subject: Outstanding Service Scholarship Awards For the past three years, we have awarded a dozen Outstanding Service Scholarships, each award being $2,000, to graduate students who have provided outstanding service to the graduate student community, the School, the College, and/or the University. Each school has been asked to send two nominations to the College Office of Graduate Education, and a committee selected the awardees. When the Outstanding Service Scholarship program was new and not all schools had active graduate organizations, not all schools submitted nominations, and some schools had more than one awardee. Last year, each school submitted at least one nomination, and it seemed that each school had a very deserving graduate student. In light of the fact that all schools nominated graduate students for the Outstanding Service Scholarship last year and in an effort to minimize time spent preparing nominations, we will use a different approach this year. We ask each school to nominate one candidate for the Outstanding Service Scholarship. The nomination is due to Peg Michael (michaelp(a)purdue.edu) by noon on Friday, January 27. Nominees must meet the following criteria: 1. Be pursuing a graduate degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in your School, 2. Be among the top academic performers in the School (not necessarily have a 4.0 GPA), 3. Will not be graduating before December 2012 4. Have been enrolled in your graduate program for at least 2 years at the time of the nomination, and 5. Have contributed over time to the quality, reputation, or success of the graduate student community, School, College, and/or University. Nominations will consist of a letter from the Head of the School or the Graduate Committee Chair containing the following: * A recommendation that this student be selected for the Outstanding Service Scholarship, * Factual information showing that the student meets each of the 5 criteria listed above, and * A brief description of the process by which the student was selected.

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Campus Safety and Security Memo
by Murray, Chris L 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

From: doe-heads-list-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu [mailto:doe-heads-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Vince Bralts Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 12:56 PM To: doe-heads-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu; doe-cab-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu; Gleghorn, Virginia L; Groll, Eckhard A; Oakes, William C.; Holloway, Elizabeth M; Anderson, William E Cc: Sondgerath, William J; Vaughn, Sarah Elizabeth; Ahlen, Donna J Subject: [doe-heads-list] FW: Campus Safety and Security Memo CoE Heads, Directors and Cabinet Members: Please share the attached Campus Safety and Security memo from Timothy Sands, EVPAA and Provost with your faculty and staff. Also, please ask your faculty to include important Emergency Planning information in their course syllabus material for the Fall semester. It should indicate that a campus emergency could result in some unplanned changes in courses taught in your school. The following resources are intended to help instructors prepare for their classes: * ITaP Preparing for a Campus Emergency - http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty/ * CoE Safety - https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety Classroom Emergency Exit Plans for CoE classrooms (2 page documents): ABE<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> ARMS<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> CIVL<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> EE<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> FRNY<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> GRIS<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> ME<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> MJIS<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> MSEE<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> POTR<https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Administration/RPM/Safety/Cl…> The above plans may not be available for non-CoE classrooms. For information related to non-CoE classrooms please refer to the room evacuation plans posted in the classroom or contact the building deputy. It is recommended that all CoE Faculty and Instructors take the following steps when preparing for classes: 1. Provide information as part of the course syllabus regarding course policies in the case of a campus closing or suspension of classes: Instructors should include the following statement in the syllabus of each course that they teach: "In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances. Here are ways to get information about changes in this course." (Describe how your students can get information remotely here.) 2) Establish, announce, and test a means of contacting students and teaching teams in case of an emergency. 3) Be prepared to work from home. Thank you all for your participation, let's have a safe and productive semester. Vince _______________ Vincent F. Bralts Associate Dean for Resource Planning and Management College of Engineering 701 West Stadium Avenue Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 Ph: 765 494 5345 Fax: 765 494 9321 http://www.purdue.edu/abe

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