Fantastic work Jim!!! This is great news and a well-earned success. Best of luck in your searches!!!! Steve Stephen P. Beaudoin Professor of Chemical Engineering Interim Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47906 (765) 494-7944 (academic office) (765) 496-2023 (administrative office) From: Che-faculty-list [mailto:che-faculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Varma, Arvind Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:16 AM To: chme@ecn.purdue.edu Subject: [Che-faculty-list] FW: 2014-15 Preeminent Teams Competition All, Congratulations to Jim Litster and his team! Arvind From: Engfaculty-list [mailto:engfaculty-list-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] On Behalf Of Jamieson, Leah H. Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:04 AM To: 'engfaculty-list@ecn.purdue.edu'; 'engap-list@ecn.purdue.edu'; 'engcs-list@ecn.purdue.edu'; 'Eac-list@ecn.purdue.edu' Subject: 2014-15 Preeminent Teams Competition Colleagues - I am pleased to announce the four teams selected in this year's College of Engineering Preeminent Teams competition: Team #3 Designer Particulate Products Lead: Jim Litster, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Members: Klein Ileleji, Associate Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering Zoltan Nagy, Professor of Chemical Engineering Lynne Taylor, Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Carl Wassgren, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Team #5 Nanomanufacturing Lead: Ali Shakouri, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center Members: Jan Allebach, Hewlett Packard Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Gary Cheng, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering George Chiu, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Timothy Fisher, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering Joe Kokini, Professor of Food Science Kinam Park, Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rodo Pinal, Associate Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Arvind Raman, Associate Dean for Global Engineering Programs and Robert V Adams Professor of Mechanical Engineering Alex Wei, Professor of Chemistry Jeff Youngblood, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering Babak Ziaie, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Team #7: Spintronics: Atoms to Systems Lead: Supriyo Datta, Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Members: Joerg Appenzeller, Barry M. and Patricia L. Epstein Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Scientific Director of Nanoelectronics in the Birck Nanotechnology Center Yong Chen, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering Zhihong Chen, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ernesto Marinero, Professor of Engineering Practice of Materials Engineering Anand Raghunathan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kaushik Roy, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Team #11: Cold Plasmas Lead: Sergey Macheret, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Members: Alina Alexeenko, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Sally Bane, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Timothy Fisher, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering Allen Garner, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering Ahmed Hassanein, Paul L. Wattelet Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Head, School of Nuclear Engineering Kevin Keener, Professor of Food Science Robert Lucht, Ralph and Bettye Bailey Professor of Combustion in Mechanical Engineering Dimitrios Peroulis, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Please join me in congratulating the members of this year's Preeminent Teams. This year 27 teams, comprising of more than 150 faculty members, participated in the Preeminent Teams competition. The panelists were unanimous in their compliments to all of the teams for the evidence of strength, teamwork, and the impressive array of ideas. I extend my thanks and congratulations to all of the faculty who participated. Over the next couple of weeks, watch the College of Engineering homepage for a spotlight describing the selected teams' proposed research. Best, leah --- Leah H. Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall +1 765 494 5346 701 West Stadium Avenue +1 765 494 9321 (fax) Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 lhj@purdue.edu<mailto:lhj@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr<http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~lhj>