Student Recognition * Candace Corso, Senior, was featured in Fidelity article for savvy strategies to handle education costs<https://news.fidelity.com/news/article.jhtml?guid=/FidelityNewsPage/pages/fidelity-creative-ways-to-pay-for-college&topic=college> https://news.fidelity.com/news/article.jhtml?guid=/FidelityNewsPage/pages/fi... * Greg Honda, Graduate Student, won "Best Presentation" Award at 2012 Annual AIChE Meeting https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/AboutUs/News/greg-honda-wins-best-present... * Dharik Mallapragada, Graduate Student, won "Best Presentation" Award at 2012 Annual AIChE Meeting Miscellaneous * Our School has now an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) located on the 1st floor in the new building, just as you cross the bridge coming from the original part of the building. I thank Dr. Yury Zvinevich for his efforts in getting this installed in Forney Hall. In case of an emergency, please call 911 first, then start any resuscitation activity. * The following individuals have received CPR training recently and can also use the AED: o McKay Easton o Rajita Ghose o Cristina Farmus o Vinod Kumar o Jennifer Mamph o Erik Sheets o Fred Sollberger o Myles Thomas o Heather Toro * This is a reminder that all engineering equipment is listed and can be searched on our intranet at https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Schools/ChE. This will allow you to find some equipment you may need to use infrequently that already exists at Purdue and contact the "owner" directly. If you can't find what you need on this list, please email me and I will check with property accounting if it is available outside engineering. * Arwa El Hagrasy has been promoted to Associate Research Scientist. Congratulations Arwa! * GE is running two quests with $600K in prizes to reduce travel delays and to streamline a patient's experience in the hospital. Please see attachment for details. Upcoming Events * Distinguished Engineering Alumni - February 21. Our school has two recipients this year: o Henry T. Sampson, BSChE '56 o Robert D. Weist, BSChE '62 * Graduate Colloquium - March 1-3, 2013 * Graduate Students Conversation with the Head - March 6, 12.00 to 1.00 pm in 3059 New Employees * Xiang-Kui Gu, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Greeley Group, located in G060C * Rees Rankin, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Greeley Group, located in G060C * Ernesto Marinero, Professor of Engineering Practice, office 1029A, emarinero@purdue.edu<mailto:emarinero@purdue.edu>, phone 44068 * Handan Yildirim, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Greeley Group * Zhenhua Zeng, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Greeley Group, located in G060C * Zhi-Jian Zhao, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Greeley Group, located in G060C Employees Leaving * Jenny Olinger, Account Clerk IV, Business Office. Interviews are underway to fill this position. * Ariel Muliadi, Associate Research Scientist. Best Regards, Cristina Cristina Farmus Administrative Director Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765 494 0027 cfarmus@purdue.edu<mailto:cfarmus@purdue.edu>