Good morning, After a long hiatus, this is the first of what is intended to be a monthly internal ChE newsletter. If you want to submit items for the January issue or if you have feedback, please email me. * Faculty Recognition https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE o Professor Agrawal received the National Medal of Technology from President Obama and was elected a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/HomepageFeatures/professors-agrawal-and-ramkrishna-elected-foreign-fellows-of-the-indian-national-academy-of-engineering> o Professor Corti attended 2011 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium o Professor Ramkrishna was elected Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/HomepageFeatures/professors-agrawal-and-ramkrishna-elected-foreign-fellows-of-the-indian-national-academy-of-engineering> o Professor Venkat was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers o Professor Wang was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers * Staff Recognition: o Amy Hayden, Account Clerk V, is recognized for 10 years of service at Purdue, out of which 7.5 in Chemical Engineering * Student Recognition: o Alyssa DeVries, Senior, is highlighted in the fall 2011 issue of the Purdue Co-Op magazine, page 9 at https://engineering.purdue.edu/ProPractice/Spotlights/fall-2011-professional... o Keith Kral, Senior, received the inaugural ChE Centennial Scholarship o Miranda McCormack, Junior, named Purdue Student Trustee by Governor Mitch Daniels o Caleb Miskin, Graduate Student, received the inaugural ChE Centennial Fellowship o Kenneth Tan, Sophomore, recognized as one of the "5 students who ..." in December 2011. http://www.purdue.edu/fivestudents/music-makers/tan.html * December Graduation - Our School will grant 20 BS and 3 PhD degrees at the December 18 commencement: o Dave Balachandran, PhD o Korosh Torabi, PhD o Qing Zhu, PhD * Miscellaneous o GoRemote: Need to create a PDF, edit a Word document, or maybe touch up a photo but you don't have the application on your computer? ITaP's Software Remote (GoRemote) provides free access to applications such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Matlab, Mathematica, Aspen and many more. These programs can be run from anywhere, including home as long as you have a working internet connection. Direct Link Here: https://goremote.itap.purdue.edu o Filelocker: Need to share large files securely for a short period with someone on or off campus? ItaP offers a solution called 'filelocker' that allows just that. Direct Link Here: https://filelocker.purdue.edu More information here: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/service/catalog/detail.cfm?id=126 o Shared Drive: Our staff and faculty have access to a shared drive where common information and pictures from the school are stored. Users can connect to \\atom\cheshr<file:///\\atom\cheshr> using the instructions found at: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/MappingECNDriveWinXP * Upcoming events o End of the semester appreciation reception - Tuesday, December 13, 3.30 to 4.30 pm, Henson Atrium o Engineering Commencement - Sunday, December 18th at 9:00 am, Elliott Hall of Music o ChE Graduation Reception - Sunday, December 18th at 11.30 am, after the commencement ceremony, Forney Henson Atrium (RSVP to hendryxs@purdue.edu<mailto:hendryxs@purdue.edu> by 12/9/2011) * New Employees since July 1, 2011 o Bryan Boudouris, Assistant Professor o Virginia Ewing (replacing Debbie Luedtke), Secretary IV o Brandy Green (replacing Elizabeth Hayes), Secretary IV o Diane Klassen (replacing Julie Paolillo), Director of Development and Alumni Relations o Jeffrey Siirola, Professor of Engineering Practice o Shi Zhen, Post Doctoral Research Assistant with Professor Raj Chakrabarti (research funded position) Best Regards, Cristina