All,

Reminder: we have our all-LORRE biweekly LORRE staff meeting on this Friday (tomorrow, Nov 5) from 9 to 10 am. 

Unless you have class, I would like you to attend.

If you have anything to add to agenda below, please let me know.

Mike

The rolling agenda for our biweekly meetings will take the form below (suggestions of format welcome).  We will cover topics relevant to the different topics, as new developments would arise.

Nov 5 - Brief Updates (we will keep to 1 to 5 min on each topic), topics as given below:

                New students / visiting scholars / faculty joining or graduating from LORRE team (all)

                                Jorge Ramirez (will be made an offer)

                                New undergraduate

                                Other

                Academic (Teaching updates)

                                New classes (relevant to research topics)

                                Recommended classes (multiple disciplines)

                Pending deadlines affecting scheduling of facilities

service contracts,

physical plant, maintenance visits by service techs,

lab tours

                Research activities / proposals / work in progress

                                Indiana Soy and Indiana Corn

                                              Value added products - lutein and zeaxanthin recovery - (Abby)

                                               Indiana Soybean Association and Indiana Corn Marketing Council

Soybean Competition (Nate)

Soy Polymers and Foams  (Nate)

Hand Sanitizer (Eduardo)

                                Lilly Purdue Collaboration (Mike)

                                Rail Road Tie Association

                                                Biochar (Abby)

                                NSF (proposals and updates)

Living-Tissue Sentinels for Doppler Detection of Emerging Microbial Threats; David Nolte, PI (Eduardo)

                                               Bio detection / healing of concrete microfractures; Luna Lu, PI (Mike)

                              FDA (Pathogen)

FERN (Eduardo)

                                DOE 8256 and 8910 (Mike)

                                            8256:  Receipt of samples

                                             8910:  planning ahead for go – no/go review on Dec 15

New proposal initiatives (all)

                Tbd

                4th quarter timelines for ordering items needed for research (Mike)

                                Items for a specific sponsored project must be delivered and on site before we can authorize payment

                Laboratory update (Lindsey)

                               Safety training

                                Maintenance schedule

                                Housekeeping items

                Scheduling bi-weekly, regular research meetings by topic areas

                                v. important in planning research and use of facilities,

                Other updates

                             Need for metrics (“soft data”)

                             Scheduling of meeting to discuss publication policies and procedures

                             List of papers planned for AICHE meeting from Nov 8 - Nov 12 (Boston):

                                                Lilly TFF modeling

                                                Lilly TFF cell / system

                                                Lilly SITE

                                                DOE 8265 TEA

New papers, abstracts, acceptance of paper presentation abstracts /proposals

                Szeto (Erk) rheology (Biotech Progr)

                DOS Santos, Overton,  Liquefaction (Biotech Progr)

Reminder of “rules of engagement “ for a public in-person meeting (AIChE) is the first one for us in 2 years, post-COVID)

Format for communications / meetings

Adjourn