October 2025 - Me-indy-faculty

IEEE Membership 10/15 or 10/16
by Zachary Daniel Sigafoes 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

Hello team, I'm writing to see if anybody may be able to remind me of P-card usage for an IEEE membership around the middle of October. I don't have this written down in my notes so I'm assuming that someone may have used it and I didn't end up collecting a receipt from them (or I can't find it). Please let me know if you're able to assist me with tracing back to this card charge; I appreciate your help if able. Kindly, Zach Sigafoes - Executive Assistant Purdue University in Indianapolis SL 260S 723 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 zsigafoe(a)purdue.edu<mailto:zsigafoe@purdue.edu> - 765.495.7703 [cid:2f5593ac-f7a2-428e-9d9e-bd37ed558d7d] ________________________________ From: Charles Parker Daily <cpdaily(a)purdue.edu> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 3:23 PM To: Zachary Daniel Sigafoes <zsigafoe(a)purdue.edu> Subject: URGENT Outstanding PCard 4055 October 2025 Cycle Hello, This is a reminder that the outstanding charges for card ending in 4055 are now due. We require the necessary documents to close this statement. Please note the below outstanding list(s) are for current cycle, October, that closes on November 6th. As a reminder, the credit card cycle closes on the 6th of each month, and we need the documents by the 15th to avoid delays in closing the statement. Failure to submit the documents timely may result in the card’s limit being reduced to $1. If you no longer have the receipt for this transaction, please work with your business manager on the next steps. Pcard Receipts and Required documentation should be sent thru the Purchasing Center Services (TDX). Below is the link to TDX, Purchasing Center Services. Do not send to directly to reconciler or replying to this email with required documentation. https://service.purdue.edu/TDClient/32/Purdue/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=62 10/07 - 11/06 [cid:image002.png@01DC481E.C17BFF60] [cid:image003.png@01DC481E.C17BFF60] If these receipts have already been submitted, please respond to this email with where they were sent. Reminder & Tips for Required Pcard Documentation: * Hospitality Charges Requires an Attendee List * Itemized Receipts are required for all purchases * Approvals When Necessary (signatures or emails) * Specific Purpose/Benefit to the Project * Provided reasoning listing only “Lab supplies” or anything similar is not descriptive enough and will be sent back for additional information * Missing Receipt forms MUST be signed by business office staff before submitting to Purchasing Center, non-signed missing receipts forms will be sent back and ticket closed * If any charges on Pcard Transaction requires PRF reimbursement, please work with business office staff on process Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Charles Daily Business Assistant | Purdue Polytechnic POTR | 500 Central Drive | Room 127 | West Lafayette, IN 47907 Phone: 765 496-7321 cpdaily(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cpdaily@purdue.edu> [cid:image001.png@01DC481E.82465B60]

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UG and G student information sites
by Carl R Wassgren 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

I just wanted to send a reminder that ME has two web sites for student information: * For undergraduate students: https://purdueme.com/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdueme.…> (To add an item, email: menews(a)purdue.edu) * For graduate students: https://purduemegrad.blog/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurduemeg…> (To add an item, email: megradblog(a)purdue.edu) To avoid email-fatigue, ME prefers to avoid direct emails to students and instead lists announcements, events, etc. to these websites. Please encourage students to periodically look at these sites for information.

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Dr. Petros Iaonnou - Lily Auditorium 2-3pm
by Zachary Daniel Sigafoes 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

Good morning, This is a friendly reminder that Dr. Petros Iaonnou will be featured in the Lily Auditorium today from 2-3pm. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Kindly, Zach Sigafoes - Executive Assistant Purdue University in Indianapolis SL 260S 723 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 zsigafoe(a)purdue.edu<mailto:zsigafoe@purdue.edu> - 765.495.7703 [cid:20423200-cea2-44ef-940d-65fd9a6e2ef1]

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Distinguished Lecture Series in Indianapolis Petros Ioannou Monday at 2pm Lilly Auditorium
by Carlos Larriba-Andaluz 17 Oct '25

17 Oct '25

Hello all, Just a reminder that we have our first Distinguished Lecture Seminar Speaker Petros on Monday at 2pm in the Lilly Auditorium. We still also have a slot open to meet with him at 10-10:30am on Monday. Petros is an expert in control and autonomous vehicles. If you are available/interested, please let me know. Looking forward to seeing you there. Abstract and Bio follows: [cid:image001.jpg@01DC3F4D.E2D035C0]<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Indy/Seminars/2025/control-of-vehicles-an…> Abstract: Advances in connectivity and sensor technologies coupled with the availability of powerful hardware and software tools and internet are slowly changing the intelligence on vehicles and the way we manage and control traffic for improved mobility and safety. These technologies allow us to shift most decisions made on the physical environment to a virtual environment where powerful software tools can optimize, manage and control in a much more efficient, coordinated and automated way. While on the vehicle level safety is the main priority, on the traffic level efficiency and mobility is the primary goal. This brings up two levels of control one on the vehicle level which dictates the movement of vehicle and one on the system level which looks at the flows rather than what each vehicle is doing. In this talk I will address some fundamental issues with vehicle safety, how it improved over the years and what are the main challenges as we move toward fully automated vehicles without human drivers. I will address how smart vehicles can be connected with the infrastructure by serving as sensors and actuators in assisting the infrastructure in optimizing and managing traffic flows for better mobility and what is the importance of feedback control and optimization for safety and mobility. I will present examples on vehicle and traffic levels how control and optimization can improve safety and mobility. I will address the importance of connectivity that will facilitate centrally coordinated approaches where system optimality becomes the main objective. Several examples of applications will be presented. ________________________________ Short Biography: Petros Ioannou<mailto:ioannou@usc.edu> is a University Professor at the University of Southern California and holds the A.V 'Bal' Balakrishnan Endowed Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also holds a courtesy appointment with the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering. He is the founder and Director of the Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies and co-founder of the University Transportation Center METRANS and Associate Director for research for the Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) University Transportation Center (UTC) at the University of Southern California. He is also the founder and Director of a successful Master program in Financial Engineering housed at the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Director of a newly established center on Responsible AI for Decision Making in Finance (CREDIF). Dr. Ioannou is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors and Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea and the European Academy of Sciences, a Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of IFAC and AAAS. He is the author/co-author of 11 books and over 400 research papers in the areas of controls and applications and intelligent transportation systems. https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Indy/Seminars/2025/control-of-vehicles-an…

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UG TAs needed for ME 26400 in Sp26
by Carl R Wassgren 16 Oct '25

16 Oct '25

Colleagues, This spring (Sp26) we'll be teaching ME 26400 (Introduction to Manufacturing for Mechanical Design, 3 cr, https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Undergraduate/Files/Courses/me264.pdf) for the first time in Indianapolis. This course has a significant hands-on component involving various forms of manufacturing. To provide sufficient support for the course, we'll need 24 UG TAs (yes, 24). Ideally these would be students who have good hands-on manufacturing skills. Students from engineering, the polytechnic, and continuing students would all be fine. To bring the TAs up to speed before the course starts, we would ask them to travel to West Lafayette on Fridays to participate in the ME 26400 regular training sessions. These sessions will allow them to get hands-on experience with the lab format, meet the current TA team, and discuss other responsibilities such as grading and providing project feedback. The students would be paid hourly for their time, including the travel time to/from WLaf for training. Please forward to me the names of any students who you think would make for a good ME 26400 UG TA. I'll compile these and forward the names to Francisco Montalvo who is coordinating the course at both campuses this spring. The sooner you provide me the names, the better since we'd like to fit in training this semester. Thanks, -- Carl

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Meet with Caterpillar?
by Carl R Wassgren 11 Oct '25

11 Oct '25

Eric Mortensen from Caterpillar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-mortensen-88288a17<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linke…>) will be available to meet with interested ME-Indy faculty from 10:15 - 11:00 AM on Th, Oct 16. Let me know before the EOB on Mo, Oct 13 if you'd like to meet with him so we have enough time to get it on his schedule. -- Carl

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FW: Revised Notification of Floor Maintenance in SL and LD Lobby 3rd floor.
by Carl R Wassgren 09 Oct '25

09 Oct '25

FYI. From: David Edward Schippnick <dschippn(a)purdue.edu> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM Subject: Fw: Revised Notification of Floor Maintenance in SL and LD Lobby 3rd floor. Purdue Indianapolis Site Directors: See message below and pass along as needed. Thanks, Dave ________________________________ All- I wanted to inform you that our Campus Facility Building Services team will be conducting floor maintenance in the SL and LD lobby area on the 3rd floor. The maintenance will begin on Friday, October 17th, 10:00pm and will continue until Saturday, October 18th at 4:00pm. Please note that during this time, the SL and LD connecting lobby area floor will be stripped and waxed, this area be CLOSED to building occupants. To navigate around this area, please utilize the freight elevator or stairwells as alternative routes. If you have any questions, please let me know. Angel

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FW: CoE Distinguished Speaker Series ~ October 20
by Carl R Wassgren 09 Oct '25

09 Oct '25

FYI, in case you're interested. Please also inform your graduate students.

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Kitchenette Sink Out
by Zachary Daniel Sigafoes 07 Oct '25

07 Oct '25

Hello, I'm writing to let you know that we have poor water quality (brown water) coming from the sink faucet in our SL 260 sink. I've contacted IU CFS and opened a fix it ticket. The drain still works but I wouldn't trust the water at this time. Kindly, Zach Sigafoes - Executive Assistant Purdue University in Indianapolis SL 260S 723 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 zsigafoe(a)purdue.edu<mailto:zsigafoe@purdue.edu> - 765.495.7703 [cid:5e9a3a1e-aafc-44e3-afa7-0081aa617ecc]

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Flu Vaccine Clinic - 10/17
by Zachary Daniel Sigafoes 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Hello all, I'm circulating information with you in regard to the Flu Vaccine Clinic on October 17th from 10am - 2pm in the Student Center Room 102 (520 Indiana Avenue). Here's a link to schedule ahead (same link as the QR code) - https://purdueindy.intend.io<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdueind…>. [cid:2c0ec498-4015-421f-871d-efbdf41cd223] Kindly, Zach Sigafoes - Executive Assistant Purdue University in Indianapolis SL 260S 723 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 zsigafoe(a)purdue.edu<mailto:zsigafoe@purdue.edu> - 765.495.7703 [cid:715c857e-e268-46f3-b8aa-fd8448b5ce7b]

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