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Workshop opportunity
by Carl R Wassgren 28 Aug '25

28 Aug '25

Please consider attending the following research-focused workshop: Finding Funding, Limited Submissions, and Proposal Submission - This workshop provides an excellent opportunity for faculty to learn more about Purdue's policies and processes related to the development, submission, and management of research proposals. This workshop will take place on Thursday, September 4, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., in Stewart Center, room 202. F Join Zoom Meeting https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/96048681851?pwd=JSYBab0qQVgr5KsCdsB9y3irmqDB7b…<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-ed…> Meeting ID: 960 4868 1851 Passcode: 460294

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FW: ET building power outage
by Carl R Wassgren 27 Aug '25

27 Aug '25

FYI From: David Edward Schippnick <dschippn(a)purdue.edu> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM Subject: ET building power outage Hi All, Sending out this power shutdown notification for the ET building that will take place on Saturday Sept 6th from 7:00am to 9:00am. Please pass this along to any building occupants that could be affected by this shutdown. To be clear this is a total shutdown of the power so building systems, elevators, card access points etc will not be functioning during this time. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. thanks, Dave ________________________________ [cid:image004.png@01DC136C.2CAD41A0]

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Fw: Purchasing Card Guidelines Reminder
by Zachary Daniel Sigafoes 25 Aug '25

25 Aug '25

Hello team, New year, similar procedures; please take a look at the policies, QRFs and reminders below in regard to the P-card system. 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:745684cc-59ba-403f-86c6-dc6b9737e244] ________________________________ From: Meghan Elizabeth Sarault <msaraul(a)purdue.edu> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 4:24 PM To: Zachary Daniel Sigafoes <zsigafoe(a)purdue.edu> Subject: Purchasing Card Guidelines Reminder Dear Purdue Faculty and Staff, As we head into the new semester, this is a reminder of the importance of following policies and procedures when using University-issued credit cards. Proper use is essential to ensure responsible management of University resources. Please note that improper or unauthorized use can result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination. Key Reminders: * Submit documentation within 3 days of the transaction using the Purdue Service Portal<https://service.purdue.edu/TDClient/32/Purdue/Home/>. * PCard use is for official Purdue business only. They may not be used for personal purchases, faculty/staff travel, or any expenses not directly benefiting Purdue University. * Unallowable Expenses Include (but are not limited to): * Personal purchases of any kind * Travel and entertainment expenses for faculty, staff, or students (except Study Abroad, Non-Employee Travel, or vehicle rentals) * Alcoholic beverages * Capital assets ($5,000+ with over one-year useful life) * Purchases made via auctions or EBay (contact Procurement first) * Splitting transactions to avoid limits * Gifts (including gift cards) Please review the full list of unallowable expenses in the attached PCard Manual. Purchases from vendors available through Ariba should be sent to the center and should never be placed on your credit card. Examples of these vendors are below: * Amazon * Digi-Key Corp * Indiana Oxygen * Life Technologies * Sigma-Aldrich Inc * VWR Scientific Products (Avantor) * B&H Photo * Bio-Rad Laboratories * Fastenal * Fisher Scientific * Grainger * Kirby Risk * McMaster Carr * Medline Industries Documentation Requirements: * Hospitality charges require an attendee list for any event with less than 6 people * Itemized Receipts are required for all purchases * Approvals should be attached when necessary * Provide a 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 Additional Resources: * Attached: PCard Policy Manual, Best Practices, and Quick Reference Guide (QRG) for submitting documents * Purdue Hospitality Policy: Click Here<https://www.purdue.edu/policies/business-finance/iia1.html> * Purdue Gift Policy (including gift cards): Click Here<https://www.purdue.edu/policies/ethics/iiib5.html> Should you identify a suspicious charge or suspect fraud, please contact JP Morgan immediately using the number on the back of your card, and email engrpcard(a)purdue.edu OR knoy-creditcards(a)purdue.edu to initiate the appropriate internal process. If you have any questions or need clarification, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you, Meghan Sarault Purchasing Center Operations Supervisor College of Engineering & Purdue Polytechnic Institute | Purdue University o: (765)496-4721 Chat with me via Microsoft Teams<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.mic…> Let us know how we are doing: purdue.link/Tell-COE<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.li…> [ENG_H-Full-RGB]

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Please share in your classes
by Carl R Wassgren 23 Aug '25

23 Aug '25

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Fw: In person help tomorrow
by Zachary Daniel Sigafoes 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

Hello, Tracey Birdwell will be in the ET building for office hours with any instructors that would like in person assistance with learning technologies. Please see below. 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:6813b713-9200-4ae4-befb-02cc5bb6f6b6] ________________________________ From: Tracey Birdwell <tbirdwel(a)purdue.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 6:42 PM To: Zachary Daniel Sigafoes <zsigafoe(a)purdue.edu> Subject: In person help tomorrow Zach, I’ll be in person with one of our learning technologies friends in the ET building tomorrow. If any of your instructors (especially the new ones) would like to drop in and get some help in person. * Wed., Aug. 20, 2-4 p.m., ET Lobby, Indianapolis Tracey — Tracey Birdwell, PhD | tbirdwel(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tbirdwel@purdue.edu> Assistant Director Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE), Purdue University Student Center 225 520 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

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Welcome and ...
by Carl R Wassgren 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

Welcome back to campus! I hope you’re feeling well rested and excited to start another academic year. I personally always enjoy seeing the energy students have when returning to campus. I have a number of items I’d like to share with you before classes start. I apologize for the lengthy email, but I figure it’s best to get all of this in one place so it’s easy to reference. * I’d like to welcome several new people to the School: * Bradley Geswein - Associate Professor of Engineering Practice * Joe Legan - Instructional Lab Support * Najmus Saquib - Lecturer for ME * Charles Schwartz - Lecturer for ME It’s great to have all of you on board! I’d also like to thank Razi Nalim for his many years of service at IUPUI and Purdue. As many of you know, Razi retired this summer and now holds Professor Emeritus status. He’s still working with a few graduate students so you may see him around from time to time. * We’ll continue several activities this fall that we initiated last spring: * Monthly ME-Indy Faculty and Staff Meetings (it’s not just for professors). Zach has sent out an Outlook Calendar invite with the timing and room location(s). Unfortunately, the originally scheduled time will need to change as my teaching assignment changed yesterday. We'll automatically update the time and location once my schedule is settled. Of course you’re not required to attend these meetings, but I do find it helpful getting your feedback so I can help make positive changes. * Monthly Free Food Fridays. This event is primarily for the students, but faculty and staff are encouraged to stop by for a small snack and a quick chat with students. Zach has sent an Outlook Calendar invite for these as well just so you know when and where they’ll be. * Monthly Pizza with a Professor. The student attendance at these was poor last semester, but we’re hoping it will pick up this semester with improved advertising. We’re looking for a few volunteers to spend an informal 50 minutes having pizza with the students. Please contact Zach if you’re interested and available. * Weekly Associate Head office hour. This semester my office hour will be on Mondays from 2:00 - 2:50 PM in SL 260R. Anyone is free to stop by to chat. Last semester I had a surprising number of students stop in to ask questions about the School and future planning. * * Last year was filled with many changes and if you’re like me, you find it difficult to keep track of the various departmental policies. Fortunately, most of these are available on the ME Intranet site: https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Schools/ME In particular, I often refer to the “School Policies” link on the right-hand side under the “School Resources” heading. I encourage you to poke around this intranet site to see what’s there. * * We’ll have our six-year ABET review of the ME and MSPE programs this fall and there will be a site visit to the Indianapolis campus on Sa, Sep 27. I don’t have all the details yet, but I expect we’ll be providing tours of our instructional facilities and interviews with a few faculty. I’ll let you know more when I know more. It’s not the most exciting reading, but I also encourage you to look through the ABET Self Study Report for ME. It describes in detail School and College procedures as well as our performance on a number of educational objectives. Even after more than two decades with Purdue, I still learn new things from these reports. Jitesh Panchal led the ABET effort and can provide you a PDF copy of the report if you email him. * * I think we’ll be seeing more of a push this year for expanding externally supported research at Indianapolis. * I’ve already contacted a few faculty who will be organizing meetings this fall to explore potential research collaborations across campuses in a few topic areas: batteries (Likun Zhu and Partha Mukherjee), automotive (Chris Finch and Greg Shaver), and manufacturing (Jing Zhang and Ajay Malshe). These three were chosen initially to get things started since we have teams of people at both campuses with interests in these areas. Please let me know if you have other topic areas we should explore. * With the current federal R&D funding climate, I encourage you to consider developing industrial research partnerships in addition to government proposals. My experience has been that these partnerships often start through conversations at conferences and via referrals from colleagues. You may want to talk to colleagues with similar research interests (like at the meetings I described in the previous bullet point) to get started. * As you already know, the School will provide 50% support for a postdoc for new, externally-funded research partnerships involving ME faculty from both campuses. Again, the idea is to encourage partnerships between campuses. * The Dean has requested/will be requesting permission to hire five new tenure track faculty specifically for the Indianapolis campus. I’m not sure where things stand at the moment, but I’ll let you know when I know more. * * Another push we’ll be making this fall is re-energizing the student environment. We have several activities in the works. * Of course we already have a strong Motorsports Club with several sub-organizations. Chris Finch serves as the advisor. * We will have a new chapter of ASME on campus this fall. Andres Tovar and Xiaoping Du will serve as the advisors. * VEX U Robotics has a new chapter on campus with ME participation. Andy Tomaschke is serving as the advisor. * The Official ME Graduate Student Association (OMEGA) will start a new chapter this fall. Wiljones Djoutsop will help to get the chapter started. * We’re hoping to get the Purdue ME Ambassadors started this fall. Austin McDonald will help coordinate this one. * Please advertise and encourage students to join these organizations. The most common complaint I heard from students last semester was the lack of community. These organization will go a long way in helping students feel connected. Research clearly shows that students perform best when they are part of a supportive community. * We’re going to use ET 010 as a Tutorial Room this fall. The basement area outside this room has a number of large and small tables where students can work on their own or in small groups when not actively being helped by a TA/instructor. If you’d like to use this ET 010 space for your classes, please let Zach know when you’d like to reserve a table so he can keep track of everything. * * Miscellaneous announcements and reminders: * There will be a "WelcoME Back!" event held Fr, Aug 29 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM in the ET Atrium. Please stop by to chat with students if you're available. Zach can give you additional details. * The SL 260R conference room is now equipped for teleconferencing. Zach can help you with scheduling. * All graduate students should have financial support either through RAs, TAs, or fellowships. Volunteering in the lab and part-time status are not allowed by the School. * UG research can be supported a variety of ways: hourly pay, ME 498xx/499xx (up to 9 cr), SURF (summer), DUIRI, and VIP. For more information, have a look here: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Undergraduate/ResearchOpportunities * There is a University policy for interacting with under-18 students. Brandon Boyd will be emailing the faculty and staff about this in the near future. * The Academic Success Center (ASC) will provide (free) one-on-one tutoring for students enrolled in ME 20000 (WLaf version) and ME 27000 (WLaf version) this semester. In addition, students can serve as (paid) tutors or request (free) tutors through the ME Tutoring Program. Please refer to the following link for more information: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Undergraduate/Tutoring

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FW: Key Details of The International Workshop on Green Hydrogen and Hydrogen Energy at Purdue University on August 22-23
by Carl R Wassgren 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

FYI. From: Jian Xie <jxie(a)purdue.edu> Subject: FW: Key Details of The International Workshop on Green Hydrogen and Hydrogen Energy at Purdue University on August 22-23 Hi Carl, I and other Purdue Faculty are organizing an international workshop of Green Hydrogen and Hydrogen Energy, which will be this Friday and Saturday, 8/22 and 8/23 at west Lafayette. The top experts from academia, national Labs and industry will come to attend. I think that this is a good opportunity for learing the latest advance on hydrogen energy, potential collaboration and funding opportunity. For details, please see the email belowand the attached agenda. Can you please distribute this to all Indy faculty? Thanks, Jian From: Zhenhua Zeng <zeng46(a)purdue.edu> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2025 6:04 PM Subject: Key Details of The International Workshop on Green Hydrogen and Hydrogen Energy at Purdue University on August 22-23 Dear All, This is probably the final agenda<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…> of the workshop. I also have attached the detailed program book, made by Christina Li's student Owen Doyle. Also, please take this Lunch & Dinner survey<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqualtrics…> so that we could have right head count of lunches and dinners (I promise it does not take more than 20 seconds) Key Details * Parking: Grant Street Parking Garage<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.…> (5–10 minute walk to the meeting venue) * Venue: Wetherill Hall<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.…> 104 (presentations), Forney Hall<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.…> Atrium (poster sessions) * Registration: Starting 8:00 am, Wetherill Hall 104 * Starting time: 8:30 am * Group Photo: 9:00 am, in front of Wetherill Hall (August 22) * Poster Sessions and Lunches: August 22 and 23, 12:00–2:00 pm, Forney Hall Atrium * Coffee Breaks: Wetherill Hall 225 Taeghwan and I have taken on an obligation to communicate with editors of a few Nature journals. Some of them are interested in publishing a perspective or review paper based on this workshop. For this purpose, we hope you can share the following perspective, if you would like to: 1. Are we going the "last mile" or the "extra mile" for hydrogen fuel cells and water electrolysis research 2. What and how can you (your organization) contribute to it (which is missing within your control or influence) 3. What and how can others contribute to it (which is missing out of your control or influence) We also can continue the conversation after the workshop. See you next week. Zhenhua On behalf of the organizing committee: Zhenhua Zeng, Naoto Todoroki, Taeghwan Hyeon, Luna Lu, Guang Lin, Jeff Greeley, Brian Tackett, Christina Li, Qi (Tony) Dong, Jian Xie

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Tutorial Room Update
by Carl R Wassgren 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

The location of the Indy tutorial room has changed (again). It will now be back in EL 104. The room was underutilized last spring, but I'm hoping it'll get more use this semester. I strongly encourage you and your TAs to have your office hours there. One nice thing about this location is that there's a lounge area nearby where students can work together when not actively getting TA/instructor support in EL 104. Please let Zach know when you and your TAs want to use that room so he can keep track of everyone. I think there will be four or five tables in the room so we can cover multiple classes simultaneously. -- Carl

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Pizza With a Professor Fall 25' - Professors Needed!
by Zachary Daniel Sigafoes 08 Aug '25

08 Aug '25

Hello, I hope everybody is having a great summer so far; school is right around the corner! We will be hosting Pizza with a Professors events again this semester and we're looking for professors interested in having lunch with students. Below are the scheduled dates for PwP's this semester (all of them are from 11am - 12pm in SL 260 R): * September 2nd * October 7th * November 4th * December 2nd If you're interested in being a participating faculty, please write to me and let me know your preferred date and I can book you in and advertise accordingly. Also, you should have all received calendar invites for this semester's faculty meetings a moment ago. If you did not, please let me know and I can send that to you so that you have it on your calendar. Cheers, 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:bee8c84b-8750-4a33-bea7-6e9b6f2207ff]

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FW: Shutdown Request Awaiting Approval
by Carl R Wassgren 07 Aug '25

07 Aug '25

FYI. No hot water in the SL building tomorrow (8/8) from 6:30 AM - 12:30 PM. From: Tiffany L Lewallen <tlewalle(a)purdue.edu> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM Subject: FW: Shutdown Request Awaiting Approval FYI! From: Green, Shane Allen <greensa(a)iu.edu> Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2025 7:30 AM To: Campbell, Angel A. <acampbel(a)iu.edu>; Tiffany L Lewallen <tlewalle(a)purdue.edu> Subject: FW: Shutdown Request Awaiting Approval ---- External Email: Use caution with attachments, links, or sharing data ---- Apologize for the late notice on this. This is for SL building. No hot water during the time of the shutdown and is scheduled for tomorrow, 8/8 Shane Green Facility Operations Leader Campus Facility Services Informatics & Communications Technology Complex (IT) 058 535 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 3172781419 greensa(a)iu.edu<mailto:greensa@iu.edu> https://cfs.indianapolis.iu.edu/<http://https/cfs.indianapolis.iu.edu/> [indianapolis-logo] From: Indianapolis Facilities <notifications(a)iu.edu<mailto:notifications@iu.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 10:23 AM To: IN-CFS-SHUTDOWN 1/2 <in-cfs-shutdown_1_2(a)exchange.iu.edu<mailto:in-cfs-shutdown_1_2@exchange.iu.edu>> Subject: Shutdown Request Awaiting Approval IN072 SL, Domestic Hot Water [Image removed by sender.] Indiana University Notifications<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotificat…> Aug 06, 2025 | 10:23 AM | Indianapolis Facilities (Building Outage Notification - Managers) Shutdown Request Awaiting Approval Form Entry ID: 3056475 Outage Contact Submitted By: Michael Okey (micokey) Email Address: micokey(a)iu.edu<mailto:micokey@iu.edu> Outage Information Building(s): IN072-IN072 - ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - I-ZONE 1 Emergency: Project/Work Request Number: 4005885 Outage Type: Domestic Water - Hot Outage Summary: IN072 SL, Domestic Hot Water Work Location: Machine Room 089 Work Description: Solder copper pipes to replace leaking tee. Water will remain on to building but will turn cold through shut down. Start Date/Time: 08/08/2025 6:30 AM End Date/Time: 08/08/2025 12:30 PM Hot Work Permit Required: Yes Smoke Detector, Fire Suppression System or Fire Alarm Services Required: Yes Hot Work Permit Fire Protection Services Red Slip Location: By 089 door Hot Work Location: Inside 089 in area of tempering valve and circulating pumps. Hot Work Description: Solder copper pipes. Company Name: CFS, Zone 1 Hot Work Performed By: Doug Okey Hot Work Performer JagTag/BarCode#: Hot Work Start Date/Time: 08/08/2025 6:30 AM Hot Work End Date/Time: 08/08/2025 12:30 PM Comments: Smoke Detector, Fire Suppression System or Fire Alarm Services System Type: Smoke Detector Disarm/Arm Activity: Solder copper pipes. Company Name: CFS, Zone 1 Contractor Name: Doug Okey Red Slip Location: By 089 door Work Location: Inside machine room 089 in area of hot water tempering valve. Start Date: 08/08/2025 End Date: 08/08/2025 Disarm Time: 6:30 AM Arm Time: 12:30 PM Disarm Schedule: Daily Days Of The Week: Friday Comments: View Assignments <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotificat…> This e-mail was sent to in-cfs-shutdown_1_2(a)exchange.iu.edu<mailto:in-cfs-shutdown_1_2@exchange.iu.edu> by Indiana University. Learn why we are including this: go.iu.edu/emailsafety<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.iu.edu%…>

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