Sunday, February 22, 2009

Local Facility Tour - Is there an interest?

The IE graduate students have an opportunity to go on a tour at a manufacturing facility in Lafayette. The company is Voest Alpine - http://www.voestalpine.com/ag/en.html.

Facility tour is generally 30 minutes to 1 hour depending upon questions, etc. They can also show a presentation on what they do prior to the tour. This is a manufacturing facility of steel tubular
components for the automotive industry (anti-vibrational items, seat belt pretensioners, etc.).

Product portfolio includes:
Tubular components for: passenger airbag system, pyrotechnic seat belt pretensioners, exhaust components, air suspension systems
Precision tubes for: gearbox axles, shock absorber tubes, fuel
injection lines, piston bolts, pedal systems

Please vote on the right side of the blog what day you would like to go on the tour. The poll will close on March 13th.

Pictures from ABE-IE Social

Thanks to all who attended the social between Agricultural and Biological Engineering and IE. There were about 25 attendees who enjoyed appetizers, sandwiches, and billiards.

Pictures from the Social

Friday, February 20, 2009

IE Alumni - Joseph T. Mallof - 2009 Distinguished Engineering Alumni

2009 Distinguished Engineering Alumni

The Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award is presented to engineering alumni who have distinguished themselves in any field of endeavor that reflects favorably on Purdue University, the engineering profession, or society in general.

In the case of alumni who are engaged in engineering work, their record of accomplishments should indicate a high potential for future growth into positions of increasing responsibility. Normally, only ten awards are made each year.

This year, Joseph T. Mallof, an IE alumni was selected as one of the recipients.

Joseph T. Mallof
President and CEO
World Kitchen, LLC
BSMetE '84

For his recognition as an international leader in the consumer-products industry and his dedication to Purdue University.

Having grown up in Chicago, Joe Mallof liked the idea of applying math and science to solve real-world problems. The first in his family to go to college, Mallof admits to not knowing much about engineering schools then. A respected friend of his father was a Purdue engineer and had sent two of his own children to Purdue, so Mallof followed suit.

What did he like most about his time on campus? "Honestly, I loved the academic curriculum and the new worlds it opened up to me," Mallof says. "I even liked the courses outside of industrial engineering, such as a thermodynamics course where a professor built a mathematical model of a power plant during just one class."

Mallof also had Professor Jim Barany for several honors' classes. "He was my senior paper advisor and I was his teaching assistant," he says. "He gave me a lot of responsibility and trusted me, even when I screwed up. And this taught me a lot about life beyond academics."

After graduation, Mallof applied his engineering and management skills to the consumer goods industry. Over the years he demonstrated a consistent record of achieving profitable growth in a global economy for four major firms–all leaders in their field.

Now the leader at World Kitchen, Mallof finds himself applying skills and concepts he first encountered at Purdue almost every day in his job. "Sometimes the ideas have been updated to the current reality, but the underlying principles are the same," he says. "However, my biggest challenge today is developing the right strategy and then aligning and motivating the organization behind it."

With the success of World Kitchen brands that include CorningWare®, Pyrex®, Corelle®, Baker's Secret®, and many more, Mallof continues his successful track record in running a business with approximately 2,900 employees in the United States, Canada, and Asia-Pacific regions.

Mallof also envisions engineers moving into more non-industry fields, including government operations and healthcare to address societal problems like water quality and supply. "An engineering education must evolve to address these new areas," he says, "perhaps making biology as important as physics and chemistry."

His interest in supporting engineering education, and Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering in particular, is evidenced by his role on the school's advisory board and the Professor James W. Barany Scholarship that Mallof and his wife Virginia started in 2005. The endowment, which provides monetary support to undergraduates, honors the great impact Professor Barany had on Mallof.

As for the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, Mallof finds the recognition very personally satisfying. "But as important," he says, "I hope that my story in some small way serves as a model to others."

Career Highlights
2006-present
President and CEO
World Kitchen, LLC

2005
Outstanding Industrial Engineering Award
School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

2002-2006
President and CEO
CIBA Vision

1997-2002
Board of Directors
Hormel Foods

1995-2002
Executive Vice President then President of North American Consumer Products (1995-98);
President of Central and South America (1999);
and President of Asia (2000-2002)
S.C. Johnson and Son

1974-1995
Various marketing and senior management positions in the U.S., Italy, Philippines and Japan
Procter and Gamble

BSIE '72, Purdue University
MBA '74, University of Chicagox

https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/People/Awards/Institutional/DEA/DEA_2009/mallof

Saturday, February 14, 2009

ABE-IE Social - Time changed to 7:30 pm

At 6 pm on Friday, Feb 20th, the creator of PhD comics, Dr. Jorge Cham, will be giving a talk on "The Power of Procrastination" in CL-50, Room 224. This is being sponsored by PGSG. Rather than have our social conflict with this event, we have decided to push the event back to 7:30 pm to allow students to attend both the presentation and the social.

IE GSO JOINT SOCIAL EVENT with ABE GSA
Time: 7:30 PM on Friday 20 February
Location: The Vault
(205 N. 2nd St. in downtown Lafayette, across from the train station)

Play billiards with your IE friends, meet some of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) grad students and enjoy some FREE appetizers!!

Dr. Landry's Lab Tour - Photos are posted

On Feb 3, a tour was given to all IE students interested. We were able to test tactile devices, shoot chickens, and fly/crash planes. Thanks to David Rozovski for taking the time to show us the lab and to Dr. Landry for allowing us to visit. All who attended had a great time and learned a lot!

Pictures from the lab tour

Monday, February 9, 2009

Sports Tournament - The Outcome

Sad to say that we did not bring the trophy from the CHE-IE Sport Tournament back to Grissom Hall, but happy to share that we had a great showing of participants and supporters. Around 25 industrial engineering students, faculty, and staff came to play volleyball, basketball, and dodgeball.

Thanks to all the IE graduate students who took time out of their weekend to come and join in the festivities. A great time was had by everyone - except Dr. Yi who is probably recovering from a nasty headache - however glad to report he is doing fine and plans on participating in basketball next time!
After the sporting event, Forney Hall's atrium served as a delightful venue for celebrating the successful day. Pizza, drinks, and yummy desserts were provided and gobbled down!

A big congratulations to the Chemical Engineering graduate students!! Thanks for a wonderful afternoon of camaraderie and sports. We look forward to many more opportunities to interact with the ChemE graduate students.

From the ChemE GSO President...
On behalf of the Chemical Engineering Graduate Students, I would like to thank the IE GSO, grad students, faculty and staff for helping organize and participating in the ChemE-IE tournament. We all had loads of fun and really hope that it becomes a regular event. And most of all, we got to know a lot of people from IE and hopefully that will increase our interactions with them!


Links to Pictures - More pictures have been posted!!!
Volleyball


Basketball


Dodgeball


Group Photos

Friday, February 6, 2009

Change of Plans for Sporting Event

The co-rec double booked the facility for Saturday and we will not be able to have the event starting at 2 pm. The event now starts at 5:30 pm in the co-rec on the 2nd floor in the main gym on courts 1 and 2. This will still be followed by a pizza party afterwards in Forney Hall atrium. Sorry for the short notice. Please notify Chris Saldana(csaldana@purdue.edu) if you will not be attending.

NOTE
  • You must wear a white or grey shirt if you are participating - ChemE will be in black.
  • Parking may be a problem due to a volleyball competition that is occurring at the co-rec so make sure to come early.
  • If you are playing a sport, make sure to be there at least 15 minutes before the start time below.
  • The team rosters are below.
  • ChemE only has 6 or 7 basketball players so we may need a few of our basketball players to participate in dodgeball or volleyball.
  • Bring water or plan on drinking from the water fountain.
  • If you do not want to participate on a sports team, we would like to invite you to come cheer for us and/or celebrate with us in Forney Hall.

NEW Schedule of Events
5:30 - 6:15 Volleyball
6:15 - 6:45 Basketball
6:45 - 7:30 Dodgeball
8:00 - ?? Dinner

Thursday, February 5, 2009

ChemE - IE Sports Tourney

This weekend is the friendly competition against the Chemical Engineering graduate students on Saturday, Feb 7 from 2:15 pm-5:15 pm at the co-rec. This will be followed by a pizza party afterwards in Forney Hall atrium.

NOTE
  • You must wear a white or grey shirt if you are participating - ChemE will be in black.
  • Also parking may be a problem due to a Big 10 volleyball competition that is occurring at the co-rec so make sure to come early.
  • We would like people to come and support the teams during the entire competition.
  • If you are playing a sport, make sure to be there at least 15 minutes before the start time below.
  • The team rosters are below. ChemE only has 6 or 7 basketball players so we may need a few of our basketball players to participate in dodgeball or volleyball.
As mentioned in a previous email, we are going to play volleyball, basketball, and dodgeball - the schedule is below. Please email Chris Saldana (csaldana@purdue.edu) if you are interested in playing. If you do not want to participate on a sports team, we would like to invite you to come cheer for us and/or celebrate with us in Forney Hall.

Schedule of Events
2:15 - 3:15 Volleyball (volleyball players make sure to be there by 2 pm)
3:30 - 4:00 Dodgeball round 1
4:15 - 4:45 Basketball
4:45 - 5:15 Dodgeball round 2


Volleyball
Ashley Benedict
Bruce Schmeiser
Ruby Li
Gulcin Yucel
Kyle Kyungdoh Kim
Amirali Noorinaeini
Sekhar
Juan Velasquez

Dodgeball
Ruby Li
Chris Saldana
Amirali Noorinaeini
Deepti Surabattula
Ralph Curtis Palmer III
Hayden Goodrich
Martin Yi Zhang
Juan Velasquez

Basketball
Varun Ramamohan
Sekhar
BC Kwon
Mohan Gopaladesikan
JJ Nativi-N
Paramesh
Landry, Steven J
Pat Burnese
Krishna Jayakumar
Aswin Kumar
Ralph Curtis Palmer III
Harikrishnan Sreekumaran
Onan Demirel
Shih-Ching Wu
Sivabalan

See you Saturday!