Congratulations to the 2009 - 2010 IE GSO Officers

President
Preethi Krishna Kumar (pkrishna@purdue.edu)

Vice-President / Treasurer
BC Kwon (kwonb@purdue.edu)

Social Committee Chairs
Martin Zhang (zhang112@purdue.edu)
Ashley Benedict (ajbenedi@purdue.edu)

Graduate Committee Representative
Pat Brunese (pbrunese@purdue.edu)

Purdue Graduate Student Government Senator
Mohan Gopaladesikan (mohang@purdue.edu)

New Summer Course - IE 590

Financial Engineering
1:00 – 2:00 pm, MTWRF, Potter 262
June 2 – June 26 and July13 – August 7

Learn About

• Investment Strategies
• Portfolio Theory
• Optimality of Dollar-Cost-Averaging Investing
• Current Credit Crisis
• Futures & Options
• Credit Default Swaps
• Famous Black-Scholes Equation
• Hedging Strategies plus many other relevant topics

FOR MORE INFORMATION email Tom Morin (Tmorin1@aol.com)

Or ask for a Course Introductory Packet from Judi Chester (jchester@purdue.edu)

James H. Greene Outstanding Graduate Educator Award - Make sure to vote!

Please complete the James H. Greene Outstanding Graduate Educator Award ballots that are in your mailboxes. If you do not have a ballot, please see Sandy and she can give you a blank ballot. The graduate students get to select which professor they feel is the most outstanding graduate educator. Please submit your completed ballots no later than April 22 to Sandy.

Congrats to Dr. Bruce Schmeiser who is the 2009 James H. Greene Outstanding Graduate Educator!!!

Jason Papastavrou Seminar - 4/21 @ 4:30 in Gris 280

Jason Papastavrou, who was on the Purdue IE faculty for many years, will be visiting next Tuesday. Jason is founder and Chief Investment Officer for Aris Capital Management: www.ariscapital.com

Seminar: Tuesday, April 21 at 4:30pm in GRIS 280.

"I have always been afraid of banks." Andrew Jackson
The past year & a half has seen "unprecedented" turmoil in the financial markets & the economy in general. Words like subprime, toxic assets, bailout, stimulus, trillion, Madoff and the struggle between "Wall Street" & "main street" have become part of the daily vernacular. A brief historical perspective of the crisis, as well as a view from the inside - but not an insider's view - of the events & the players that led us to this mess, a discussion of personal experiences with Madoff's scam, some glaring concerns about the current recovery plans and some thoughts about how to mitigate the risks & effects of future crises.

If you would like time with Jason, please let Kirsty (kmaccoll@purdue.edu) or Dr. Schmeiser (bruce@purdue.edu) know.

Purdue IE Spring Awards Banquet

You are cordially invited to the Purdue Institute of Industrial Engineers/Alpha Pi Mu 2009 Spring Awards Banquet.

Purdue IE Spring Awards Banquet
Sunday, April 26th at 6:00 PM
Holiday Inn - City Centre, 515 South St, Lafayette

**RSVP: On or before Saturday, April 18th to Katie Reimer (IIE Programs Director, knreimer@purdue.edu) **Please submit your admission charge to Katie in GRIS 190 on any Tuesday or Thursday before the banquet between 10:30am and 4:30pm.

Graduate students pay $15 and the IE GSO will pay $15 for the $30 dinner. Please RSVP before April 18th and pay Katie Reimer by April 26th. Make sure to mention that you are a graduate student.

Hope to see you all there. It should be a fun evening to celebrate the end of the school year!