Basketball Night: Pacers vs. Pistons

IE GSO had its first Basketball Night on Feb 23! We cheered on the Pacers through an intense game to a 1 point victory over the Pistons (102-101)!!

COE Kickball Game

Here are the pictures from July 13th COE kickball tournament. Good game guys! Pat, thank you for being our photographer. Nice pictures.

Bowling Social Pictures

Pictures from the Bowling Social...

Pictures from IE GSO Social #1

Pictures from the first IE GSO Social ofSpring 2010!!!!

What a fun night.

Badminton Tournament - SUNDAY

Our first annual Badminton Tournament games are going to be held this Sunday, October 4th starting at 2 pm in the co-rec.

Details are as follows:

• All IE graduate students, faculty, and staff are invited to watch, play and socialize in our Badminton Tournament
• There will be a social at GRIS 155 following the tournament
• Prizes will be given for most points scored, best team costume, least points scored, best team name, etc
• All games are doubles games: 2 vs. 2
• Pairs can be guys, girls, or mixed
• Shuttlecocks are provided
• Novice and intermediate brackets will be provided
• Email Ashley (ajbenedi@purdue.edu) or Martin (zhang112@purdue.edu) tp sign up
• If you want to play but do not currently have a partner, let us know and we will make pairs from individuals interested in playing
• The game schedule will be emailed out on October 3

IE GSO Social at Jake's

Thanks to all that came out for the Social tonight at Jake's. Fun was had by all!!!

Click here for photos.

Welcome / Welcome Back Picnic Pictures

Thanks to all who came out to the Welcome / Welcome Back Picnic for the IE Graduate Students. A good time was had by all. Jimmy John subs were delicious, fun "get to know you" games were played, and football and Frisbee were thrown! Thanks to Sandy and Cheryl for setting up the food. It was great to see faculty at the event - Dr. Barany, Dr. Liu, Dr. Chandrasekar, Dr. Caldwell, and Dr. Wan.

Click here for photos of the event.

Upcoming Events

Prior to seminar today, we will have snacks in GRIS 360 from 4:00-4:30. The IE GSO hopes to see everyone there!! The plan is to have a weekly Seminar Snack Time prior to seminar each week.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, Aug 26th) is the picnic at Squirrel Park which is located on the corner of State Street and Airport Road next to Purdue Village. The food will be Jimmy John subs, chips, drinks, and dessert. This starts at 5 pm. This will be location even if it is raining. If the weather is nice, then we will have Frisbee, soccer, and other sports available.

Friday is the PGSG picnic at Squirrel Park – Sandy sent an email out last week about this picnic.

IE GSO Orientation Social

A group of 30 students had a great time going on a Photo Scavenger Hunt followed by a social at Boiler Market. The challenge included the following tasks...

1. Tick tock, goes a big loud clock

Get a picture of everyone in the team looking at their watches in front of this location.

2. That's one small step for [a] man, one giant l

eap for mankind."

This quote is from a Purdue alum… take a picture with him in front of his building.

3. H20 is what an Engineer would call water

Take a photo with this famous fountain on campus.

4. Old John gave the land to start the university

Find his final resting place (grave) and everyone should act like a zombie in the photo!

5. This large block letter P sculpture symbolizes the importance of lifelong learning and self-improvement

Take a picture of people making other letters with the use of their bodies.

6. The chosen one is called Harry

But in this location lots of engineers are hanging out. Take a picture with the team reading books.

7. It all depends on your perspective

You would seem like a giant compared to this small scaled model of Purdue. Take a picture with one team member acting like Godzilla attacking Purdue.

8. Everyday reading is fun

Take a picture with all the team members and the Exponent in a unique way!

9. Where the wild things are?

Take a picture being wild in front of a Greek (Fraternity) House or with an actual animal

10. The expression Go Ugly Early started at this sweet shop

Take a picture showing us your sweetest look in front of Harry's

11. Feeling hungry late at night?

Go to this café – they are open until 4 am! You can eat lots of Rice here. Take a group shot with the sign out front!

12. There are lots cool things on campus to see…

Take a picture where the team members are hard to find but are present. This is the “Can you find us?” photo.

13. STOP, Yield, Walk – Follow the sign

Do exactly what the sign says (any sign can work). The more creative, the better :)

Here are the photos from the event.

Pictures from Happy Hollow Picnic

We had a nice crowd attend the first summer IE GSO picnic at Happy Hollow. Dr. Barany and Dr. Liu attended the festivities. Baseballs were tossed, frisbees thrown, and volleyballs were bumped. It was a fun time!

Check out the pictures of the event here!

Happy Hollow Picnic on July 19th at 4 pm

Please join us at Happy Hollow Park for a summer picnic on July 19th starting around 4 pm. You can find us at Shelter #2. We will be grilling burgers, veggie burgers, and hot dogs. We will have lots of sodas, waters, chips, and fruit. Please bring a dish that you would like to share with everyone.

Family members are welcome to attend.

We plan on playing Frisbee, volleyball, football, etc. Bring any outside activities you would like to play that you have available.

IE GSO Baseball Game Night

IE Graduate Students:

IE GSO is organizing a Baseball Game Night for all IE graduate students on Tuesday, June 30th 2009. The game is Indianapolis Indians vs. Toledo Mud Hens, in Victory Field in Indy. Please let Ashley (ajbenedi@purdue.edu) or Martin (zhang112@purdue.edu) know if you are interested in joining us. We have 15 free admission tickets available for the first 15 students registered.

Transportation will also be provided. We plan to leave campus at 5 pm, and estimated back time is 11 pm. Please feel free to invite your families and friends to attend, but not included in free tickets sign-up.

COE Volleyball Tournament - RESULTS

Bracket 1 - BME Wins!
AAE1 (21) - BME (25)
CE (25) - IE (19)
AAE1 (18) - CE (25)
BME (28) - IE (26)
AAE1 (21) - IE (25)
BME (26) - CE (24)

Bracket 2 - CHE Wins
CHE (25) - ECE (15)
AAE2 (16) - ABE (25)
ABE (19) - ECE (25)
AAE2 (5) - CHE (25)
ABE (11) - CHE (25)
AAE2 (14) - ECE (25)

Championship Game
BME (23) - CHE (25)
CME (11) - CHE (25)

Congrats to the Chemical Engineering Team for winning the first annual COE Graduate Student Sports Tourney!!!


See more photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/PurdueIEGSO/COEGraduateStudentVolleyballTournament#

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!

Update

Intel Tech Talk
A series of six presentations for Purdue faculty and staff who use information technology in teaching, research or administration, will feature discussions by representatives of Intel Corp. on the firm’s latest innovations in information technology and expectations for the future.

The event, sponsored by the School of Industrial Engineering, will run from 8 a.m. through 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, on the third floor of Stewart Center. Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be served.

Registration is limited to the first 75 people. To register online for the free event, follow the instructions at www.conf.purdue.edu/techtalk. Those with questions about the event may contact Stefano Gutierrez of Intel Corp. at stefano.j.gutierrez@intel.com, or (312) 608-1516.

Plant Trip with IIE to Voestalpine Elmsteel
Thursday, April 2nd at 1 p.m. Plant is located off US 52 S in Lafayette. If you plan on going, please email Sarah Kania(skania@purdue.edu) so she knows how many drivers to have. Watch for an email from Sarah about more details on how long it will last and what time they will be meeting at Grissom. This is a great opportunity to network!

Head Candidate Seminar - Graduate Students Must Attend
The first candidate is Professor Bopaya Bidanda from the University of Pittsburgh. The seminar will be in Potter 234 (Fu Room) at 4:30 pm on Thursday, April 2.
Here is a link to Professor Bidanda's website at Pitt.

Pictures MGL Tour - click here if you cannot see the pictures


Pictures Bowling with Undergraduate IEs - click here if you cannot see the pictures

FREE BOWLING with Undergraduate IEs

Thursday, March 26th
9 pm (8:45 pm if you need a ride from campus)
Market Square Lanes (See directions below)
The cost of bowling and appetizers will be covered by the GSO.
Please contact Ashley (ajbenedi@purdue) or Chris (csaldana@purdue.edu) if you need a ride.

Directions from Grissom Hall
1. Turn left at N Grant St 499 ft
2. Sharp right at Northwestern Ave/US-231 0.1 mi
3. Turn left at US-231/Wiggins St
Continue to follow US-231 0.5 mi
4. When you cross the bridge, the street name changes to Union St
Continue on Union St 1.1 mi
5. Turn left at N 18th St 0.1 mi
6. Turn right at Elmwood Ave 0.3 mi
7. Turn left at the first stoplight into Lafayette Square Mall
8. Market Square Lanes is a stand alone building to the right of the KFC.

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

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!!

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

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