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.

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

Intel Corp. Experts to Speak at Purdue

“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.

8-9:00 a.m.
Kickoff breakfast, welcome, and introductions: Rick Echevarria, vice president, Sales and Marketing Group, and general manager, Worldwide, Intel® Enterprise Solution Sales. Room 314.

9-10:15 a.m.
Breakout sessions in Rooms 318 and 320:
“Sustainable IT in a Predictive Enterprise,” Robert Deutsche, principal architect, Predictive Enterprise.
“HPC Nehalem (Intel i7): The New Brain for HPC,” Wesley Shimanek, strategic marketing manager, Technical Computing for Intel Digital Enterprise Group.

10:30-11:45 a.m.
Breakout sessions in Rooms 318 and 320:
“Collaboration and Visual Analytics Research and Development at Intel,” Cynthia Pickering, senior principal engineer for IT Strategy Architecture and Innovation.
“High-Performance Cluster Applications: Scalable Software Solutions,” Henry Gabb, principal engineer, Intel Software and Services Group.

Noon-1:15 p.m.
Intel Partner Luncheon, sponsored by Dell, Hewlett Packard and Matrix Integration. Luis Rodriguez, technology specialist, Enterprise Solution Sales for Intel, will speak.

1:30-2:45 p.m.
Breakout sessions in Rooms 318 and 320:
“Capability Maturity Framework,” Robert Deutsche, principal architect, Predictive Enterprise.
“Intel i7 Overview and Roadmap,” Luis Rodriguez, technology specialist, Enterprise Solution Sales.

Again, registration is limited to 75 attendees. To register, follow the instructions at www.conf.purdue.edu/techtalk. The registration deadline is March 27.

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.

Events for March 2 - 6

Travel Grant Applications are due by 5 pm today.

MGL lab tour has been postponed until March 24th due to faculty candidate seminar tomorrow.

Faculty Candidate Seminar on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm in Grissom 180
Guanghui (George) Lan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Robust and accelerated stochastic approximation approaches for stochastic optimization

NSF Director Arden L. Bement, Jr. speaks at Purdue, March 4 at 3:30 pm in East Faculty Lounge (PMU)
“In the Barash Tradition: Imagining the Shape of Things to Come”
Director of the National Science Foundation and former Purdue distinguished professor Arden L. Bement, Jr. will be the featured speaker for the inaugural Moshe M. Barash Distinguished Lectureship for Manufacturing Engineering, which is named for the late Purdue professor emeritus.
A reception will follow immediately in the Lafayette Room, PMU.

Faculty Candidate Seminar on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 4:30 pm in Grissom 180
Lu (Andrew) Liu, Johns Hopkins University

Shirt Design Competition for COE Graduate Programs - Must be turned in by 5 pm Friday, March 6th

Students needed for breakfast with the last faculty candidate on March 11th... please contact Ashley (ajbenedi@purdue.edu) if you are interested.

Don't forget to vote on the date of the plant trip - on the right side.

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

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

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

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!

Lunch with the IE Advisory Council

If you are interested in dining with the Industrial Engineering Advisory Council on Friday, Jan 23rd from 12 pm - 1 pm (could be delayed by 15 to 30 minutes if the meetings are running late) in the Lafayette Room in the Purdue Memorial Union, please respond to ajbenedi@purdue.edu by 5 pm Thursday Jan 15th with the below information completed.

Your Name:
PhD or MS:
Research Area (Human Factors, OR, Production Systems, Manufacturing):
Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian:

This is a great chance to network with Advisory Council members who are practicing IEs. Only eight graduate students will be selected for this event - to select the students we will draw two names from each research area and notify the students who can attend.

Dress is business casual. Men (no tie required, but button-down shirt/sport coat or sweater) and women (blouse/slacks/skirt).