Day 1: Monday, August 14, 2017

Time

Program

Presenter

Location

8:40 AM

Sign in at GRIS 103

GRIS 103

9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

Steve Landry, Associate Head of Industrial Engineering

9:30 AM

Department Rules & Regulations

Steve Duket, IE Managing Director, and
Leza Dellinger, IE Operations Manager

10:20 AM

Tutoring & Intro of IE 200 and Alumni Breakout Session Intro

Elizabeth Allum & Morgan Kuryla, IE Undergraduate Academic Advisors

11:00 AM

Dining Etiquette

Anthony Cawdron, Westwood Event Coordinator

12:00 PM

(Noon)

Lunch

Grissom Hall Piazza (outside)

1:30 PM

IE Student Organizations:

• Institute For Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) – Ashutosh Nayak

• Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFES) – Jackie Cha

• Women In Engineering Program (WIEP) – Jordan Hill

GRIS 103

2:00 PM

Special Guest Speaker

Dean Joel Ebarb, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education/International Programs

Day 2: Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Time

Program

Presenter

Location

8:40 AM

Sign in at GRIS 103

GRIS 103

9:00 AM

Library

Amy Van Epps, Associate Professor of Libraries

9:30 AM

Emergency Preparedness

Jefferson Howells, Assistant Director, Campus Emergency Preparedness & Planning

10:00 AM

Etiquette Seminar

Joanne Lax, Graduate Student Technical Communications Specialist

11:00 AM

Engineering Computer Network (ECN)

11:15 AM

Lab Safety

Wayne Ewbank, Laboratory Coordinator

Marc Williams, Instructional Laboratory Technician

11:30 AM

IE Graduate Office

12:00 PM

(Noon)

Lunch

Grissom Hall Piazza (outside)

1:30 PM

Purdue Recreation & Wellness

Howard Taylor, Director of the Division of Recreational Sports

GRIS 103 & 102

2:00 PM

Driving Safety, GRIS 103

Photo Shoot (for students w/U.S. driver's licenses or non-drivers) – GRIS 102

Lt. Song Kang & Officer Jared Baer, Purdue Police Department

DeEtte Starr, IE Communications Specialist

Day 3: Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Time

Program

Presenter

Location

9:40 AM

Sign in at GRIS 103 (Preselected TAs who have been notified in advance are excused from Orientation to attend CIE Training.)

GRIS 103

10:00 AM

Industrial Engineering Graduate Student Organization (IEGSO)

Mustafa Lokhandwala, President, & Garvit Patel, Public Relations

10:30 AM

IE Faculty Presentations:

10:30 AM Dr. Brandon Pitts

10:45 AM Dr. Denny Yu

11:00 AM Dr. Yuehwern Yih

11:15 AM Ashutosh Nayak for Dr. Seokcheon Lee's group

11:30 AM Dr. Hong Wan

12:00 PM

(Noon)

Lunch on your own

1:30 PM

IE Faculty Presentations:

1:30 PM Dr. Steve Landry

1:45 PM Maru Cabrera for Dr. Juan Wachs' group

2:00 PM Dr. Wenzhuo Wu

2:15 PM Dr. Bob Kenley

2:30 PM Prateek Jaiswal for Dr. Harsha Honnappa's group

2:45 PM Dali Guo for Dr. Mario Ventresca’s group

GRIS 103

Day 4: Thursday, August 18, 2016

Appointment Day

If you have any questions or need help, please schedule an appointment with personnel below. Please sign up on the sheet on the doors for:

• PhD & Master's Thesis (Research Track) – Cheryl Barnhart, GRIS 189
• Master's Non-Thesis (Application Track) – Anita Park, GRIS 188

10:00 – 11:30 AM

Photo Shoot, GRIS 102

DeEtte Starr

10:00 – 11:00 AM

TA Training, GRIS 103 – ONLY for Approved Teaching Assistants (TAs)

• If you did not receive an official invitation from Steve Duket, DO NOT attend or interrupt the session for inquiries about future opportunities.

Steve Duket

Day 5: Friday, August 19, 2016

New Student Orientation – Purdue Graduate School

OPTIONAL BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The Graduate School’s Fall 2017 New Student Orientation will be held the morning of Friday, August 18, 2017, beginning at 9:00 AM in Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center (STEW).

New Student Orientation Schedule

For PhD students, we highly recommend that you attend a "Responsible Conduct of Research" session in STEW 320. (Choose ONE: 10:00 – 10:30 AM, 10:30 – 11:00 AM, 11:00 – 11:30 AM, or 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM). See below for further details.

Time

Program

Location

8:00 AM

Breakfast

STEW 310

9:00 AM

Welcome

• Emcee Marcela Martinez Chavez, PGSG President
• Opening remarks – Linda Mason, Interim Dean of the Graduate School
• Community Offerings – John Dennis, Mayor of West Lafayette
• Safety and Security – John Cox, Purdue Chief of Police
• Equal Access and Opportunity – Erin Oliver, Director of Office of Institutional Equity
• Student Rights and Responsibilities – Jeff Stefancic, Associate Dean of Students
• When You Have a Concern or Need Help – Tom Atkinson, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
• Brief remarks on video from the Office of Admissions, Office of Graduate Records, Disability Resource Center, and Human Resource Staff Benefits

LOEB Playhouse, STEW

10:00 AM

Breakout Session – International Q & A

• Moderator:
  Lee Gordon, Director of Graduate Admissions

• Panelists:
  Dr. Mike Brzezinski, Dean of International Programs
  Dr. Louis Tay, Professor of Psychological Sciences
  Pekham Dey, Industrial Engineering MS student from India
  Hong Soon Kim, Hospitality and Tourism Management PhD student from South Korea
  Rahul Srinivas Sucharitha, Industrial Engineering PhD student from India
  Temi Wright, Public Relations/Intercultural Communication master's student from Nigeria

LOEB Playhouse, STEW

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Breakout Session* – Professional Development/Research Repository

• Cyndi Lynch, Director of Fellowships and Professional Development
• Sandi Caldrone, Data Repository Outreach Specialist

Breakout Session* – "Responsible Conduct of Research" – RECOMMENDED ATTENDANCE

• Pete Dunn, Professor Emeritus

*Breakout sessions will be repeated at 10:30, 11:00, and 11:30 AM.

STEW 314

STEW 320

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Resource Fair

• Almost 50 Purdue University & community organizations will participate

STEW 302-306

1:00 – 3:30 PM

IEGSO Social Event

GRIS 102