Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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Appointments and promotions– Purdue president Steven C. Beering has appointed Christie Sahley as a faculty representative for the athletic department. Sahley replaces Martha Chiscon, an associate dean of science and a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, who is retiring. Sahley is an assistant dean and a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. She was an assistant professor in the department of psychology at Yale University from 1982-86, then joined Yale's department of biology from 1986-89. From 1989-91 Sahley served as a visiting scholar at Purdue, and in 1991 she became an associate research scientist. In addition to her teaching at Yale and Purdue, Sahley has served as an instructor at a number of biological labs in the United States, including Bell Labs in New Jersey and Cold Spring Harbor Lab in New York. She is the co-director of the neurobiology and development department of the Leech Course Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Mass. Philip E. Nelson, head of the department of food sciences at Purdue, begins his 16th year as the Boilermakers' other faculty representative. Faculty representatives serve as liaisons between Purdue athletics, the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA. – Chemical engineering professor Phillip C. Wankat has been appointed head of the Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies at Purdue University, effective July 1. Wankat replaces David P. Kessler, who held the post since 1982. Kessler, also a professor of chemical engineering, will return to teaching. Wankat, who came to Purdue in 1970, was appointed the Clifton L. Lovell Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering in 1998. He was head of the Department of Freshman Engineering from 1987 to 1995, was acting head of the Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies in 1990 and 1997 while Kessler was on sabbatical, and he was interim director of Continuing Engineering Education in 1996. Wankat has won numerous teaching awards and was included in the Inaugural Group of the Purdue University Book of Great Teachers in 1999, a listing of the best professors nominated by students, alumni and others. Wankat also was elected to the Purdue Teaching Academy, created in 1997 to bring together outstanding teachers from the university's 12 academic schools.
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