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Meet the staff<\/h1>\n
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Paul McPherson – Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


<\/em>Contact<\/strong>
Email: pmcphers@purdue.edu
Phone: 9374037367<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Perry – Community Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As the Community Coordinator for the Bechtel Center, Christina is responsible for managing stakeholder interactions within the Center, especially communicating and coordinating between these stakeholders \u2013 staff, students, faculty, industry, and donors. Christina will be a point of contact for initial project review which includes verifying training, identifying common hazards and tracking\/enforcing documentation progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to working in the Bechtel Center, Christina was a property inspector for Property Accounting in the MMDC building maintaining records for assets and tracking those assets purchased by Purdue valued at 5,000 dollars or greater. Christina aims to promote continued growth of the project driven goals of the Bechtel Center that allows individuals to gain knowledge, hands on experience and explore their creative side in a safe space.

Contact<\/strong>
Email: perry58@purdue.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anirudh Pal – Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Metal Shop
<\/em>Anirudh is one of the key cogs in the innovation machine of the Center. He attained a Master of Science in the field of Computer Science at Purdue and has held multiple positions at the Center as a student employee. The intersection between his academic experience and passion for machining leads to operational changes that utilize software to simplify the daily operations of the Center and its members.\u202f

Contact<\/strong>
Email: pal5@purdue.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Bollock – Operations Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Woodworking, Hot Works<\/em>
Dan received his BSME and MSF from Purdue. He comes to us from the Wood Research Laboratory (WRL) in Purdue\u2019s Forestry and Natural Resources. Before working in the WRL, he was a full-time furniture maker and an engineer at Wabash designing sheet steel, stainless, and aluminum parts and assemblies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has a vast knowledge of woodworking joinery, machinery, finishing, hand tools, and wood. In his spare time, he can be found in his nicely equipped workshop next to his house making contemporary furniture, sculptures, boxes, and bowls. Some of his sculptures are on display in Armstrong Hall at Purdue.

Contact<\/strong>
Email: danbollock@purdue.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Tolemy – Operations Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Electronics, Printing and Prototyping, Fabrics, Composites, Teams<\/em>
Contact<\/strong>
Email: jtolemy@purdue.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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