Student Resources

  1. Expectations of ALL students in the Applied Thermofluids Lab
    • Be courteous and respectful of your colleagues
    • Keep your desk area and lab area clean and organized
    • Respond quickly to emails
    • All students on RA or fellowship are expected to work 40 hours per week (mostly in the office during business hours)
    • Visiting scholar expectations are managed on an individual basis
    • We conduct high quality research.  We conduct ethical research.
  2. Mapping the Thermofluids Research Drive (on ECN's Techwin server)
    • Professor Ostanek initiates a request to have you added to the network group
    • Map a Network Drive (typically letter "Z:\")
    • Address is: \\techwin.ecn.purdue.edu\research\soet\thermofluidslab
    • Enter your username as:  ecn\username
    • Your password is the NON-boilerkey password
    • This drive is for storing smaller files, papers, CAD drawings, thesis/dissertation files
    • If you are off campus, you must establish a VPN connection for the drive to be available (https:\\webvpn.purdue.edu)
  3. Mapping the Data Depot drive (on RCAC's Data Depot server)
    • ​​Professor Ostanek will add you to the network group
    • Map a Network Drive (Typically letter "X:\")
    • Address is: \\datadepot-new.rcac.purdue.edu\depot\jostanek
    • Enter username and NON-boilerkey password
    • This drive is for storing large data sets from CFD or high speed video
    • If you are off campus, you must establish a VPN connection for the drive to be available (https:\\webvpn.purdue.edu)
  4. ​Remote desktop connection
    • You can remote connect to your PC workstation from any machine with an internet connection
    • Professor Ostanek initiates a request to ECN to activate your remote desktop privileges
    • If you are off campus, you must first establish a VPN connection (https:\\webvpn.purdue.edu)
    • Open the remote desktop connection app
    • Your username must be typed as "boilerad\username"
    • Enter your NON-boilerkey password
  5. MS Timeline - Thesis Option
    • MS Plan of Study and Credit Hour Requirements
    • Semester 1
      • Recommended Courses
        • MET503 - Applied Optimization (3 credits)
        • STAT511 - Statistical Methods (3 credits)
        • Selective (3 credits)
      • Identify research topic
      • Identify thesis committee
      • Fill out and submit draft plan of study
      • Complete RCR training
    • Semester 2
      • Recommended Courses:
        • Selective or MET527 - Technology from a Global Perspective (3 credits)
        • Selective (3 credits)
        • ENGT501 - Graduate Research Seminar (1 credit)
    • Semester 3
      • Recommended Courses:
        • Selective or MET527 - Technology from a Global Perspective (3 credits)
        • TECH646 - Analysis of Research in Industry and Technology (3 credits)
        • MET698 - Research MS Thesis (3 credits)
      • Thesis proposal near end of semester
      • Submit Final Plan of Study
    • Semester 4
      • Recommended Courses:
        • MET698 - Research MS Thesis (6 credits)
      • Thesis defense near end of semester
  6. Responsible Conduct of Research Training
    • https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/research/rcr/index.php
    • Log in with Purdue Credentials
    • Click "Courses" and then click on "Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)"
    • Send Professor Ostanek the certificate of completion
    • RCR training is valid for 5 years
    • ALL students conducting research must take this training
    • ALL students must also complete 2 hours of in-person training.  Please consult with Professor Ostanek on how to satisfy this requirement.