August 2006 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

Please disregard this message: Opportunity for Research with Purdue Alum at Northrup Grumman
by Willison, Sheryl L 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Please disregard this message. ________________________________ From: Willison, Sheryl L Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:29 PM To: 'bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu' Subject: Opportunity for Research with Purdue Alum at Northrup Grumman From: George B. Adams III [mailto:gba@purdue.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:17 PM To: Willison, Sheryl L Subject: Opportunity for Research with Purdue Alum at Northrup Grumman Dear BNC Member, Dr. Angelo Alfano, a Purdue Chemistry graduate now with Northrup-Grumman (NG) called me to discuss the possibility of finding Purdue faculty interested in working with him to write brief proposal(s) to NG for internal-source seed funding of research projects to: (1) develop biochemistry concept(s) that could lead to improved sensitivity and specificity for detection of ionic, low vapor pressure hydrazine-like molecules intended as aerospace fuels but that could be concealed and difficult to detect as explosives. See the attached PDF file, hydrazine.pdf for more details. (2) develop lab on a chip concepts, likely MEMS and/or nanotechnology-based, to lead to small, portable sensors for these hydrazine-like compounds for both leak detection and security screening. Some further thoughts are in the attached file, Purdue.doc from Dr. Alfano. The purpose of this proposal process is to solicit novel approaches to some problems of current aerospace, Department of Defense, or Department of Homeland Security relevance. The technology should be farsighted with a possible 5 year payoff . This effort, if funded, is essentially seed funds to get started, around $40-50K to produce white papers spelling out the concepts for (1) and (2). Compelling white papers would form the basis for proposing a larger project(s) to prove the chemistry and work towards prototype sensor systems. Please contact Sheryl Willison, swilliso(a)purdue.edu by Tuesday Sept. 5 of your interest. Please include email address, and phone number. George B. Adams III, Ph.D. Special Projects Manager, Discovery Park Research Development Manager, Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State Street , West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 765 494 2698 phone 765 496 8383 fax | www.purdue.edu/nano <http://www.purdue.edu/nano>

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Opportunity for Research with Purdue Alum at Northrup Grumman
by Willison, Sheryl L 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

From: George B. Adams III [mailto:gba@purdue.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:17 PM To: Willison, Sheryl L Subject: Opportunity for Research with Purdue Alum at Northrup Grumman Dear BNC Member, Dr. Angelo Alfano, a Purdue Chemistry graduate now with Northrup-Grumman (NG) called me to discuss the possibility of finding Purdue faculty interested in working with him to write brief proposal(s) to NG for internal-source seed funding of research projects to: (1) develop biochemistry concept(s) that could lead to improved sensitivity and specificity for detection of ionic, low vapor pressure hydrazine-like molecules intended as aerospace fuels but that could be concealed and difficult to detect as explosives. See the attached PDF file, hydrazine.pdf for more details. (2) develop lab on a chip concepts, likely MEMS and/or nanotechnology-based, to lead to small, portable sensors for these hydrazine-like compounds for both leak detection and security screening. Some further thoughts are in the attached file, Purdue.doc from Dr. Alfano. The purpose of this proposal process is to solicit novel approaches to some problems of current aerospace, Department of Defense, or Department of Homeland Security relevance. The technology should be farsighted with a possible 5 year payoff . This effort, if funded, is essentially seed funds to get started, around $40-50K to produce white papers spelling out the concepts for (1) and (2). Compelling white papers would form the basis for proposing a larger project(s) to prove the chemistry and work towards prototype sensor systems. Please contact Sheryl Willison, swilliso(a)purdue.edu by Tuesday Sept. 5 of your interest. Please include email address, and phone number. George B. Adams III, Ph.D. Special Projects Manager, Discovery Park Research Development Manager, Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State Street , West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 765 494 2698 phone 765 496 8383 fax | www.purdue.edu/nano <http://www.purdue.edu/nano>

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Hot Plates in Hoods
by John Weaver 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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East lab shutdown
by Dave Lubelski 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

The east wing of Birck will have work done on the air handling system next Thursday 9/7/06 from 7am-6pm. Please plan accordingly. All chemical hoods will be shut down for this work.. Please make sure all chemicals are disposed of by 12am on the 6th. Any chemicals found in hoods at 7am will be disposed of as waste. Thank you, Dave Lubelski

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Exchange Server is down
by Annie Cheever 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Hi Everyone, The exchange server is down at this time. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you, Annie -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Annie Cheever, Area Secretary School of Electrical and Computer Engineering acheever(a)purdue.edu Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center, Room 2027 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-1205 Phone: 765-496-8327 Fax: 765-496-6443 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Parker Night - September 11, 2006
by Willison, Sheryl L 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Parker Hannifin Corporation is preparing to attend the Purdue Industrial Roundtable. We will again hold an information session on the Monday before the career fair. Invitation is for Electrical and Computer Engineering students with a note indicating the invitation was for seniors The invitation is attached below. We plan to meet from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. on September 11th. (See attached file: Parker Night invite 2006.doc)

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Reminder for Carry-In
by Douglas, Kimberly C 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Just a reminder for everyone. The BNC carry in is this Wednesday August 30th, @ 11:30. The student council will be grilling out hamburgers, hot dogs, brats. So if you could bring a side dish, desert, or drinks that would be wonderful. Or if you have garden vegetable, or anything else you want for your sandwich. If you could let me know what you plan to bring by tomorrow afternoon that would be great as well. Thanks Kim

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FW: Biological Engineering faculty candidate seminar
by Willison, Sheryl L 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

________________________________ From: Peer, Rebecca J. [mailto:peerb@purdue.edu] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:27 PM To: dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Biological Engineering faculty candidate seminar Could you please forward this to people in your area that would be interested. Thanks, Isa Mbaraka BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CANDIDATE Research Seminar Monday, August 28, 2006 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. - ABE 301 "Nanostructured Catalysts for Conversion of Biorenewable Feedstocks" Abstract -- Bioprocessing of biorenewable feedstocks will likely require the development of new chemical processes as well as biological processes for economical manufacture of chemicals and/or fuels. However, biorenewable feedstock conversion with heterogeneous catalysts provides new challenges in inorganic catalyst research and development relative to the voluminous historical work with petrochemical feedstocks. These unique challenges include the need to selectively convert highly functionalized molecules and to develop catalytic liquid-solid interfaces in which the liquid phase is commonly aqueous. The implications of these requirements on catalyst design will be discussed as motivation for the utilization of newly synthesized nanostructured materials. These catalyst structures with high surface areas and regular arrays of uniformly sized mesopores hold promise for precise control of the reaction domain at the molecular level. Presented will be results for the application of acid-functionalized mesoporous catalysts for the conversion of lipids. The influence on catalyst performance due to the control of the pore diameter size as well as the modification of the site acidity and hydrophobicity of the reaction domain will be shown. Finally, the potential use of nanostructured catalysts in achieving the elusive goal of biomimetic catalysts will be discussed. Thanks, Becky Becky Peer Administrative Assistant Ag. & Biological Engineering 225 S. University Street Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2093 Phone: (765) 494-1162 Fax: (765) 496-1115

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House Vacuum and Solvent waste
by Dave Lubelski 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

The house vacuum is back online. All systems affected by the outage are back operational. Please do not use the empty solvent bottles for solvent waste. The new gallon white jugs are the only acceptable containers for solvent waste. Thank you, Lab Staff

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REMINDER
by Douglas, Kimberly C 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Your presense is requested for the BNC Carry-In on Wednesday August 30th. Please let me know what you will be bringing by Friday. We are looking for main dishes, side dishes, deserts, and drinks. My email again is kdouglas(a)purdue.edu or call 47053. Thanks Kim

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