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

Invitation to attend "Science Laureates Meeting Convenes" October 5
by Willison, Sheryl L 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Thursday, October 5 @ 10:30 a.m. - Invitation to attend the "Science Laureates Town Hall Meeting". Commons, Lawson Computer Science Building - Moira Gunn, Moderator. Laureates and faculty discuss the future of publication of scientific research, speculate about the future dissemination of science knowledge in the Internet age, and grapple with issues such as: * How does the Internet change science? * What are the most important issues in science to be communicated in the next 5 years? * What are the most misunderstood issues in science today? * What is the role of science journalism in the research and discovery cycle? * What is the role of science journalism in the entrepreneurship cycle? Confirmed faculty participants in the Town Hall will be Dean of Libraries James Mullins and Prof. William Muir of the College of Agriculture. Other possible participants are Profs. Herb Moskowitz, Patricia Davies, Joe Francisco, and Howard Sypher. The Town Hall will be audio and videotaped for podcasting. Overflow space will be provided. Mary Jo Bartolacci Director of Advancement The College of Science at Purdue mbartolacci(a)purdue.edu 765-496-3525 -- office 765-427-1921 -- mobile Math-Sciences Building, Room 940 150 North University West Lafayette IN 47907 Sheryl L. Willison, Secretary Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765)494-3509 Fax: (765) 496-8383 http://www.nano.purdue.edu/ <http://www.nano.purdue.edu/>

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Hallway Closure Postponed
by John Weaver 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

The closing of the entry area and hallway in the Birck Nanotechnology Center and in the Bindley Biosciences Center WILL NOT occur this Saturday as previously scheduled. The building will be open and accessible as it is on normal Saturday operations, i.e. card access required. Due to communications issues with the housekeeping organization, the hallway closure originally scheduled for tomorrow - Saturday, 30 September 2006 - has been postponed for two weeks. My apologies for any inconvenience that this has caused and especially for the short notice. Further communication will be given prior to the scheduled closing of the hallway on Saturday, 14 October 2006, as the date draws nearer. Thank you for your understanding, John Weaver John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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Hallway work on 9-30-06
by Hinrichs, Daniel R 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

THE WORK THAT WAS TO BE DONE TO THE 1ST FLOOR HALLWAYS HAS BEEN POSTPONE FOR TWO WEEKS AND NOW WILL BE DONE ON 10-14-06 SAME TIMES 5a.m. to 5p.m.. THANK YOU DAN HINRICHS BUILDING SERVICES CREW CHIEF

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Birck Living -- September Newsletter
by Annie Cheever 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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BRK Network Access
by Willison, Sheryl L 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

-----Original Message----- From: Galloway, Jeremy A Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:22 AM To: Willison, Sheryl L Subject: FW: BRK Building Access Sheryl, I think you are the person who has access to the Birck mailing lists, and I need to get a message out to users regarding an network outage. Please let them know that ITAP will be upgrading the networking equipment in Birck on Thursday (October 5th) from 4am to 6:30am. Network access will be unavailable/unreliable during this time. Please plan accordingly... -Jeremy Galloway ________________________________ From: Laffoon, Gregory C Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:19 AM To: Galloway, Jeremy A Subject: RE: BRK Building Access October 5th. Lets make it only Thursday. I did the same process in BIND today and it didn't take as long as I was expecting. I will be able to complete the work in a single outage from 4am to 6:30am. Thanks Gregory Laffoon Network Engineer, CCNP

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Seminar: Hur Koser, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, 9/25/06 @ 2 PM in BRK 2001
by Willison, Sheryl L 25 Sep '06

25 Sep '06

Magnetic Liquids for Lab-on-a-Chip and Rapid Diagnostics Applications Hür Köser Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Yale University Monday, September 25, 2006 2:00 PM in the Birck Building, Room 2001 Ferrofluids are stable colloidal suspensions of nanosize ferromagnetic particles in either aqueous or oil-based media. They have found their way into a variety of applications, such as sealing, damping and blood separation; in dilute, functionalized forms, they have also been used as drug delivery and MRI contrast agents. These complex liquids offer attractive alternatives to moving mechanical components in miniaturized cooling, pumping and integrated micro-total-analysis-systems for chip-scale chemistry and biology. Water-based ferrofluids can also be made bio-compatible, rendering them useful in novel cell manipulation and sorting schemes. We have recently proposed, modeled and experimentally confirmed that ferrofluids can be actuated and pumped in closed-loop geometries, even within geometries of micro-scale devices. The pumping dynamics depend on the average nanoparticle size within the ferrofluid. If particles are functionalized with a receptor molecule, the entire volume of the ferrofluid becomes a pathogen sensor that can detect minute quantities of target antigens efficiently and effectively. We are working on creating portable, disposable, cheap and miniaturized sensor and diagnostic devices based on this dynamic effect. We also briefly report on the development of a novel, ferrofluid-based assay to study a large quantity of ligand-receptor interactions quickly and simultaneously, without the need for any wash cycles. Dr. Koser obtained double B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Master's of Engineering degree for his work on magnetic random access memory devices at IBM T. J. Watson Research Laboratory. He stayed at MIT's Electrical Engineering Department the get a Ph.D. in the field of Microsystems (2002). After a post doctoral work in microfluidics at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department at Yale University as an Assistant Professor in 2003, where he currently conducts research in micro and nanotechnology applications to biomedical engineering and power devices. Dr. Koser has recently received the NSF Career Award for his work on ferrofluid dynamics and will be on a prestigious Junior Faculty Fellowship (awarded by Yale University) during the next academic year to expand his work on ferrofluids. He is also the receipient of the 2003 Yale Information Technology Systems (ITS) Instructional Innovation Award and the Moore Award for the development of a microfluidics-based teaching laboratory. Host: Cagri Savran, Mechanical Engineering Department, (48601, savran(a)purdue.edu) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ BNC-all mailing list BNC-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bnc-all

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Seminar: Hur Koser, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, 9/25/06 @ 2 PM in BRK 2001
by Annie Cheever 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

Magnetic Liquids for Lab-on-a-Chip and Rapid Diagnostics Applications Hür Köser Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Yale University Monday, September 25, 2006 2:00 PM in the Birck Building, Room 2001 Ferrofluids are stable colloidal suspensions of nanosize ferromagnetic particles in either aqueous or oil-based media. They have found their way into a variety of applications, such as sealing, damping and blood separation; in dilute, functionalized forms, they have also been used as drug delivery and MRI contrast agents. These complex liquids offer attractive alternatives to moving mechanical components in miniaturized cooling, pumping and integrated micro-total-analysis-systems for chip-scale chemistry and biology. Water-based ferrofluids can also be made bio-compatible, rendering them useful in novel cell manipulation and sorting schemes. We have recently proposed, modeled and experimentally confirmed that ferrofluids can be actuated and pumped in closed-loop geometries, even within geometries of micro-scale devices. The pumping dynamics depend on the average nanoparticle size within the ferrofluid. If particles are functionalized with a receptor molecule, the entire volume of the ferrofluid becomes a pathogen sensor that can detect minute quantities of target antigens efficiently and effectively. We are working on creating portable, disposable, cheap and miniaturized sensor and diagnostic devices based on this dynamic effect. We also briefly report on the development of a novel, ferrofluid-based assay to study a large quantity of ligand-receptor interactions quickly and simultaneously, without the need for any wash cycles. Dr. Koser obtained double B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Master's of Engineering degree for his work on magnetic random access memory devices at IBM T. J. Watson Research Laboratory. He stayed at MIT's Electrical Engineering Department the get a Ph.D. in the field of Microsystems (2002). After a post doctoral work in microfluidics at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department at Yale University as an Assistant Professor in 2003, where he currently conducts research in micro and nanotechnology applications to biomedical engineering and power devices. Dr. Koser has recently received the NSF Career Award for his work on ferrofluid dynamics and will be on a prestigious Junior Faculty Fellowship (awarded by Yale University) during the next academic year to expand his work on ferrofluids. He is also the receipient of the 2003 Yale Information Technology Systems (ITS) Instructional Innovation Award and the Moore Award for the development of a microfluidics-based teaching laboratory. Host: Cagri Savran, Mechanical Engineering Department, (48601, savran(a)purdue.edu) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Please Read! Entrance Closed 30 Sept 06
by Willison, Sheryl L 22 Sep '06

22 Sep '06

________________________________ From: John Weaver [mailto:jrweaver@ecn.purdue.edu] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:45 AM To: 'bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu' Subject: Entrance Closed 30 Sept 06 PLEASE NOTE! The first-floor entrance to the Birck Nanotechnology Center will be closed on Saturday, 30 September 2006, to repair floor damage. Since this is our primary entrance during the landscaping work, the closure will change our traffic pattern. During this time, to enter the facility: Enter Bindley Bioscience Center through the south door, go up the stairway, and cross the skywalk to the Birck Nanotechnology Center. Work will begin at 5:00 AM and should be completed by 5:00 PM. Normal access will resume at that time. The northeast laboratory hallway - serving BRK 1031, BRK 1039, BRK 1043, and BRK 1045 - will also be closed. To allow work in those laboratories, the galley servicing those laboratories will be open for this day only. The galley will be the non-emergency entrance and exit route while the hallway is closed. Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we repair the floor damage in both BRK and BIND. Thanks, John John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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Re: [BNC-all] Town Hall Meeting in BRK 1001 @ 1:30 PM, 9/21/06
by Willison, Sheryl L 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

________________________________ From: Annie Cheever [mailto:acheever@ecn.purdue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:37 PM To: bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Town Hall Meeting in BRK 1001 @ 1:30 PM, 9/21/06 BIRCK CENTER TOWN HALL MEETING Thurs., September 21, 2006 @ 1:30 PM BRK 1001 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Reminder: Seminar: Dr. Wojciech Szpankowski, CS, Purdue (LWSN 3102A/B, 9/18/06 1-2 PM)"What is Information?" sent per Sabre Kais request
by Annie Cheever 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

>>From: "Sabre Kais" <kais(a)purdue.edu> >>To: "Annie Cheever" <acheever(a)ecn.purdue.edu> >>Cc: "'Wojciech Szpankowski'" <spa(a)cs.purdue.edu> >>Subject: talk "What is Information?' >>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:16:16 -0400 >> >>Sabre Kais >>Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science >>The Birck Nanotechnology Center >>Purdue University >>West Lafayette, IN 47907 >>(765)494-5965 (Office) >>(765)494-0239 (Fax) >>http://www.chem.purdue.edu/kais/ >> >>>>>>> >>>Department of Computer Science >>>Science Lecture Series on Information >>>Fall 2006 >>> >>>"What is Information?" >>> >>>Prof. Wojciech Szpankowski >>>Department of Computer Science, Purdue University >>> >>>Monday, September 18, 2006 >>>1:00-2:00 pm >>>LWSN 3102A/B >>> >>>Abstract: >>>Information permeates every corner of our lives and shapes our universe. >>>Understanding and harnessing information holds the potential for significant >>>advances. The breadth and depth of underlying concepts of the science of >>>information transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries of scientific and >>>commercial endeavors. Information can be manifested in various forms: >>>business information is measured in dollars; chemical information is >>>contained in shapes of molecules; biological information stored >>>and processed >>>in our cells prolongs life. So what is information? >>>In this talk we first attempt to identify the most >>>important features of information and define it in the broadest possible >>>sense. We subsequently turn to the notion and theory of information >>>introduced by Claude Shannon in 1948 that served as the backbone for digital >>>communication. We go on to bridge Shannon information with Boltzmann's >>>entropy, Maxwell's demon, Landauer's principle and Bennett's irreversible >>>computations. We point out, however, that while Shannon created a successful >>>and beautiful theory of information for communication, a wide spread >>>application of information theory to economics, biology, life science and >>>complex networks seems to be still awaiting us. We shall discuss some >>>examples that recently crop up in biology, chemistry, computer science, and >>>quantum physics. We conclude with a list of challenges for future research. >>>We hope to put forward some educated questions, rather than answers, to the >>>issues and tools that lay before researchers interested in information. >>> >>>Bio: >>>Wojciech Szpankowski received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical >>>and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Gdansk in >>>1976 and 1980, respectively. Currently, he is Professor of Computer >>>Science (and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering) at Purdue >>>University. In 1992 he was Professeur Invite at INRIA-Rocquencourt, >>>France, in 1999 he was Visiting Professor at Stanford University, and >>>in 2006 the Erskine Fellow at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, >>>New Zealand. Szpankowski's research interests cover mainly analysis of >>>algorithms and information theory, and also bioinformatics, analytic >>>combinatorics, and stability problems of distributed systems. He >>>published the book "Average Case Analysis of Algorithms on Sequences", >>>John Wiley & Sons, 2001. >>>Dr. Szpankowski has been a guest editor and an editor of technical >>>journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, >>>Foundation and Trends in Communications and Information Theory, >>>Theoretical Computer Science, Combinatorics, Probability & Computing. >>>the ACM Transaction on Algorithms, and Int. J. Bioinformatics Research >>>and Applications. He co-chaired the Information Theory and Networking >>>Workshop, Metsovo, Greece, the "NSF Workshop on Information Theory >>>and Computer Science Interface", Chicago, and the workshop >>>"Information Beyond Shannon", Orlando. In June 2004 he directed >>>the MSRI Graduate Program on the "Analysis of Algorithms and >>>Information Theory". He is a Fellow of the IEEE. >>> >>>-Refreshments will be served before the talk in LWSN3102A/B. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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