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Fill Physics and Engineering Jobs Fast & Easy at the APS/DPP Job Fair in Philadelphia, PA
by Willison, Sheryl L 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

-----Original Message----- From: Alix Brice [mailto:jobfairs@aps.org] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 1:19 PM To: Starewich, Deborah S. Subject: Fill Physics and Engineering Jobs Fast & Easy at the APS/DPP Job Fair in Philadelphia, PA The 48th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics Job Fair is the place where recruiters and hiring managers meet with job seekers from all areas of plasma physics; beams and coherent radiation; inertial confinement and high energy density plasmas; magnetic confinement; theory and simulation; plasma technology; and space and astrophysical plasmas. The Job Fair will take place October 30-November 1, 2006 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel. If you are looking to fill positions such as these below, the APS/DPP Job Fair is the right place for you. * Analyst * Project Manager * Applied Physicist * Research Associate * Computational Scientist * Research and Development Engineer * Data Specialist * RF Plasma Engineer * Electronics Engineer * Scientist * Experimentalist * Senior Scientist * Instructor * Staff Researcher * Nuclear Physicist/Engineer * Technical Group Leader * Physicist * Tenure-Track Faculty * Process Engineer * Test Engineer More Job Fair Information: * Over 200 top job candidates in attendance * Over 5,000 searchable resumes in our resume database * Pre-registration deadline is October 15, 2006 * Booth and Table employers receive 10 online job postings with resume search * You do not have to be an APS member to participate * All job candidates will have a PhD, Masters or Bachelors in physics, engineering or related physical sciences * Over 35 employers participate in this event * Space is limited, only 4 Booths and 10 Tables remain * Online resume database access, job postings and interview scheduling will be available before, during and after the meeting * Can not attend? Advertise your job announcement online and at the Job Fair for only $100 * Discounts available if you call or reply today through Friday, Sept. 15 48th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics Job Fair October 30-November 1, 2006 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel Click here to visit the site: http://www.physicstoday.org/jobs/APSDPP_jobfair.html?email=dpp06INT Remember, if you can not attend the Job Fair, you can post your job opening on the Physics Today Online Career Network and at the Job Fair for only $100! (Jobs will not be posted online until October 2, 2006) Click here to login to your account: http://careers.physicstoday.org/companies/ If you need more information, please feel free to give me a call. Best Regards, Alix Brice APS/DPP Job Fair Job Fair Coordinator 1 Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 Phone: 301-209-3187 Fax: 301-209-0841 http://www.physicstoday.org/jobs/APSDPP_jobfair.html?email=dpp06INT mailto:abrice@aip.org ______________________________________________________ To change your subscription details or stop receiving emails, reply to this email.

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Town Hall Meeting September 21, 2006
by Willison, Sheryl L 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

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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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 08 Sep '06

08 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 > >Annie, >Could you please distribute the following announcement >Thanks, > >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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Updated schedule for the Lectures on e-beam lithography
by Minghao Qi 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Dear all, The schedule for the lectures on e-beam lithography is attached below. The morning sessions start at 8:30AM and the location changes, while the evening session start at 6PM and are always at BRK 2001 except for today (in BRK 1001). Tues (9/5) BRK 2001 Wed (9/6) 8:30-noon 2001 6-10 pm 1001 Thurs (9/7) 8:30-noon 1099 6-10 pm 2001 Fri (9/8) 8:30-noon 1001 6-10 pm 2001 Mon 9/11 8:30-12 1201 6-10 pm 2001 Tues 9/12 8:30-5 2001 6-10 pm 2001 Wed 9/13 8:30-12 1001 6-10 pm 2001 Thur 9/14 8:30-12 1099 6-10 pm 2001 Fri 9/15 8:30-12 1201 6-10 2001 Best, Minghao -- Minghao Qi Assistant Professor Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering EE Building, Rm 348G 465 Northwestern Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2035 Tel: 765-494-3646 Fax: 765-494-6440 Email: mqi(a)purdue.edu

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Intellisense training Sept 7 and 8
by Willison, Sheryl L 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

________________________________ From: Wereley, Steven T. Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 4:15 PM To: Willison, Sheryl L; Cheever, Annette M. Subject: Intellisense training Sept 7 and 8 (announcement) Intellisense will be on campus Thursday and Friday (Sept 7 and 8) to conduct training for their Intellisense software suite which can simulate a wide variety of micro and nano scale systems. Further, they have agreed to provide full licenses to their software for free, so this opportunity isn't limited to current owners of their software. Anyone who is interested should look at the attached announcement and get back to me if they are interested in attending. Best, Steve Wereley, Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, Room 175, 585 Purdue Mall and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Room 2268, 1205 West State Street Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 phone: 765/494-5624, fax: 765/494-0539 web page: http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~wereley

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REMINDER East lab shutdown
by Annie Cheever 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

>From: "Mark Voorhis" <mvoorhis(a)purdue.edu> >To: "'Annie Cheever'" <acheever(a)ecn.purdue.edu> >Subject: [BNC-all] East lab shutdown >Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:04:45 -0400 > >Annie, > >Can you please forward this again to all users as a reminder. > >Thank you, > >Mark > >-----Original Message----- >From: bnc-all-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu [mailto:bnc-all-bounces@ecn.purdue.edu] >On Behalf Of Dave Lubelski >Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:03 PM >To: bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu; bnc-all(a)purdue.edu >Subject: [BNC-all] East lab shutdown > >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 >_______________________________________________ >BNC-all mailing list >BNC-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu >https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bnc-all -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Lectures on e-beam lithography and the VB6-UHR tool in Birck this evening
by Minghao Qi 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Dear all, Our multi-million-dollar electron-beam lithography system has finally passed the acceptance tests and is now commissioned! Starting from today till Sept. 15th, Vistec engineers will start a two-week long training session. While the hands-on training is limited to four people, there are a significant portion of the training that is lecture style. Vistec engineers have graciously agreed to have an extra lecture this evening on the overview of e-beam lithography and on the tool installed in Birck. I would encourage those of you who are interested in using e-beam lithography to attend this lecture. For your convenience, I have attached a pdf version of the lecture notes. Time: 6:30pm-9pm TODAY! Location: BRK 2001 The operation of the VB6-UHR tool is quite complicated and we will probably limit the number of people who can operate the machine at this moment. However, several aspects of the e-beam lithography, such as estimating how long the exposure takes, setting up job files and layouts, are essential to everyone who wants to take advantage of the e-beam lithography. Cheers, Minghao

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Pleaes attend the Two Seminars for September 6, 2006
by Willison, Sheryl L 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

<<Greg Wilson-Toronto-Sept 6 seminar announcement.pdf>> <<Klimeck_McLennan_NCN_Callout_2006-mmc.pdf>> > These two seminars are Wednesday, September 6, 2006. > > Thanks, > Gerhard > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Gerhard Klimeck, Technical Director > Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) > Professor of Electrical Engineering > Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > -ph.(765) 494 9212 cel:(765) 412 4364 fx:(765) 494 0811- > ---------------- mailto:gekco@purdue.edu ----------------- > --------------- http://nanohub.org/klimeck --------------- > ----------- http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~gekco ------------- >

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For Faculty Only - This is a actual opportunity for Sept.5 due date
by Willison, Sheryl L 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Sorry for the earlier "ignore" message. This is an actual opportunity for faculty only for Sept. 5 due date of interest. I apologize for the miss information. Sheryl ________________________________ 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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August Town Hall Minutes
by Willison, Sheryl L 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Please view the minutes from the last Town Hall meeting on August 17, 2006 Thank you, 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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