May 2007 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

BNC Smoking Policy and Locations
by John Weaver 30 May '07

30 May '07

Please read the attached pdf file regarding smoking in the vicinity of the Birck Nanotechnology Center. Thanks, John John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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MONDAY MEMO -- even though it's Tuesday :)
by Deborah Starewich 29 May '07

29 May '07

MONDAY MEMO, MAY 28, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Shut down of West Lab Wing for PM: We are planning to complete a needed six-month preventative maintenance of the west lab wing chemical exhaust and air makeup systems for ~3.5 hours, if not issues arise. The shut down of the west lab wing chemical exhaust and makeup air units are scheduled for June 12 starting at 5:30AM, to be completed by 9:00AM. Shutting these systems down will increase the temperature in all the west labs. Therefore, temperature sensitive equipment will need to be idled. Since west lab wing chemical exhaust system will be down, all chemicals will need to be removed from the fume hoods by 4:00PM on June 11. All process tools using chemical exhaust will be shut down during the PM time as well. Please contact MARK VOORHIS should you have any questions or concerns (43036; mvoorhis(a)purdue.edu) 1.2: Check out e-pubs ( http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/> ) <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/> )> Papers that were originally submitted to the Director's office have now been posted on the Discovery Park e-pub page. The Birck Center is a "community" listed under Discovery Park. Follow the links from the website referenced above to see Birck's listings. If you submitted a paper but don't see it listed, there are a few possible reasons: 1) the publisher has denied access to the posting of the paper on other websites; 2) the publisher has limitations regarding when a paper may be posted ( i.e., may be posted 12 months after the first publication date); or 3) your publication does not indicate Birck as an affiliation. One advantage of using this service is that you can easily provide others a link directly to the current list of your papers without adding separate links for each paper. For example, on Prof. Fisher's "Publications" website, he has included the following statement: "*Electronic versions of many journal articles are available on Purdue's e-Pubs site for the Birck Nanotechnology Center. For all other papers, please send requests by email." The underlined text above, "Purdue's e-Pubs site," contains written code that directs surfers to a sorted listing of his electronic articles (http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&field _2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1 <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1> <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1 <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1> <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1 > > <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1 <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1> <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1 > > <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1 <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1> <http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Fisher&a mp;field_2=fname&value_2=Timothy&advanced=1 > > ). You may include this <a href> in the coded version of your own websites by simply using your first and last names where Tim has inserted his first and last names. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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BNC Research now on the website! (ON BEHALF OF TIM SANDS)
by Deborah Starewich 25 May '07

25 May '07

Dear BNC member: I am pleased to call your attention to the BNC webpage (www.nano.purdue.edu) Please click on "Research" above the banner. You will find several new content-rich additions, including the Overview presentations from last month's 1st Annual BNC Research Symposium in Breeze format (thanks to Joe Cychosz), and a link to the e-Pubs site where you will find BNC publications, posters, and dissertations (thanks to Deborah Starewich). Please take a moment to peruse, and feel free to send along any suggestions for additional content that you would find useful for recruiting students, promoting your work to the scientific community, or connecting to potential industrial partners. Deborah will be including more detailed information in the upcoming Monday memo regarding the e-Pubs site. Please continue to forward your publications posters, too, that list the BNC as an affiliation to Deborah for posting. To make the posting of completed dissertations easier, please let Deborah know of students who have graduated and who have acknowledged the Birck Center in their dissertations. We will continue to develop the website over the summer. Work on ³Facilities² is underway, and a major overhaul of the architecture of the website will be initiated soon. Have a great weekend- Tim -- Timothy D. Sands Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park, Purdue University www.nano.purdue.edu & Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering School of Materials Engineering & School of Electrical and Computer Engineering https://engineering.purdue.edu/MSE/Turner Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 phone: (765) 496-6105 fax: (765) 496-8383 e-mail: tsands(a)purdue.edu

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MONDAY MEMO
by Deborah Starewich 21 May '07

21 May '07

MONDAY MEMO, MAY 21, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Limited Submission Competition: NSF CI-TEAM. Per Cris King: The National Science Foundation¹s next deadline for the Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM) competition is August 27. This program supports projects that position the national science and engineering community to engage in integrated research and education activities promoting, leveraging and utilizing cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and services. The full program announcement may be found at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07564/nsf07564.htm <http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07564/nsf07564.htm> . For this competition, Purdue may submit one proposal (either Implementation or Demonstration) as lead organization. Internal letters of intent and preproposals (using templates on the website below) should clearly identify the type of proposal being submitted. Internal deadlines are as follows: Monday, June 18: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR. Monday, July 16: Preproposals due to the OVPR. Monday, July 23: Preproposal rankings due to the OVPR. Please note: Letters of intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed to OVPRlimited(a)purdue.edu. Purdue's recently-revised limited submission policy and template for letters of intent may be found at http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi <http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . For any case in which the number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an internal preproposal will be unnecessary. 1.2: Limited Submission Competition: Burroughs Wellcome Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research. Per Cris King: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has announced its 2008 Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research program, which fosters the development and productivity of established independent physicial scientists who will strengthen translational research through their own studies as well as by mentoring physician-scientist trainees. Applicants must hold an M.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. degree, and be in a tenure-track position. The full program announcement may be found at http://www.bwfund.org <http://www.bwfund.org> <http://www.bwfund.org/ <http://www.bwfund.org/> >. For this competition, Purdue may submit two proposals, with an additional one allowed for a female applicant and an additional one allowed for an underrepresented minority applicant. Internal deadlines are as follows: Monday, June 11: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR. Monday, July 9: Preproposals due to the OVPR. Monday, July 16: Preproposal rankings due to the OVPR. Please note: Letters of intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed to OVPRlimited(a)purdue.edu. Purdue's recently-revised limited submission policy and template for letters of intent may be found at http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi <http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . For any case in which the number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an internal preproposal will be unnecessary. **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: Candidate for the Avrum and Joyce Gray Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Seminar: Dr. Kenneth Kahn, Associate Professor of Marketing and Stokely Scholar, Department of Marketing and Logistics at the University of Tennessee in Knxoville, will present "The Future of Entrepreneurship and the Role of Entrepreneurship Centers in the 21st Century University," May 21, 2007, 1:30pm, KRAN 140 (Krannert Auditorium). Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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Spring Fling tomorrow
by MaryJo Totten 15 May '07

15 May '07

Hello Everyone, This is just a reminder that tomorrow is Spring Fling. That means there will be only one mail pick up and all Fed Ex and UPS must be to me by 8:00AM to go out tomorrow. Please call me if you have any questions. Mary Jo Totten Building Logistics Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University (765) 496-1173

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MONDAY MEMO, May 14, 2007
by Deborah Starewich 14 May '07

14 May '07

**************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Spring Fling: Wednesday, May 16, 11:30-4:00; Recreational Sports Center. Purdue University recognizes its greatest strength its people at Spring Fling 2007: Faculty, Staff, and Retirees Appreciation Day. **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: NCN/INAC Tutorial Lecture: "Microstructural Design of Electrically Active Materials and Devices Through Computational Modeling: The OOF Project," by R. Edwin Garcia, School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University; Wednesday, May 16, 2007, 2pm, EE 317. For additional details, visit http://discoverypark.purdue.edu/wps/portal/Nanotechnology/Seminar_Detail

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MONDAY MEMO
by Deborah Starewich 07 May '07

07 May '07

With the end of the semester, we do not have anything to submit for the Monday Memo. Updates have been made to the Birck website. Deborah Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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Building Announcement: Processes Gases are now up
by Deborah Starewich 02 May '07

02 May '07

Per Mark Voorhis, All process gases, including ammonia, are now up and available Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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CLEANROOM NOW OPEN
by Deborah Starewich 02 May '07

02 May '07

Per Mark Voorhis, the cleanroom maintenance has now been completed. The cleanroom is open for business once again. Thanks so much for your cooperation during this shut down period. Deborah Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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