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BNC Seminar Series - Thursdays at 10:30 in 1001, Fall 2007
by Kalapi Biswas 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Dear Birck Nanotechnology Center Researcher- The Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) is hosting a Birck Nanotechnology Center Seminar Series. When: Thursdays at 10:30 am (Fall 2007) Where: Birck 1001 Format: Each seminar will last an hour with ~ 40-45 minutes for the presentation and the remainder for questions. We hope to have an even mixture of professors and graduate students presenting their research. Guidelines for the presentations are as follow: Professors (see memo of 11/27/06): * Overview of your research at a level geared towards recruiting new grad students or reporting to a funding agency * Presentations will be videotaped and posted to the BNC website in Breeze format Graduate students: * Feel free to present on your research or on a "journal club" article * These seminars are a great opportunity to practice your prelim or thesis defense before presenting to your committee * If you are giving a talk at an upcoming conference, practice here first. If your talk is short (15-20 minutes), pair up with another grad and you both can present one Thursday. If you are interested in presenting a seminar, please contact Annie Cheever (acheever(a)ecn.purdue.edu) If you have further questions, please contact Annie or Kalapi Biswas (kgbiswas(a)purdue.edu, NSAC research awareness chair). Thank you. Kalapi Biswas & Tim Sands

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Monday Memo: 09.24.07
by Deborah Starewich 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

MONDAY MEMO, September 24, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Mark your calendars! 2nd Annual Boot Camp, Oct. 8 and 9, 9:00AM to 5:00PM; MRGN 121, open to faculty, staff, and student organizations. Day One: Key topics include: company formation, the importance of human capital, selling your idea, sources of capital, and company valuation. Also, hear about the experiences of the companies who won last year¹s event. Day Two: The morning session is devoted to presenting your company¹s ³quick pitch² to investors. The remainder of day two is for companies participating in the coaching sessions. No cost but registration is required: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/bdm/bootcamp/. For more information, contact Julie Goonewardene (jkgoonewardene(a)prf.org) 1.2: DURI Program Proposals due Tuesday, Oct. 9: The Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program is accepting proposals for research projects for the Spring 2008 semester. DURI involves Purdue undergraduates in the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research environment of Discovery Park. The program offers 50 internships per academic semester at the West Lafayette campus, funded through the Discovery Learning Center. Select interns to help advance your research from a pool of highly talented and motivated students. Mentor undergraduate students by fostering the exchange of ideas and creating new research opportunities. View additional information (including sample projects) and use the simple form to submit your project proposal online: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri> . If you have any questions, please contact: Amy Childress; Intern Coordinator; Discovery Learning Center; 63590; childres(a)purdue.edu. 1.3: Asian Initiative Announces Grant Opportunities for Fall 2007: Purdue's Asian Initiative, together with the Office of International Programs, announces two grant opportunities for Purdue faculty collaborating with partners in India and China. The grant programs are designed to foster and develop ties between Purdue and its Asian counterparts. ³Asian Initiative Research² (AIR) grants are designed to support faculty in the development of research collaborations with strategic partners in India and China. Grants will be in the range of $5000$10,000 to support activities that produce early, tangible results with the potential to attract significant outside funding and support. ³Visiting Indian and Chinese Scholars² (VICS) grants were created to bring to the West Lafayette campus high-caliber scholars from strategic institutions in China and India for a period of up to one semester. The goal of this program is to stimulate substantive, world-class research collaboration between Purdue and Chinese and Indian institutions, and to strengthen faculty and student exchange with these institutions. Copies of the RFPs for these two programs can be found via Purdue's Office of International Programs: http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/aid/. For additional information, contact Matthew Sikora; Asian Initiative Coordinator; Office of International Programs; 47552; mvsikora(a)purdue.edu. **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: Monday, September 24, 2:30: ³Understanding approach curves and scanned images in tapping mode AFM via VEDA,² Arvind Raman, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University; EE 317. ABSTRACT: Much information about the tip-sample material properties is buried in the amplitude and phase vs distance curves that are routinely acquired in tapping mode AFM. We will illustrate this with some example problems using the Dynamic Approach Curves (DAC) tool under VEDA- Virtual Environment for Dynamic AFM. Following this, we will use a few examples using the Amplitude Modulated Scanning (AMS) tool under VEDA to understand how imaging feedback parameters influence quality of images. BIO: Arvind Raman is Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering and the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University. He joined Purdue as an Assistant Professor in 2000. Earlier he earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (1999), an MSME from Purdue (1993) and a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1991). His interests lie in predicting and exploiting nonlinear dynamical phenomena in micro and nanosystems, and in coupled fluid-structural systems. Raman received the NSF CAREER award in 2002, the Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow award (2003), the Discovery in Mechanical Engineering award (2004), the College of Engineering's Outstanding Young Researcher award (2006), and is currently the BFS Shafer faculty fellow in Mechanical Engineering. 2.2: Tuesday, September 25, 2:30PM: ³Aviator vs. the Environment: Learning to Protect the Health of the High-Altitude Aviator during World War II,² Jay B. Dean, Professor, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory, College of Medicine, University of south Florida; MRGN 121. ABSTRACT. The air war of 1939-45 was a physiological war. Aviators flew non-pressurized planes to altitudes of 20,000-35,000 feet during long-range reconnaissance and bombing missions in order to evade enemy interceptors and anti-aircraft fire. Above 20,000 feet, aircrew performance was often impaired by hypoxia, decompression sickness (DCS), and hypothermia. Escaping from a disabled aircraft at high-altitude presented numerous physiological challenges to safe escape, including hypoxia, frostbite and the opening shock of the parachute. High-performance fighter aircraft subjected allied pilots to tremendous centrifugal forces during violent dog-fighting maneuvers that would leave them temporarily blinded and unconscious due to a reduction in brain blood flow. America would deploy its first pressurized bomber in the spring of 1944 (B-29 Superfortress) in the Pacific war to alleviate the physiological problems caused by reduced barometric pressure and cold. Pressurized flight, however, created a new problem; namely, it was unknown how aircrews would respond to explosive decompression at high-altitude following structural failure of their pressure cabin. If they survived decompression at 35,000 feet, how long did they have to don their oxygen masks before succumbing to hypoxia? Would the incidence of DCS increase? What were the physical forces during rapid decompression; specifically, was the ensuing wind blast during decompression great enough to inflict physical injury? Pioneering research on the physiologic effects of high-altitude and explosive decompression was conducted at the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, and several of the countries leading universities. Beginning with only 3 research laboratories in 1940, the nation's research program for high-altitude physiology would grow over the course of the war, such that it was without equal in the world by 1945 for providing protective flying equipment and training for allied aviators. By 1945, the high-altitude training program employed over 200 aviation physiologists running 65 altitude chambers at 45 Army airfields who indoctrinated more than 58,000 men per month in the physiologic effects of high altitude flight. Allied aviators were taught many procedures such as O2 discipline; prevention of DCS with 100% O2-prebreathing; appropriate use of bail-out O2 equipment in a high-altitude/low-opening parachute jump, which was necessary to avoid the opening shock of the parachute and to prevent hypoxia; use of the G-suit, which enabled pilots to withstand greater G-forces, and consequently to outperform their adversary in a dog-fight; and how to survive an explosive decompression. The successful aeromedical research and training programs established by these pioneering "physiological warriors" played a significant role in the Allies' air victory in the air war. The knowledge gained and the new practices established during the war years would propel the aviator into the jet age and lay the scientific foundation for space medicine in the post-war era. During the presentation, Dr. Dean will present archival photographs and film footage, much of which has never been published, from the original technical reports of the Wright Field Aero Medical Lab and the Ohio State University Laboratory of Aviation Physiology. 2.3: Thursday, September 27, 4:00PM refreshments; 4:30PM seminar: ³Structural Magnetotrictive alloys,² Dr. Alison Flatau, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, ME 161. ABSTRACT: Magnetostrictive materials belong to the family of smart materials that are enabling major advances in noise, vibration and shape control and new approaches to structural health monitoring. An introduction to magnetostrictive materials will be presented, followed by an emphasis on the new structural magnetostrictive alloy Galfenol with discussion of current and potential applications that range from nano-and mems sensors to large scale sonar devices. The presentation will include a summary of on-going research in our ONR MURI Program that is focused on structural magnetostrictive alloys, a discussion of some of the challenges associated with transitioning this relatively new alloy (still in the process of being patented) to commercial scale production and thoughts on taking advantage of its unique structural attributes (e.g. ductility and a negative Poison's ratio) will be included in the presentation. BIO: Dr. Flatau joined the University of Maryland Aerospace Engineering Dept. in 2002 after serving as Program Director for the Dynamic Systems Modeling, Sensing and Control Program at the National Science Foundation from 1998-2002. Prior to that, she was on the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics faculty at Iowa State University (1990-1998). Her experience also includes four years at the National Small Wind Systems Test Center in Golden, CO where she was a Senior Research Engineer. One of her key research activities is the development and application of magnetostrictive material actuators and sensors. A second research interest is active flow control. Since joining the University of Maryland, she has joined an active team of researchers in projects on rotorcraft and on the design and development of unmanned air vehicles with morphing capabilities using smart and multifunctional material actuation schemes. Dr. Flatau is currently the PI of an ONR MURI investigation, working with researchers from U. Maryland, U. Minn., Penn State, Va Tech, Rutgers, Ohio State and Iowa State on Structural Magnetostrictive Alloys. As the author of over 30 archival journal and book chapter contributions, Dr. Flatau currently serves as an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (2002-present). Dr. Flatau is a Senior Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Fellow of the ASME. 2.4: Friday, September 28, 3:30PM refreshments; 3:45PM seminar: ³Flow behavior of cast pur Mg and Mg-Zn alloys,² Gemma Mann, Engineering Education (ENE), INSPIRE, Purdue University; MSEE B12. ABSTRACT: It has been shown that the tensile and compressive behaviour of Mg alloys have two characteristics that set them apart from ferrous alloys and Al alloys. These differences appear to be significant for users of Mg alloys and their explanation also poses significant fundamental questions. The first characteristic is that yield in Mg starts at a far lower fraction of the 0.2% proof stress than it does in other alloys. The second characteristic is that unloading from the peak stress is highly non-linear in Mg alloys whereas in Al alloys and in steels unloading is linear. These two phenomena are important for designers of structural components. The alloys do not conform to the ideal of an elastic-plastic solid, and the non-linear behaviour may need to be taken into account in the appropriate numerical stress analysis codes. In a practical sense, therefore, it is necessary to quantify the behaviour. Tensile and compressive testing of alloys with various solute contents and grain sizes shows the effects of these parameters on the yield and flow of the material. At a more fundamental level, the microscopic mechanisms responsible for the behaviour were not previously understood. Microanalysis and hysteresis tests were aimed at determining the role of twinning in the deformation processes. BIO: Gemma Mann received her Bachelor of Science majoring in Physics with Honors at the University of Queensland, Australia, and has submitted for PhD in Materials Engineering. Her doctoral research was in cast magnesium alloys of different grain size and alloy content. She is currently a research associate in the Engineering Education (ENE) Department at Purdue University working for INSPIRE. ******************** 3. Birck Visitors ******************** 3.1: Monday, September 24, 9:00AM: Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce Visit/Tour, BRK 2001. 3.2: Thursday, September 27, 11:20AM: Indiana Economic Development Corporation 3.3: Thursday, September 27, 9:40AM: College of Science Office of Undergraduate Education 3.4: Saturday, September 29, 9:30AM: James Sperlik and family; Tom Scholl, venture capitalist ****************** 4. Funding Alerts ****************** 4.1: NSF-SIA/NRI Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Supplements to NSF Centers in Nanoelectronics (NSF 07-051); National Science Foundation (NSF); http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/110528. 4.2: Defense Sciences Research and Technology Nanostructured Materials for Power; United States Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/110540. 4.3: Annual Showalter Trust Competition, per Dr. Charles Rutledge: proposals are for one year with a project period of July 1, 2008June 30, 2009. All guidelines, procedures, and instructions are available at http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/showalter.html <http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/showalter.html> http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/kinley.html <http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/kinley.html> . The Showalter Will specifies that the following areas of research would have priority for funding: 1) Air and water pollution research; 2) Research in the field of biochemistry; 3) Research for the control and prevention of disease; 4) Research for development of new technologies in food production; 5) Research in medical and biophysical instrumentation, including the adaptation of the modern computer in the measurement of biological processes, in the collection, recording, analysis, and interpretation of data. ****************** 5. Life on the Outside ****************** 5.1: How many apples do you have? Do you have the 5 apples needed to finalize the criteria for the Healthy Purdue Initiative? If you do, great! You will receive $250 (minus taxes) in 2008! You¹ve also learned new skills and techniques for a healthier lifestyle worth much more than $250. The deadline to earn five apples is November 9, 2007. That is 7 weeks from today. Please don¹t delay. Check how many apples you have earned: https://www2.itap.purdue.edu/bs/WorkLife/index.cfm; enter your career account login and password; click on ³Wellness Criteria Tracking² on the left side of the page; there will be checkmarks below the apples with dates that they were acknowledged. If you have any questions, Barbara J. Doremire; 43513; bjd(a)purdue.edu. 5.2: Welcome the newest Birck family member! Bridget Hines announces the arrival of Olivia Rose: Olivia entered the world at 5:45AM on Sunday morning. She is beautiful! 6 Lb 3 1/2 oz, 19 in. Pictures to come. 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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Reminder concerning Town Hall Meeting 9/20/2007
by Lane, Melissa J 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Please plan on attending the TOWN HALL MEETING TODAY When: THURSDAY, 09/20/2001 Time: 1:30PM Where: BRK 1001 SEE YOU ALL THERE! MELISSA

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LN2
by Kenny Schwartz 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hit to all LN2 stytems are on line Thanks Kenny Kenny Schwartz Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University PH 765-496-1174 kfschwar(a)purdue.edu

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Liquid Nitrogen is down today
by Kenny Schwartz 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Hi to all We are installing a new phase separator in the MBE lab today and the Liquid Nitrogen system will be down all day today. This is only the Liquid all high pressure gas systems are online Thanks Kenny Kenny Schwartz Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University PH 765-496-1174 kfschwar(a)purdue.edu

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TOWN HALL MEETING: Thursday, 09.20.07 1:30 BRK 1001
by Deborah Starewich 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

This information was omitted from the Monday Memo, IN ERROR. Please plan on attending the TOWN HALL MEETING THURSDAY, 09.20 1:30PM BRK 1001 Thanks! 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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MONDAY MEMO, September 17, 2007
by Deborah Starewich 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

MONDAY MEMO, September 17, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: TEACHING opportunity . . . Fall Super Saturday Program runs for six Saturdays from 6 October to 17 November (there is no class on the Nov. 10); classes run 9AM to 12 Noon. A nanotechnology class for 7th and 8th graders is being offered: ³Imagine a computer chip the size of the head of a pin. Now imagine one even smaller! Learn about new advances in technology and how the smallest item can be the most powerful. Explore the world of tiny technology, and what those microscopic tools could do for us in the future.² Pay is $435 ($500 w/Masters degree). This would be a very rewarding experience. Please contact Stacey Folyer, Gifted Education Resource Institute, 47243; sfolyer(a)purdue.edu. 1.2: GRAD STUDENTS: Elections for the NSAC Executive Committee will be held on Tuesday, September 18, at 2:00PM in BRK 2001. ALL ARE WELCOME!! Please attend whether you decide to run for an office or not. There are many spots on the council that need to be filled. SNACKS will be provided. Contact Bridget Hines, NSAC President, with any questions or concerns (bdolash(a)purdue.edu) 1.3: MANN Hall Facilities Use: Here is the most recent link for the documents for the use of Mann Hall Facilities and conference room 203. Updates will be made on this site, so you may not want to print this out, but rather just refer to this link: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/E-Enterprise/MANNHall.php <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/E-Enterprise/MANNHall.php> **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: Monday, September 17, 2:30pm; ³Simulating with PETE: Purdue Exploratory Technology Evaluator,² Arijit Raychowdhury, ECE, Purdue University; EE 317. ABSTRACT: Using PETE one can evaluate any MOSFET like devices or any New Devices in terms of performance on Benchmark circuits. The input to the tool can be in terms of typical MOSFET parameters or in terms of I-V and C-V tables. The Benchmark circuits include minimum sized inverter, nand chain, norchain, 8-bit Full Adder, Ring Oscillator and Cascaded inverters driving a big load capacitance. Further, one can perform DC simulations on inverters and obtain voltage transfer characteristics (VTCs) and noise margin/ gain from the VTC. In this tutorial we will discuss how to use PETE for evaluating exploratory nano devices. We will further discuss the algorithms used, the interface and some caveats while using the tool. BIO: Arijit Raychowdhury received his B.E. degree in 2001 in Electronics and Telecommunication engineering from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. Since 2002, he has been pursuing Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer engineering at Purdue University, IN. He has worked as an Analog Circuit Designer with Texas Instruments Inc., India (2002 to 2003) and with the Circuit Research Labs, Intel Corporation (summer of 2005 and 2006) pursuing design ideas with novel nano- devices. His research interests include device/circuit design for scaled silicon and non-silicon technologies. Mr. Raychowdhury has received academic excellence awards in 1997, 2000, and 2001, the Meissner Fellowship from Purdue University in 2002, the NASA INAC Fellowship in 2003 and the Intel PhD Fellowship Award in 2005. He has received Best Paper Awards at IEEE NANO 2003 and ISLPED, 2006. He holds six patents and has published over thirty articles in journals and refereed conferences. 2.2: Tuesday, September 18, 3:30, ³Nanodevices and Maxwell¹s Demon,² by Supriyo Datta, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, Forney Hall G140. 2.3: Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Tuesday, September 18, 7:30-4:00pm; ³Transforming Healthcare Delivery²; STEW 218. Register at www.purdue.edu/rche/fall2007 <http://www.purdue.edu/rche/fall2007> . Network with colleagues and students in exploring Purdue¹s multidisciplinary advances in some of the most challenging health issues of our time. 2.4: Thursday, September 19, 10:00: ³Cryptomics: Identificaation of Novel bioactive Peptides from Intact Proteins,² Prof. Ian Smith, Executive Director Comercialization and Industry Engagement and Associate Dean Biotechnology, Monash University, MRGN 121. 2.5: Friday, September 21, 3:30 refreshments; 3:45 seminar: ³Texture Engineering of Electronic Ceramics,² Toshihiko Tani, Principal Research Scientist & Manager, Inorganic Materials Lab, Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Professor, Toyota Technological Institute, Tokyo Japan; MSEE B012. ABSTRACT: Properties of industrially useful substances are often anisotropic and performances of materials are dependent on the microstructure of the materials and the direction of external field. Although bulk single crystals generally give the best performance of a substance, they also have disadvantages in production cost, mechanical toughness, and compositional design freedom. Other approaches to extract the intrinsic properties of a substance are fabrication of textured ceramics. Texture engineering of ceramics has collected attentions especially in piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics, as well as electronic and ionic conductors. Exploiting self-texture is a unique way to fabricate textured thin films without using single crystal substrates. Templated grain growth using reactive or non-reactive seeds are effective method to fabricated highly textured bulk ceramics through powder processing. This method is especially useful to enhance properties of electronic materials with compositional restriction in terms of environmental compatibility. Examples are shown for lead-free piezoelectric ceramics and oxide thermoelectric ceramics textured by the reactive-templated grain growth processing. In situ conversion reactions of template particles were investigated by TEM and high-temperature XRD. Developed texture was examined by pole-figure XRD and EBSP. Introduction of Toyota CRDL and activities in materials research is also made prior to starting the main topic. BIO: Toshihiko Tani received his B.S. in Metallurgy from University of Tokyo in 1980, his M.S. in Metallurgy from University of Tokyo in 1982 and a M.S. in Ceramic Science from University of Illinois in 1993, and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Illinois in 1994. Dr. Tani¹s research interests are in synthesis and processing of functional ceramics; texture engineering of electronic ceramics; and single crystal growth of wide bank gap semiconductors. He has received the following honors: 2002 Japanese Society of Powder Metallurgy, Award for Innovatory Research; 2004 The American Ceramic Society, Corporate Environmental Achievement Award, and 2005 Ceramic Society of Japan, Award for Academic Achievements. ******************** 3. Birck Visitors ******************** 3.1: Wednesday, September 19, TBA (between 9:00 and 10:30): Dr. Bill Rouse, Executive Director, Tennenbaum Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology; Professor, College of Computing and School of Industrial and Systems Engineering 3.2: Wednesday, September 19, 11:10: Doris Sprong and Alumni 3.3: Friday, September 21, 3:25: Purdue Calumet Faculty 3.4: *****Sunday, September 23, 4:30-6:00: Big 10+ Grad Expo Your PARTICIPATION is needed J Our Engagement group, lead by Candiss Vibbert, is working on the final details that include ~100 people. We have one faculty member who has volunteered to be here but we need more. Please contact Deborah Starewich if you/your students are available. ****************** 4. Items of Interest ****************** 4.1: Business Competition: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is hosting a business competition, ³Global Venture Challenge,² April 24, 2008, at ORNL. An associated website, <http://www.globalventurechallenge.com/>, will be launched at the end of the month. The competition will once again use the Idea to Product competition format, but the focus will be on energy applications (i.e., New types of fuels; Nuclear energy; Fuel processing or production improvements; Materials innovations, e.g., new nanocatalyst for fuel cells, lighter materials; Sensors for monitoring systems; Power supplies; Lighting innovations; Building products designed to increase energy savings; Energy control and reporting systems; Energy generation sources, e.g., photovoltaics, fuel cells, water, wind, gas turbines; Energy efficiency improvements or conservation technology, including recycling breakthroughs; Distributed energy load balancing, hardware, software, and services; Emission controls; Energy storage; Energy transmission; Energy distribution; Energy services). Students will have an expanded program where they learn more about ORNL and spend time with key people in their particular areas of research and business. They will have more time to interact with attending venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Leaders t key energy companies will be invited judges at the competition, so students will be able to network with potential employers in the energy industry. Tara Marlow, with Tech 2020, will be on point for the overall program (marlow(a)tech2020.org) 4.2: International Association of Nanotechnology (IANANO: http://www.ianano.org <http://www.ianano.org> <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E404645424A4B0E08.aspx <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E404645424A4B0E08.aspx> <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E404645424A4B0E08.aspx > >) would like to invite you to participate in our upcoming events highlighting the emerging fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology and clean technology; upcoming 2007 events are as follows: The Nano Bio Clean Tech Forum a monthly networking meeting for local business executives, entrepreneurs, scientist, engineers, and all professionals interested in the emerging fields of Nanotechnology, biotechnology and clean technology. Invited speakers and a panel of experts will highlight some important topics and issues facing the new industry, such as research and development, intellectual property, joint venture, environmental impacts, regulations, and venture capital investment. Dates: 2nd Tuesday of each month (October 9, November 13, December 11, 2007); 5:308PM; Location: 1290 Parkmoor Ave, San Jose, CA 95126. For more information, please visit: http://www.ianano.org/Nanobiocleantech.htm <http://www.ianano.org/Nanobiocleantech.htm> <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E4B4B4047434B0E08.aspx <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E4B4B4047434B0E08.aspx> <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E4B4B4047434B0E08.aspx > > Professional Development Workforce Training Programs in Nanotechnology Training participants will gain state-of-the-art knowledge from world-class instructors and experts from the industry and academia, while creating a new network of peers and supportive contacts to tackle your next major projects of either new product development through applications of nanotechnology, or expanding your market share worldwide. Two courses are available: ³Business Re-Engineering²: a 2-day intensive workshop to equip senior executives and business managers to bring your product development into the next level with nanotechnology applications, while improving productivity and strengthening your market share in today¹s global marketplace; and ³Train the Trainers²: a 3-day intensive workshop for technical managers and science instructors to up-skill their expertise in Nanoscience to become trainers or instructors in the new field of advanced manufacturing. Training session dates: September 12 -14, October 17-19, November 5-7, December 5-7, 2007; Location: 1290 Parkmoor Ave. San Jose, CA. For more information, please visit: http://www.cinano.com <http://www.cinano.com> <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E45404B4743460E08.aspx <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E45404B4743460E08.aspx> <http://nanotechcongresssmailer.com/080E1602171C15131517320207001607175C1716 070E434B464A430E434B404442430E400E45404B4743460E08.aspx > > 4th International Congress of Nanotechnology (ICNT) and 1st Clean Tech World Congress: The two conferences will gather world-class nanotechnologists, researchers and corporate executives in the emerging fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology and clean technology. Conference dates: November 58; Location: San Francisco, CA. 4.3: Asian Initiative Announces Two Grant Opportunities for Fall 2007: Purdue¹s Asian Initiative, together with the Office of International Programs, announces two grant opportunities for Purdue faculty collaborating with partners in India and China. Both grant programs are designed to foster and develop ties between Purdue and its Asian counterparts in the areas of: research collaboration; international student recruitment; study abroad opportunities; alumni relations; and development. Below is a brief description of each grant, preceded by a link to the corresponding RFP. Asian Initiative Research (AIR) grants <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/resource/AIR2007-08RFP.pdf <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/resource/AIR2007-08RFP.pdf> <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/resource/AIR2007-08RFP.pdf > > are designed to support faculty in the development of research collaborations with strategic partners in India and China. Grants will be in the range of $5000 - $10,000 to support activities that produce early, tangible results with the potential to attract significant outside funding and support. Visiting Indian and Chinese Scholars (VICS) grants <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/resource/RFPVisitingIndianChineseScholars.pdf <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/resource/RFPVisitingIndianChineseScholars.pdf> <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/resource/RFPVisitingIndianChineseScholars.pdf > > were created to bring to the West Lafayette campus high-caliber scholars from strategic institutions in China and India for a period of up to one semester. The goal of this program is to stimulate substantive, world-class research collaboration between Purdue and Chinese and Indian institutions, and to strengthen faculty and student exchange with these institutions. If you have difficulty using the above web links, copies of the RFPs for these programs can be found via Purdue's Office of International Programs: http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/aid/ <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/aid/> . Hard copies of the RFPs will also be distributed to all West Lafayette faculty through campus mail. For additional questions about these programs, or to schedule a meeting to discuss proposal ideas prior to submission, please contact Matthew Sikora, Asian Initiative Coordinator; Office of International Programs; 47552; mvsikora(a)purdue.edu; http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/AsianInitiative/ <http://www.ippu.purdue.edu/AsianInitiative/> ****************** 5. Life on the Outside ****************** 5.1: Congrats to Vicki Johnson on her newest granddaughter: Melanie Lynn Johnson-Arenas, born 09.11.07: 7 lbs. 10 oz and 20² long J 5.2: Come One Come All: MOVING SALE: Southside Lafayette (Valley Forge addition), 4022 John Adams, Lafayette IN 47909. Friday and Saturday, 09.21 and 09.22, 7am to Noon. 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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Ultrapure Water Update
by John Weaver 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

The problems with the ultrapure water that resulted from the system maintenance efforts have been resolved, and the water quality is once again in the range of "Nanotechnology-Grade Water." Critical operations may now resume. The TOC is somewhat higher than our normal levels - 400 ppT as compared to 225 ppT - and the boron level is higher than normal - 92 ppT as compared to <15 ppT. Even with this, we are producing some of the cleanest water in existence and these levels should have no impact on research. Please contact Tim Miller (miller(a)ecn.purdue.edu) if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your patience through this unexpected excursion, John John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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FW: Construction Noise Update
by Weaver, John R 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

________________________________ From: Zachary, Joseph B [mailto:jbzachary@purdue.edu] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:04 PM To: Weaver, John R; Buck, Charles R; Paczolt, Thomas M. Cc: Skiba, Chris E Subject: RE: Construction Noise Update The contractor has just informed me that the pile driving will be done on Thur 9/13 in lieu of Tues 9/11. _____________________________________________ From: Zachary, Joseph B Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 11:29 AM To: 'jrweaver(a)purdue.edu'; 'cbuck(a)purdue.edu' Subject: Construction Noise John, Charles, I want to make you aware that on Tues. 9/11/07 the contractor at the Replacement Student Housing Project will be driving some piling to protect a couple of holes dug in First street. That will occur a couple of blocks away from where you are. It shouldn't be all day and I don't know if you will even hear anything or not, but I want to make you aware. Joe Zachary General Construction Inspector Purdue University Office: 765-494-0950 Cell: 765-479-0126 Fax: 765 494-0918

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MONDAY memo
by Deborah Starewich 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

MONDAY MEMO, September 10, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Policy and Procedures Committee Meeting: Monday, September 10, 3:00-4:30, BRK 2001. 1.2: TESTING scheduled: Tuesday, September 11, 9:00AM; emergency generator/auto transfer switch test for "E" electric panels. Systems connected to emergency electric panels should see ~10 sec outage. During this test there is always a chance that the transfer switch could fail causing a longer power interruption. This test was completed two months ago with no major issues. (see Mark Voorhis with questions or concerns) 1.3: Vibration Potential: The construction project across State Street will be doing heavy pile-driving work on Tuesday, 9/11/07. While we don¹t expect it to have an impact [pun intended] on vibration levels at BNC, that possibility does exist. Please be aware of this potential issue. (see John Weaver with questions or concerns) 1.4: CORAL problems? ECN has created a new queue for reporting problems with Coral. Please use this to send all trouble reports or questions about the Coral software system to coral(a)ecn.purdue.edu. Account requests still go to https://engineering.purdue.edu/NANO/coral 1.5: REFRIGERATOR cleaned: Friday, September 14 J Please have anything you want kept, clearly marked with your name and a date on it. 1.6: RAT reservation system restored: We believe that the RAT reservation system has now been restored by ecn. If you have any problems or concerns, please contact Melissa Lane (lanem(a)purdue.edu) **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: Theory Seminar; Monday, September 10, 6:30, ³Scaling and Computational Issues in Hydrology,² by Professor Rabi H. Mohtar, Birck 1001 Rabi H. Mohtar, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering at Purdue. His research priorities is in the environmental and natural resources conservation engineering, including: water, soil, plant, and animal; evaluation of environmental impacts of land use and water management; innovative soil and groundwater remediation technologies; application of numerical methods to food, natural and biological engineering systems; characterization of the soil water medium at the pedon, field, and watershed scales; and design and evaluation of international sustainable water management programs to deal with water shortage conditions. 2.2: Intell: Tech Talk & Graduate Student Reception; Wednesday, September 12; Tech talk 5:00pm-5:45pm; Networking Reception 5:45pm-6:30pm; ME 118 Martin Giles will talk about Extending Moore¹s Law in the Nanotechnology Era. Intel will host a pizza reception afterwards where you can network with other Intel employees and get any additional questions answered. Intel is hiring MS and PhD students for internships and full-time positions. Seeking grad students with backgrounds in: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Statistics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics 2.3: Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar, Thursday, September 13, 4:30-5:30, ³On the History of Ancient Engineering with Emphasis on Mechanics,² by Dr. Werner Soedel, Herrick Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, ME 161; REFRESHMENTS 4:00, ME 254 ABSTRACT: This is an informal, non-scientific, slide based presentation with the theme that in early times discoveries in physics and mathematics usually followed or were stimulated by practical engineering developments and needs. More often that not, so called ³fathers of physics and mathematics² were practicing engineers. A prime example is Archimedes. The presenter has over the years done research on historical engineering topics as a sideline to his work in vibrations, acoustics and machinery dynamics, in collaborations with Professor Vernard Foley of the Purdue History Department. Together, they published a number of papers and are probably best known to wider audiences for their publications in Scientific American. The slide presentation traces engineering history starting with Egypt, through Greece and Rome into Europe from ancient times to roughly the renaissance. Influences of other cultures are acknowledged. Because of time limitations, the presentation is somewhat anecdotal and omits a number of important engineering developments. BRIEF BIO: Professor in 1967, Associate Professor in 1971 and Full Professor in 1975, all at Purdue. Was appointed Herrick Professor of Engineering in 2002. Main interests are in mechanics, particularly in vibrations and dynamics of solids, liquids, and gases. This includes vibrations of shells and acoustics. Also strong interest in mathematical modeling and computer simulations of machinery dynamics, and he history of engineering. Chairman of the Mechanics Area Committee in the School of Mechanical Engineering of Purdue University since 1983. Published over 234 papers in journals and proceedings, one textbook on vibrations of shells and plates in 1982, with a revised and expanded 2nd edition in 1993, and an even more expanded edition in 2004; another textbook on sound and vibrations of compressors; one Encyclopedia article, five short course text books on valve dynamics and gas pulsations in machinery, editor of twenty-one volumes of conference proceedings, the latest volume in 2004. Active in continuing education: Organized and taught short courses on vibration isolation, gas pulsations, valve mechanics, compressor noise, mathematical modeling and simulation of compressors. Consultant to 51 industrial companies. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Acoustical Society of America, the Society of Experimental Stress Analysis and the American Academy of Mechanics. Member of honorary societies Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. 1972 and 1976 recipient the Solberg Award. In 1986, Ralph Coates Roe Award from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1995. Cited in American Men of Science, International Scholars Directory, and other biographical works. Editorial Board and Americas Editor of the Journal of Sound and Vibration (from 1989-2005). 2.4: Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Tuesday, September 18, 7:30-4:00pm; ³Transforming Healthcare Delivery²; STEW 218. Register at www.purdue.edu/rche/fall2007 <http://www.purdue.edu/rche/fall2007> . Network with colleagues and students in exploring Purdue¹s multidisciplinary advances in some of the most challenging health issues of our time. ******************** 3. Birck Visitors ******************** 3.1: Ethicon-Endo Surgery, a division of Johnson and Johnson, visit; Wednesday, September 12, 9:30 3.2: Purdue Recruitment Council meeting; Wednesday, September 12, 1:00; BRK 1001; tour to begin ~2:30 **************** 3. OnePurdue **************** Legacy Employee Self Service: With the implementation of the OnePurdue system 7/1/2007, employee information and payment data is available on a new Employee Self Service site, accessed at: https://erp-portal-prd.itap.purdue.edu/irj/portal. As part of the implementation, all year-to-date pay information for 2007 was converted into the OnePurdue system. Now that the OnePurdue HR/Payroll implementation is complete, the legacy Employee Self Service application located at: https://www.purdue.edu/user/login will be disabled on October 5, 2007. If you have any questions, please contact hrs(a)purdue.edu. 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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