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February 2008
- 8 participants
- 14 discussions
REMINDER:
Town hall meeting, Thursday
02.21.08
1:30PM
BRK 1001
We¹ll enjoy seeing you there :)
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Users of BNC cleanroom and laboratories -
Until further notice, all hazardous gases in the BNC are shut down. This is
necessary to fully troubleshoot the fault that caused the evacuation earlier
this morning. Please see Coral for status of the systems affected by this
shutdown. Inert gases are still available, and all processes not using
hazardous gases may run as normal.
I will send another e-mail when the gases have been restored.
Unfortunately, I do not have a timeframe in which that will happen - it
depends on the length of time it takes to solve the problem.
For your information, the evacuation this morning was caused by an active
alarm in the exhaust of a gas cabinet. While initial troubleshooting points
to a good probability that it was an actual leak, that has not been fully
determined at this time. More definitive information will be available when
the troubleshooting has been completed.
Again, notification of the system restoration will be given both by e-mail
and Coral status.
Thank you for your understanding,
John
John R. Weaver
Facility Manager
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Purdue University
(765) 494-5494
jrweaver(a)purdue.edu
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WEEKLY MEMO, February 11, 2008
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1. Announcements
****************
1.1: TOUR TRAINING !!!! Al Rebar encourages each one of us to sign up for
the upcoming workshop designed to provide you with the information and
materials necessary to host a wide variety of guests at Discovery Park. This
workshop will be offered on February 12 from 1:303:30, in Burton Morgan
121. If you cannot attend at that time but could attend a morning session
on that same day from 9:00-11:00, please RSVP with that information.
Since last July, over 1500 individuals have visited Discovery Park and many
of you have been tapped for assistance. This workshop will provide you with
a DVD of a video that you can use for a broad overview as well as one-page
handouts and a list of key talking points for audiences with whom you would
like to highlight the key characteristics of Discovery Park. We have a
broad range of supplemental materials, guides to assist you in considering
what areas to stress for differing audiences, a brochure about our
facilities, and a website where these materials can be found. A script for
tours of both Bindley and Birck have been developed with stopping points and
key information on posters, so that it will be easy for everyone to host
groups.
Candiss¹s goal is to create a large group of FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS
who are confident that they can host visitors at Discovery Park and will
convey a consistent message to these guests. This workshop should be a big
step toward this end.
If you cannot attend a session on the 12th, but are interested in hosting
guests to Discovery Park, please send your name so that other sessions may
be held.
Please RSVP to Valerie Lawless at (lawlessv(a)purdue.edu) and Deborah
Starewich (dstarewi(a)purdue.edu)
1.2: Faculty: highlight your group research and contribute to learning
with a display produced by Purdue¹s own Agcom. Discovery Park has a display
on loan about biofuels, that will displayed in Mann Hall for a period of
time this spring semester. Agcom created this display, which was selected
from those available because it relates to research and work conducted by
Discovery Park faculty and students. The objective of this display is for
you to be aware of the skills, talents, and work capabilities of the staff
in Agcom. Agcom has staff dedicated in the work to place these displays in
museums around the country and at events in Indiana, like the State Fair.
Agcom staff has a wonderful workplace with equipment to design sophisticated
exhibits. They would work with faculty to design an exhibit that represents
the goals and research of our faculty. Candiss Vibbert encourages you to
consider writing into proposals the funding/possibility to partner with
Agcom in the creation of exhibits and/or to consider sponsors for the
creation of exhibits. It would be terrific to have displays in Discovery
Park that represent some of the Center activities¹ housed elsewhere on
Purdue¹s campus. If you have questions or would like to look into this
possible, contact either Candiss Vibbert (vibbert(a)purdue.edu) or Chris
Sigurdson, Agcom department head and the contact to discuss future displays.
1.3: DURI projects are due to the Discovery Learning Center by March 10,
2008, which is the last day for faculty to submit projects for Fall 2008.
Students will be able to begin submitting applications for Fall 2008 after
this date. If you want to include undergraduates in your research, DURI is
a way to do it. For additional information, visit
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri/.
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2. TOURS/VISITORS
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2.1: Monday, 02.11.08, 9:30-2:30: Eli Lilly and Company, follow up visit.
2.2: Monday, 02.11.08, 11:15-12:00PM: Korea Institute of Science and
Technology (KIST) and Ewha Womans University.
2.3: Wednesday, 02.13.08, 2:00PM: Forest Products Nanotechnology Research
Program
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3. SEMINARS
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3.1: Thursday, 02.14.08, 9:00AM, BMED 2001: ³The New Biology of Breast
Cancer and Its Therapeutic Implications,² by George Sledge, MD, Ballvu
Lantero Professor of Oncology, IU School of Medicine; and Leader, Breast
Cancer Group, IU Simon Cancer Center.
3.2: Thursday, 02.14.08; 1:30, refreshments, 1:45, Seminar; CIVL 1144:
³Disorder in the solid state (defects nano-crystalline glassy
amorphous) an investigation using x-ray powder diffraction and computational
modeling of organic molecular systems,² by Dr. Simon Bates.
ABSTRACT: Disorder is ubiquitous in solid state materials; this is
especially true for organic molecular solid forms due to the inherent
molecular complexity and relatively weak intermolecular potentials.
Molecular complexity acts like a local random field competing against the
drive toward long-range order. This competition sets up a rich display of
local molecular order with examples of both random networks and random close
packing. X-ray powder diffraction is in many cases an ideal tool for probing
solid-state structure, providing a window through which the short-range
structural relationships that exist in disordered systems can be observed.
Because of the relatively featureless form of x-ray amorphous diffraction,
analysis of the data in any meaningful way requires the building of
computational models of the proposed molecular structure. Using total X-ray
diffraction calculation, the powder pattern (or PDF) of the proposed
structure can be compared to the measured data. In being able to
characterize the local structure of disordered systems, the ultimate goal of
this work is the prediction of the propensity toward crystallization over
time (physical stability). For pharmaceutical materials physical stability
represents one of the most critical physical properties relating to the
usefulness of the disordered form as a solid dosage form.
BIO: Dr. Simon Bates is currently a Principal at Aptuit Consulting, focusing
on the solid state and intellectual property issues relevant to the
pharmaceutical community. Dr. Bates is an Applied Physicist by training with
expertise in materials science and the solid state. His specific expertise
is in structural characterization of the solid state using x-ray and neutron
diffraction. Before moving to Aptuit Consulting, Dr. Bates held the position
of Fellow at SSCI Inc and was responsible for the Computational Methods and
Innovation group. In this role, he developed new technologies for
solid-state characterization and materials properties prediction dealing
with both crystalline and amorphous materials. A number of these
technologies are subject to patent applications and have opened up new areas
of characterization for pharmaceutical solids. In addition, he has served as
a scientific consultant and expert witness to attorneys representing
pharmaceutical companies involved in patent infringement cases. In addition
to his role at Aptuit Consulting Dr. Bates is an Associate Adjunct Professor
in Industrial Pharmacy at Purdue University. In 1985 He received his PhD in
Applied Physics from the University of Hull for his work on Neutron
Diffraction of Magnetic Rare Earth Alloys. The Neutron Diffraction
Measurements were performed at the Institute Laue Langevin (Grenoble). Upon
graduation, he worked as a Fellow in the Department of Physics at Edinburgh
University. In this capacity, he used x-ray diffraction and neutron
diffraction measurements to study phase transitions in solid state
materials. From 1988 to 2003, he worked in the Analytical X-ray equipment
manufacturing and sales industry. His positions as Product Manager at
Philips Analytical and later at Kratos (Shimadzu), as well as Vice President
of Science at Bede Scientific resulted in new business and technology
development for X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence. Dr. Bates
currently has over 40 international publications on diffraction analysis of
solid state materials.
3.3: Friday, 02.15.08, 3:30PM refreshments, 3:45PM Seminar, ARMS 1010:
³Effects of strain rate and temperature on the properties and behavior of
AHSS and austenitic stainless sheet steels,² by Prof. Veli-Tapani Kuokkala,
Department of Materials Science, Tampere University of Technology, Finland;
and Visiting Scholar, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University.
ABSTRACT: Steels are interesting although some people think they are just
old-fashioned and boring! The fact of the matter is, however, that of the
ca. 3,500 different steel grades currently commercially available, 75 % have
been developed during the past 20 years or so. For example, DP, TRIP and
TWIP steels are good representatives of the group of advanced high strength
steels (AHSS) that have been developed to meet the special demands put
forward by the automotive industry. High strain rates are interesting, too.
The reason for this is that the behavior of most materials changes quite
markedly when the rate of loading becomes high enough. This is especially
true for AHSS steels, whose microstructure is partially metastable and
therefore sensitive to both strain rates as such and, in particular, to the
changes of material temperature due to the deformation induced (adiabatic)
heating at high strain rates at large strains. In this presentation, current
developments of the AHSS sheet steels as well as some austenitic stainless
steels are reviewed with emphasis on the deformation and strain hardening
mechanisms that give these steels at the same time high strength and high
ductility (formability), which are usually contradictory properties for
metals and alloys. The most important high strain rate phenomena and testing
techniques are also reviewed and discussed. Finally, some recent results of
the high strain rate testing of sheet steels with Hopkinson Split Bar
technique are presented and discussed.
BIO: Dr. Kuokkala is Professor of Materials Science at the Tampere
University of Technology in Tampere, Finland. He obtained his PhD in
Materials Science from Tampere University of Technology (TUT) in 1984. Since
then, he has held several academic positions at TUT, including Deputy
Associate Professor of Materials Science, Deputy Professor of Electron
Microscopy, Associate Professor of Materials Science, and Professor of
Materials Science since 1998. He has also worked as an Academic Guest at the
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zurich, Switzerland, and as a Long
Term Visiting Staff Member at the Center for Materials Science, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA. His current research interests are
the elastic properties and ultrasonic attenuation in solids, computer
applications in electron microscopy, and especially the high strain rate
behavior of materials. He is currently on sabbatical leave at the Purdue
University.
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4. ONE PURDUE
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4.1: Need to place your own orders? Purchasing will present SRM
Requisitioner Hands-on Workshops in February: 02.12, 8-9:45am; 02.12,
10-11:45; 02.14, 8-9:45am; 02.14, 10-11:45; 02.19, 8-9:45am; 02.19,
10-11:45; 02.21, 8-9:45am; 02.21, 10-11:45; 02.26, 8-9:45am; 02.26,
10-11:45; 02.28, 8-9:45am; 02.28, 10-11:45. All sessions are located in the
ITAP Training Room, 2nd floor of FREH southwest corner of the building.
Description: This workshop is intended to aid Requisitioners in ordering
through SRM. The first hour will be a presentation of tips and tricks,
including setting default ship-to information, using vendor lists, proper
procedures for identifying pricing, and more. The remaining time will be
spent entering live orders with the assistance of Purchasing Services staff.
Please bring several orders to enter during the workshop. You need the
requisitioner role in order to participate in the system. All sessions
are the same material, you only need to attend one session.
Space is limited, so please register as soon as possible. To register and
view available dates and times, please follow the instructions below. If
you are not able to attend, please cancel through the system to allow others
to attend. For questions regarding the workshops, please contact the
Purchasing Services Helpdesk at 765-494-7279 or pshelpdesk(a)purdue.edu
<mailto:pshelpdesk@purdue.edu> . To register:
Go to: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/training
<http://www.itap.purdue.edu/training > , click on the header ³OnePurdue²
(about three-quarters down the left column).
All the showcases and workshops currently available for enrollment will
appear. When the you click on ³Register Now,² you will be prompted to log
in with your Career Account user ID and password. You will then be asked to
verify your name, e-mail address and phone number. Click on the ³Submit²
button. Several things will then happen: Your registration will be
confirmed on the screen, including the date, time and training location.
Click on a ³Download² icon to add the event to your Outlook calendar. An
e-mail confirmation will be sent to you.
This system maintains an automated waiting list for each class. If a class
section is full, you may choose to be added to its waiting list. If
registered people cancel, you will automatically be bumped, (in the order of
the waiting list) into the vacant seats. You will be sent an e-mail
confirmation, so it's important that you cancel your registration if you are
unable to attend.
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5. LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
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5.1: Police to offer defense course: A Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.)
System course is being offered by the Purdue Police Department in February.
The course is free and is offered at the Police Department (TERY) Conference
Room, 205 South Martin Jischke Drive, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the
following dates: Friday, Feb. 22; Monday, Feb. 25; and Wednesday, Feb. 27.
The program is a 12-hour, self-defense-system course designed primarily for
women. P articipants must be 12 years of age or older. Attendance at all
sessions is required for successful completion of this course. More
information about the course may be found at this web site address:
http://www.purdue.edu/police/programs/types/rad.htm. For additional
information or to register for the course, please send an e-mail to
sasheppard(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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WEEKLY MEMO, February 4, 2008
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1. Announcements
****************
1.1: TOUR TRAINING !!!! Candiss Vibbert, Associate Director for Discovery
Park Engagement and Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, invites you to a
workshop designed to provide you with the information and materials
necessary to host a wide variety of guests at Discovery Park. This workshop
will be offered on February 12 from 1:303:30, in Burton Morgan 121. If you
cannot attend at that time, but could attend a morning session on that same
day from 9:00-11:00, please RSVP with that information.
Since last July, over 1500 individuals have visited Discovery Park and many
of you have been tapped for assistance. This workshop will provide you with
a DVD of a video that you can use for a broad overview as well as one-page
handouts and a list of key talking points for audiences with whom you would
like to highlight the key characteristics of Discovery Park. We have a
broad range of supplemental materials, guides to assist you in considering
what areas to stress for differing audiences, a brochure about our
facilities, and a website where these materials can be found. A script for
tours of both Bindley and Birck have been developed with stopping points and
key information on posters, so that it will be easy for everyone to host
groups.
Candiss¹s goal is to create a large group of FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS
who are confident that they can host visitors at Discovery Park and will
convey a consistent message to these guests. This workshop should be a big
step toward this end.
If you cannot attend a session on the 12th, but are interested in hosting
guests to Discovery Park, please send your name so that other sessions may
be held.
Please RSVP to Valerie Lawless at (lawlessv(a)purdue.edu) and Deborah
Starewich (dstarewi(a)purdue.edu)
1.2: Blood-borne Pathogen Training: Friday, 02.08.08, 2:00PM, BRK 1099.
1.3: The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and TechPoint will
host the Indiana Collegiate Entrepreneur Bootcamp in Indianapolis at the
Indiana Roof Ballroom on Thursday, March 20 (2:008:00PM). The program is
specifically designed for undergraduate and graduate students with the
desire to become the next wave of successful Indiana entrepreneurs. This
highly interactive program features practical tips and advice from some of
the best entrepreneurs and investors in Indiana, as well as renowned
business coach Bill Joos, Principal at Silicon Valley-based Go to Market
Consulting. The Bootcamp teaches students the art and science of creating
and managing a high growth venture. Joos will put participants through the
paces of business positioning, refining the ³elevator pitch,² and avoiding
the most common business planning mistakes. The program will conclude with
interactive round tables at dinner where groups of students will have the
opportunity to get feedback on their big idea as well as network with
entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. The dinner will also provide an
opportunity for 10-15 students to pitch their big idea and receive immediate
and candid feedback from a panel of investors. The top pitches will win
$1,000, $500, or $250. There is no cost for attendance thanks to the
generous support of Indiana Secondary Market for Education Loans
(www.ismloans.org) Visit www.indianabootcamp.org for additional information
and to sign up.
1.4: Dr. Richard Kuhn, Director of the Bindley Bioscience Center, is pleased
to announce the establishment of the Bindley Strategic Council (BSC). The
following Purdue faculty members will be serving 3-year terms as advisers to
the administrative and scientific leadership of the BBC: Clint Chapple
(Biochemistry); Rebecca Doerge (Statistics); Jim Fleet (Foods and
Nutrition); Michael Gribskov (Biological Sciences); Tony Hazbun (Medicinal
Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology); Catherine Hill (Entomology); Scott
Jackson (Agronomy); Richard Kuhn (Biological Sciences); and Phil Low
(Chemistry)
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2. TOURS/VISITORS
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2.1: Monday, 02.04.08, 11:25-11:55AM: Purdue Women¹s Club. A group of 30
women of various ages; most are affiliated with Purdue in some way. The
tour is part of the Purdue Women¹s Club Lecture Series. They are interested
in learning about the current technology and research at Purdue as well as
seeing the facilities.
2.2: Tuesday, 02.05.08, 12:45PM: NASA personnel and Purdue research group.
2.2: Friday, 02.08.08, 10:00-11:00AM: Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, College of
Science¹s Centennial Distinguished Lecture Series speaker.
2.3: Friday, 02.08.08, 11:00-11:30AM: Dr. Barbara Karn, Discovery Lecture
Series speaker.
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3. SEMINARS
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3.1: Wednesday, 02.06.08, 2:30PM, EE317: ³Heat Transfer Across Solid
Contacts Enhanced with Nanomaterials,² by Timothy S. Fisher, Mechanical
Engineering, Purdue University.
ABSTRACT: This presentation will describe thermal transport processes at
solid-solid material interfaces. An overview of applications in the
electronics industry will serve to motivate the subject, and then the basic
diffusive constriction theory will be developed. The addition of carbon
nanotube arrays to solid-solid interfaces has been shown to improve heat
transfer significantly, and these materials will serve as an example of
enhanced transport with nanomaterials. Experimental techniques and results
will be reviewed, and a model that employs ballistic transport principles
will be introduced to interpret these results.
BIO: Timothy S. Fisher received Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from Cornell University in 1998 and 1991, respectively. He
joined the Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck
Nanotechnology Center in 2002 after several years at Vanderbilt University.
He is currently serving as a Visiting Professor in the Chemistry and Physics
of Materials Unit of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research in Bangalore, India.
3.2: Thursday, February 7, 2008, 4:30PM, Physics 114: ³The Potential of
Nanostructured Materials to Address the Challenge of a Sustainable Energy
Resource,² by Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, Institute Professor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Reception prior to seminar, 3:30,
Physics 242.
Mildred Dresselhaus received her PhD degree at the University of Chicago in
1958. Following her doctoral studies, Dr. Dresselhaus spent two years at
Cornell University as an NSF postdoctoral fellow, and then seven years as a
staff member of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Solid State Physics
Division. She joined the MIT faculty in the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science in 1967 and the Department of Physics in
1983, and was named an Institute Professor in 1985. She served as the
Director of the Office of Science at the US Department of Energy in
2000-2001. Professor Dresselhaus is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences. She has served as President of the American Physical
Society (1984), President of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS 1997), Treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences
(1992-96), and Chair of the Board of the American Institute of Physics
(2003-2008).
3.3: Thursday, February 7, 2008, 5:00PM, POTR 118: ³Gen-Nano Competition
Call Out,² WITH PIZZA SERVED. Learn more about generation-nano project and
competition details.
Invent the Best Gen-Nano Game and win up to $300 in cash! The competition
is open Jan 16, 2008 with a deadline for proposal submission of Mar 15,
2008. Bring in your creativity and expertise into this growing e-learning
project for kids!
Competition Overview: The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) is
accepting proposals from students on Purdue¹s West Lafayette campus
interested in designing a storyboard for an interactive K-12 learning
activity to be published within one of the learning modules of the
generation-nano.org website, which aims to excite middle school children
about science by teaching them nanotechnology concepts. The individual or
team authors of the three winning storyboards will receive cash awards of up
to $300. Additional prizes will be awarded to authors of activities
selected for implementation.
For details visit: http://www.generation-nano.org/competition; Questions:
feedback @generation-nano.org
3.4: Friday, February 8, 2008, 5:30PM, MRGN 121: ³Nanotechnologies and
Environmental Concern,² by Dr. Barbara Karn, US EPA, Head of the Research
Grant Program for Nanotechnologies, The Wilson Center, Member of Project on
Emerging Nanotechnologies. FREE PIZZA AND BEVERAGES.
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4. OPPORTUNITIES
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4.1: The National Science Foundation has released this year¹s solicitation
for the Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of Chemistry
Research Instrumentation and Facilities program (CRIF:MU), which provides
funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of
multi-user instruments. Approximately $6 million per fiscal year will fund
approximately 20 awards as standard or continuing grants depending upon the
quality of proposals and the availability of funds. Awards will have a
three-year duration and are non-renewable. Award size is limited to
$500,000 plus personnel costs for cyber-enabled projects. The request for
proposals is available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08539/nsf08539.htm
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08539/nsf08539.htm> . For this
competition, Purdue may submit two proposals, with the requirement that at
least one proposal must involve cyberinfrastructure. Internal deadlines are
as follows: Monday, March 3: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR; Monday,
April 14: Preproposals due to the OVPR; Thursday, April 17: 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 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.
4.2: The National Science Foundation has released this year¹s solicitation
for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(IGERT), which ³has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S.
Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and
education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen
disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in
their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is
intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students,
faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for
graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative
research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also
intended to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation,
and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged
science and engineering workforce.² The request for proposals is available
at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08540/nsf08540.htm
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08540/nsf08540.htm> . An estimated 20
Traineeship grants will be awarded, as well as one award for a Resource
Center (a new component of this program). For this competition, Purdue may
submit four preliminary Traineeship proposals, and one Resource Center
proposal. Internal deadlines are as follows: Monday, February 18: Letters
of Intent due to the OVPR; Monday, March 17: Preproposals due to the OVPR;
Thursday, March 20: 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 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> . Those submitting for the
Resources Center component should so indicate on the letter of intent. 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.
4.3: Summer Teaching OpportunityApply now! The Duke University Talent
Identification Program (Duke TIP) is seeking an Instructor for
Nanotechnology, a course that we are offering at a summer program for
gifted adolescents on Duke University's West Campus and Texas A&M
University. Staff employment dates for this position are Term 1 - June 10 -
July 2 and Term 2 - July 10 - August 2. The instructor, with the help of a
teaching assistant, is responsible for designing a course or using a Duke
TIP syllabus to teach the course to a group of approximately 16-20 gifted
students. The instructor position requires at least a year of graduate
coursework and/or teaching experience with specific emphasis on
nanotechnology. In addition to a competitive salary, Duke TIP also provides
housing and meals for all summer staff, as needed. The course description is
as follows: ³Nanotechnology²: The 21st century's "industrial revolution"
will be fueled by the emerging science of nanotechnology. The fields of
medicine, electronics, textiles, quantum computing, and alternative energy
source development are but a few of the topics that will be highlighted in
this course. Presently, industries, governments, and academia are working
together to develop the potential of nanoscience. What once seemed a
futuristic dream has progressed to cutting edge reality. In this course,
students will survey the progress and the potential of nanotechnology. This
course is open to current ninth and tenth graders only.
Please visit the Duke TIP web site for complete information about our
programs and the summer employment process. Below are several links that
will be helpful in addressing your questions.Summer Employment Information:
www.tip.duke.edu/about/employment <http://www.tip.duke.edu/about/employment
<http://www.tip.duke.edu/about/employment> > (job descriptions, salary
information, application materials); Summer Program Information:
www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs <http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs
<http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs>
<http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs > > (course offerings, site
information)
If you are interested in this instructor position, please contact Liz
Morgan, Academic Coordinator at emorgan(a)tip.duke.edu or call at (919)
681-6981 as soon as possible.
4.4: The Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE) is soliciting
research proposals from Purdue faculty in all disciplines with research
interests related to healthcare delivery. Approximately $240,000 has been
allocated for this year's research-funding cycle. It is anticipated that up
to six projects will receive funding. Highly successful projects may be
eligible to receive subsequent funding from RCHE in the form of proposal
cost-sharing, etc. RCHE welcomes proposals leveraged with other proposal
opportunities at Purdue. E-mail Intent to Submit Proposal Deadline is Feb.
15. Proposal due date is March 3rd. Full RFP and more information are
available at the RCHE Web site <http://www.purdue.edu/rche
<http://www.purdue.edu/rche> >.
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5. LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
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5.1: Congratulations to new daddy, Dan Hosler, and family: Samuel Thomas
Hosler came to be on Sunday (01.27.08) morning.
5.2: IRS Warns Taxpayers of New E-mail Scams: A new variation of the refund
scheme may be directed toward organizations that distribute funds to other
organizations or individuals. In an attempt to seem legitimate, the scam
e-mail claims to be sent by, and contains the name and supposed signature
of, the Director of the IRS Exempt Organizations area of the IRS. The
e-mail asks recipients to click on a link to access a form for a tax refund.
In reality, taxpayers claim their tax refunds through the filing of an
annual tax return, not a separate application form. The IRS recommends that
recipients do not click on links in, or open any attachments to, e-mails
they receive that are unsolicited or that come from unknown sources.
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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