December 2009 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

Work on Fire Alarm System
by Kuhn, Jeffrey G 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

All, Purdue's Fire Equipment Services will be here on Wednesday morning, 12/30/09 at around 8:00 AM to replace defective horn-strobes in the BRK cleanroom. Following the repairs, they will test the new units. There is also the possibility that FES will need to test the entire BRK fire alarm system, which requires activating all of the building's horn-strobes. If a building-wide test is indeed required, FES will make an announcement to ignore the alarms prior to performing the test. Regards, Jeff Kuhn Facility Engineer Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 W. State St. West Lafayette, IN 47907 Ph: (765)-496-8329 Fax: (765)-496-2018

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Re: [BNC-all] Nano at Purdue - On Behalf of Tim Sands
by jrwilcox＠gmail.com 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Goecker <jgoecker(a)purdue.edu> Sent: December 23, 2009 8:48 AM To: Birck Nanotechnology Center <bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu> Subject: [BNC-all] Nano at Purdue - On Behalf of Tim Sands Dear BNC member: The end of the calendar year is an appropriate time to pause to reflect on the events and accomplishments of the past twelve months. Although it has been a challenging year overall, the nanoscale science and engineering community at Purdue has had a banner year by most measures. At the recent NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantee's Conference, Mihail Roco, Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology at NSF, presented the attached slides, showing that Purdue ranks #1 in active awards (100) in nano across all agencies for FY2009, and #2 (just behind Northwestern) in award dollars. These rankings reflect both the investment made in nano at Purdue by a wide range of stakeholders over the past eight years, and the tremendous efforts and talent of the faculty, staff, and students who perform and enable the research. Congratulations to all. Best wishes for a restful holiday season with family and friends, Tim -- Timothy D. Sands Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk 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 http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/research/sands.php 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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Nano at Purdue - On Behalf of Tim Sands
by Jeff Goecker 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Dear BNC member: The end of the calendar year is an appropriate time to pause to reflect on the events and accomplishments of the past twelve months. Although it has been a challenging year overall, the nanoscale science and engineering community at Purdue has had a banner year by most measures. At the recent NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantee's Conference, Mihail Roco, Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology at NSF, presented the attached slides, showing that Purdue ranks #1 in active awards (100) in nano across all agencies for FY2009, and #2 (just behind Northwestern) in award dollars. These rankings reflect both the investment made in nano at Purdue by a wide range of stakeholders over the past eight years, and the tremendous efforts and talent of the faculty, staff, and students who perform and enable the research. Congratulations to all. Best wishes for a restful holiday season with family and friends, Tim -- Timothy D. Sands Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk 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 http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/research/sands.php 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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Weekly Memo 12.14.09
by Deborah Starewich 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, please add bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html [image: The BNC Monday Memo] BNC News *week of December 14, 2009* ANNOUNCEMENTS *Submit items for memo of the weeks of December 21 and 28, 2009, and January 4, 2010 by 12 NOON on FRIDAY, 12.18.09, to Jeff Goecker<jgoecker(a)purdue.edu> * *FIAP Student Travel Grant* for the 2010 March Meeting. A travel grant of $1000 per student will be awarded to five 2010 March Meeting speakers. [Link corrected More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#announce…> ] *Venture Cafe Holiday Hours: *Regular hours through Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Closing effective Thursday, December 24 through January 3, 2010. Reopening Monday, January 4, 2010. *Scheduled Purdue Network 2010 Upgrade for BRK*: On Wednesday, 1/6/10, from 3:00 AM to 6:59 AM, the IT Networks & Security Data Team will be upgrading a portion of the BoilerNet network to meet the new Purdue Network 2010 standard. Specifically the network will be upgraded in the Birck Nanotechnology Building (BRK). AFFECTED CLIENTS: Clients within BRK should plan to experience disruption of both wired network connectivity (via data PIC) and wireless network connectivity (via PAL/PAL2.0). SCOPE OF WORK: During the scheduled outage window, affected clients in BRK should plan to experience service disruptions for up to 2.5 hours in duration. If you have any concerns or questions about this scheduled work, contact Duane Kyburz <storm(a)purdue.edu>. *Annual Showalter Trust Competition: *The Office of the Vice President for Research has adjusted the due date to the VPR's office to Tuesday, January 19, 2010 as the original due date falls on a University holiday. [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/121409_2010Showalter.pdf> ] ------------------------------ NSAC NEWS *Study hard? Then play hard!* NSAC is hosting another popular Game Night to take some of the edge off exams and celebrate the end of a good research year. It is next *Wednesday (Dec. 16th) from 5PM to 8PM*, but feel free to stop by anytime. We will provide delicious snacks/drinks and games, but we also encourage you to bring your favorite board game or video game as well. Hey, you may even win a raffle. See you downstairs in the *BRK Atrium* after work/exams this Wednesday! -Your NSAC Committee :-) ** ------------------------------ *TOURS/VISITORS* *visit nano.purdue.edu <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/>and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information * ------------------------------ *SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS* *visit nano.purdue.edu <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/>and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information * *Monday, 12.14.09, 10:30AM, BRK 1001*: “Journey Along the Carbon Road,” by Dr. Zhihong Chen, Manager, Carbon Technology Group, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar2…> ] *UPCOMING* *Wednesday, 01.23.10, 6:00-7:00PM, MRGN 121*: "Intellectual Property Rights: Ownership, Licensing, and Due Diligence for Business Planning," by Karen White, Interim Director, Office of Technology Commercialization Purdue Research Foundation. A question and answer session will be included. *WHO SHOULD ATTEND? *STUDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED FOR THE BURTON D. MORGAN BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION ON FEBRUARY 23, 2010. *Wednesday, 01.20.10, 9:00-11:00AM, MRGN 121*: "Revenue Projections: 'match the forecast to the need,'” by Robert. E. Crandall, BEC Consulting LLC [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar99> ] ------------------------------ *OPPORTUNITIES* Newton International Fellowships aim to attract the world’s best post-doctoral researchers to Britain for up to two years. [flier<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/121409_Newton.pdf> ] ** ------------------------------ *PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS* *FLU SHOTS available* Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or other influenza symptoms should seek medical care. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL. Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree (personnel should have a copy on hand in their offices and homes; contact Deborah Starewich, if you do not have the most recent copy; distributed on Thursday, 09.13.09). BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from Monica Allain or Tim Sands. Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Specific instructions should be conveyed by phone if possible. All graduate students should register for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html. Additional information for pandemic and emergency preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness ------------------------------ *Submit items for memo of the weeks of December 21 and 28, 2009, and January 4, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 12.18.09, to Jeff Goecker<jgoecker(a)purdue.edu> * ------------------------------ *Other BNC info:* Purdue Home Page <http://www.purdue.edu/> BNC Home Page <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/> BNC Users Forum <http://bncnano.freeforums.org/> *Links to Discovery Park Centers* Bindley Bioscience Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/bioscience/> Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship<http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Entrepreneurship/> Discovery Learning Research Center<http://www.purdue.edu/dp/learningcenter/> Center for Environment <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/environment/> Oncological Sciences Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/oncological/> Cyber Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/cyber/> Energy Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/> *Sign up to be:* Media Expert <http://news.uns.purdue.edu/newsweb.experts.html> Community Speaker <http://news.uns.purdue.edu/newsweb.experts.html>

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Weekly Memo 12.07.09
by Deborah Starewich 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, please add bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html [image: The BNC Monday Memo] BNC News *week of December 7, 2009* ANNOUNCEMENTS LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR XPS WORKSHOP! *Student* discount now available! [DOWNLOAD form here!<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/XPS/XPS7164Students.doc>] *Thursday, and Friday, 12.10.09 and 12.11.09, 8:00AM to 5:00PM, MRGN 129: *Introduction to XPS: What you should know about X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy? [Details/flier/and REGISTRATION <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/XPS/>] Questions should be directed to Monica Allain <mallain(a)purdue.edu>. FIAP Student Travel Grant for the 2010 March Meeting. A travel grant of $1000 per student will be awarded to five 2010 March Meeting speakers. [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html/announce…> ] ------------------------------ *NSAC news* ** NSAC will be hosting *Hot Cocoa Mondays* on December 7 and 14 from 3 to 4PM in the Birck kitchen, located on the first floor. Stop by for a hot drink! Watch for the *Second Annual finals Week Game Night*! More info to come. ** ------------------------------ *TOURS/VISITORS* *visit nano.purdue.edu <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/>and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information * ------------------------------ *SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS* *visit nano.purdue.edu <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/>and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information * *NOTE! Friday Journal Club is discontinued until January 2010, Spring semester. Watch here for updates.* *Tuesday, 12.08.09, 3:00PM, BRK 2001: *"Spin-orbit interaction of a photon: mutual influence of polarization and propagation," by B. Ya. Zeldovich, CREOL-UCF: Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar99> ] *Wednesday, 12.09.09, 10:30AM, BRK 1001: *“Harvesting Energy from Semiconductor Nanostructure-based Devices,” by Dr. Yue Wu, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University. [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar35>] *Wednesday, 12.09.09, 12:30PM, WTHR 201: *“Dopant Mapping and Correlated Functional Imaging of Semiconductor Nanowires,” by Professor Lincoln J. Lauhon, Northwestern University. [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar65>] *Thursday, 12.10.09, 4:30PM, ME 161, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar *: "Microscale Power Generation and Propulsion: It's Not the Same as Big Devices Made Smaller," by Professor Paul D. Ronney, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California. Refreshments served at 4:00 in ME 254. [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar25> ] *UPCOMING* An Indo-US Joint Conference on "Infectious Diseases: Novel Strategies for Design & Development of Vaccines and Drugs", January 5-8, 2010 will be held at TIFR, Mumbai. [Website<http://www.tifr.res.in/%7Edbsconf/cid2010/cid2010.html> ] *2010 IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices*: April 16, 2010; Boise State University – Jordan Ballroom, Boise, Idaho. http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/boise/wmed2010/WMED2010.html ------------------------------ *KUDOS* Leah H. Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, announces newly Named, Distinguished, and Faculty Scholars: *Timothy S. Fisher*, School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty Scholar *Suresh Garimella*, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Distinguished Professor *Hugh W. Hillhouse*, School of Chemical Engineering, Faculty Scholar *Eric A. Stach*, School of Materials Engineering, Faculty Scholar IEEE has elevated the following Birck resident faculty to Fellow status, as of Jan 1 2010: *Vlad Shalaev,* for contributions to nanophotonics and the development of optical materials; *Joerg Appenzeller,* for contributions to carbon nanotube transistors and circuits; and *Tim Sands,* for contributions to metal/semiconductor interfaces and heterogeneous integration. ------------------------------ *EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES* *Open Postdoctoral Position: *The Berkeley Thermoelectrics Group offers a postdoctoral position to investigate novel phonon transport mechanism in one-dimensional silicon structures. The postdoctoral researcher will have the opportunity to fabricate microheater devices, characterize silicon-based thermoelectric materials and verify phonon transport mechanisms predicted by theoretical models. [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#employme…> ] ------------------------------ *LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE* Marine Toys for Tots gift drive: *Donations collected through 12.10.09, MRGN 120.* Visit www.toysfortots.org for additional information. ------------------------------ *PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS* *FLU SHOTS available * Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or other influenza symptoms should seek medical care. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL. Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree (personnel should have a copy on hand in their offices and homes; contact Deborah Starewich, if you do not have the most recent copy; distributed on Thursday, 09.13.09). BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from Monica Allain or Tim Sands. Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Specific instructions should be conveyed by phone if possible. All graduate students should register for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html. Additional information for pandemic and emergency preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness ------------------------------ *Submit items for memo of the week of December 14, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 12.11.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu* ------------------------------ *Other BNC info:* Purdue Home Page <http://www.purdue.edu/> BNC Home Page <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/> BNC Users Forum <http://bncnano.freeforums.org/> *Links to Discovery Park Centers* Bindley Bioscience Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/bioscience/> Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship<http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Entrepreneurship/> Discovery Learning Research Center<http://www.purdue.edu/dp/learningcenter/> Center for Environment <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/environment/> Oncological Sciences Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/oncological/> Cyber Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/cyber/> Energy Center <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/> *Sign up to be:* Media Expert <http://news.uns.purdue.edu/newsweb.experts.html> Community Speaker <http://news.uns.purdue.edu/newsweb.experts.html>

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