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week of March 1, 2010
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nanodays Callout on Thursday, March 4 at 4 PM in the Birck Kitchen . Ice cream, hot cocoa, and other refreshments will be provided.
NanoDays! April 2 and 3, 2010 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: graduate students and faculty needed to support this activity. [ More ] Please contact Caitlin Burger to see how you may be involved with this activity.
ISS news: According to the ISS department, faculty should plan ahead if they anticipate hiring international faculty or staff who need H-1B sponsorship. ISS recommends that all H-1B petitions with August start dates be submitted no later than April 1st to allow for adequate processing time. Cases submitted after that date may not meet the hiring deadline if we continue to experience lengthy delays with the DOL. Even with premium processing service we are anticipating a processing time of 4 months from start to finish. It is therefore critical that faculty plan ahead when hiring international faculty and staff.
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information
Friday, 03.05.10, 11:30AM, MRGN 129: "Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development at the BBC: Building the Next Generation of Machine Tools for Science," by Robert J. Noll, PhD, Managing Director of CAID; Refreshments will be provided.
UPCOMING
Tuesday, 03.09.10, 10:30AM, BRK 1001: "Nanostructures for Photovoltaics: A Case Study in Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells," by Dr. Loucas Tsakalakos, General Electrical -- Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY
[ More ]
Thursday, 03.11.10, 9:00AM to 12:30PM: Mini-Camp: Company Formation for faculty, with networking lunch. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
[ More ]
Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space, will be on campus April 16th for the Hall for Discovery and Learning Research building dedication. She will also give a presentation in the HDLR building at 3:30 p.m.
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/dls/sullivan-0416.pdf
LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
Introduction to Making an iPhone and iPad App
Apple presents a free seminar at Purdue about developing applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the new iPad.
Join us on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in ME 161
Apple consulting engineer Steve Hayman will lead the March 9 discussion.
Read more / flyer
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
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. 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
Editorial policy set: personal information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [ More ]
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week of February 22, 2010
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information
Purdue Saves Week: February 22-26, 2010
On February 22-26, Purdue will hold activities to celebrate and promote Purdue Saves Week, in conjunction with America Saves Week, which provides guidance on the hows and whys of saving money.
Human Resource Services WorkLife Programs is offering five presentations aimed at helping employees save for different situations, such as buying a home or getting out of debt.
[ Flier ]
UPCOMING
Friday, 03.05.10, 11:30AM, MRGN 129: "Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development at the BBC: Building the Next Generation of Machine Tools for Science," by Robert J. Noll, PhD, Managing Director of CAID; Refreshments will be provided.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Colleagues:
Plan to be in Burton Morgan, room 129 at 10:00 a.m. on March 1st to find out about seed funding for collaborative water research projects with Notre Dame faculty. This funding is made available through a partnership between Purdue and the Ford Family Program at NDU and should target developing countries. Potential topics include: Water Supply and Purification Technology; Water and Agriculture; Creating a Sustainable Water Supply System; Developing Local Leadership and Entrepreneurship with respect to water supply and management; Reducing the Total Cost of Water to Residents.
Typical seed grants are $5K to $10K, but can be as much as $25K under special circumstances.
See the attached flier for more information.
Best wishes,
Candiss Vibbert
NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant Program
The National Institutes of Health recently released their solicitation for the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program ( http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-082.html ).
PROGRAM SUMMARY
Although this program is not limited by the number of proposals an institution can submit, the applications must be for different types of equipment . Therefore, we ask those interested in applying under this program to e-mail OVPRlimited(a)purdue.edu and identify the equipment you are interested in, what it will be used for, where it will be housed, and names/departments of those who will share it.
Please respond by March 1 so we can confirm there are no overlaps in equipment requests.
DISCOVERY PARK
The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in conjunction with Purdue's Krannert School of Management are honored to host the 23rd Annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010. We are able to conduct this event with the help of our sponsors, the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, Ice Miller LLP, and Purdue Research Park. The competition started with 67 initial submissions, and through a rigorous judging process, 10 student team finalists (5 undergraduate student teams and 5 graduate student teams) have been invited to present their business plans on February 23rd.
[ More ]
LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
Introduction to Making an iPhone and iPad App
Apple presents a free seminar at Purdue about developing applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the new iPad.
Join us on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in ME 161
Apple consulting engineer Steve Hayman will lead the March 9 discussion.
Read more / flyer
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
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. 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
Editorial policy set: personal information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [ More ]
Submit items for memo of the week of March 1, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 02.26.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu
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BNC News
week of February 15, 2010
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
A Big Remindeer...Call for Papers
UGIM Abstract Deadline - February 15, 2010
Abstracts (one text page + one figure page) must be submitted electronically on the symposium web site by February 15, 2010. Authors should indicate preference for oral or poster presentation, as well as their institution and
contact information. Final manuscripts (6 pages maximum) must
then be submitted electronically by April 2, 2010. These
manuscripts, both papers (20- minute presentation) and posters,
will be published in the symposium proceedings. For more
information, visit the 2010 UGIM Symposium web site at: nano.purdue.edu/UGIM/
NanoDays! April 2 and 3, 2010:Graduate students and faculty needed to support this activity. We will be inviting area schools, on Friday, 04.02.10, and
the local community, on Saturday, 04.03.10, to participate in hands-on
demonstrations to introduce the concepts of nanotechnology. The goals
for this event is to educate target audiences (K-12) and to have FUN!
Sign up today. Note: Faculty are encouraged to get involved and are
asked to announce this opportunity to your student groups.
More info and sign-up is available at: nano.purdue.edu/nanodays/
________________________________
FACULTY NEWS
Purdue Researchers Land DOE Early Career Grants
InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
Two Purdue University researchers are recipients of grants from the U.S. Department of Energy's new Early Career Research Program. Jean Paul Allain, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering,
and Denes Molnar, an assistant professor of physics, are among 69
researchers chosen nationwide. They will each receive at least $150,000
per year to cover summer salary and research expenses.
[Press Release]
________________________________
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Kudos! Mr. Pornsak Srisungsitthisunti, graduate student working with Profs. Xu and Ersoy, won the Student Award at Photonics West 2010
________________________________
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
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refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information
Tuesday, 02.16.10, 6:00PM, Kurz Purdue Technology Center,
Purdue Research Park: "Reflections of a Serial Entrepreneur,"
by Jeff Ready, Founder & CEO, Scale Computing.
[Flier]
________________________________
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Indiana CTSI Collaboration in Translational Research Grants –
Application now available
[More]
NSF issues new RFP for the Nanotechnology
Undergraduate Education (NUE) program.
[More]
________________________________
DISCOVERY PARK
The Discovery Learning Research Center invites
you to partner with them to involve undergraduates in interdisciplinary
research through the Discovery Park Undergraduate Research
Internship program (DURI).
[More]
The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
is pleased to announce an expanded program to encourage and
support commercialization of Purdue research.
[Details/Application]
________________________________
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
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. 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
________________________________
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Dear BNC Colleague-
As many of you know, I have been a candidate for the position of provost for the past two weeks. I was offered and accepted the position Wednesday afternoon. Although this is an unexpected twist in my career track, I see it as a challenge and as an opportunity to give back. It has been a privilege working with you for the past three years in the BNC. This is, no doubt, the greatest research environment I have experienced. I will certainly stay involved, even after the transition (details TBD). Thank you for your efforts to make the BNC community strong, and the BNC a pleasant work environment.
Best Regards,
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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BNC News
week of February 8, 2010
________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NanoDays! April 2 and 3, 2010:Graduate students and faculty needed to support this activity. We will be inviting area schools, on Friday, 04.02.10, and
the local community, on Saturday, 04.03.10, to participate in hands-on
demonstrations to introduce the concepts of nanotechnology. The goals
for this event is to educate target audiences (K-12) and to have FUN!
Please contact Caitlin Burger to see how you may be involved with this activity. Note:
Faculty are encouraged to get involved and are asked to announce this
opportunity to your student groups.
More info is available at: nano.purdue.edu/nanodays/
________________________________
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
visit nano.purdue.edu and
refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information
Monday, 02.08.10, 9:00AM, MRGN 121: Monsanto
presentations. Monsanto is interested in research and technologies at
Purdue and in building a productive relationship. [More]
UPCOMING
Wednesday, 02.10.10, 4:00PM, MRGN 121: Seminar
Series in Bioethics, "Justice and Universal Health Care Coverage in the
U.S." by Dr. Norman Daniels [Flier].
Thursday, 02.18.10, 3:00PM, Fowler Hall, Stewart Center: Philip F. Bagwell Lecture, "Inside Real Innovation," by Eugene A.
Fitzgerald, Merton C. Flemings-SMA Professor of Materials Engineering,
MIT; Visiting Professor of Management, The Johnson School, Cornell
University [Flier]
First Eugene and Marilyn Glick Vision Research Symposium
set for April : The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute will hold its first Vision Research Symposium on Saturday, April 10, 2010 in Room 203 of Walther Hall on the Indiana University
School of Medicine campus in Indianapolis. [More]
________________________________
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
DURI Applications for both summer and
fall will be accepted February 8 – 21, 2010
We invite you to partner with the Discovery
Learning Research Center to involve undergraduates in interdisciplinary
research through the Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship
program (DURI).
[More]
________________________________
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
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. 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
________________________________
Editorial policy set: personal
information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [More]
Submit items for memo of the week of February 15, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 02.12.10, to
Jeff Goecker jgoecker(a)purdue.edu or Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu
________________________________
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