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Weekly Memo
by Deborah Starewich 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

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 The BNC Monday MemoBNC News week of March 29, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS NanoDays are here! April 2 and 3, 2010, 10:00AM to 3:00PM. We've invited k-12 students from across the State and the general public to visit and take part in educational activities about nanoscale science and engineering. PLEASE BE SURE TO LOCK YOUR OFFICES WHEN YOU ARE AWAY. UNUSED CONFERENCE ROOMS WILL BE LOCKED ON SATURDAY. IRS AUDIT An IRS Audit is expected to begin in about a week, and will continue for about a year. The IRS investigators will be moving about campus looking for situations where Purdue equipment, facilities, or staff are being used for activities that might be considered taxable. This gets into some murky areas of tax law that are unfamiliar to most individuals. The IRS investigators may not identify themselves as such, and may ask seemingly innocuous questions. ALL such queries should be directed to Ken Wilson ( kjwilson1(a)purdue.edu ; 47366). Copiers/Printers : Please use any one of Birck’s three copiers [BRK 1020, 1222, 2020] instead of desktop printers whenever possible. If you need assistance in setting up your computer to print to these, please contact ECN [PC users: dpsite(a)ecn.purdue.edu ; MAC users machelp(a)ecn.purdue.edu ]. If your research group needs a code, please contact Melissa [ lanem(a)purdue.edu ], Annie [ acheever(a)purdue.edu ], or Nancy [ blackn(a)purdue.edu ]. FACULTY NEWS Kudos! Purdue professors selected for U.S. State Department fellowships Two Purdue professors have received Jefferson Science Fellowships from the U.S. Department of State, where their expertise and insights will help guide U.S. foreign policy. Selected as 2010 fellows were Suresh Garimella, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Jay Gore, the Reilly Professor of Combustion Engineering and director of the Energy Center in Purdue's Discovery Park. Read more... GRADUATE STUDENTS HKN Paintball Trip Eta Kappa Nu (also known as HKN), the electrical and computer engineering honor society, will be sponsoring the once per semester paintball trip. This will be held April 3rd, from noon til 4pm at the paintball barn (website here ). The cost to you will be $25, payable at time of registration. To sign up for the event, go to the HKN lounge (EE 24) and fill out the form, and give it and your money to the person working behind the desk. Also fill out the waiver forms for paintball barn and HKN. More details will be emailed to you closer to the event. Alternatively, if you run into Rob Wortman in his office at Birck (2222), he will be able to get you signed up. This event has always been a lot of fun in the past, and Rob will be working hard to make this the best trip yet. Please try out this game of strategy and excitement, if you haven't already! SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information Tuesday and Wednesday, 03.30.10, 8:00-5:00, and 03.31.10, 8:00-Noon: 3rd Annual Purdue Systems Integrity for Defense Technology Summit, PMU. Registration is free. [ More ] Thursday, 04.01.10, 4:30PM, PHYS 114, Hubert M. James Lecture: "Some recent developments in unconventional NMR and MRI," by Professor Alexander Pines. [ More ] Friday, 04.02.10, 3:00PM, BRK 2001 : "Quantitative Experiment Design for Highly Uncertain Biological Systems," by Ann Rundell, Assistant Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University. [ More ] UPCOMING Wednesday, 04.07.10, 7:00PM, Class of 1950 Lecture Hall: "The Business of Innovation," by Terry Jones, Founder of Travelocity.com and Chairman of Kayak.com [ More ] Wednesday, 04.14.10, 5:00-7:00PM, First Floor Atrium, Hall for Discovery and Learning Research : Discovery Park Student Poster Session & Reception, with remarks by Provost Timothy D. Sands at 6:00PM [ Flier ] FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES CTSI Young Investigator Basic Science Award - 2010.03 (KBS ) SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 29, 2010. The CTSI’s Young Investigator Basic Science Award in Translational Research is designed to provide promising junior investigators, with a focus on basic science research at the participating affiliate entities of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive multidisciplinary settings. [ More ] LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE Employee Wellness Screenings MANN 203 Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:10-3:10 p.m. [ More dates ] 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 April 5, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 04.02.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Cyber Center Discovery Learning Research Center Global Sustainability at Purdue: Center for Environment Energy Center Purdue Climate Change Research Center Oncological Sciences Center Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker

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Weekly Memo: 03.22.10
by Deborah Starewich 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

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 The BNC Monday Memo BNC News week of March 22, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS BNC Preventive Maintenance Shutdown: Sunday, 05.02.10, 10PM, to Friday, 05.07.10, 3PM. Six-week notice. The BNC will be shut down during the week of May 2 for preventive and corrective maintenance activities. This shutdown will be more extensive than previous shutdowns – major electrical work will take place that will shut down electrical power to the building during the early morning hours of May 3. It is expected that this work will be complete prior to 8:00 AM on Monday, May 3. Please note that the cleanroom and the building exhaust systems will be down for the entire week. No chemicals or hazardous gases may be used during this period. [ Tentative Schedule ] NANODAYS, Friday and Saturday, 04.02.10 and 04.03.10 The Nanodays committee would like posters to display for the high school students, attending Nanodays April 2 and 3. They would also like left-over wafer samples and images (SEM, AFM, SPM, ... ) of devices produced here at Purdue. Please contact John Wilcox at with donations. Birck Annual Research Review: Monday, 04.19.10, 9:30-4:30, MRGN 121 and Birck Atrium/1001. Student posters due Wednesday, 04.14.10 [ Register , by 04.14.10] [ Additional Info ] GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE YOU GRADUATING? Please complete a brief questionnaire . HOLD THE DATE! 05.13.10 . . . Birck Graduation Celebration! Details forthcoming. TOURS/VISITORS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information Wednesday, 03.24.10, 3:30 refreshments, 3:45 seminar, ARMS 1010 : "Controlling and Manipulating Ferrogagnetism with an Electric Field Using Multiferroic Oxide Heterostructures," by Dr. R. Ramesh [ Flier ] Thursday, 03.25.10, 11:00AM, BRK 1001 : Raman Spectroscopy Roundtable: “Raman Spectroscopy in Nanoscale Science and Engineering" REGISTER [ More ] Thursday, 03.25.10, 7:00PM, PMU, South Ballroom: "Leadership in Crises: Lessons from Katrina and Haiti," by Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, US Coast Guard. [ More ] UPCOMING Tuesday, 03.30.10, 2:30, BRK 2001 : "Polymer Solar Cells: Recent Results and Development," by K.S. Narayan, Molecular Electronics Lab, JNCASR, Bangalore, India [ More ] Tuesday and Wednesday, 03.30.10, 8:00-5:00, and 03.31.10, 8:00-Noon: 3rd Annual Purdue Systems Integrity for Defense Technology Summit, PMU. Registration is free. [ More ] Wednesday, 04.14.10, 5:00-7:00PM, First Floor Atrium, Hall for Discovery and Learning Research : Discovery Park Student Poster Session & Reception, with remarks by Provost Timothy D. Sands at 6:00PM [ Flier ] FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Lockheed Martin - 2010 University Research Initiative - RFP UPDATE: Lockheed did not specify any budget range and also welcom project abstracts/proposals with optional second year. We received a recent announcement from Lockheed Martin informing us of their 2010 University Research Initiative – RFP . Attached please find the Call for Abstracts Instructions (Guidelines), Strategic Technology Threads , and the Abstract Template . Considering the potential interest in this solicitation, and in order to comply with Lockheed Martin’s “strongly suggested” recommendation that only three abstracts be submitted by a university, please submit your abstract for this competition to Lisa Muncy at no later than midnight EST on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. If we receive more than three abstracts, we will immediately convene the internal review committee to determine which abstracts may go forward for the April 9, 2010 deadline. This process also will allow us to comply with the sponsor’s request that a single point-of-contact e-mail all abstracts, as this office will assume that responsibility. Please contact Sue Grimes (4-5858) or Lisa Muncy (4-0743) if you have questions about this submission process. Again, the submission of your abstract needs to be sent to Lisa Muncy no later than midnight EST on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Sincerely, John Schneider 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 29, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 03.26.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Cyber Center Discovery Learning Research Center Global Sustainability at Purdue: Center for Environment Energy Center Purdue Climate Change Research Center Oncological Sciences Center Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker

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BNC Preventive Maintenance Shutdown May 2010
by Weaver, John R 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Please see the attached "Six-Week Notice" for the May 2-7 Shutdown of the Birck Nanotechnology Center.

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Weekly Memo: 03.15.10
by Deborah Starewich 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

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 The BNC Monday Memo BNC News week of March 15, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS SPRING BREAK 03.15.10 to 03.21.10; classes resume Monday, 03.22.10 . . . ENJOY :) HOLD THE DATE! 05.13.10 . . . Birck Graduation Celebration! Details forthcoming. All Hazards Siren Test —Wednesday, March 17, 10:15-10:30 a.m. and 7:30-7:45 p.m. The All Hazards Emergency Warning Sirens will be tested as part of the State’s Severe Weather Preparedness Week. The test is a good opportunity to review your Building Emergency Plan’s shelter in place procedures. However, no action is required for the test. [ Indiana weather news ] [ Purdue news ] If there is inclement weather, the test will be postponed until March 18 at the same times as listed. Contact the Emergency Preparedness office at 494-0446 if you have questions. Subject: New Ambassador needed! WorkLife Programs is conducting its annual membership drive to recruit WorkLife Programs Ambassadors for the West Lafayette campus. [ More ] FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Lockheed Martin - 2010 University Research Initiative - RFP We received a recent announcement from Lockheed Martin informing us of their 2010 University Research Initiative – RFP . Attached please find the Call for Abstracts Instructions (Guidelines), Strategic Technology Threads , and the Abstract Template . Considering the potential interest in this solicitation, and in order to comply with Lockheed Martin’s “strongly suggested” recommendation that only three abstracts be submitted by a university, please submit your abstract for this competition to Lisa Muncy at no later than midnight EST on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. If we receive more than three abstracts, we will immediately convene the internal review committee to determine which abstracts may go forward for the April 9, 2010 deadline. This process also will allow us to comply with the sponsor’s request that a single point-of-contact e-mail all abstracts, as this office will assume that responsibility. Please contact Sue Grimes (4-5858) or Lisa Muncy (4-0743) if you have questions about this submission process. Again, the submission of your abstract needs to be sent to Lisa Muncy no later than midnight EST on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Sincerely, John Schneider TOURS/VISITORS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information Wednesday, 03.17.10, 11:00AM-1:00PM, IUETC Ice Miller Training Room, IUPUI : Companion Diagnostics Inc. Open House. RSVP requested. [ More ] UPCOMING Thursday, 03.25.10, 11:00AM, BRK 1001 : Raman Spectroscopy Roundtable: “Raman Spectroscopy in Nanoscale Science and Engineering" REGISTER [ More ] Thursday, 03.25.10, 7:00PM, PMU, South Ballroom: "Leadership in Crises: Lessons from Katrina and Haiti," by Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, US Coast Guard. [ More ] Tuesday and Wednesday, 03.30.10, 8:00-5:00, and 03.31.10, 8:00-Noon: 3rd Annual Purdue Systems Integrity for Defense Technology Summit, PMU. Registration is free. [ More ] Wednesday, 04.14.10, 5:00-7:00PM, First Floor Atrium, Hall for Discovery and Learning Research : Discovery Park Student Poster Session & Reception, with remarks by Provost Timothy D. Sands at 6:00PM [ Flier ] LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE R.A.D. Class Offered in March by PUPD R.A.D. is a 12-hour long program which is a comprehensive course of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques. [ 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 March 22, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 03.19.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Cyber Center Discovery Learning Research Center Global Sustainability at Purdue: Center for Environment Energy Center Purdue Climate Change Research Center Oncological Sciences Center Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker

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Weekly Memo: 03.08.10
by Deborah Starewich 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

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 The BNC Monday Memo BNC News week of March 8, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS NCN/BRK student event! March 10, 2010, 3:00PM to 4:30PM, BRK 1001 : Discovery Park welcomes NCN students. Refreshments will be served. Come and hear about the results of experimentalists and theorists working together! Department of Energy Announces $100 Million Available for Innovative Research Projects ARPA-E's 3rd funding opportunity to focus on grid-scale energy storage, electrical power technology, and building energy efficiency. [ More ] New “University Policy on Use of Vehicles” effective March 1, 2010. MVR Grading Grid for employees . MVR Grading Grid for volunteers and students . Please look at it and self-evaluate your driving record to make sure you have an acceptable driving record. [ More ] FACULTY NEWS Boot Camp: Company Formation: Thursday, 03.11.10, 9:00-1:00, BRK 1001 . More information / registration here SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information Tuesday, 03.09.10, 10:30-11:30, BRK 1001 : "Nanostructures for Photovoltaics: A Case Study in Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells," by Loucas Tsakalakos, Sr. Scientist and Project Leader, Mirco & Nano Structures Technologies, Thin Films Laboratory, GE Global Research [ More ] Wednesday, 03.10.10, 3:00-4:30, BRK 1001: Discovery Park and the Birck Center welcome NCN and its students with research presentations and reception. [ Invitation ] Thursday, 03.11.10, 3:00PM, ARMS 1109: "Multi-scale Modeling of Chemically Reacting Flows by Direct Simulation," by Deborah A. Levin, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University. Spring 2010 Colloquium Series, co-sponsored by NNSA PRISM Center and School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Informal coffee & cookie reception will be held prior to the lecture at 2:30 in the AAE/ARMS undergraduate lounge (directly in front of ARMS 3rd floor elevators). [ More ] Friday, 03.12.10, 12:00-1:30, BRK 1001 : NanoEnergy Literature Club. Mark Lundstrom will present the paper "Origin of Different Dependences of Open-Circuit Voltage on the Electrodes in Layered and Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Cells," by Chunfu Zhang, Shi-Wun Tong, Chang-Yun Jiang, En-Tang Kang, Daniel S. H. Chan, Senior Member, IEEE, and Chunxiang Zhu, Member, IEEE [ Download paper ] UPCOMING The Second Annual International Conference on the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (ICEIN 2010) will be held at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, CA on May 11-12, 2010. Abstract Submission Deadline has been extended to March 15, 2010 . [ Flier ] Fourth Advanced Characterization Workshop, 06.09.10 and 06.10.10, University of Illinois. [ Flier ] 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 / flier Healthy Happenings at West Lafayette [ flier ] 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 15, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 03.12.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Cyber Center Discovery Learning Research Center Global Sustainability at Purdue: Center for Environment Energy Center Purdue Climate Change Research Center Oncological Sciences Center Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker

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Message from the Interim Director, ON BEHALF OF JIM COOPER
by Starewich, Deborah S. 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

To the BNC community: I have been asked to assume the role of interim director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center until a new director can be named. I look forward to working with you to maintain the momentum Tim has created. During the next few weeks I will be working closely with Tim and the BNC leadership team to insure a seamless transition. I welcome your advice and support as we move forward. -- Jim Cooper

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NanoDays Callout Today 4 PM Birck Kitchen
by Caitlin Burger 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Reminder Nanodays Callout TODAY at 4 PM in the Birck Kitchen. Find out more about how you can get involved with NanoDays! Ice cream, hot cocoa, and other refreshments will be provided. If you are unable to attend the callout but would like to get involved, please contact Caitlin Burger (cbburger(a)purdue.edu) NanoDays 2010 When? April 2-3, 2010 Where? Birck Nanotechnology Center Why? To educate the public about nanotechnology. NanoDays is a national, NSF sponsored outreach event held at over 200 locations from Maine to Hawaii.

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