December 2013 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

Shipments before Holiday break
by Totten, Mary J 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Everyone, Any shipment you have that need to ship or mail before Christmas must be to my office by 8:00AM Tuesday December 24th. MMDC is only making one pick-up and drop-off on Tuesday which is Christmas Eve. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." ― Mahatma Gandhi<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5810891.Mahatma_Gandhi>

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BNC E-news for the week of December 23rd
by Anthrop, Heather L 20 Dec '13

20 Dec '13

All Users Meeting Bindley Construction Cleanroom Chemical Exhaust Shut Down Holiday Closing Physical Vapor Deposition Users All Users Meeting The All User Meeting is scheduled for the dates below: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105 Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105 Please attend either of the sessions. Failure to do so will result in suspension from the labs and cleanroom. Stephen E. Jurss CIH, CSP Safety Manager Bindley Construction December 26 -28 repair work by the elevators will take place in Bindley. There will be no access to the south inner corridor doors and the walkway to Birck, if you are planning to be in the building during this time frame, please find an alternative route. Cleanroom Chemical Exhaust Shut Down To add chemical exhaust for the future laboratories, a required shut down of our solvent and acid exhaust systems for the BIO cleanroom and main cleanroom are needed. This interruption will require shut down of all toxic gases, cleanroom fume hoods, and cleanroom chemical research equipment. The general laboratories will not be affected by this interruption unless research requires toxic gases. The exhaust shut down is planned for January 7, 2014 from 7 AM to 4PM. The exhaust fans will remain running but the static pressure will drop below safety limits when the sheet metal contractors cut into the main chemical exhaust ducts. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Mark Voorhis Building Manager CLEANROOM: The cleanroom will be shut down on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm. No one is allowed in the cleanroom during this period. HAZARDOUS GASES: No hazardous gases will be available in the building during this period. BIOCLEANROOM: No exhaust will be available in the bio cleanroom. Non-chemical activities may be carried out. GENERAL LABORATORIES: General laboratories will operate as normal, but no hazardous gases will be available. Holiday Closing Purdue University will be closed December 25, 26, 27 for the Christmas holiday. Physical Vapor Deposition Users To all Physical Vapor Deposition users: Please note that Dave Lubelski will be out of the office for an extended medical leave after Friday, December 20th. He is expected back in 6 - 8 weeks. During this time please contact Mike Bayless with any requests for changing materials, depositions, or problems with the Leybold, Lesker, or PVD evaporators. Please contact Kenny Schwartz concerning any issues with the PVD sputtering system, or the Veeco, Airco, Varian or CHA evaporators. Thanks, Ron

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REMINDER: Birck Holiday Reception TODAY, Dec. 19th, 3pm in the Atrium
by Turner, Jaime J 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

REMINDER: TODAY at 3pm in the Atrium [You are invited to the annual Birck Holiday Reception When: Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 Where: Birck Atrium Time: 3:00pm We will have punch, hot apple cider and cookies Please bring any special holiday treat you would like to share with all!!!][Simplifying the Holiday Season]

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Birck Holiday Reception Dec. 19th, 3pm in the Atrium
by Turner, Jaime J 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

[You are invited to the annual Birck Holiday Reception When: Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 Where: Birck Atrium Time: 3:00pm We will have punch, hot apple cider and cookies Please bring any special holiday treat you would like to share with all!!!][Simplifying the Holiday Season]

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update to home addresses if needed
by Allen, Joanna K 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

University Tax Office 12/03/2013 In preparation for the distribution of 2013 W-2 forms to Purdue employees, the University Tax Department urges employees to review their home addresses in Employee Self-Service (ESS) by Dec. 31. All W-2s will be mailed in January, and a current address will help ensure prompt delivery. Any W-2 returned to Purdue due to an undeliverable address may incur a wait time for reissuance. ESS is accessible to employees with their Purdue career account and password after logging into the OnePurdue Portal. A link to the portal is located at the bottom of the Purdue home page<http://www.purdue.edu/>. Instructions for accessing ESS can be found in the Employee Self-Service Navigation<http://www.purdue.edu/onepurdue/training/QRCs/documents/ess_navigation_qrc.…> QRC on the Human Resources and Employee Self-Service QRCs<http://www.purdue.edu/onepurdue/training/QRCs/hress.shtml> page located of the OnePurdue website. Employees can update their addresses online through ESS. After logging into ESS, click the link to "Personal Information," and then click "Address" and follow the instructions for making the change. Payroll Services asks employees to note these special circumstances about updating their addresses: Terminated employees' updated addresses will be emailed to the Payroll Appointment Specialist within Payroll Services <mailto:%20sschelp@purdue.edu> by their business office. For security purposes, emails directly from terminated employees will not be accepted. However, terminated employees may submit a Form 13-Employee Information Form<http://www.purdue.edu/business/payroll/pdf/Form13.pdf>. Undergraduate students employed by Purdue need to make sure their permanent address is correct in Banner, and Banner will update their record in SAP. Graduate students employed by Purdue need to update their address through ESS or by submitting a Form 13<http://www.purdue.edu/business/payroll/pdf/Form13.pdf>. ALL Purdue employees (faculty, staff and students) with an address outside the United States must submit their change of address on a Form 13<http://www.purdue.edu/business/payroll/pdf/Form13.pdf> because ESS supports only addresses in the U.S. Joanna Allen [Description: Description: W:\PU_signature_white_bg_215x80.png] Account Assistant Birck Nanotechnology Center Phone: 1-765-496-3614 jkallen(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jkallen@purdue.edu> www.purdue.edu/discoverypark<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark> We are Purdue. What we make moves the world forward.

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BNC E-news for the week of December 16th
by Anthrop, Heather L 13 Dec '13

13 Dec '13

All Users Meeting Ariba nanoHUB-U Travel All Users Meeting The all User Meeting is scheduled for the dates below: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105 Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105 Please attend either of the sessions. Failure to do so will result in suspension from the labs and cleanroom. Stephen E. Jurss CIH, CSP Safety Manager Ariba Message to anyone who orders in Ariba: Effective immediately please use the following naming convention for the Title when ordering in Ariba. BRK/PI(Professor last name)/REQUESTOR NAME/ACCT/VENDOR This will enable us to have the necessary information for approval without actually going through several screens to find the information we need. This will expedite the approval, receipt, and reconciliation process. Thank you very much for your help on this!! Donna Brown BNC Business Manager nanoHUB-U EARN PURDUE CREDIT with nanoHUB-U! Broaden your knowledge and earn credit from Purdue by enrolling in a nanoHUB-U online independent study course! nanoHUB-U provides short, in-depth treatments of topics in nano-materials, physics, and devices. Courses are designed to be broadly accessible to students in engineering and the physical sciences and are a good way to gain breadth beyond your area of specialization. SPRING 2014 COURSES: MSE59700- "From Atoms to Materials: Predictive Theory and Simulations" Professor Ale Strachan (2 credits) ECE65000- "Essential Physics of the Nanoscale MOSFET" Professor Mark Lundstrom (1 credit) ME59700- "Thermal Energy at the Nanoscale" Professor Tim Fisher (2 credits) nanoHUB-U Independent Study Request Instructions: Students complete a self-paced, online course during one academic semester. All lectures and course materials are provided online through nanoHUB-U; Purdue University students then take proctored exams on campus to earn Purdue credits. For information about these courses and instructions on how to register, visit: nanoHUB.org/groups/u/purduecredit Travel You may be aware of our parking discounts with Indy Park Ride 'n Fly which can be found at https://www.purdue.edu/business/travel/Discounts/parking.html Some features are: * No reservation Necessary * Valet Parking * Luggage Assistance * 24 Hour Shuttle Service * Preferred Parking Rate * Convenient Location * Self-parking Option Available * Vehicles are cleaned of snow & ice * Fully insured and fenced lot * Patrolled 24 hours per day They are announcing a new feature for long-term travelers. Travelers who are going to be gone 7 or more days may benefit from the new voucher program they are offering. Go to https://www.indyprf.com/prepaid/, and select the 'PREPAID VOUCHER' tab to purchase vouchers or call 1-866-922-7275 for reservations. Self-Parking** Valet parking** $42 = Up to 7 days $55 = Up to 7 days $52 = Up to 10 days $65 = Up to 10 days $62 = Up to 14 days $85 = Up to 14 days $75 = Up to 21 days $105 = Up to 21 days $105 = Up to 30 days $125 = Up to 30 days * 1 day = 24 hours, plus a 2-hour grace period at checkout ** 10% Airport Access Fee Additional Linda Ford Travel Administrator Purdue University 401 S. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2024 765-494-1699 FAX: 765-494-1379

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FW: Ice Skating Social Event sponsored by NSAC
by Turner, Jaime J 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff at Birck, The NSAC is pleased to invite you all to the Ice Skating Social Event. Date: December 13, 2013 Hour: 7:30 pm Place: Riverside Skating Center, 100 Tapawingo Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47906 First 25 people who arrive there will pay only $1. Full price is $8 ($5 admission and $3 skate rental). Kind regards, NSAC Executive Board

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BNC E-news for the week of December 9th
by Anthrop, Heather L 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

All Users Meeting Ariba Engineering Video Contest Physical Facilities Notice Preliminary Exam All Users Meeting The all User Meeting is scheduled for the dates below: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105 Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lily Hall 1-105 Please attend either of the sessions. Failure to do so will result in suspension from the labs and cleanroom. Stephen E. Jurss CIH, CSP Safety Manager Ariba Message to anyone who orders in Ariba: Effective immediately please use the following naming convention for the Title when ordering in Ariba. BRK/PI(Professor last name)/REQUESTER NAME/ACCT/VENDOR This will enable us to have the necessary information for approval without actually going through several screens to find the information we need. This will expedite the approval, receipt, and reconciliation process. Thank you very much for your help on this!! Donna Brown BNC Business Manager Engineering Video Contest To Purdue Engineers - Let's show the world what Purdue engineers can do! In celebration of its upcoming 50th anniversary, the NAE is launching Engineering for You (E4U), a video contest to highlight the impact that engineering has or will have on society. In the last 50 years, engineering achievements include helping to land astronauts on the moon, creating the Internet, and decoding the human genome. What will engineering create in the next 50 years? Rev up your creativity, pull out your camera or phone, and produce a one to two minute video showing the world how you see engineering enhancing quality of life and serving the needs of society. The video must highlight a period during the years 1964-2064. The main prize is $25,000, and the contest will run from Nov. 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014. www.e4uvideocontest.org<http://www.e4uvideocontest.org/> --- Leah H. Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall +1 765 494 5346 701 West Stadium Avenue +1 765 494 9321 (fax) Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 lhj(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lhj@purdue.edu> https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr<http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~lhj> Physical Facilities Notice Physical Facilities recently began a new desk-side recycling and trash collection process. Now, all office waste can be disposed of in the blue desk-side receptacles by putting anything recyclable (paper, cans, bottles) in one section, and non-recyclables (food waste, snack wrappers, facial tissues, napkins and restroom hand towels) in the other. Preliminary Exam Sansik Kim Monday, December 9th at 3:00 pm Birck 2001 Design and implementation of Plasmonic Nanocavity Arrays and Their Applications We investigate and design metal nanostructures with a novel functionality that can be observed under plasmonic resonance. First, we demonstrate high resonant absorption of visible light with a plasmonic nanocavity array fabricated through resistless nanoimprinting in metal (RNIM) method. The nanocavities are shown to be efficiently excited using normally incident light, and the resonant wavelength can be controlled by cavity dimensions. Numerical simulations confirm the experimental observations and illustrate the insensitivity to incident angle. The resonant absorption is due to the excitation of a localized metal-insulator-metal cavity mode. The interacting surface waves allow cavity lengths on the order of ten nanometers for light having a free space wavelength of about four hundred nanometers. Second, we present the design concept of an angle-insensitive optical filter, which is composed of a metal-dielectric multilayer stack. The non-trivial phase shift at the metal-dielectric interface allows a Fabry-Pérot resonance at subwavelength scale and introduces angular insensitivity. The central passband wavelength can be tuned from UV to visible or longer wavelength, by engineering the dielectric thickness and selecting metallic components with appropriate plasma frequency. Finally, we propose two other potential plasmonic devices for the applications of a silicon waveguide polarization beam splitter and nanotweezers. Initial progress of these works are presented.

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Ariba Downtime
by Anthrop, Heather L 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Ariba will be down from Friday, December 6th at 6:00 pm through Monday, December 9th at 8:00 am for scheduled maintenance. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Donna Brown, Birck Business Manager.

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Annual Alll User Meeting
by Jurss, Stephen E 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Users, The all User Meeting is scheduled for the dates below: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lilly Hall 1-105 Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Lilly Hall 1-105 Please attend either of the sessions. Failure to do so will result in suspension from the labs and cleanroom. Stephen Stephen E. Jurss CIH, CSP Safety Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 Tx: 765-496-8337 E-mail: sejurss(a)purdue.edu<mailto:sejurss@purdue.edu>

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