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by Anthrop, Heather L 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Friday, March 15th OSA - Purdue Chapter Meeting Birck 1001 at 11:00 am ***Special Notice*** Attention all cleanroom users: The hard drive on the ECE 557 microscope computer is filling up with files from users that are not in ECE 557. If you have files on this computer, please remove them prior to March 18th. All non-ECE 557 files will be removed on March 19th to make room for class project files. Thank you for your attention to this. Jun Park, TA Thank you, Heather Anthrop Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-7053

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Doors will lock again today
by Totten, Mary J 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Everyone, We will be trying to get the new card reader on line today. We will have a short (hopefully) 10-15 minute time when the doors will lock. If you need in somewhere right away and the door is locked, please call me right away at 496-1173 or 494-4491. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" -Albert Einstein

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Prof. Stephen Campbell Seminar - today at 11am in BRK 2001
by Turner, Jaime J 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Prof. Stephen A Campbell - Carbon-Based Nanoswitch Logic March 7 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Birck Room 2001 Abstract:The process of shrinking semiconductor devices employed for fifty years has almost reached its end. Fundamental limitations of the field effect device prevent much additional reduction in the supply voltage. This leads to unavoidable off-state leakage and very high operating power, an intolerable situation, especially for mobile applications. This is leading to radical changes in the roadmap, forecasting separate technologies for high performance, low operating power, and low standby power applications. Scaling will not provide significant performance improvements for the latter two. While research into novel devices is underway, progress has been much slower than one might like. This talk discusses a rather surprising possibility: the use of carbon-based materials such as carbon nanotubes and grapheneto make nanomechanical switches with at least an order of magnitude lower power dissipation than the low power CMOS options and performance between the various CMOS technologies. It is the unusual properties of these materials that make possible such high performance, very low power digital logic. The technological barriers needed to realize such a technology will be discussed along with work that has been done to demonstrate possible solutions. The potential implications of such a technology will be discussed. Bio: Stephen A. Campbell received a B.A. in physics from St. Thomas University and an M.S. and PhD in physics from Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois in 1977 and 1981, respectively. After a brief stint at Unisys where he worked on CMOS, he joined the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1986. He is on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and is directs the NanoFabricationCenter (www.nfc.umn.edu<http://www.nfc.umn.edu/>), one of the NNIN nodes. He has about 200 refereed publications. His textbook, Fabrication Engineering at the Micro- and NanoscaleNew York: Oxford University Press, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2013 has been used in over 80 US schools as well as institutions in Europe and Asia. It has been translated into several languages. His work in the area of silicon process technology ultimately led to fundamental changes in the way that CMOS transistors are manufactured. More recently Professor Campbell has worked on carbon-based nanoelectromechanical devices (NEMS), silicon quantum dots, and thin film solar cells. Professor Campbell is a fellow of the IEEE, holds the Sanford P. and Lenore Edgerton BordeauChair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and is a Distinguished Professor in the University's College of Science and Jaime Turner Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State STreet West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 494-3509 jjturner(a)purdue.edu

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Problem with card reader
by Totten, Mary J 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

The upgrade has not gone as smoothly as we wished. Right now none of the card readers are working. If you have emergency need to get into a lab, please call me ASAP....496-1173. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" -Albert Einstein

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ALL DOORS WILL LOCK TODAY !!
by Totten, Mary J 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Everyone, We are doing an upgrade to our card reader system. When we start the upgrade, ALL doors to Birck will lock for about 15 minutes. We will try and man the doors as they lock to let people in. Please call me if you have any problems 496-1173 or 494-4491. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions" -Albert Einstein

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FW: Solar Seminar Series tomorrow March 7, 2013 3:30 BRK 2001
by Turner, Jaime J 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Energy Storage - Options and Opportunities Suresh V. Garimella Birck Rm. 2001 March 7, Thurs., 3:30 p.m I will briefly review the drivers for renewable and clean energy technologies, and the challenges in the widespread use of renewables. In particular, I will focus on the need for inexpensive and reliable energy storage approaches if inherently intermittent and transient renewable sources are to gain broad acceptance. As a specific example, I will tell a story from our group related to thermal energy storage in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants that can decouple solar collection from power production. I will describe in some detail thermocline tank design with molten salt as the storage medium, long-term stability of such systems, integration of storage models into system-level solar power plant simulations that enable investigation of the performance in response to year-long sunlight data and power block operation, and their influence on CSP plant levelized cost of electricity. During the discussion period, I would be glad to allude to policy realities and challenges related to clean energy options. (Related papers from our work are available at: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CTRC/energy/research.html

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Hot Chocolate Monday - today at 2p in BRK kitchen
by NSAC 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Dear Birck grad students, staff, and faculty, Join us again for Hot Chocolate Monday. Stop by and chat for a few minutes while drinking a nice cup of hot chocolate. See you there! NSAC

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BNC E-news
by Anthrop, Heather L 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Monday, March 4th Hot Chocolate Monday Sponsored by NSAC BRK Kitchen at 2:00 pm Tuesday, March 5th Jim Duderstadt The Future of the American Research University ARMS Kurz Atrium at 3:30 pm https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/StrategicGrowthInitiative/Semin… Vice Admiral James D. Syring A Current View of the Challenge of Ballistic Missile Defense Fowler Hall, Stewart Center at 4:00 pm http://www.purdue.edu/research/gpri/events/view.php?id=1256 Thursday, March 7th NCN - NEEDS Workshop on Compact Modeling Professor Jaijeet Roychowdhury MRGN room 121 beginning at 9:30 am https://nanohub.org/events/details/379 Prof. Stephen A. Campbell Carbon Based Nanoswitch Logic BRK room 2001 at 11:00 am http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/events/view.php?id=1267 Friday, March 8th International Women's Day Women Changing the World Anniversary Drawing Room PMU beginning at 8:00 am Sponsored by Global Policy Research Institute http://www.cla.purdue.edu/crdi/documents/Womens%20Day%20Flyer.pdf NEEDS Seminar Aadithya V. Karthik SAMURAI and MUSTARD: CAD tools for accurately predicting the impact of Non-Stationary Random Telegraph Noise in SRAMs and DRAMs ME room 1051 at 10:30 am ****Special Notice**** Reminder to all residents of Birck with offices. We have been finding a lot of graduate student offices with doors either open or unlocked. It is important to make sure that all of your valuables are safe, so please make sure that when you leave your office, it is locked and secure. Please let me know if you have any questions. Mary Jo Totten, Building Logistics Thank you, Heather Anthrop Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-7053

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