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Reminder: NSAC summer undergraduate events [room change: Wed. 07/30 MRGN 112]
by NSAC 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Dear Birck Community, As part of the Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council's (NSAC) commitment to enhance professional development and research awareness, we are organizing two summer events (see descriptions below) geared towards the undergraduate summer students in Discovery Park. The two events will provide these future grad students with an opportunity to learn more about grad school and get to know other researchers outside of their lab. If you know anyone who might be interested, please re-direct them to the following links: *UNDERGRADUATES: If you would like to attend the Q&A session or present a poster at the symposium, please fill out the form at this link: * https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uuF-fzrGsNMf3TvodV114kk-IOVOCuHXZypJPnfeos… *GRAD STUDENTS, POST-DOCS, and FACULTY: If you would like to participate as a panelist or symposium judge, please fill out the form at this link:* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KcV6Bby-flfs3FMDU03pogNyPZtwwjkGlON9Nb_JyQ… * EVENT DESCRIPTIONS * *Grad Student Q&A Panel (30 JUL 2014, Noon-1pm, MRGN 112)* --A panel of grad students of various research fields who can answer grad school-related questions for undergrads. *Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Symposium (06 AUG 2014, 4:30pm-6:30pm, BRK Atrium) -*- A poster/presentation symposium in which undergraduate students doing research in Discovery Park can present their findings. Presentations/posters will be evaluated by Discovery Park researchers (e.g. grad students, post-docs, faculty). Prizes will be awarded at the end of the event We hope to see you there! NSAC Officers

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Defense exam: Ankit Jain, July 30th, 2 PM, BRK 1001
by Ankit Jain 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Dear All: I would like to invite you for my PhD defense examination. The details are given below- Thanks Regards, Ankit Date: July 30th, 2014 Venue: Birck 1001 Time: 2-4PM *Title: ** * Fundamental Design Principles of Novel MEMSbased "Landau" Switches, Sensors, and Actuators : Role of Electrode Geometry and Operation Regime *Abstract: * Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are considered as potential candidates for "More-Moore" and "More-than-Moore" applications due to their versatile use as sensors, switches, and actuators. Examples include: Accelerometers for sensing, RF-MEMS capacitive switches in communication, suspended-gate (SG) FET in computation, and deformable mirrors in optics. In spite of the wide range of applications of MEMS in diverse fields, one of the major roadblocks for MEMS is their instability. Instability divides the operation regime into stable and unstable and poses fundamental challenges for several applications. For example: Tuning range of deformable mirrors is fundamentally limited by pull-in instability, RF MEMS capacitive switches suffer from the problem of hard landing, and intrinsic hysteresis of SG-FET puts a lower bound on the minimum power dissipation. In this thesis, we provide solutions to the application specific problems of MEMS and utilize operation in or close to unstable regime for performance enhancement in several novel applications. Specifically: (i) We propose novel device concepts with nanostructured electrodes to address the aforementioned problems of instability, (ii) We propose a switch with hysteresis-free ideal switching characteristics based on the operation in unstable regime, and (iii) We propose a Flexure biosensor that operates at the boundary of stable and unstable regimes to achieve improved sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio. In general, we have advocated electrode geometry as a design variable for MEMS and used MEMS as an illustrative example of "Landau" systems to advocate operation regime as a new design variable.

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E-news for the week of July 28th
by Anthrop, Heather L 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

Birck and Cleanroom News Atrium Displays As you have probably noticed the lower atrium displays are now active! We're still working out a few bugs in the display software, but they're close to being complete. This is true for the upper atrium display as well. The next step is create the content for the displays. If you have an interesting diagram from your research, or a bit of news that you'd like to share with the Birck community and any visitors to our facility, please forward them to Heather Anthrop for inclusion in the display content. KLA Tencor Profiler We are finalizing the installation plans for our new KLA-Tencor P7 surface profilometer. The field service engineer is scheduled to be working in our cleanroom during the week of August 11th, and training on the system will begin the following week with Geoff Gardner. This instrument will give us a more accurate and reliable reading of step height over dissimilar materials as well as over the same materials. TEM Prep (Lab 1267) Moving to SEM Prep (Lab 1233) The TEM prep lab is being consolidated into the SEM prep lab in order to make way for a new faculty researcher coming to Purdue and Birck. All people who have had card access to 1267 are being switched over to 1233, so please do your TEM sample preparation in this new lab which is directly across the galley from 1267. As always, please keep your suggestions and ideas coming! Ron

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Coffee Hour Reminder
by Anthrop, Heather L 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

Please join NSAC for coffee hour at 3:30pm featuring Justus Ndukaife presenting, Photothermal Heating Enabled by Plasmonic Nanostructures for Electrokinetic Manipulation and Sorting of Particles Thank you, Heather L Anthrop Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-7053

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FW: Birck Nanotechnology Center Account Assistant
by Turner, Jaime J 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

From: Brown, Stacy L. (Discovery Park) Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 2:01 PM To: Akridge, Jennifer A; Anderson, Gillian S; Bennett Robertson, Rita A; Brown, Donna J; Burton, Shelley L.; Claxton, Matthew D; Daugherty, Christy F; Dilley, Stacie; Drake Smith, Cheryl L; Estes, Lyndsey N; Evans, G Dianne; Foster, S Elaine; Haddock, Christina J.; Higbee, Jacob W; Humbarger, Jamie A; Keen, Stevie A; Kliewer, Janet Michelle; Leithliter, Michelle L; MacNorton, Peggy L; McKenna, Katrina K; Owen, Linda M; Rooze, Catherine J.; Sanders, Cynthia J; Vazquez, Emily A; Walters, Melissa M; White, Rebecca L. Subject: Birck Nanotechnology Center Account Assistant I wanted to let everyone know that Joanna Allen, Account Assistant in Birck Nanotechnology Center, has left the University to pursue other opportunities; this is effective immediately. We will be posting this position as quickly as possible. In the meantime, if there are any questions you would have normally asked Joanna please contact Birck Business office at dp1211bo(a)purdue.edu<mailto:dp1211bo@purdue.edu>. Thank you, Stacy //////////////////////////////////////////// Stacy Brown [Description: W:\PU_signature_white_bg_215x80.png] Discovery Park Asst. Director of Financial Affairs 765-494-8097 slb(a)purdue.edu<mailto:slb@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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Seminar - Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon - today at 10:00am in BRK 1001
by Turner, Jaime J 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

[cid:image001.png@01CFA7E0.2C121850] Jaime Turner Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> Phone: 765-494-3509

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Car keys
by Anthrop, Heather L 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

A set of car keys was found this morning on the north side of the building. If they are yours please come see me. Thank you, Heather L Anthrop Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 (765) 494-7053

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NSAC summer undergraduate events -- SIGN-UP FORM FOR UNDERGRADS
by NSAC 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Dear Birck Community, As part of NSAC's commitment to enhance professional development and research awareness, we are organizing two summer events (see descriptions below), this time geared towards the undergraduate summer students in Discovery Park. The two events will provide these future grad students with an opportunity to learn more about grad school and get to know other researchers outside of their lab. If you know any undergraduate researcher (or you are one) who might be interested, please re-direct them to the link below. *If you would like to attend the Q&A session or present a poster at the symposium, please fill out the form at this link: * https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uuF-fzrGsNMf3TvodV114kk-IOVOCuHXZypJPnfeos… * EVENT DESCRIPTIONS * *Grad Student Q&A Panel (30 JUL 2014, Noon-1pm, BRK 2001)* --A panel of grad students of various research fields who can answer grad school-related questions for undergrads. *Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Symposium (06 AUG 2014, 4:30pm-6:30pm, BRK Atrium) -*- A poster/presentation symposium in which undergraduate students doing research in Discovery Park can present their findings. Presentations/posters will be evaluated by Discovery Park researchers (e.g. grad students, post-docs, faculty). Prizes will be awarded at the end of the event Thank you, NSAC Officers

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FW: Physical Facilities Connection Special Alert – July 21, 2014
by Totten, Mary J 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

From: Terry, Rebecca L Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 3:15 PM Subject: Physical Facilities Connection Special Alert – July 21, 2014 [cid:image003.png@01CF655A.1BCC4E70]<https://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/pfconnection/recent-news/index.ht…> Submit Information<https://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/communications/request/index.html> Contact Us<mailto:rmkiefer@purdue.edu;rlterry@purdue.edu> News from Physical Facilities for Building Deputies Special Alert – July 21, 2014 Recent News Duke power outage affecting parts of campus<https://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/pfconnection/recent-news/072114-p…>

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Reminder: NSAC Coffee hour poster presentation
by Anthrop, Heather L 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Please join us at 3:30 pm in the atrium for this week's NSAC Coffee Hour Presentation Field assessment of gait: valid measures of step length and step width provided with a simple, inexpensive device” Junyoung (Justin) Kim If you would like to give a presentation in an upcoming Coffee Hour please contact Justus Ndukaife.

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