October 2015 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

Concur is working -Resubmit your travel for approval
by Munden, Tiffany R 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

Good morning everyone, Concur is up and working correctly now. For those who have tried to submit travel and received an error message please try to resubmit your travel for approval. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Thank you, Tiffany Munden Tiffany Munden Birck Nanotechnology Center Account Clerk V 765.494.2682 Office 765.496.8299 Fax tmunden(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tmunden@purdue.edu> [New DP Logo B&G] Birck Business Office, 1205 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907

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1st floor copier
by Black, Nancy Lee 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

The 1st floor color copier is not accepting print jobs currently. You can copy, scan and fax from it. All other copiers are working fine. This is being checked into. Thanks for your patience, Nancy Black Secretary V Birck Nanotechnology Center West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Phone: 765-494-8675 Fax: 765-494-4731 From: Turner, Jaime J Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:29 AM To: Black, Nancy Lee; Anthrop, Heather L Subject: 1st floor copier Hey Nancy, Can you call service and send a note out that the first floor color copier is not printing (copy and scan work on it). Thanks 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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Reminder: Poster Session during Birck 10th Anniversary (Oct. 30, 2015)
by NSAC 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Dear Birck Graduate Students: This is a gentle reminder about the poster session during the Birck 10th anniversary tomorrow (from 4:30PM to 5:30PM in the Birck Atrium). For those of you that have been instructed by your advisors to present your group’s posters tomorrow at the 10th anniversary, could you please complete the form below to confirm that you will be present during the poster session: http://bit.do/birck_poster_session Due to the reception for Birck staffs that will be taking place from 3:30pm to 4:30pm tomorrow, we ask that you kindly place your posters on the easels before 3:30pm tomorrow. We will have the easels in the atrium by 12:30PM tomorrow. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you, NSAC Officers On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:11 PM, NSAC <nsac(a)purdue.edu> wrote: > Dear Birck Graduate Students: > > > We would like to provide you with a few updates on the poster session > during the Birck 10th Anniversary, which will be taking place this Friday > Oct 30 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM in the Birck Atrium. > > > There will be easels for the poster display arranged in the Birck atrium. > If your group’s posters are already hung on the walls in Birck, we ask that > you retrieve the ones you would like to display from the walls and place > them on the easels in the BNC atrium from 3:30PM (immediately after the lab > tours) on Friday. After the poster session, please return the posters that > were retrieved from the walls back to the walls. > > Please let us know if you have any questions. > > > Thank you, > > NSAC Officers >

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Birck Center's 10th anniversary, tomorrow, Oct. 30
by Shakouri, Ali 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Dear All, We are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Birck Nanotechnology Center tomorrow (Friday April 30th). Attached is the agenda, but I would like to highlight a few items. Provost Deba Dutta will launch the event in Burton Morgan room 121 at 8am. Roger Howe, director of Stanford nanofabrication facility, will be the keynote speaker. He will be sharing highlights of his research in thermionic energy conversion as well as talking about the future of shared university fabrication facilities. His talk will be followed immediately by a panel discussion on the directions that nanotechnology is headed. The panel will consist of Roger, former Purdue Provost and President of Virginia Tech Tim Sands, and our own Mark Lundstrom. The morning will close with talks about the history and prospects of the Birck Nanotechnology Center by key individuals involved in the leadership of the facility from its early days until present. President Martin Jischke will share his thoughts about initiating Discovery Park and BNC. Dick Schwartz, then Dean of Engineering, and Jim Cooper were the founding directors of the center; Rashid Bashir led the efforts at the intersection of bio and nanotechnology; Tim Sands was the second director of the center who expanded both collaboration and the interdisciplinary nature of the facility. At the end I briefly describe latest initiatives at BNC. Everyone is invited to a luncheon in the Burton Morgan Café, honoring the students who have worked and are working in the BNC. A video of student experiences will be playing in the background as everyone has their lunch. The afternoon kicks off with a short presentation on nanoHUB by NCN director, Gerhard Klimeck, followed by a series of very short presentations on faculty research in the BNC. 18 faculty members will talk about their research in an "elevator pitch" format. This will be followed by three startup companies from the BNC sharing their experiences with the support of the center. These will also be held at Burton Morgan. At 3:30 pm we will move to the BNC atrium for a tribute to the BNC Staff. This will include a cake-and-punch reception. The day concludes with a very large poster session where students will share their current research in the facility. I look forward to see you at the event tomorrow. I'm sure you will find the day both enjoyable and informative. Cheers, Ali

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Poster Session during Birck 10th Anniversary (Oct. 30, 2015)
by NSAC 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Dear Birck Graduate Students: We would like to provide you with a few updates on the poster session during the Birck 10th Anniversary, which will be taking place this Friday Oct 30 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM in the Birck Atrium. There will be easels for the poster display arranged in the Birck atrium. If your group’s posters are already hung on the walls in Birck, we ask that you retrieve the ones you would like to display from the walls and place them on the easels in the BNC atrium from 3:30PM (immediately after the lab tours) on Friday. After the poster session, please return the posters that were retrieved from the walls back to the walls. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you, NSAC Officers

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REMINDER: NSAC Workshop on Roll-to-Roll Nano-manufacturing (Today)
by NSAC 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Dear All: This is a gentle reminder about the workshop on Roll-roll nano-manufacturing that is taking place today. The agenda for the workshop is as follows: Time: 12.00 PM – 2.00 PM 12:00PM-12:45PM Introductory Lecture & Lunch (Birck 1001) 12:50PM-2:00PM Practical Demo of roll-roll (R-R Nano-manufacturing Lab) Thank you, NSAC Officers On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, NSAC <nsac(a)purdue.edu> wrote: > Dear Colleagues: > > > We are pleased to invite you to a workshop on Roll-roll nano-manufacturing > organized by the Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) at the > Birck Nanotechnology Center. > > Roll-to-roll nano-manufacturing is a widely adopted technique that > provides both *high throughput* and *low cost* production. It is applied > in numerous fields including flexible and large-area electronics, flexible > solar displays and solar panels, medical products, printed/flexible > thin-film batteries, to mention but a few. > > This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to: > > - Obtain basic knowledge of this widely explored manufacturing tool > > > - Network with fellow graduate students that are experienced with > this tool > > > - Enhance their academic and professional portfolio > > Participation is free and to participate, please sign up at: *http://bit.do/roll2roll_workshop > <http://bit.do/roll2roll_workshop>* > > > The agenda for the workshop is as follows: > > Date: October 27, 2015 (Tuesday) > > Time: 12.00 PM – 2.00 PM > > 12:00PM-12:45PM Introductory Lecture & Lunch (Birck 1001) > > 12:50PM-2:00PM Practical Demo of roll-roll (R-R Nano-manufacturing Lab) > > > > We hope that you will utilize this opportunity to learn something new, > expand your knowledge and become better equipped to contribute to > addressing important Grand challenges that face our society today. > > Please see the attached fliers for details and contact us if you have any > questions. > > Sincerely, > > NSAC Officers > *The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. > (Samuel Johnson)* >

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NSAC Workshop on Roll-to-Roll Nano-manufacturing (Tuesday Oct 27, 2015)
by NSAC 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to invite you to a workshop on Roll-roll nano-manufacturing organized by the Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) at the Birck Nanotechnology Center. Roll-to-roll nano-manufacturing is a widely adopted technique that provides both *high throughput* and *low cost* production. It is applied in numerous fields including flexible and large-area electronics, flexible solar displays and solar panels, medical products, printed/flexible thin-film batteries, to mention but a few. This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to: - Obtain basic knowledge of this widely explored manufacturing tool - Network with fellow graduate students that are experienced with this tool - Enhance their academic and professional portfolio Participation is free and to participate, please sign up at: *http://bit.do/roll2roll_workshop <http://bit.do/roll2roll_workshop>* The agenda for the workshop is as follows: Date: October 27, 2015 (Tuesday) Time: 12.00 PM – 2.00 PM 12:00PM-12:45PM Introductory Lecture & Lunch (Birck 1001) 12:50PM-2:00PM Practical Demo of roll-roll (R-R Nano-manufacturing Lab) We hope that you will utilize this opportunity to learn something new, expand your knowledge and become better equipped to contribute to addressing important Grand challenges that face our society today. Please see the attached fliers for details and contact us if you have any questions. Sincerely, NSAC Officers *The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. (Samuel Johnson)*

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BNC E-news for the week of October 26th
by Anthrop, Heather L 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

Welcome Jerry Shepard to the Birck Engineering Team Please welcome our newest engineering staff member, Jerry Shepard who started with us on Monday, October 12th. His came to us from Raybestos Corporation in Crawfordsville where he was as an Applications Engineer working on friction products. Jerry has a number of years' experience in mechanical design and applications engineering, and he will be assuming responsibilities for a variety of equipment and processes including CVD, AFM, ALD, and Coral. Please plan to stop by the engineering office in 2287-A to meet Jerry and welcome him to the Birck team.

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NSAC Coffee Hour today at 3:30PM
by NSAC 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

Dear Birck Community: Please join us today at 3:30PM in Birck atrium for NSAC coffee hour session. A poster entitled: "Ultrafast Sub-Diffraction Thermoreflectance Thermal Imaging Microscopy" will be presented by Amirkoushyar Ziabari. Thank you, NSAC Officers

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NOTICE - Cleanroom & Laboratories are Now Open
by Voorhis, Mark L. 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

All BNC Users - The preventive maintenance shutdown of the Birck Nanotechnology Facility has been completed successfully due to the efforts the BNC Engineering Staff and the Physical Facilities trades. The cleanroom and laboratories are now open for operation. Some equipment is still shut down for maintenance, or is in the process of being started back up. Please check Coral for individual equipment status. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this set of important preventive-maintenance procedures. BNC Management

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