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

2nd floor copier down
by Black, Nancy Lee 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

Service has been called. Nancy Black Secretary Birck Nanotechnology Center West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Phone: 765-494-8675 Fax: 765-494-4731

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BNC E-news for the week of August 31st
by Anthrop, Heather L 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

VB-6 The vacuum issue remains a difficult problem to solve. Two different field service engineers have been working on it for two weeks and have yet to find the root cause. They continue to address the issue so please watch the upper atrium display for status updates. Survey Feedback Older Equipment: We realize that some of our equipment is old and therefore is one or more generations behind the current state-of-the-art. We have a 15-year equipment upgrade & replacement plan which is updated periodically, and it was just refreshed within the last two weeks. We like to keep this current because funding new equipment can come almost any time from a variety of sources, including new faculty start-up packages, gifts to the university, newly won grants, etc. Our very expensive specialty equipment is included on this list and we're ready when funding sources are identified. Barriers to Entry: A comment was made that getting started at Birck sometimes seems burdensome and difficult. We have tried to make the process smooth and streamlined. For example, new users can get all of their required training (105, 150, and 206) all done in one day. We would be very pleased to hear any and all ideas on how to make this process better for all new users.

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West wing air handler working again
by Totten, Mary J 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Everyone, Our Zone crew has installed the new motor and the west wing offices should be cooling off. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Mary Jo Totten

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NSAC Coffee Hour Today at 3:30
by Anthrop, Heather L 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Please join NSAC for Coffee hour featuring Jieran Fang with Time-resolved Lasing Dynamics in Plasmonic System with Gain. 3:30 PM Birck Atrium [Image result for coffee]

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Offices may be warm this weekend
by Totten, Mary J 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Everyone, We have experienced a problem with our air handler for the west wing office areas. Our staff is working on it right now, but it will be down until further notice. This effects the west wing, first and second floor. Sorry for the inconvenience. **This DOES NOT affect any laboratory spaces** Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street BRK 1220 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 "Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear." - Mark Twain

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BNC e-news for the week of August 17th
by Anthrop, Heather L 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

***New Birck Nanotechnology Center Purchasing point person*** Jennifer Akridge has moved to a new position in Discovery Park. Her replacement is Robyn Jones (jone1356(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jone1356@purdue.edu>). You will be seeing emails from her from time to time if you place orders at Birck. Please continue to use the Birck Nanotechnology Center Purchasing email from questions and inquiries. That email address is bncpurchasing(a)purdue.edu<mailto:bncpurchasing@purdue.edu> VB-6 The VB-6 e-beam system is down due to a vacuum leak. A field service engineer will come to Purdue next week to address the issue.

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1st floor men's restroom closed Thursday the 13th
by Totten, Mary J 12 Aug '15

12 Aug '15

Everyone, We will be closing the area in front of the men's restroom on the first floor tomorrow to re-do the floors. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street BRK 1220 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 "Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear." - Mark Twain

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BNC e-news for the week of August 10th
by Anthrop, Heather L 10 Aug '15

10 Aug '15

Coral Outage The Coral servers are located in MSEE, and that building will be undergoing a complete power shut-down on Saturday, August 15th. This power outage, scheduled that Saturday from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm, will take the Coral servers offline. The Birck staff will enable all equipment prior to the shutdown, so we ask our Birck users to please manually use log books and log sheets to record your usage during this outage. Your understanding and cooperation are greatly appreciated. Please see the below email announcement from Sundeep Rao of ECN: All, You are receiving this email because you have an account on an ECN system. Please be aware of another major power outage announced for the MSEE building during the day, Saturday, Aug 15th. This will be a total shutdown, including airhandling, so no one will be allowed in the building. Please plan for this outage, since it affects the vast majority of ECN services including file servers, license servers, websites, and mail hosted on ECN servers (Not Exchange and MyMail). We will send you an additional reminder closer to the date. Thanks, -Sundeep Rao ECN Floor Maintenance On Tuesday August 11th, the first floor women’s bathroom and the main stairwell will be closed for floor care. Please use the elevator and 2nd floor women’s restroom. For any questions, please contact Mary Jo at tottenm(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tottenm@purdue.edu>. Kitchen We will be starting some repair work on the kitchen counter on Monday the 10th. You will not have access to the sink or cupboards, but you will still be able to access the refrigerator. I will move one of the Microwave ovens to the hallway outside the back of the kitchen on a table for you to use. You will not be able to wash your dishes here in the building on those days. Please DO NOT wash your dishes in the bathroom area. If you have any questions, please let me know and thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Personal Items in Birck Research Equipment A personal item, a piece of jewelry, was discovered in the chamber of a Birck thin film deposition system. It was determined that someone had placed this item in the system in order to deposit a thin layer of material on it, presumably to enhance its appearance. Personal items are NEVER to be placed into Birck research equipment as this is a serious violation of protocol and good research practice. Any personal item could cause the chamber to become contaminated with salts and/or body oils and this contamination could cause problems for subsequent films deposited. This obviously could negatively affect research coming from this system. Also, several days of staff time may be needed to completely strip the chamber and clean the system of any substances introduced by the personal item. In addition, this is considered theft of Purdue property (source material) which is a serious issue. So please DO NOT place any personal items into any research equipment at any time. [cid:image001.png@01D0D02E.2CCCB2B0]

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Kitchen counter closing on Monday August 10th - Note: This will be a 1-2 day project.
by Totten, Mary J 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Everyone, We will be starting some repair work on the kitchen counter on Monday the 10th. You will not have access to the sink or cupboards, but you will still be able to access the refrigerator. I will move one of the Microwave ovens to the hallway outside the back of the kitchen on a table for you to use. You will not be able to wash your dishes here in the building on those days. Please DO NOT wash your dishes in the bathroom area. If you have any questions, please let me know and thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street BRK 1220 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-1173 Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison

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NSAC Undergraduate Student Research Symposium at Discovery Park
by NSAC 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Yesterday at the Birck Nanotechnology Center, the Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) organized a research symposium for undergraduate students. The research works presented by the students were truly excellent and exciting, resulting in high scores from the judges. NSAC is happy to announce the following as winners of the Summer 2015 NSAC Undergraduate Student Research Symposium at Discovery Park. First Place: Daniel Romano -- Competitive Tuning of Calmodulin Target Protein Activation Drives E-LTP Induction in CA1 Hippocampal Neurons Second Place: Aaron Pikus -- DSMC Simulation of Microstructure Actuation by Knudsen Thermal Forces Third Place: Ran Cui -- Mass-positioning of nanodiamonds using squeegee technique The winners will receive cash prizes in the amount of $100, $60 and $40 for First, Second, and Third place respectively. NSAC thanks the entire Discovery Park community and in particular the undergrad student presenters, judges and all those that made the event possible. NSAC appreciates and will continue to count on your unwavering support of its effort in enhancing research awareness among students and faculty at Birck, Discovery Park, and all of Purdue. Sincerely, NSAC Officers

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