April 2018 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

BNC E-news for the week of April 30th
by Turner, Jaime J 30 Apr '18

30 Apr '18

[BIRCK NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER][http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/resources/toolkit/files/logo/di…] Seminars/Workshops Gregory Sotzing Seminar Organic Conductive Polymers for Wearable Electronics May 2nd @ 11:00am in BRK 1001 https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1509 PQC distinguished Seminar - Dirk Englund Seminar Semiconductor Quantum Technologies for Secure Communications and Scalable Quantum Networks May 4th @ 2:00pm in BRK 2001 https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1507 See other Discovery Park's Events: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/events/index.php Birck Nanotechnology Center PM Shut Down Notice The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown April 30 through May 4, 2018. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, April 30 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 4. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal. Only authorized personnel will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period. In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance. As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 7 a.m. Monday, April 30 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 4. However, work that involves taking standard electrical measurements may be carried out in the LABS provided that fluctuating air temperature and humidity do not affect the readings. No chemical work will be allowed during this period. It is anticipated that the building and process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, May 4. Please check iLabs for equipment status and availability. For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns. Week of Oct 15, 2018 Week of April 29, 2019 Week of Oct 14, 2019 Spring May 4, 2020 Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns. Mark Voorhis Building Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Calling Discovery Park Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Are you interested in becoming a Discovery Park Ambassador? The Discovery Park Ambassador Program is an organized program supported by the Birck Nanotechnology Center, Bindley Bioscience Center and Discovery Park Administration. The mission of the program is to represent Discovery Park with the highest level of scientific integrity and professionalism at all engagement events and activities. The ambassadors' expected responsibilities include Discovery Park tours, engagement activities/events, K-12 workshops and industry engagement opportunities identified by the Engagement Coordinator. Ambassadors will be compensated accordingly by providing these important services to Discovery Park. If interested, please contact Nicole Finley at kingman(a)purdue.edu<mailto:kingman@purdue.edu>. [cid:image006.jpg@01D3E0AA.C60FC220] Hallway Floor Cleaning Schedule 5/8/2018 - BRK 2019 to BRK 2027 (offices closed until 10:00AM) 5/9/2018 - BRK 2287 to BRK 2295 (offices closed until 10:00AM) 5/10/2018 - The hallway on 2nd floor around stairway (Stairway and elevator closed until 10:00AM) 5/11/2018 - Area in front of cleanroom (you will still be able to access cleanroom from side hallways) 5/15/2018 -BRK 2262 to BRK 2283 (offices closed until 10:00AM) 5/16/2018 -West hallway in the main part of building. (BRK 2251, west stairwell, and elevator closed till 10:00AM) 5/17/2018 - BRK 2218 - BRK 2239 (offices closed until 10:00AM) 5/18/2018 - West hallway next to cleanroom (you must enter cleanroom on the west side will 10:00AM) 5/22/2018 - East hallway next to cleanroom (you must enter the cleanroom on the east side till 10AM) 5/23/2018 - East hallway 2nd floor (east stairwell, walkway to Bindley, and desk in east atrium, and 2nd floor lockers closed until 10:00AM. 5/24/2018 - BRK 2072 - BRK 2092 (offices closed until 10:00AM) 5/25/2018 - West Tour aisle by cleanroom (no freight elevator access until 10:00AM. (J- bay enter on east) 5/30/2018 - BRK 2031 to BRK 2050 (offices closed until 10:00AM) ALL CLOSURES ON THIS LIST ARE FROM 5:00am TO 10:00am Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule Attached is the Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule. It is the projection of vibration and/or noise issues with the construction outside of Birck.

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NanoDays 2018 Recap
by Weinstein, Dana 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Dear all, NanoDays 2018<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/NanoDays/index.php> was a great opportunity for all of us to help impact a lot of lives. Over 150 individuals and groups worked hard to make this event a big success! I would like to express a big thank you to everyone for contributing to this important event! As I am sure you have personally experienced, it makes a big difference for many kids and their families. A special thank you goes to Ron Reger & Jaime Turner who chaired and led the event, and the Nanodays Committee members: Sarah Anderson, Neil Dilley, Sajid Choudhury, Nicole Finley,, Tim Miller, Joon Park, Sean Rinehart, and Justin Wirth. This year we had over 900 Pre-K through high school students participate in NanoDays, and over 130 volunteers who made it a successful STEM event for the next generation of scientists! In addition to the traditional NanoDays demonstrations and experiments we had research booths showing a number of Purdue research groups and other technologies: 1) Peroulis Group 2) OSA/SPIE 3) Daniel Suter group, nanobiology 4) Liang Pan group, optics demos 5) Alex Wei group, Au nanoparticles 6) Jong Hyun Choi group, nanoparticles 7) NanoHUB, build and model nanotubes 8) Vlad Shalaev group 9) Tongcang Li Group 10) Joerg Appenzeller group, graphite racers and nanomagnetism We would also like to thank NSAC for their dedication in helping with Nanodays year after year and running of the mock cleanroom! On behalf of the Birck Center, we wish to express our sincere thanks to all of the volunteers for making NanoDays 2018 a huge success! With sincere appreciation, Dana Weinstein Associate Director of Operations, BNC ——————————————— ——————————————— Dana Weinstein Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Director of Operations, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Discovery Park Purdue University https://engineering.purdue.edu/hybridmems [cid:D3B48EC2-DBE7-4D92-B8CE-2FC8DF5C7026@lfytina2.metronetinc.com]

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Seminar - Venkatesh Narayanamurti - Tuesday, April 24th, Burton D. Morgan Center, Room 121
by Shakouri, Ali 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Dear All, I encourage you to attend the seminar by Prof. Venky Narayanamurti from Harvard tomorrow, Tuesday at 1:30pm at Burton Morgan Center 121. Venky is a former director of research at Bell Labs, vice president at Sandia and Dean of Engineering at UCSB and at Harvard. His current work, at the Kennedy School of Public Policy, focuses on innovation and ecosystems that promote invention and discovery. Best regards, Ali Dear Colleagues, On behalf of Discovery Park, please join us on, Tuesday, April 24th at 1:30pm at the Burton D. Morgan Center, Room 121 to hear Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series seminar speaker, Venkatesh Narayanamurti present the talk entitled, Bridging The Basic-Applied Dichotomy and The Cycles of Invention and Discovery. Venkatesh Narayanamurti is the Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public Policy at Harvard. We hope to see you there. Cheers, Tomás Díaz de la Rubia [cid:image002.jpg@01D3D725.B0C88750]

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BNC E-news for the week of April 23rd
by Turner, Jaime J 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

[BIRCK NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER][http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/resources/toolkit/files/logo/di…] Seminars/Workshops Jonathan Fan Seminar High Performance Meta-optical Systems for Extreme Waveform Control April 25th @ 11:00am in BRK 1001 https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1506 Gregory Sotzing Seminar Organic Conductive Polymers for Wearable Electronics May 2nd @ 11:00am in BRK 1001 https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1509 PQC distinguished Seminar - Dirk Englund Seminar Semiconductor Quantum Technologies for Secure Communications and Scalable Quantum Networks May 4th @ 2:00pm in BRK 2001 https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1507 See other Discovery Park's Events: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/events/index.php Birck Nanotechnology Center PM Shut Down Notice The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown April 30 through May 4, 2018. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, April 30 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 4. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal. Only authorized personnel will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period. In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance. As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 7 a.m. Monday, April 30 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 4. However, work that involves taking standard electrical measurements may be carried out in the LABS provided that fluctuating air temperature and humidity do not affect the readings. No chemical work will be allowed during this period. It is anticipated that the building and process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, May 4. Please check iLabs for equipment status and availability. For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns. Week of Oct 15, 2018 Week of April 29, 2019 Week of Oct 14, 2019 Spring May 4, 2020 Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns. Mark Voorhis Building Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Do not store items under desks I would like you to please refrain from storing your items under your desk. Our custodial crew needs to keep the floors clean and are not allowed to touch any personal items. Could you please Use the shelves above your desk to store these items? If you have any questions, please call me at 6-1173. Mary Jo Kitchen Refrigerator Clean-out Notice: The kitchen refrigerator will be cleaned out on Wednesday April 25 at 2PM At that time anything that is not labeled and/or looks bad to me will be trashed. Container and all. Please label your food if you do not want it trashed. Thank you Nancy Black Secretary V Birck Nanotechnology Center West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Phone: 765-494-8675 Fax: 765-494-4731 Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule Attached is the Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule. It is the projection of vibration and/or noise issues with the construction outside of Birck.

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BNC E-news for the week of April 2nd
by Turner, Jaime J 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

[BIRCK NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER][http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/resources/toolkit/files/logo/di…] Seminars/Workshops Matthew L. Becker Seminar Building bone with polymers- How new materials and additive manufacturing are changing medicine April 5th @ 2:00pm in BRK 1001 http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1420 Zhenan Bao Seminar Designing Skin-Inspired Organic Electronic Materials April 13th @ 11:00am in STEW 218 Michael Chabinyc Seminar Energy Conversion with Organic Semiconductors April 18th @ 11:00am in BRK 1001 http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1427 See other Discovery Park's Events: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/events/index.php Birck Nanotechnology Center PM Shut Down Notice The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown April 30 through May 4, 2018. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, April 30 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 4. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal. Only authorized personnel will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period. In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance. As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 7 a.m. Monday, April 30 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 4. However, work that involves taking standard electrical measurements may be carried out in the LABS provided that fluctuating air temperature and humidity do not affect the readings. No chemical work will be allowed during this period. It is anticipated that the building and process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, May 4. Please check iLabs for equipment status and availability. For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns. Week of Oct 15, 2018 Week of April 29, 2019 Week of Oct 14, 2019 Spring May 4, 2020 Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns. Mark Voorhis Building Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Nanodays 2018 Volunteer Sign-Up Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center has an exciting volunteer opportunity for students in the technical, education, and management fields. Participants will have the opportunity to: * Gain professional experience explaining scientific concepts to people from non-technical backgrounds. * Support the future of STEM programs by introducing grade schoolers and high school students to the miniscule world of atoms, molecules, and nanoscale forces. * Participate with other students/researchers in a nationwide festival celebrating nanotechnology science and education. Since 2010, the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Discovery Park has participated in NISE NanoDays, a program that promotes science and technology education nationwide. Volunteers will staff activity stations and assist visitors as they investigate different scientific concepts. Some example activities for 2018 include gummy capsules, ferrofluids, invisibility, thin film bookmarks, oobleck, and UV bead bracelets. No prior knowledge is required to volunteer, just an enthusiasm for science and science education. Local vendors will be providing food for volunteer training and all three days of the event. Volunteers can attend any or all of the following shifts: Wed 4/11/18: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Thu 4/12/18: 8:45 AM - 11:30 AM 11:15 AM - 2:00 PM Fri 4/13/18: 8:45 AM - 11:30 AM 11:15 AM - 2:00 PM Training is mandatory and will be provided in the Birck atrium. The schedule is: Tue 4/03/18: 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pizza Party) 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM (Training Sessions) Interested volunteers can sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/ycnov92z A full activity list can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yacebhpu Questions can be directed to volunteer coordinators Joon Park (park218(a)purdue.edu<mailto:park218@purdue.edu>), Justin Wirth (jcwirth(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jcwirth@purdue.edu>), and Sean Rinehart (srinehar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:srinehar@purdue.edu>). Important Procurement Transition Process We have been communicating for some time that Purdue is undergoing a campus wide transformation process related to many aspects of our daily work life. The finance module of this project is set to "go-live" on July 1st, 2018. This transformation will redesign the core financial structure to a standardized structure that allows us to truly utilize SAP. In order to prepare for this transition, there will be a period of time where we will not be allowed to place orders through Ariba. IMPORTANT DATES: * April 18th - Any orders greater than $10K have to be submitted and approved in Ariba * May 9th - Final day for ALL OTHER Ariba orders to be submitted - "requester role" will be removed from all who have access * May 10th - July 1st: * P-cards will be used for purchases that are considered low-risk/small transactions. Our credit card limits will be increased to account for the increase in transactions. * Direct Payments can be used when a vendor will not accept credit cards during this time frame. However, direct payment submitted after June 1st will not be submitted to the vendor until AFTER July 1st. * For high risk/capital equipment a form 12 will need to be submitted to the procurement help desk so that the appropriate authorizations can be obtained via DocuSign. BEST PRACTICES FOR TRANSITION PERIOD: * If you plan on ordering a piece of capital equipment, please obtain all necessary documentation and approvals and enter the PO no later than 4/18. * If you routinely purchase certain items or have specific orders scheduled for May or June, please place those orders now. * Long-term or multi-year projects should be broken down into multiple POs with the first phase anything that would need paid out prior to the end of June. * If you have a situation that you are unsure of, please discuss with the business office. If you have ANY questions or concerns, please let me know. Thank you all for your understanding on this matter. ///////////////////////////////////////// Erica Cox Business Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 W. State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 [New DP Logo B&G] * ericacox(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ericacox@purdue.edu> ( 765-494-1619 Skywalk Closed for use April 17th and 18th On Tuesday April 17th and Wednesday April 18th we will be stripping and waxing the floor in the skywalk between Bindley and Birck. Both days the skywalk will be unavailable for use from 5:00AM - 10:00AM. Please make plans to use an alternative route. Thank you for your understanding as we work hard to maintain the beauty of our buildings. Thanks, Mary Jo Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule Attached is the Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule. It is the projection of vibration and/or noise issues with the construction outside of Birck.

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