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Seminars /Workshops / Events
NEEDS Seminar - Prof. Michael Schroeter
CNTFET-based HF electronics - State-of-the-art and future prospects<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2099>
May 23, 2019 @ 2:00pm in BRK 2001
NEEDS Seminar - Prof. Michael Schroeter
SiGe HBT technology and modeling for sub-mm-wave electronics<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2100>
May 24, 2019 @ 10:00am in BRK 1001
Spintronics/Birck/ECE Seminar - Dr. Damien Querlioz<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2101>
May 24, 2019 @ 1:00pm in WANG 1004
Birck Events<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1835> and Birck News<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/news/index.php>
Birck Nanotechnology Center Closure from June 10, 2019 @ 7am to June 18, 2019 @ 4pm
The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a closure involving major electrical repairs, chemical exhaust modification, and completion of our semi-annual preventive maintenance from June 10 through June 18, 2018.
Three major tasks will happen during this closure. 1) Required repair of our 3000 amp building power feed that failed on February 3 requiring a shutdown of all building HVAC systems, anticipated to last 2-3 hours to repair. 2) A capital project integration of the cleanroom chemical exhaust system involves cutting into the cleanroom chemical exhaust in four locations to connect 20,000 CFM exhaust system involving a complete rebalance of the cleanroom static pressure, anticipated to last 3-5 days. 3) Finally complete the normal spring preventive maintenance activities, anticipated to last 2-3 days.
Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, June 10 through 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18. 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 repairs and modification 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, June 10 through 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18. 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 Tuesday, June 18. Please check iLabs for equipment status and availability.
For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance closures.
Week of Oct 14, 2019 Spring May 4, 2020
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important closures. Please contact me if you need more detailed information.
Mark Voorhis
Building Manager
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Search for Birck Associate Directors for Operation and for Research
As you may know, Dana Weinstein will be Associate Dean for Graduate Education in College of Engineering starting in July and Yong Chen is the Director of the New Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute. I would like to think sincerely Dana and Yong for their great support and outstanding service.
We are launching an internal search to identify individuals with demonstrated leadership and vision for the positions of Associate Director for Operations and the Associate Director for Research. The Associate Directors should be members of the Purdue Faculty with the rank of tenured Associate or Full Professor.
Nominations/applications should be submitted by email to Jaime Turner at jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> by June 7th. The applications should include a letter of interest that outlines qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, and the name of three references. Additional details are provided in the attached documents.
Ali Shakouri
REMINDER: Discovery Park Residential Faculty and Staff Parking Spaces
As a reminder the primary purpose of the Discovery Park designated spaces is to accommodate Discovery Park staff/faculty who have responsibilities that require them to commute to and from Discovery Park during working hours. Those individuals not required to commute are strongly encouraged to use alternate parking spaces whenever possible. This permit is property of Discovery Park and is issued/revoked at their discretion.
Discovery Park Ambassadors Needed
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 Kayla Burke at kbowsher(a)purdue.edu<mailto:kbowsher@purdue.edu>
Scrubbing and Waxing
Continued summer Scrub and Wax
Please note that the following rooms will be scrubbed and waxed on the following dates. Make sure that all of you computers and boxes are up off of the floor. This is a big project, so if you don't move your items, we will skip over you till next year.
June 4th - 1076 & 1080
June 5th - 1084 & 1088
June 6th - 1092
June 19th - 1238 & 1234
June 20th - 1230 & 1226
June 21st - 1222
Please come to Mary Jo with any questions.
Dear BNC Community,
Just a reminder the parking lot west of Birck is closed. They have not yet put up the fencing but they do have barricades placed at the entrance marking the lots as a no parking tow away zone (see below).
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Thanks,
Jaime Turner
Administrative Assistant to the Director
Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN
Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu>
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www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>
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Seminars /Workshops / Events
Dr. Franco Wong Seminar
Quantum-enabled sensing and secure communications<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2084>
May 17, 2019 @ 1:00pm in BRK 2001
Birck Events<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1835> and Birck News<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/news/index.php>
West Side Parking Lot Closure
The parking lot west of Birck will be eliminated starting May 20th, 2019. Please see attached the updated pedestrian map
Birck Nanotechnology Center Closure from June10, 2019 @ 7am to June 18, 2019 @ 4pm
The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a closure involving major electrical repairs, chemical exhaust modification, and completion of our semi-annual preventive maintenance from June 10 through June 18, 2018.
Three major tasks will happen during this closure. 1) Required repair of our 3000 amp building power feed that failed on February 3 requiring a shutdown of all building HVAC systems, anticipated to last 2-3 hours to repair. 2) A capital project integration of the cleanroom chemical exhaust system involves cutting into the cleanroom chemical exhaust in four locations to connect 20,000 CFM exhaust system involving a complete rebalance of the cleanroom static pressure, anticipated to last 3-5 days. 3) Finally complete the normal spring preventive maintenance activities, anticipated to last 2-3 days.
Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, June 10 through 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18. 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 repairs and modification 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, June 10 through 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18. 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 Tuesday, June 18. Please check iLabs for equipment status and availability.
For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance closures.
Week of Oct 14, 2019 Spring May 4, 2020
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important closures. Please contact me if you need more detailed information.
Mark Voorhis
Building Manager
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Search for Birck Associate Directors for Operation and for Research
As you may know, Dana Weinstein will be Associate Dean for Graduate Education in College of Engineering starting in July and Yong Chen is the Director of the New Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute. I would like to think sincerely Dana and Yong for their great support and outstanding service.
We are launching an internal search to identify individuals with demonstrated leadership and vision for the positions of Associate Director for Operations and the Associate Director for Research. The Associate Directors should be members of the Purdue Faculty with the rank of tenured Associate or Full Professor.
Nominations/applications should be submitted by email to Jaime Turner at jjturner(a)purdue.edu by June 7th. The applications should include a letter of interest that outlines qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, and the name of three references. Additional details are provided in the attached documents.
Ali Shakouri
Discovery Park Ambassadors Needed
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 Kayla Burke at kbowsher(a)purdue.edu
Scrubbing and Waxing
Summer brings another round of scrubbing and waxing floors in Birck. Thank you ahead of time for your cooperation and patience while we keep Birck looking great!
Tuesday May 21st - BRK 1072 the kitchen will be closed until 1:00PM. Please make plans accordingly.
Wednesday May 22nd - Spring Fling (stafff will not be available after 11:30AM).
Thursday May 23rd - BRK 1220 the mailroom will be closed until 11:00AM. Mary Jo and Kyle will be working on different computers in the building, but please plan on having shipments in to us the day before.
EM Core
Dear BNC Community, the EM core at Birck will be merging with other EM cores on campus to form the Purdue EM Super Core. As part of the transition, in a couple of weeks, will be moving all content from Birck EM iLab to the Purdue EM iLab website:
https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/sc/3985/purdue-electron-microscopy-facilit…
Please use the link above to make reservations, training and services request.
Also, the new state-of-the-art microscopes at Birck are online. More information will be posted on the Birck website as well as on the iLab Purdue EM Facility, however the new systems are the Themis Z Aberration Corrected Monochromated S/TEM with EDX and EELS capabilities, the Helios G4 Dual Beam SEM/FIB with EDX capabilities, and the Apreos SEM in the cleanroom. We will be starting training on May 6th for all systems. Please go onto iLab and request the necessary training to get you in the system queue.
Best,
Rosa E Diaz
EM Research Scientist, BNC
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Seminars /Workshops / Events
XPS Lite Workshop Introduction to CasaXPS<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2051>
May 9 - May 10, BRK 1001
Dr. Franco Wong Seminar
Quantum-enabled sensing and secure communications<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2084>
May 17, 2019 @ 1:00pm in BRK 2001
Birck Events<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1835> and Birck News<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/news/index.php>
Birck Nanotechnology Center Closure from June10, 2019 @ 7am to June 18, 2019 @ 4pm
The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a closure involving major electrical repairs, chemical exhaust modification, and completion of our semi-annual preventive maintenance from June 10 through June 18, 2018.
Three major tasks will happen during this closure. 1) Required repair of our 3000 amp building power feed that failed on February 3 requiring a shutdown of all building HVAC systems, anticipated to last 2-3 hours to repair. 2) A capital project integration of the cleanroom chemical exhaust system involves cutting into the cleanroom chemical exhaust in four locations to connect 20,000 CFM exhaust system involving a complete rebalance of the cleanroom static pressure, anticipated to last 3-5 days. 3) Finally complete the normal spring preventive maintenance activities, anticipated to last 2-3 days.
Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, June 10 through 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18. 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 repairs and modification 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, June 10 through 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 18. 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 Tuesday, June 18. Please check iLabs for equipment status and availability.
For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance closures.
Week of Oct 14, 2019 Spring May 4, 2020
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important closures. Please contact me if you need more detailed information.
Mark Voorhis
Building Manager
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Birck Nanotechnology Center Fire Alarm Testing
May 9, 2019 From 5AM to 7AM
The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be performing fire alarm tests on May 9, 2019 from 5AM to 7AM.
Due to Sub Fab construction changes Purdue Fire Equipment Services (FES) will need to complete a building wide fire alarm testing. This will involve all fire horns sounding and strobe lights flashing as if we were having a fire alarm.
On May 9, 2019 at 5AM FES will make 2 announcements over the building wide public address system informing everyone in the center about the fire testing and not to evacuate the building. One announcement will be made 5 minutes before fire testing begins and a second announcement just before activating all fire horns and strobes.
Once the fire test is complete then a final announcement will be made over the building wide public address system informing everyone that the fire alarm testing is complete and to evacuate the building on future alarms.
EM Core
Dear BNC Community, the EM core at Birck will be merging with other EM cores on campus to form the Purdue EM Super Core. As part of the transition, in a couple of weeks, will be moving all content from Birck EM iLab to the Purdue EM iLab website:
https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/sc/3985/purdue-electron-microscopy-facilit…
Please use the link above to make reservations, training and services request.
Also, the new state-of-the-art microscopes at Birck are online. More information will be posted on the Birck website as well as on the iLab Purdue EM Facility, however the new systems are the Themis Z Aberration Corrected Monochromated S/TEM with EDX and EELS capabilities, the Helios G4 Dual Beam SEM/FIB with EDX capabilities, and the Apreos SEM in the cleanroom. We will be starting training on May 6th for all systems. Please go onto iLab and request the necessary training to get you in the system queue.
Best,
Rosa E Diaz
EM Research Scientist, BNC
