January 2026 - BNC-all - ecn.purdue.edu

Birck Seminar Series, Libai Huang, Chemistry, “ Imaging Exciton Transport and Quantum Interactions with Ultrafast Microscopy”
by Neil R Dilley 16 Jan '26

16 Jan '26

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Birck Seminar Series, Feb. 25th, Jingang Li, ME/MSE, “Advancing Optical Manipulation and Measurement at the Nanoscale”
by Neil R Dilley 16 Jan '26

16 Jan '26

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Birck Seminar Series, Jingang Li, ME/MSE, “Advancing Optical Manipulation and Measurement at the Nanoscale”
by Neil R Dilley 16 Jan '26

16 Jan '26

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Birck Seminar series, NEW DATE -- Yuheng Chen and Vaishnavi Venkatacha Iyer / ECE, "Machine Learning and Quantum-Assisted Inverse Design for Next-Generation Photonics"
by Neil R Dilley 14 Jan '26

14 Jan '26

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ACTION REQUIRED: Annual BNC 151 Safety Refresher Training
by Christian Bokrand 14 Jan '26

14 Jan '26

Greetings all, It's that time of year again! In order to maintain access to Birck, all BNC Cleanroom and Laboratory users including Faculty, Staff, Scientists, Researchers, and Students must obtain this year's annual safety training refresher badge. If you've received the BNC 111 Orientation & Safety training after Dec. 1st, 2025, you are exempt for this requirement until next year. BNC users must obtain this badge by 11:59:59 PM Monday, February 16th, or BNC cleanroom and lab access will be revoked. Please direct any questions or issues to cbokrand(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cbokrand@purdue.edu>. We will continue to use Brightspace for this training, so it should be familiar if you've taken Birck training in the last year. To begin earning the badge, navigate to the following link and click the "Add to Cart" button: http://www.training.purdue.edu/BNC151 1. NOTE: It kind of looks like this will have a cost associated with it when registering. There is no cost and it will just be a 0$ transaction when completing the registration. 2. Proceed to checkout. 3. Log in with your Purdue credentials. 4. Complete the checkout process. 5. After you receive a confirmation email from Brightspace, go to the course page at Homepage - BNC 151 - Annual Safety Training Refresher / Staff Training<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.br…> 6. Login with your Purdue ID and BoilerKey (if not already logged in) 7. Click on the 'content' button to begin completing the coursework. To reiterate the requirements listed on the badge page, obtaining the badge requires: 1. A review of the BNC 151 - 2026<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.br…> training slides and the Chemical Hygiene Plan<https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/programs/chp2014.pdf>. This will take some time (especially the CHP) so make sure you plan to dedicate a few hours to this. 2. Passing a 25-question quiz on content from the training materials from step 1. An 80% or better is required to pass. The quiz may be retaken once, if needed. You may refer to the training materials during the quiz. Please note: * If you fail to obtain an 80% after a second attempt on the quiz, your submission must be manually reset. Email Christian Bokrand (cbokrand(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cbokrand@purdue.edu>) with the subject line "BNC 151 Quiz Reset" to setup a meeting to discuss any points of confusion and reset your submission. * BNC laboratory access (to any/all of the dry, solvent, acid, bio, or cleanroom laboratories) will be revoked if not completed by 11:59:59 PM on Monday, February 16th. * If not completed by the deadline, users wishing to regain BNC laboratory access will need to: o Complete a more extensive version of the badge (50 questions >=90% to pass instead of 25 questions >=80%) o Have their PI sign-off on the training o Wait for the Friday after their badge is completed for access to be re-instated. If you're having issues with Brightspace enrollment, please contact tlt(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tlt@purdue.edu> If you're having problems with the course content, please contact cbokrand(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cbokrand@purdue.edu> Thank you, Christian Bokrand Senior Research and Safety Engineer Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2287 Office: 765.496.7367 | Email: cbokrand(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cbokrand@purdue.edu> [cid:image001.png@01DC852E.25FC3DF0]

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BNC 151 Mandatory Safety Refresher
by Christian Bokrand 12 Jan '26

12 Jan '26

Hi All, Please disregard the email for the BNC 151 - Annual Safety Refresher training while I work through a technical issue with the updated version. Out of date information, including quiz attempts and presentation links, will be updated soon so please hold off from accessing the course at this time. I'll send out a new email when the error is corrected and the course is ready. Thank you, Christian Bokrand Senior Research and Safety Engineer Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2287 Office: 765.496.7367 | Email: cbokrand(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cbokrand@purdue.edu> [cid:image001.png@01DC83BC.6A891010]

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Birck Seminar series, Wed. Jan. 14th, 2pm, Yuheng Chen and Vaishnavi Venkatacha Iyer / ECE, "Machine Learning and Quantum-Assisted Inverse Design for Next-Generation Photonics"
by Neil R Dilley 11 Jan '26

11 Jan '26

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Birck Seminar series, Yuheng Chen and Vaishnavi Venkatacha Iyer / ECE, "Machine Learning and Quantum-Assisted Inverse Design for Next-Generation Photonics"
by Neil R Dilley 11 Jan '26

11 Jan '26

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Birck Seminar 1/16: DARPA's Current Programs Creating a Bi-directional Link Between the Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence feat. Pedro Irazoqui
by Kelli R Dawson 05 Jan '26

05 Jan '26

Hello Birck Community, You are invited to attend the Birck Seminar on January 16 at 10:00 a.m. in BRK 2001. The seminar will feature Pedro Irazoqui, Program Manager for the Biological Technologies Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Topic: DARPA's Current Programs Creating a Bi-directional Link Between the Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence For additional details, please refer to the attached flyer. Thank you, Kelli Kelli Dawson, M.Sc Operations Administrator Birck Nanotechnology Center, BRK 1027 O: 765-494-3509 C: 765-532-4519 https://birck.research.purdue.edu/ [cid:219c2df2-5608-482d-adc7-3d5d36cc780a]

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Winter Recess Notice
by Ronald K Reger 05 Jan '26

05 Jan '26

Announcement On behalf of the Birck Leadership Team....... Dear Birck Research Community, The Purdue Winter Recess begins effective Tuesday afternoon December 23rd and concludes Monday morning, January 5th. The university is officially closed during this time. As we have done in past years, the Birck Nanotechnology Center will remain available for research but will be unstaffed and hazardous gasses will be unavailable. Lab work may otherwise proceed, though any fume hood work must be done with someone else present in the same laboratory or cleanroom bay (the "buddy" system). Following is a description of the Birck center during this period of university closure: 1. All labs and the cleanroom will be open. 2. All hazardous gases will be unavailable. 3. There may be a limited amount of construction continuing during this period, but it is not expected to interfere with research work. 4. Cleanroom gowns, hoods, and booties should be used for as long as possible as new items will not be restocked. 5. Any work that uses highly dermally toxic materials (25% TMAH, BOE, HF) ABSOLUTELY requires a buddy within eyesight at all times. 6. Precursors for ALD systems will be available. 7. No shipping or receiving is being done at any building on campus. 8. The custodians will not be working so restrooms will not be maintained and waste/trash will not be removed. o We encourage users to keep the facility clean and be extra vigilant about the hygiene. 9. Due to the lack of staffing, any faculty and senior researchers present are encouraged to be more proactive (e.g. occasional walk-throughs checking the labs where there is ongoing research). Email cbokrand(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cbokrand@purdue.edu> if you notice anything. Since there will be very limited staff support during this winter recess the research groups are strongly encouraged to accomplish as much processing as possible before gases are turned off on Dec. 23rd. See the following for more detailed information (this will be up on the BNC Wiki): 2025-12-23 to 2026-01-05: Reduced Holiday Operations Due to Purdue's Winter Recess hazardous gases will be unavailable from 2:30 PM Tuesday, December 23th until 8:00 AM on Monday, Jan 5th . Lab work may otherwise proceed, though any fume hood work must be done with someone else present in the same laboratory or cleanroom bay (the "buddy" system). Please note the following changes to our normal operation: o ALD sources will remain available * Unavailable gases: * Ammonia (NH3) * Boron trichloride (BCl3) * Chlorine (Cl2) * Dichlorosilane (H2Cl2Si) * Hydrogen (H2) * Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) * Krypton Fluoride (KrF) * Methane (CH4) * Nitric Oxide (NO) * Silane (SiH4) * Trichlorosilane (HCl3Si) * Tools affected: * Reduced capability: * PVD Nitride Sputtering System (NH3 unavailable) * Tube 1 Clean Ox (H2 unavailable, dry oxidation only) --- Provided the new furnace is installed by this date. * Tube 4 Field Ox (H2 unavailable, dry oxidation only) --- Provided the new furnace is installed by this date. * Tube 7 General Oxidation (H2 unavailable, dry oxidation only) * Panasonic (Cl2 and BCl3 unavailable) * Plasma-Therm Apex SLR ICP RIE Etcher (H2, Cl2 and BCl3 unavailable) * Plasma-Therm Versaline ICP RIE Etcher (Cl2 and BCl3 unavailable) * Shutdown: * Axic PECVD (NH3 & SiH4 unavailable) * Easy Tube 3000 DVD (CH4 unavailable) * Epigress (SiH4 unavailable) * H2S CVD (H2S & H2 unavailable) * Nitric Oxide Anneal (NO unavailable) * Plasma-Therm Apex SLR HDPCVD (SiH4 unavailable) * Tube 2 Nitride (NH3 and HCl3Si unavailable) * Tube 3 LTO (SiH4 unavailable) * Tube 6 Polysilicon (SiH4 unavailable) * Work with highly dermally toxic materials (25% TMAH, BOE, HF) ABSOLUTELY requires a buddy within eyesight at all times. * Custodial staff will not be working. * There will be no restocking of shared use supplies. * There will be no availability of engineering staff to answer questions or repair down equipment. * On metallization tools sources will not be changed and depositions must be < 200 nm. * "Preliminary" reservations that require staff approval will not be approved during this time. Contact Christian Bokrand (cbokrand(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cbokrand@purdue.edu>) with any questions.

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