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Grad student research poster symposium -- 4/23, BRK Atrium
by NSAC 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Dear BRK Community, As part of the Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council's (NSAC) commitment to enhance professional development and research awareness, we are organizing a Research Poster Symposium for graduate students in Discovery Park. The event will take place on Thursday, April 23, 2015 (3:00pm-5:30pm) in the BRK Atrium. Volunteer poster judges (post-docs and faculty) will rate the poster presentations, and NSAC will award cash prizes to the top three presenters (1st place $100; 2nd place $60; 3rd place $40). Everyone is invited to attend the poster session. *GRADUATE STUDENTS: to sign up to participate, please register at this link by Friday 4/17: **http://bit.do/nsac-grad-symposium-2015 <http://bit.do/nsac-grad-symposium-2015>* We hope to see you there! NSAC Officers

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Card Readers offline - today
by Totten, Mary J 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

Everyone, We are downloading new software on our security system and there will be about 5 minutes the card readers will not work. This will happen at 2:45PM today. Thank you, Mary Jo Totten Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University 1205 West State Street 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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Devin MacKenzie Seminar TODAY at 11:00am in BRK 1001
by Turner, Jaime J 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

[cid:image001.png@01D075D2.68919E20] 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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NSAC Coffee hour today at 3:30 PM
by Anthrop, Heather L 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Please join us for coffee hour at 3:30 pm today in the atrium Presenter: Ran Cui Title: Mass-positioning of nanodiamonds using squeegee technique

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NSAC Spring Trip -- UIUC -- 4/18
by NSAC 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

Dear BRK Community, NSAC would like to invite you to a day trip to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on *Saturday, April 18, 2015*. We will visit the Materials Research Laboratory, tour the campus, and explore downtown Urbana. Tentative Schedule 10am (EDT) -- Leave Purdue 10:45am (CDT) -- Lunch 12:30pm (CDT) -- Meet tour guide at UIUC 3:15pm (CDT) -- Downtown Urbana 4:30pm (CDT) -- Dinner 6:30pm (CDT) -- Head back to Purdue 9:00pm (EDT) -- Arrive at Purdue If you are interested, *please respond via this link by 4/12*: http://bit.do/nsac-trip-sp2015 Further information regarding transportation will be sent later. NSAC will be covering transportation cost. NSAC Officers

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Prof. Amanda Petford-Long Seminar today at 2:00pm in BRK 1001
by Turner, Jaime J 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

[cid:image001.png@01D07133.F74ACE50] 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: Doug Strachan Seminar at 10:30 am in BRK 2001
by Anthrop, Heather L 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

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NSAC Coffee Hour
by Anthrop, Heather L 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

We will not be having usual coffee hour presentation today. Instead we will be hosting an informal information session on Nanodays recruitment and Mock clean room activity to inform students on how they could participate and signup for these activities. [cid:image003.jpg@01D06E10.68BC5710]

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BNC e-news for the week of April 6th
by Anthrop, Heather L 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

Electrical Work Lab 1217 VB6 Preventive Maintenance Shut Down Seminar Workshop Electrical Work During our PM shutdown scheduled for week of May 4, 2015 Physical Facilities electrical department will be completing major modification to the isolation grounding system in all general laboratories. Outlets in the laboratory with a label starting with "S" will be powered down 8 a.m. Monday, May 4 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 9 or until all modification are completed. Please move any critical tools requiring power during this shut down from the "S" outlets to the outlets starting with "N". [cid:image002.jpg@01D06220.1D6CF5E0] Lab 1217 A clean-out of Lab 1217 is being planned for the week of April 13th. Please see Ira Young for details. VB6 The Vistec e-beam system is down due to a data misplacement issue. The Birck management team is working this issue since our service contract has been fully used. We plan to have a resolution by early next week. Preventive Maintenance Shut Down he Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown May 4 through May 8, 2015. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, hazardous gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, May 4 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 8. 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. No one 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, May 4 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 8. No chemical work will be allowed during this period. At the same time Physical Facilities electrical department will be completing major modification to the isolation grounding system in all general laboratories. Outlets in the laboratory with a label starting with "S" will be powered down 8 a.m. Monday, May 4 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 8. It is anticipated that the building and most process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, May 9. Please check Coral for equipment status and availability. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mark Voorhis. Seminar Sarah L. Swisher Flexible, Impendance-sensing "Smart Bandages" Enable Early Detection of Pressure Wounds Monday, April 6th at 11:00 am in Birck 1001 For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1140 Douglas R Strachan University of Kentucky Low-Dimensional Properties of Atomically-Thin Materials and Systems Tuesday, April 7th at 10:30 am in Birck 2001 For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1153 Integrated Imaging Seminar featuring Prof. Amanda Petford-Long Integrated Imaging: The Sum is Greater than the Parts Tuesday, April 7th in Birck 1001 at 2:00 pm For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1152 Workshop Dear Colleagues, I just want to attract your attention to two XPS workshop coming in May, 2015. I believe every research group using or planning to use Surface Analysis characterization tools should have at least one trained student. 1) Introduction to XPS workshop - What you should know about X-ray pohotoelectron spectroscopy (https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2aEjFISmtrn3IlD) May 19-20 @ 9:00 AM - BRK 1001. Course Description: XPS is widely used to determine the chemical composition of a surface (element concentrations, chemical states, lateral and depth distributions, etc.). Nowadays XPS has become a standard technique for the characterization of solid surface. The course will teach how and what information can be provided by XPS. 2) XPS Lite Workshop Introduction to CasaXPS (https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4ON5fLuUSipSyuV) May 26-27 @ 9:00 AM - BRK 1001. Course Description: XPS is widely used to determine the chemical composition of a surface (element concentrations, chemical states, lateral and depth distributions, etc.). Nowadays XPS has become a standard technique for the characterization of solid surface. however, XPS data require thorough analysis, and dedicated software is used for data analysis. Purdue University has a site license for CasaXPS allowing complete analysis XPS data. The course aims to teach (1) what analysis should be applied to raw XPS data and (2) how this can be done using CasaXPS. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of XPS data using CasaXPS will be discussed in detail as well. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops to follow data analysis using CasaXPS. ************************ Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you! Best regards, Dmitry Zemlyanov, PhD

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Notification of Scheduled Work on the Data Network in 9 Campus Buildings - ITaP Change Management RFC #3906 - THIS THURSDAY 4-2-15
by Totten, Mary J 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

-----Original Message----- From: Kyburz, Duane E. Subject: Notification of Scheduled Work on the Data Network in 9 Campus Buildings - ITaP Change Management RFC #3906 Importance: High WORK TO BE PERFORMED: From 12:00 AM to 6:00 AM on Thursday, 4/2/15, the ITaP Data Networks Team will be performing work that will cause a disruption of data network services for some clients. AFFECTED CLIENTS: All ITaP data network clients in the following buildings should plan to experience disruption of wired data network connectivity (via data PIC) and wireless data network services (via PAL3.0). 1. Bowen Laboratory (BOWN) 2. Birck Nanotechnology Building (BRK) 3. DeMent (Clayton W.) Fire Station (DMNT) 4. Hansen (Arthur G.) Life Sciences Research Building (HANS) 5. Heavilon Hall (HEAV) 6. Krannert Center for Executive Education and Research (KCTR) 7. Lynn (Charles J.) Hall of Veterinary Medicine (LYNN) 8. Psychological Sciences Building (PSYC) 9. Recitation Building (REC) SCOPE OF WORK: During the scheduled outage window, affected client(s) should plan to experience 1 service disruption lasting up to 60 minutes in duration. If you have any questions or concerns about this work please don't hesitate to let us know. Thanks much. Duane =============================== Duane Kyburz, Network Engineer Purdue University - ITaP, IT Infrastructure Services Data Networks Team Office: 765-496-8226 Mobile: 765-490-4755 Fax: 765-494-6620 Email: storm(a)purdue.edu ===============================

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