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weekly memo: week of 04.20.09
by Deborah S Starewich 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

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Hirox Digital Microscopes
by Reger, Ronald K 14 Apr '09

14 Apr '09

-----Original Message----- From: Mahmood, Aamer Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:30 PM To: bnc-all-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Hirox Digital Microscopes A representative of Hirox Digital Microscopes (http://www.hirox-usa.com/) will be visiting Birck on Monday April 20, 2009 at 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. He will have a display unit with him and is willing to take pictures of samples. This representative has visited us in the recent past but did not demonstrate the angled image capability. This is special about the current visit. What: A representative of Hirox Digital Microscopes with an angle stand for taking pictures sideways When: Monday, April 20, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Where: BRK 1099 Please mark your calendars and bring your samples for great pictures. Thanks. -- Aamer Mahmood Microfab Research Engineer Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park, Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA Tel: +1(765) 494 6697

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BNC Weekly Memo - 4.13.2009
by Jeff Goecker 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, please add bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html BNC News April 13, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SHUT DOWN: The cleanroom will be closed beginning 7:30 AM Tuesday, May 5, 2008, and is expected to reopen late Wednesday [May 6] or early Thursday [May 7]. Also, the office, labs, and public areas will be affected on Wednesday, May 6. Significant temperature (55°) and humidity excursions should be expected during the day. In addition, on Thursday May 7 no laboratory work involving exhausted hoods, biosafety cabinets or enclosures, vacuum systems, and/or gas systems can be performed during that time period. Electrical measurements may be performed if they are not affected by significant temperature excursions in the room. [Details] CONFERENCE ROOM USAGE: The use of the conference rooms at BNC for formal and informal meetings at all hours is encouraged. For this reason, the conference rooms are left unlocked during the night. We certainly hope that we can continue this practice in the future, but currently we have an abuse problem with one conference room in particular. It is inappropriate to move the upholstered furniture from the public areas of the facility into the conference rooms, but a couch has, on several occasions, been moved into BNC 1201. This practice must stop. [More] Kudos! Birck Nanotechnology Center's 2009 Annual Research Review presented its POSTER AWARD to the group consisting of Isaac Wildeson, Robert Colby, Dave Ewoldt, Zhiwen Liang, Mark Oliver, Dmitri Zakharov, Jeremy Schroeder, Patrick Cantwell, R. Edwin Garcia, Eric Stach, and Timothy Sands for their poster entitled "Low-Cost Substrates for High-Performance Nanorod Array LEDs." The award is $300 (plus a gross-up to cover taxes). HONORABLE MENTION goes to two teams that tied for second place: Ryan Wagner, Arvind Raman, and Robert Moon, "Cellulose Nanocrystals: Green Nanotechnology"; and Jonathan Claussen, Tim Fisher, and Marshall Porterfield, "Gold Nanocube-Augmented Carbon Nanotube Networks as Electrochemical Biosensors." The next Research Review will be held Thursday, 8 April 2010. Perhaps your poster will take the prize next year! KUDOS! Kyle Montgomery, PhD student, Electrical Engineering, was awarded the 2009 SMART Scholarship, which is a multi-year fellowship. Kyle is being sponsored by the Air Force Research Lab - Space Vehicles Directorate, and will be working with the space power group at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM. Way to go, Kyle! ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS Wednesday, 04.15.09, 9:00: David DePaoli, Oak Ridge National Labs Friday, 04.17.09, 2:15PM: Drs. Longenecker and Palensky, College of Science Alumni, with Charles Buck Friday, 04.17.09, 2:30PM: Tour: College of Science Alumni Board, with Monica Allain Saturday, 04.18.09, 9:00AM-4:00PM: SPRINGFEST, 2-3 tours scheduled for Birck and Discovery Park. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART IN THE BIRCK/DISCOVERY PARK ACTIVITIES, PLEASE CONTACT VALERIE LAWLESS. ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS Wednesday, 04.15.09, 12:00PM, MRGN 129: Ethics and Science Seminar Series, "Metaphysical and Ethical Perspectives on Creating Animal/Human Chimeras," by Dr. Jason Eberl. Free Pizza and beverages. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. [flyer] CALL FOR PAPERS Second Annual Nanotechnology Symposium: "Advances in Nanotechnology and Applications," 9-10 October 2009, Sullivan University College of Pharmacy, Louisville, KY. [brochure] ________________________________ OPPORTUNITIES Calls for joint US-UK Funding • Infectious Disease Funding for International Partnerships A current call for funding from NIH will support US researchers working with international partners on "infectious sideases of the greatest pubilc health significance in resource-constrained countries." We encourage you to Think Britain! Letters of intent are due 23 June 2009. [Link] • Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies Funding The Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a UK government body tasked with supporting and stimulating innovation in key aspects of the UK economy, has identified the following as projects with large industry and academic interest in the following document. [Info] They have just released a call looking for new proposals [link]. Proposals are due 23 April 2009. • Environmental Nanoscience Initiative The UK's Natural Environment Research Council, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Environment Agency are collaborating with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on a major joint research effort in Environmental Nanoscience. [Funding opportunities]. The closing date is 5 August 2009. ________________________________ DISCOVERY PARK Discovery Park awards $300,000 in campuswide seed research grants Discovery Park has awarded more than $300,000 for funding eight research projects at Purdue's West Lafayette and regional campuses, Discovery Park executive director Alan H. Rebar announced. [More] 4 Day Suburban-Urban Permaculture Intensive at Purdue: JUNE 4-7, 2009. Hosted By Center for the Environment and Ecological Sciences & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program [Details] ________________________________ PURDUE NEWS Physical Facilities has launched two upgraded websites for the benefit of the campus community. [More] ________________________________ Submit items for memo of April 20, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 04.17.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu ________________________________ Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center e-Enterprise Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Discovery Learning Center Center for Advanced Manufacturing Center for Environment Oncological Sciences Center Cyber Center Energy Center Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker

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Conference Room Usage - Please Read
by Weaver, John R 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

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Semi Annual Cleanroom and Lab Shutdown - PLEASE READ
by Weaver, John R 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

The cleanroom will be closed beginning 7:30 AM Tuesday, May 5, 2008, and is expected to reopen late Wednesday or early Thursday. Also, the office, labs, and public areas will be affected on Wednesday, May 6. Significant temperature (55°) and humidity excursions should be expected during the day. In addition, on Thursday May 7 no laboratory work involving exhausted hoods, biosafety cabinets or enclosures, vacuum systems, and/or gas systems can be performed during that time period. Electrical measurements may be performed if they are not affected by significant temperature excursions in the room. Please see the more detailed description of the activities following: The Birck Nanotechnology Center building will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service on May 5-7. Air handling systems, process vacuum, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 5. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. Campus steam will be interrupted for 6-8 hours resulting with very cool temperatures (55°) in office, laboratory, public areas on May 6. Please dress accordingly for the colder temperatures. Therefore, all CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal. In addition, the laboratory area of Birck will also be affected by this systems maintenance. As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or gas systems will be down beginning Thursday May 7 from 7:30 AM till 4:00PM. 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. It is anticipated that the building and process tool maintenance will be completed by May 7, and selected research equipment may become available on an individual basis beginning Thursday or Friday. Please check with appropriate staff members for details on specific equipment. The Coral screens will give you status information on any equipment that is scheduled through Coral. Please contact John Weaver or any staff member if you have questions. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during this important preventive maintenance shutdown.

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FW: Lock in amplifier missing from BRK 2261
by Reger, Ronald K 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

-----Original Message----- From: Mahmood, Aamer Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:31 PM To: bnc-all-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Lock in amplifier missing from BRK 2261 A student has reported that the lock-in amplifier from BRK 2261 (Electrical Characterization Lab) is missing from its place. It used to be in an equipment rack next to the MMR probe station. If any one of you has it or knows who is using it, please return it to the lab or and/or inform me. I have repeatedly stressed that, while equipment can be used away from its usual place of function, it must always be done in a manner that ensures it is traceable. I ask students to place a note at its usual position. This note should have their contact info, the new location of the equipment, the date of move and when it will be returned. Moreover, the move should be in my knowledge and with my approval. I look forward to your cooperation to ensure smooth operations for everyone. -- Aamer Mahmood Microfab Research Engineer Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park, Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA Tel: +1(765) 494 6697

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Weekly Memo: April 6, 2009
by Deborah S Starewich 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

>> To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, >> please add bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. >> Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/ >> Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html >> >> BNC News >> >> April 6, 2009 >> >> ANNOUNCEMENTS >> >> BNC Annual Research Review >> April 6, 2009 - 1:00 p.m - 5:30 p.m. Visit website. >> >> KUDOS! The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical >> Technologies (SAOT) honors with the YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD IN >> ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES outstanding scientific contributions >> of a young researcher with a proven record in Optics, Photonics >> and Optical Technologies. The prize money is 100,000 EURO. The >> second laureate of the SAOT YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD is PROFESSOR >> ALEXANDRA BOLTASSEVA [More] >> >> Purdue team wins ORNL Global Venture Challenge! [Read Article] >> >> >> TOURS/VISITORS >> >> Monday, 04.06.09, 1:00-3:00PM; Purdue's for Me, self-guided tours >> >> Friday, 04.10.09, 9:00AM: University of Louisville, with Ron Reger. >> >> >> SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS >> >> Wednesday, 04.08.09, 9:00AM, BRK 1001: "Advanced AFM Electrical & >> Elctrochemistry Applications for Next-Generation Energy Research," >> presented by Purdue University and Agilent Technologies [Flyer] >> >> UPCOMING >> >> Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 4:30-6:30PM, IU School of Law, >> Indianapolis: "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medical >> Nanotechnology: Defining the Issues" [Website] >> >> >> OPPORTUNITIES >> >> FUNDING >> >> Reposting of NIH Limited Submission Competition >> >> NIH has reposted the P30 announcement, with minimal changes, and a >> new deadline of May 29. Click here for the new announcement. >> >> Contact Cris King if you have questions about this competition or >> process. >> >> EMPLOYMENT >> >> ORNL: Internships and fellowships available for students and >> faculty across all disciplines. >> >> Although the deadline has past, ORNL is still accepting >> applications. Contact Shelly Hung, 865-574-7522, huntmy(a)oml.gov, >> for additional information. [Flyer] >> >> >> DISCOVERY PARK >> >> Purdue University Life Science Business Plan Competition >> >> Purdue University announces the opening of registration for its >> Sixth Biannual Life Sciences Business Plan Competition, which will >> be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Offering total prizes in >> excess of $100,000, the Purdue Life Sciences Business Plan >> Competition seeks commercially viable business plan entries for >> innovative products and services in the life sciences industry. >> The aim is to foster translational research and accelerate the >> commercialization of intellectual property in the life sciences >> arena. [More] >> >> PURDUE NEWS >> >> PURDUE FLEET SALE! >> >> The public is invited to purchase used vehicles from >> Transportation Service. A sealed-bid sale has been scheduled to >> dispose of more than 25 used 2006-2007 models including Flex-Fuel >> Impalas, a Prius Hybrid, a Civic Hybrid, and a Ford E150 8- >> passenger van. Mileages range from 50,000 to 60,000 miles. [More] >> >> Submit items for memo of April 13, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on >> FRIDAY, 04.10.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Other BNC info: >> Purdue Home Page >> BNC Home Page >> BNC Users Forum >> Links to Discovery Park Centers >> >> Bindley Bioscience Center >> >> e-Enterprise Center >> >> Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship >> >> Discovery Learning Center >> >> Center for Advanced Manufacturing >> >> Center for Environment >> >> Oncological Sciences Center >> >> Cyber Center >> >> Energy Center >> >> >> Sign up to be: >> Media Expert >> Community Speaker >> >> >> >

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2009 BNC Research Review Poster Competition - Deadline Approaching
by Jeff Goecker 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

FYI... Space is limited for the 2009 BNC Research Review poster session. If you would like a chance at winning $300, please visit the poster submission page and follow the instructions at: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/poster-submission.php The submission deadline is Friday, April 3, 2009 at 12:00 pm. Submissions must be received at this time. Posters must be framed and ready to be displayed in the MRGN café by 12 p.m. on Monday, April 6th. Thanks and good luck in the competition. Jeff Goecker Communications Specialist Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 765-494-7716 http://www.nano.purdue.edu

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PU-SPM Seminar - April 3rd Birck 2001, Visiting Speaker Dr. Don Chernoff of Advanced Surface Microscopy
by Jeff Goecker 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

There will be a PUSPM seminar held this Friday, April 3rd in Brick 2001. A visiting speaker, Dr. Don Chernoff of the Advanced Surface Microscopy company (http://www.asmicro.com) will be giving a talk entitled: "Picometer-Scale Accuracy in Pitch Measurements using Microscopes." Pizza will be provided at 11:30 a.m. and the talk will begin at noon. Please see the attached seminar announcement for more information. Ryan Wagner PU-SPM student coordinator www.engineering.purdue.edu/PUSPM

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BNC Weekly Memo - 3/30/2009
by Jeff Goecker 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, please add bnc-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html BNC News March 30, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS BNC Annual Research Review April 6, 2009 - 1:00 p.m - 5:30 p.m. Please join us for this event. Register now. Poster presenters must register here. Space is limited. Registration open until Friday, April 3 at 12 p.m. Visit website. Cleanroom & Laboratory Shutdown The cleanroom and laboratory shutdown originally scheduled for April 7-9 has been postponed. Details forthcoming. Course Announcement: MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION Fall 2009 (ME 59700) Professor A. Martini Prepare engineers and scientists to address problems they will encounter when studying atomic-scale physical phenomena. [See Flyer] BNC-Violations: Do not move BNC furniture Furniture is being moved during the weekends into Birck 1201 conference room (multiple offenses) and it is not returned to its proper location. If this problem continues the privilege of open-use conference rooms will be suspended. To avoid damaging BNC furniture we ask that it not move for any reason. ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS 3.30.09 – Matt Falls and family from 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. with Felice Butler 3.30.09 – Purdue’s For Me Tours from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 4.2.09 – College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. with Candiss Vibbert, Charles Buck, and Tim Sands ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS Women's International Research Engineering Summit (WIRES) - Barcelona - Spring 2009 A summit that will enable meaningful and sustained research exchanges and sustained research exchanges among female engineers among female engineers * Engineering Faculty * Researchers from Industry * Program Directors from Funding Agencies Download Flyer More Info Here AFOSR Sponsored Energy Harvesting Workshop -- April 16, 2009 AFOSR is planning to make 5-year investment for the basic research on the subject of "Energy Harvesting from Environment for Aerospace Platforms." Dr. Hugh DeLong, Dr. Les Lee, and Dr. Charles Lee are seeking for your inputs and comments for this vision. If you or your colleagues are interested in applying for single-PI or multi-disciplinary team research grants on the subject in near future, I encourage you to attend a one-day workshop on April 16th. The workshop will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway on April 16, 2009 http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyI… [Read More] Future Workshop: Modern STEM Concepts for Teachers Support your local teacher. Discovery Park and the Wabash Valley Education Council are planning a teachers workshop for upper elementary teachers based on state core science standards for grades 4-6. [Read More] “Squeezing Photons (and Sound) Into Metamaterials” Friday, April 3, 2009; 3:00 PM Birck Nanotechnology Center, Room 2001 Nicholas Xuanlai Fang Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering & the Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign [Read more] [Download Flyer] Modeling of Squeeze-film Damping in MEMS Based on Rarefied Flow Simulations Xiaohui (Sandy) Guo Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Friday, April 3, 2009 3:00pm Birck 1001 [Read More] [Download Flyer] ________________________________ OPPORTUNITIES 2009 Grant Application for: Cross-disciplinary Semiconductor Research (CSR) Overview SRC-GRC is soliciting grant applications in Cross-disciplinary Semiconductor Research. The goal of CSR is to foster exploratory, multi-disciplinary, high-risk university research leading to novel high-payoff solutions for the science and technology challenges faced by the semiconductor industry at and beyond the time horizons of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS). Successful CSR projects will offer innovative and, hopefully, disruptive solutions to the challenge of enabling exponential gains in cost/performance benefits provided by the semiconductor industry for the foreseeable future, and may lead to novel applications for this industry and may enhance the population of non-traditional researchers/out of box thinkers working with the SRC. [More] Limited Submission Competition: IMR-MIP The National Science Foundation has just released a solicitation for the Instrumentation for Materials Research – Major Instrumentation Projects (IMR-MIP). A description of the project follows: This program provides support for the design and construction of major instruments costing more than $4 million but less than $20 million. The program also supports the development of detailed conceptual and engineering design for new tools for materials preparation or characterization at major user facilities. Such instruments may include, for example, neutron beam lines, synchrotron beam lines, and high field magnets, as well as development of detectors and preparation environments necessary to support materials research. [Read More] Request for Volunteers -- NIBIB and NIH Peer Review Panels Foreseeing an extraordinarily high demand for peer reviewers to review grant applications in response to the initiatives from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the NIBIB is soliciting volunteers from the extramural community willing to serve on NIBIB and NIH peer review panels this summer and in the future. Note that applicants being reviewed by one peer review panel can participate as a reviewer on a different review panel. If you are interested in serving, please send us your contact information, including full name with middle initial, degree(s), institutional affiliation(s), email address, telephone number(s), keywords describing your area of expertise, and a copy of your CV as at email attachment to nibibreviewer(a)mail.nih.gov. [More] SBIR/STTR Training on April 13 in MRGN 121 AMIPurdue and Purdue's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship cordially invite Purdue faculty, staff, and students to attend a "how-to" tutorial and hands-on session about the SBIR/STTR proposal application process. This program is free and includes lunch. ________________________________ Submit items for memo of April 6, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 04.03.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi(a)purdue.edu ________________________________ Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center e-Enterprise Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Discovery Learning Center Center for Advanced Manufacturing Center for Environment Oncological Sciences Center Cyber Center Energy Center Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker

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