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WEEKLY MEMO, week of 031708
by Deborah S. Starewich 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

WEEKLY MEMO, March 17, 2008 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: CLEANROOM AND LAB PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE: MONDAY, 03.31.08 TO FRIDAY, 04.04.08 Monday, 03.31.08, 10:00 AM: All materials must be removed from cleanroom solvent hoods. Monday, 03.31.08, 4:00 PM: All materials must be removed from the remaining cleanroom hoods. CLEANROOM CLOSED. Tuesday, 04.01.08 7:30 AM: No ultrapure water available. No acid processing in laboratories. No hazardous gases available. CLEANROOM CLOSED. Wednesday, 04.02.08, all day: No ultrapure water available. No acid processing in laboratories. No hazardous gases available. Wednesday, 04.02.08, 4:00 PM: All materials must be removed from laboratory hoods (including biosafety cabinets; all bio materials must be removed from exhausted enclosures). Thursday, 04.03.08, 8:00 AM: Cleanroom will re-open, barring unforeseen circumstances. All solvent hoods and processes will remain down for general exhaust upgrades. LABORATORIES CLOSED. Thursday, 04.03.08 Friday, 04.04.08, 8:00 AM: Laboratories will re-open and Cleanroom general exhaust should be operational, barring unforeseen circumstances. Questions or comments? Contact Mark Voorhis (mvoorhis(a)purdue.edu) 1.2: Autoclave Training for the month of March registration is online. Class size is limited to 5 people. Friday, March 28, 2008, 4-5PM: Register here: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/training/registration/?offeringid=2688 <http://www.itap.purdue.edu/training/registration/?offeringid=2688> To register, click on the link and log in using your career account. The description of the course pops up and is called ³Getinge Autoclave Training.² Click on ³Register for this course.² The registration page will come up. Make sure your contact information is correct and click on ³Submit.² You will receive a confirmation in your email for this class. Christy Cooper will offer her training in either April or May and may be at different times and days according to what best fits her schedule. She will send an email at the appropriate time regarding her classes. Christy and I have both agreed that we will try offering this course every other week for the rest of the Spring Semester. This will help streamline our time so that we can concentrate on our research and other responsibilities. Contact Lisa Reece, 66786, 532.5932; lreece(a)purdue.edu with any questions or concerns. 1.3: Call for Papers: AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition, October 19-24, 2008, Boston, Mass. Visit www.avs.org <http://www.avs.org> for details. 1.4: VISA news: when your J-1 scholar or H-1B employees leaves your employment, he/she is required to complete a departure record form with the ISS office. This form may be downloaded from the ISS website (http://www.iss.purdue.edu/; click on ³online documents²). ******************** 2. TOURS/VISITORS ******************** 2.1: Tuesday, 03.18.08, 1:30PM, University of Louisville, nanocleanroom 2.2: Wednesday, 03.19.08, between 3:30 and 5:00, Mayo Clinic 2.3: Wednesday, 03.19.08, 3:40PM, MSE 190 Class tour 2.4: Wednesday and Thursday, 03.19.08 and 03.20.08, HP visiting with Prof. Schwartz 2.5: Thursday, 03.20.08, between 3:00 and 5:00, MSE open house tour ******************** 3. SEMINARS ******************** 3.1: Thursday, March 20, 2008, 10:30AM, MSEE 239: ³System on Package,² by Professor Madhavan Swaminathan, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. ABSTRACT: As the semiconductor industry moves beyond the 45nm node and as systems become more mixed signal in nature, System on Chip (SoC) solutions are facing major barriers due to technical and business related reasons. This is leading to the development of alternate technological solutions such as System on Package (SoP). SoP, a technology being pioneered by Georgia Tech, allows for integration of functions in the substrate. Higher levels of integration are being achieved by embedding functions in the package and merging the package and board. In this presentation aspects of RF and digital integration will be discussed in the context of System on Package implementation. BIO: Madhavan Swaminathan is the Joseph M. Pettit Professor in Electronics in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Deputy Director of the Packaging Research Center, Georgia Tech. He is the co-founder of Jacket Micro Devices, a company specializing in RF substrates and modules for WLAN and WiMAX applications. He has over 300 publications in refereed journals and conferences, 15 patents and is the author and co-author of two books ³Power Integrity Modeling and Design for Semiconductors and Systems², Prentice Hall, 2007 and ³Introduction to SOP², McGraw Hill, 2008. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was with IBM working on the packaging for supercomputers. Madhavan is a Fellow of IEEE and is one of the pioneers of SOP technology at Georgia Tech. 3.2: Friday, 03.21.08, 3:30 refreshments, 3:45 seminar, ARMS 1010: ³Rapid Hydrogen Detection by Nanoscale Palladium and Quantitative Measurement of Hydrogen Uptake Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance,² by Dr. Tao Xu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University. ABSTRACT: Rapid detection of low-concentration hydrogen gas leaks under ambient temperature is crucial for the safe application of future hydrogen-driven vehicles. In conventional palladium-based hydrogen sensors, the decrease of the conductance of Pd upon absorption of hydrogen serves as the sensing mechanism. We show that an opposite phenomenon occurs in a percolating Pd nanocluster film, whose conductance increases upon its absorption of hydrogen. The mechanism is based on the swelling of the Pd nanoclusters, thus narrowing/closing the inter-nanocluster gaps, which creates extra conducting pathways in the film. Further improvement is achieved by placing a siloxane self-assembled monolayer between a substrate and an evaporated discontinuous ultra-thin Palladium (Pd) film, which promotes the formation of smaller Pd nanoclusters and narrower inter-cluster gaps, and reduces the stiction between the Pd and the substrate. As a result, the film can detect 2% H2 with a rapid response time of ~70 ms and is sensitive to 25 ppm hydrogen. Hydrogen uptake in storage materials often occurs at high pressure. Conventional volumetric and gravimetric methods suffer from large sample quantity, the inevitable leak of hydrogen at high pressure and the correction of buoyancy force, etc. We demonstrate the application of a piezoelectric quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) for quantitative measurement of hydrogen mass uptake in storage materials up to 40 bar. Due to the high sensitivity of the QCM (<1ng/cm2), only miniature sample is required. The frequency shift of a quartz crystal coated with hydrogen absorbing materials is affected by the hydrogen mass uptake on the crystal, the pressure and the viscosity of the gases, and the crystal surface roughness, of which the roughness contribution has no direct analytical expression. We show that through a control experiment on the same crystal in helium, the roughness contribution in hydrogen can be derived and the frequency shift due to the hydrogen mass uptake can be obtained. BIO: Dr. Tao Xu received his B.S. in Chemistry at East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China in 1991, and his PhD in chemistry at The University of Alabama in 2003. He did a post-doc in chemistry at Texas A&M in 2003-2004 and a post-doc in materials science at Argonne National Laboratory in 2004-2006. ***************** 4. OPPORTUNITIES ***************** 4.1 Partnerships for Point of Care (POC) Diagnostic Technologies for Nontraditional Health Care Settings (U01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-003.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-003.html> . PURPOSE: The goal of this RFA is to advance the development of point of care (POC) diagnostic technologies for infectious disease-causing pathogens and toxins to be utilized in nontraditional health care settings. Pathogens and toxins that are the focus of this RFA include those causing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), urinary tract infections (UTIs), and respiratory infections. NOTE: Basic research to support the initial development of POC diagnostic technologies will NOT be supported. The application MUST propose the development of a previously identified candidate POC diagnostic technology and include proof-of-concept data demonstrating the feasibility of the technology. 4.2: HHMI Early Career Award: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist from a wide range of scientific disciplines relevant to biological and medical inquiry. About 70 researchers will be selected at the 200 eligible institutions. Deadline: 04.30.08 for intention to submit; completed applications are due 06.10.08. Funding: Provides full salary and benefits as well as lab support for six years; $1.5M over six years for lab support. Eligibility: Hold a doctoral degree; tenure or tenure-track position. First faculty position as assistant professor must have begun no earlier than June 1, 2002, and no later than September 1, 2006. Can have no more than one other early career award. If selected, must spend 75% of time on research. Info: http://www.hhmi.org/news/earlycareer20080310.html <http://www.hhmi.org/news/earlycareer20080310.html> or email Bliley(a)purdue.edu . ***************** 5. DISCOVERY PARK ***************** 5.1: Burton Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, with Krannert School of Management, is hosting the 21st Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. The competition started with 47 executive summary submissions describing innovative product and service offerings. Through a rigorous judging process, 10 team finalists (five undergraduate student teams and five graduate student teams) are invited to present their business plans on April 8th. The grand prize is $40,000, for the "open division" and $20,000 for the "undergraduate division." Kevin Kahn, Avrum and Joyce Gray Director of the Center welcomes you to attend these presentations on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, from 8:30 to 11:55 A M and 1:00 to 4:05 PM in Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Room 121. 5.2: The Energy Center is hosting the 3rd Annual Hydrogen Symposium on April 24-25, 2008. This year we are featuring speakers from U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, The Scripps Research Institute, Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University, The University of Tennessee, Iowa State University, The University of Alabama, Case Western Reserve University, Praxair, Inc., 3M, General Motors, and Hydrogen Discoveries, Inc. The symposium will address the following topics related to hydrogen: production, distribution, storage and fuel cells, as well as topics related to research meeting the market demands. CALL FOR POSTERS: poster session and reception on Thursday, April 24th from 5:15PM to 6:30PM at Ross Ade Stadium. If you wish to participate, please submit the attached application form by no later than April 7, 2008. A $100 cash prize will be awarded to the best poster as selected by our symposium planning committee. If you need any assistance with printing, please send email to energy(a)purdue.edu to make arrangements. FREE STUDENT REGISTRATION: We are pleased to have the opportunity this year to waive all student registration fees in order to make this conference accessible to all interested students. For more information, visit http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/2008hydrogen/. 5.3: Bioenergy and Beyond: Bioeconomy Workshop, Saturday, April 5, 8:30AM 12:00PM, Beck Agricultural Center. Agenda details and registration information at www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/bioEconomy_workshop/. 5.4: Seventh annual Advancing Manufacturing; free and open to the public; Tuesday May 6, 2008; 8:00AM5:00PM. For more information and to register for the summit, visit: http://www.purdue.edu/amap <http://www.purdue.edu/amap>

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: BNC Research Review - April 14th; ON BEHALF OF TIM SANDS
by Deborah S. Starewich 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Dear BNC Researcher- I am happy to announce that we will be holding the 2nd Annual Birck Nanotechnology Center Research Review on April 14th from 1PM to 6PM, beginning in 121 Morgan. This event will feature research highlight talks, a poster session, and an awards presentation during a participant reception. Please mark your calendars...details to follow. Regards- Tim Sands -- Timothy D. Sands Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park, Purdue University www.nano.purdue.edu & Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering School of Materials Engineering & School of Electrical and Computer Engineering https://engineering.purdue.edu/MSE/Turner Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 phone: (765) 496-6105 fax: (765) 496-8383 e-mail: tsands(a)purdue.edu

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MONDAY MEMO: 031008
by Deborah S. Starewich 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

WEEKLY MEMO, March 10, 2008 ENJOY SPRING BREAK! ***************** 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS ***************** 1.1: Alarm System Work, completed Friday, 030708: John Weaver send a ³thank you² for your patience during the work on the building alarm systems on Friday! The amount of interruption of the work in the building was far more significant than we expected, and I apologize for the intrusion on your research. The engineer from Honeywell, supplier of the system, was very thorough in his analysis of the system, but in being thorough he needed to set off far more alarms than expected. Please be aware that this was a one-time event we will not have to do this type of verification again. The alarm system is now upgraded to include all new materials in use in the facility, modifications were made to give us more alarm levels allowing us to be more proactive in our response and hopefully minimize future alarms, and the functions of all notification systems were verified. Again, thank you for your patience and John sends apologies for the unanticipated interruptions. ******************** 2. TOURS/VISITORS ******************** 2.1: Thursday, 031308, 11:00AM: FIRST Robotics Competition Participants 2.2: Thursday, 031308, 2:00PM: FIRST Robotics Competition Participants 2.3: Friday, 031408, 11:00AM: FIRST Robotics Competition Participants 2.4: Friday, 031408, 2:00PM: FIRST Robotics Competition Participants ******************** 3. SEMINARS ******************** 3.1: Thursday, March 13, 2008, 11:30AM, LILY G424: Laboratory Animal Program (LAP), ³Biosafety Cabinet vs. Fume Hood,² by Rachael DuRudder, Radiological and Environmental Management, Purdue University **************** 4. OPPORTUNITIES **************** 4.1: NineSigma Request, RFP# 50606-1, "Bio-Inspired Sensing Systems." The final submission date for Proposal Abstracts is April 4, 2008. More information is available in the Request for Proposal (RFP) document online at http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50606-1. Program Manager: Irina Shiyanovskaya, PhD; NineSigma, Inc; 23611 Chagrin Blvd., Ste. 320; Cleveland, Ohio 44122-5540; PhD(a)ninesigma.com ***************** 5. DISCOVERY PARK ***************** 5.1: REGISTER TODAY! Regenstrief Center spring conference to focus on successes and challenges of research implementation: The Regenstrief Center is dedicated not only to catalyzing innovation in healthcare delivery research, but also to implementing findings in ³living laboratories² to transform the delivery system. The Regenstrief Center¹s fourth annual spring conference, titled Research Solutions in Healthcare: Challenges and Lessons Learned will explore the process of implementing research innovation in the healthcare setting, highlighting select RCHE research projects and including discussion from practitioners in the field. All healthcare researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, RCHE partners, practitioners and policymakers are invited to attend on Tuesday, April 22 in the Burton Morgan Center, Discovery Park. Visit the conference website at www.purdue.edu/rche/spring2008 to register. Space is limited, so register today! ********************* 6. LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE ********************* 6.1: Purdue Pugwash Research Poster Symposium: As a part of the Purdue Student Pugwash 2008 Midwest Regional Conference, entitled "Energy and the Environment: Powering the Future Responsibly," a poster symposium will be held to showcase some of the energy and environmental research going on at Purdue. There will be CASH PRIZES awarded for posters in each of the three categories: Energy Technology; Environmental Sustainability or Climate Change Solutions; Economic and Social Impacts (energy or environment related). The poster symposium is open to all graduate and undergraduate students and abstracts will be accepted by how well they fit the theme of the conference. Abstract Deadline: March 7, 2008 (exceptions may be made); Poster Judging: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:00pm - 5:00pm. For Registration and more information visit WWW.PURDUE.EDU/PUGWASH <http://www.purdue.edu/PUGWASH <http://www.purdue.edu/PUGWASH> >

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MONDAY MEMO: 03.03.08
by Deborah S. Starewich 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

WEEKLY MEMO, March 3, 2008 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: BNC-all mailings: Please note that I received a request to post a message ³from a frustrated mailman list user²: ³ALL... and may I repeat that... ALL mailman lists managed by Purdue have links at the end of the message to go to the list's mailman site. At that site you can do things like edit your options to receive a digest instead of every message, and even unsubscribe. There is no reason to send and unsubscribe message to the entire list.² Please note that all users and occupants are required to remain on these lists. 1.2: TOUR TRAINING: A make-up tour training session has been scheduled for Wednesday March 5th, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. If you could not make the first training session, this is your next opportunity to attend. The session will be held in MRGN 121. Please RSVP to Valerie Lawless, lawlessv(a)purdue.edu. In addition, all training materials have been posted: <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/trainingGuide.php>. Check out this site for lots of information regarding visits: they¹ve even included an events calendar. Feel free to join any of the posted tours. Lastly, a Discovery Park video made available during the training session is posted on the Discovery Park homepage: <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/index.php> 1.3: Would you like exceptional undergraduates participating in your research? DURI project deadline is Monday, March 10, 2008; for additional information, please visit http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri. 1.3: CLEANROOM AND LAB PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE: MONDAY, 03.31.08 TO FRIDAY, 04.04.08 Monday, 03.31.08, 10:00 AM: All materials must be removed from cleanroom solvent hoods. Monday, 03.31.08, 4:00 PM: All materials must be removed from the remaining cleanroom hoods. CLEANROOM CLOSED. Tuesday, 04.01.08 7:30 AM: No ultrapure water available. No acid processing in laboratories. No hazardous gases available. CLEANROOM CLOSED. Wednesday, 04.02.08, all day: No ultrapure water available. No acid processing in laboratories. No hazardous gases available. Wednesday, 04.02.08, 4:00 PM: All materials must be removed from laboratory hoods (including biosafety cabinets; all bio materials must be removed from exhausted enclosures). Thursday, 04.03.08, 8:00 AM: Cleanroom will re-open, barring unforeseen circumstances. All solvent hoods and processes will remain down for general exhaust upgrades. LABORATORIES CLOSED. Thursday, 04.03.08 Friday, 04.04.08, 8:00 AM: Laboratories will re-open and Cleanroom general exhaust should be operational, barring unforeseen circumstances. Questions or comments? Contact Mark Voorhis (mvoorhis(a)purdue.edu) ******************** 2. TOURS/VISITORS ******************** 2.1: Monday, 03.03.08, 1:00-3:00: Purdue¹s for Me visitors admitted students and parents; please make them feel welcome. 2.2: Thursday, 03.06.08, 10:00: Council for Manager Development 2.3: Thursday, 03.06.08, 9:45: EDPS105S Class, Div. 1 2.4: Thursday, 03.06.08, 2:15: EDPS105S Class, Div. 2 2.5: Friday, 03.07.08, 2:00: Emily Beemsterboer and father. ******************** 3. SEMINARS ******************** 3.1: Monday, March 3, 2008, 6:00PM, MRGN 121: Bioethics Seminar, ³Nanotechnologies and Medical Ethics,² by Nigel M. de S. Cameron 3.2: Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 6:00-9:00PM, CL50: Movie Showing and Panel Discussion, ³Sicko,² with Michael Moore; panel discussion featuring Dr. James Anderson, Professor of Sociology and Communication; Jennifer Coddington, MSN, RN, CPNP, Director of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program; Dr. Steven Witz, Director for the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. 3.3: Friday, March 7, 2008, 3:30 refreshments; 3:45 seminar, ARMS 1010: ³Processing of bulk nanostructured oxide ceramics with novel magnetic and optical properties,² by J. E. Garay, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside. ABSTRACT: Nanocrystalline ceramics display significantly different properties and behaviors than their microcrystalline counterparts, yet they have been difficult to produce in bulk sizes so that some of the underlying property-microstructure relations are not entirely clear. One technique that has proven effective for producing high quality material with very small grain sizes is based on the application of large current densities and mechanical pressures to consolidate nano-powders. After an overview of the processing method, I will discuss several nanocrystalline oxide materials that we have been working on for structural-optical and magnetic applications. Properties presented will include improved visible light transmittance, altered thermal and electrical conductivity and highly temperature dependent magnetization. The results will be discussed in terms of crystal length scale effects, grain boundary structure differences and proximity of nanoscale phases. SHORT BIO: Prof. Garay received his B. S. in Mechanical Engineering (1999), M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (2002) and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2004) all from the University of California, Davis. During his doctoral studies he also worked in the Physics Directorate of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In 2004 he was appointed assistant professor in the Bourns College of Engineering at UCR where his research focuses on advanced material processing and synthesis. His laboratory is equipped with state of the art material processing and testing equipment including high vacuum chambers, a PVD system, furnaces, tensile testers, hardness testers and a novel electric current consolidation apparatus. Recently Prof. Garay¹s interests have been in producing nanostructured materials with tailored properties for optical, electrical/magnetic and structural applications. He, his students and co-workers also conduct fundamental studies on material defects and electric current effects on material processes. In 2005 he received the Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (ARO-YIP) for research on nano-crystalline oxide materials. ********** 4. KUDOS ********** 4.1: Congrats to Kalapi Biswas for her first-place award in the Engineering Sciences Graduate Student Poster Competition, sponsored by Sigma Xi. First-place winners were awarded $200. The judges were unanimous in their praise of the posters and presentations. 2008 Graduate Student Poster Competition Results Behavioral Sciences 1st Place: Megan K. Macpherson 1st Place: David Vachon Honorable Mention: Nicole L. Rheaume and Ana Paz G. Martins Engineering Sciences 1st Place: Jianming Li 1st Place: Kalapi Biwas Honorable Mention: Hui Ouyang and Navneet R. Singh Life Sciences 1st Place: Timothy J. Smyser 1st Place: Kristin Hamann Honorable Mention: Ningxia Du and Mi Zou Physical Sciences 1st Place: Thomas Dautermann Honorable Mention: Emre Unal For information regarding future competitions, please contact Brian F. French, Assistant Professor, frenchb(a)purdue.edu. ********************* 5. LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE ********************* 5.1: Name change: please note that Melissa Lane is now known as Melissa MARRIS; her e-mail address remains unchanged (lanem(a)purdue.edu) and she still is that smiling face as you enter the front doors of Birck J

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Hazardous Gases in BNC now operational
by John Weaver 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

The problem with the hazardous gas monitoring system has been corrected and the gases can now be used. Appropriate parts are now in stock should this failure mode occur again. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this unscheduled system failure. Special thanks go to Steve Jurss who worked over the weekend to restore the system performance. John Weaver John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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Re: [BNC-all] Please remove from email list
by PEIXUAN GUO 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Please remove me from the list also. .............................. Peixuan Guo, Ph. D. Dane and Mary Louise Miller Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering Director of NIH Nanomedicine Development Center Professor of Dept of Biomedical Engineering The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies 3125 Eden Avenue, Rm 2308 University of Cincinnati/College of Engineering/College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH 45267 (513)558-0041 (office) (513)556-5568 (Linda Pelton, Administrative Asistant) (513)558-6079 (Fax) <mailto:guop@purdue.edu>guop(a)purdue.edu Web Address: http://www.vet.purdue.edu/PeixuanGuo/ <http://www.eng.uc.edu/nanomedicine/>http://www.eng.uc.edu/nanomedicine/ http://nanomedcenter.org/ Please remove me from the list also, Thank-you, Danielle Kareus Matt Jenks <jenksm(a)purdue.edu> Sent by: bnc-all-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu 02/28/2008 08:25 AM To BNC-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu cc Subject [BNC-all] Please remove from email list To Whom It May Concern, Please remove me from the BNC emailing list. Thanks, Matt Jenks ------- Matthew A. Jenks, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology Horticulture Building, Room 109 625 Agriculture Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2010 Office Phone 765-494-1332 Fax 765-494-0391 jenksm(a)purdue.edu www.hort.purdue.edu _______________________________________________ BNC-all mailing list BNC-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bnc-all ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ BNC-all mailing list BNC-all(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bnc-all

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toxic gases are offline
by Kenny Schwartz 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Hi to all, We are experiencing problems with the toxic gas monitoring system and for safety reasons all toxic gases will be offline until the problem is corrected . We will keep you updated. Thanks of your patience Kenny Schwartz Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University PH 765-496-1174 kfschwar(a)purdue.edu

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Please remove from email list
by Matt Jenks 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

To Whom It May Concern, Please remove me from the BNC emailing list. Thanks, Matt Jenks ------- Matthew A. Jenks, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology Horticulture Building, Room 109 625 Agriculture Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2010 Office Phone 765-494-1332 Fax 765-494-0391 jenksm(a)purdue.edu www.hort.purdue.edu

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Birck systems back to normal
by John Weaver 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

The Wade Power Plant has restored utilities to the Birck Nanotechnology Center and we have been able to step down from our contingency plans. All Birck Nanotechnology Center systems are operating as normal. Building systems are maintaining normal operating conditions, all gases are again operational, and we are back to our normal operation. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this unexpected utility glitch. John John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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Building Issues Thursday 28Feb08
by John Weaver 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

We have serious issues at Wade Power Plant that are affecting the Birck Nanotechnology Center. As of 7:15 AM we are shutting down all hazardous gases in the facility. All other operations will continue at this time. Please be aware, however, that we may need to shut down all exhaust in the building with very short notice if the situation at Wade worsens. Shutting down the hazardous gases is a necessary precautionary measure that is part of our cold-weather steam-pressure contingency plan. Additionally, the offices and public areas of the building are currently losing temperature, and this trend will continue until Wade systems improve. Cleanroom humidity - which has a direct effect on photo speed for positive photoresists - is low. Cleanroom temperature is stable at this time, and all exhaust systems are functional. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through this utility issue. John John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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