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West Laboratory Wing Reopened
by Jennifer Monahan 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

The West Laboratory Wing (1200 & 2200-series laboratories) have reopened. All repair work on the chemical-exhaust fans is complete & all hoods have reopened. Thanks for you patience during this repair. -- BNC Staff ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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MONDAY MEMO
by Deborah Starewich 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

MONDAY MEMO, October 15, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: BNC Mandatory User Meetings: Monday, Oct. 15, and Tuesday, Oct. 16 2007; 6:00-7:30PM; MRGN 121. Attendance at one of these meetings is required access to the BNC laboratories and cleanroom will be revoked for those not in attendance. 1.2: No keys will be checked out this week. MaryJo Totten will be on vacation Oct. 15 through Oct. 19. Part-time staff will be covering for MaryJo. They will be handling all mail and packages as usual. 1.3: The West Laboratory Wing (1200-series laboratories) will be shut down on Thursday, 18 October 2007, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for the repair of a chemical-exhaust fan. All hoods, both acid and solvent, will be closed during the shutdown. It is critical that all chemicals be covered or removed from the hoods no later than 8:00 AM Thursday morning. No operations may take place in the hoods during that time. **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: Tuesday, October 16, 4:00PM, Biochemistry Seminar, "Targeting cell division for cancer therapy," by Xiang S. Ye, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, WSLR 116 2.2: Tuesday, October 16, 4:30PM, Bioinformatics Seminar, "Mapping and Modeling the Arabidopsis Ionome,² by Ivan Baxter, Discovery Park, Purdue University, ME 161 2.3: Tuesday, October 16, 6:00-8:00PM, Network for Computational Nanotechnology Lecture, ³Crash Course: Putting Your Work Online at nanoHUB.org," by Michael McLennan, senior research scientist, IT discovery resources, Purdue University, MRGN 129 2.4: Wednesday, October 17, 4:00PM, Biology Seminar, Eric Hunter, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, ³Genetic bottlenecks and subsequent diversification following heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 in African couples,² LILY G126 2.5: Wednesday, October 17, 12:30PM, Ecolunch Seminar, "BAC-based physical mapping and physical characterization of the channel catfish genome," by Peng Xu, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, LILY G-416 2.6: Wednesday, October 17, 1:30PM, Structural Biology Seminar, "Predicting protein function from sequence: theory and applications,² by Troy Hawkins, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, LILY 1-117 2.7: Wednesday, October 17, 3:30PM, Botany Seminar: "A twisted story: Epigenetic regulation of TWD1 (TWISTED DWARF 1) expression in Arabidopsis,² by Burkhard Shulz. Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, WSLR 116 2.8: Thursday, October 18, 10:30AM, ³Energy Systems Engineering: Making It Happen,² by Sandro Macchietto, Professor of Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College, London, MRGN 121. Abstract: Providing plentiful and secure future energy supplies for both developed and developing countries, while addressing the environmental impact of energy production and use, is one of the key challenges facing our generation. Many of the solutions lie at the intersection of diverse technologies to meet multiple needs. The interplay between energy resources, supply and demand, transformation technologies, economics and policy are extremely complex and require a multidisciplinary, whole systems approach. With reference to practical examples, the presentation will consider how the methods and approach of Process Systems Engineering can help in addressing energy problems at various levels: from the improvement of energy efficiency in traditional processes, such as distillation, to the development of novel energy production devices and processes such as biofuels, fuel cells and carbon capture processes, to the analysis of whole energy distribution networks and supply chains. The talk will also discuss how a large, research-oriented university can help tackle such a daunting challenge, and present some of the recent developments at Imperial College in this direction, in particular the Energy Futures Lab, a college-wide research initiative involving the faculties of Engineering, Natural Sciences and the Business School, and a new Masters course in Sustainable Energy Systems. BIO: Dr. Macchietto is a Professor of Process Systems Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London and a Director of its cross-faculty Energy Futures Lab. His research interests include the application of mathematical methods to process design, control and operation, and the development of model-based experiment design techniques for rapid model development and validation. More recently, he has become interested in the use of systems methods for the analysis, development and optimisation of sustainable energy systems, with particular applications in the biofuels area. Interested in exploring the relation between people and research environment to generate sparks, he has promoted the creation of innovative mechanisms for fast track research, such as a successful Process Concept Studio, and interfaces between academia and industry. He co-founded and was a director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Process Systems Engineering, of Process Systems Enterprise Ltd, one of the first Imperal College spinouts and has been a driving force behind the formation of the Energy Futures Lab. Dr. Macchietto is a Member of the Court of Imperial College (Engineering), a member of the Advisory Board of ENSIACET (Institut National Politechnique) in Toulouse, France, a Director of the Asia Pacific Technology Network, and a frequently invited speaker on technology and R&D policy. He was made a Cavaliere of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by its President in 2004 and is a winner of the 2007 MacRoberts Award, the top award for Innovation of the Royal Academy of Engineering. 2.9: Friday, October 19, 1:30-2:30PM, ³Developing Viral Vectors for Clinical Gene Therapy,² by Kenneth Cornetta, MD. ABSTRACT: Vector based on murine leukemia viruses were the first viral vectors used in clinical gene therapy. Efficacy and safety concerns have led to the exploration of vectors based on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus as an alternative. This seminar will discuss the experience of the Indiana University Vector Production Facility, which has certified over 30 clinical grade retroviral products and produced the first lentiviral product used to treat genetic disease. The evolution and ongoing challenges for human gene therapy, including the bioengineering challenges required to generate a safe and effective product, will be discussed. BIO: Kenneth Cornetta, M.D. is the Joe C. Christian Professor and Chair, Dept. of Medical and Molecular Genetics, IU School of Medicine. Prior to assuming the chair position, Dr. Cornetta served as the director of Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation at IU. He directs the IU Vector Production Facility, which has certified retroviral and lentiviral vectors for Phase I/II clinical trials for a variety of NIH funded programs. The laboratory continues to explore optimal vector constructs and production methods. 2.10: Friday, October 19, 3:30 refreshments; 3:45 seminar, ³Engineering at the nanometer scale: Is it a new material or a new device?² by Gerhard Klimeck, MSEE B012. ABSTRACT: At the nanometer scale the concepts of device and material meet and a new device is really a new material and vice versa. While atomistic device representation is novel to device physicists who typically deal in effective mass models, the concept of finite devices that are not infinitely periodic is novel in the semiconductor materials modeling community. NEMO 3-D bridges the gap and enables electronic structure simulations of quantum dots, quantum wells, nanowires, and impurities. Electronic structure simulations of systems 52 million atoms have been demonstrated. To truly have impact on the research, experimental and educational efforts of the community, relevant tools must be put into the hands of experimentalists and educators. NEMO 3-D can engage both educators and advanced researchers, utilizing a single open source code. An educational version has been released on nanoHUB.org. Over 646 users ran over 4,800 simulations in the quantum dot lab in the past 12 months. nanoHUB.org is operated by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN). 26,100 users gained information on the nanoHUB in the 12 months leading to Sept. 2007. Over 5,900 users have launched over 226,000 simulations. This seminar will overview NEMO 3D simulation capabilities and its deployment on the nanoHUB as well as an overview of the nanoHUB impact on the community. SHORT BIO: Gerhard Klimeck is the Technical Director of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering since Dec. 2003. He was the Technical Group Supervisor of the High Performance Computing Group and continues to hold his Principal member position at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on a part time faculty basis. His research interest is in the modeling of nanoelectronic devices, parallel cluster computing, and genetic algorithms. Gerhard led the development of the Nanoelectronic Modeling tool (NEMO 3-D) for multimillion atom simulations which has demonstrated parallel scaling to 8,192 CPUs. Previously he was a member of technical staff at the Central Research Lab of Texas Instruments where he served as manager and principal architect of the Nanoelectronic Modeling (NEMO 1-D) program, which has demonstrated to scale to 23,000 CPUs. Dr. Klimeck received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Purdue University and his German electrical engineering degree (summa cum laude) in 1990 from Ruhr-University Bochum. Dr. Klimeck's work is documented in over 170 peer-reviewed publications and over 290 conference presentations. He is a senior member of IEEE and member of APS, HKN and TBP. 2.11: Monday, October 22, 10:30 coffee; 10:40 Seminar, ³A Merging of Materials & Device Perspectives through Fabrication & Assembly: GaN Microdisks & Bio-Templated Photovoltaic Materials,² by Elaine Harberer, Postdoctoral Fellow, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara; MRGN 121 ABSTRACT: Today, two strategies exist for electronic and optoelectronic device fabrication: a top-down approach and a bottom-up approach. The top-down paradigm is based on conventional microfabrication techniques developed over decades by the Si-based integrated circuits industry. These well-established, precision processes create devices by alternately building up and carving away material. Conversely, the bottom-up paradigm typically uses nanoscale building blocks which self-assemble, usually hierarchically, into larger scale structures, mimicking assembly in the natural world. Together these two approaches have the capability to realize specific material properties and device requirements at the both the nano- and micro- meter scale. These methods are most effective when leveraging an expertise in both materials properties and device design. As examples, the development of a GaN-based microdisk laser and low-cost bio-templated photovoltaic materials will be discussed. The microdisk is a simple, circular optical cavity which is ideal for studying lasing phenomena in a material system such as GaN in which high quality in-plane and vertical epitaxial mirror formation is frustrated by hetero-epitaxial growth and lattice mismatch induced strain. However, the undercut geometry necessary to create the mushroom-shaped cavity typical of microdisks is non-trivial in the III-nitride material system because of its generally chemically inert nature and polarization. In order to fabricate the device using bandgap-selective photoelectrochemical etching, a complete understanding of material growth limitations, internal polarization fields, and band structure was required. >From the device perspective, practical photovoltaic materials must both efficiently absorb the solar spectrum and effectively separate and collect the photogenerated carriers. This is a challenging task for even well-studied conventional semiconductor materials. However, if the additional constraint of economical or low-cost manufacturing is applied, very few material choices currently exist. In order to address these device requirements, a two-component bio-templated nanoscale system was designed to modify macroscopic materials properties. Two types of M13 clones, each with a specific function, are used to form photovoltaic films with CdSe serving as the photo-active material and Au acting to enhance film conductivity. As shown through these examples, when combined with insights from both device and materials perspectives, top-down and bottom-up paradigms jointly provide potentially limitless opportunities for novel, multifunctional materials and devices. BIO: Elaine Haberer is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She received both her B.S. and M.S. degrees in materials science from MIT, and her Ph.D. degree, also in materials science, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Haberer¹s current research interests include novel microfabrication and bio-templating techniques for the development of multifunctional materials and devices. 2.12: 2007 Discovery Lecture Series: Global Business Development in Life Sciences, Thursday, November 8, 9:00AM, Ross-Ade Pavilion. 9:00 Session I Kauffman Campuses Initiative, Best Practices Workshop: ³Skills for Business Development,² by Ted Ashburn, Senior Director of Corporate Development, Genzyme Corporation; ³Skills for Successful Entrepreneurs,² by Michael Kurek, Partner, Biotechnology Business Consultants, LLC 11:30 Luncheon BioCrossroads Keynote, Starting Regionally, Thinking Globally, Business Development, and the Life Sciences: ³Welcome and Opening,² by Alan Rebar, Sr. Assoc. Vice President for Research, Executive Director, Discovery Park, Purdue University; ³Keynote: Biotech 2007: A Global Transformation,² by G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill and Company, moderated by William Miller, Provost Emeritus, Stanford University; ³Technology Commercialization and Purdue University,² by France A. Córdova 2:30 Panel Session Translating Indiana Ideas into Global Successes, moderated by David Johnson, President and CEO, BioCrossroads: ³Importance of Intellectual Property,² by Ted Ashburn; and ³Considering Global Competition When Developing IP in a Startup Environment,² by Roger Newton, Co-Founder, Esperion Therapeutics, a Division of Pfizer Global Research & Development This event is free and supported by the generosity of the Lilly Endowment and the Kauffman Foundation. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Questions may be directed to: Lori LeRoy, Public Relations and Marketing Director, Biocrossroads, at lleroy(a)biocrossroads.com; or Candiss B. Vibbert, Associate Director for Discovery Park Engagement, at vibbert(a)purdue.edu Please register today: www.purdue.edu/dp/dls/register.html ******************** 3. Funding Opportunities ******************** 3.1: Showalter Trust Grant Competition: Details are available at http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/showalter.shtml. Pre-proposals and rankings must be SENT TO Tim Sands by Friday, October 19, 2007. [please note change in directions here.] 3.2: A new NSF initiative, Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI), may be of interest/relevance to your and/or your colleagues research. (CDI) is planned as a five-year initiative. Chuck Bouldin (cbouldin(a)nsf.gov, 703-292-4920) is the DMR coordinator for this activity. (http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/cdi <http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/cdi> ) 3.3: Graduate Fellowship OPPORTUNITY: The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) Program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a PhD in scientific or engineering disciplines with an emphasis in high-performance computing. Fellows also participate in research at a DOE laboratory. Benefits include $32,400 yearly stipend; payment of all tuition and fees; workstation purchase assistance; yearly conferences; $1,000 yearly academic allowance; and fellowship is renewable up to four years. For application materials and more information on the DOE CSGF Program, visit www.krellinst.org/csgf. Application materials may be downloaded from the Krell Institute website at https://krellinst.org/csgf/application. Applications must be received by January 16, 2008. ******************** 4. Birck Visitors ******************** 4.1: Thursday, October 18, 10:15AM: Lafayette Adult Resource Academy, 40 people 4.2: Friday, October 19, 10:05AM: Andrea Zoller 4.3: Friday, October 19, 1:30PM: Technical Assistance Program Advisory Council 4.4: Friday, October 19, 2:50PM: PU Student Leaders 4.5: Friday, October 19, 3:00 5:00PM: Fall Preview Days, self-guided tours of perspective undergraduate students and their parents **************** 5. Discovery Park **************** 5.1: Homecoming 2007! Discovery Park Engagement is proud to represent Discovery Park at Homecoming 2007 for the Family Friendly Celebration on the Mall, but we need your help to make it a success! Our goal this year is to represent Discovery Park as a whole with interactive games, activities, videos, and glow in the dark footballs for giveaways. Purdue will be playing against Northwestern on Saturday, October 27th, with kickoff scheduled at 12pm at Ross-Ade Stadium. We will need to represent our tent on the Purdue Mall from 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. We are inviting everyone, including Ambassadors and students, from Discovery Park to stop by our tent and volunteer your time for a quick 20 minutes to talk with Alumni, friends, and family about the cool things Discovery Park is doing to transform their world! We will have Boiler Bucks available for you to grab a snack, and will make sure you are off to the game in plenty of time to cheer on our Boilers!! I am also requesting a few volunteers to help setup and teardown. If you are interested in participating, please send an email to Valerie Lawless at lawlessv(a)purdue.edu, or call her at 4-3662, and indicate what time frame you would like to represent Discovery Park. If you do not wish to be a volunteer, but would like to stop by our tent and say hello, I have attached the link where you may find all the information for Purdue¹s Homecoming 2007 and where our tent will be located. http://www.purdue.edu/events/homecoming/ <http://www.purdue.edu/events/homecoming/> Boiler Up! for a great Purdue Homecoming 2007! ***************** 6. Life on the Outside ***************** 6.1: Good news from Placidus Amama a baby girl joined their family on Tuesday, October 9 at 8:01AM; both mother and baby are healthy. The little girl shares two similarities with Bepeh, Placidus¹ son: both kids came three weeks early and both weighed 3.01kg at birth. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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West Lab Wing Shutdown Thursday 9 AM
by John Weaver 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

The West Laboratory Wing (1200-series laboratories) will be shut down on Thursday, 18 October 2007, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for the repair of a chemical-exhaust fan. All hoods, both acid and solvent, will be closed during the shutdown. It is critical that all chemicals be covered or removed from the hoods no later than 8:00 AM Thursday morning. No operations may take place in the hoods during that time. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this unforeseen maintenance activity. John John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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Copier on 2nd floor not functioning
by Annette M Cheever 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

The copier on the 2nd floor is not functioning properly. The service man has been called. Please use the other copiers in the building until this is resolved. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you, Annie Cheever, Area Secretary Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-8327 Fax: (765) 496-6443 acheever(a)purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu

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Keys for next week
by Totten, Mary J 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hello Everyone, This is to let you know that next week we will not be checking out keys. I will be on vacation October 15-19 and there will be a small part time staff covering for me. They will be handling all mail and packages as usual. If you are needing to check out a key, please see me before Friday at 4:00PM. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me. Thank you ahead of time for your patience and understanding. Respectfully, Mary Jo Totten Building Logistics Birck Nanotechnology Center Discovery Park/Purdue University (765) 496-1173

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MONDAY MEMO
by Deborah Starewich 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

MONDAY MEMO, October 8, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: BNC Mandatory User Meetings: Monday, Oct. 15, and Tuesday, Oct. 16 2007; 6:00-7:30PM; MRGN 121. Updates and reviews of safety procedures will be covered. Attendance at one of these meetings is required access to the BNC laboratories and cleanroom will be revoked for those not in attendance. 1.2: Borrowed Chairs? If you¹ve borrowed a chair from one of the conferences rooms, please be sure to return it. 1.3: Moving furniture? In the 10-person offices in Birck, there are two-drawer file cabinets underneath the desk areas. Please be aware that the offices were designed such that these cabinets provide support for the desktops. If you have moved any cabinets, please be aware of the problems this could cause and consider moving them back to their original positions. Thanks! 1.4: Business Office change: Vikki Fast has moved to BRK 1023 on a temporary basis until BRK 1014 may be reconfigured to house four people. 1.5: Internet problems? Slow connections? If you are experiencing slow internet connections in Birck, or any other computer issues, please send an e-mail to DPSITE(a)ECN.PURDUE.EDU and describe the problem that you are having. A help ticket will be placed and someone from ECN will contact you. 1.6: DURI Program Proposals due Tuesday, Oct. 9: The Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program is accepting proposals for research projects for the Spring 2008 semester. DURI involves Purdue undergraduates in the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research environment of Discovery Park. The program offers 50 internships per academic semester at the West Lafayette campus, funded through the Discovery Learning Center. Select interns to help advance your research from a pool of highly talented and motivated students. Mentor undergraduate students by fostering the exchange of ideas and creating new research opportunities. View additional information (including sample projects) and use the simple form to submit your project proposal online: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri> . If you have any questions, please contact: Amy Childress; Intern Coordinator; Discovery Learning Center; 63590; childres(a)purdue.edu. 1.7: Showalter Trust Grant Competition: Details are available at http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/showalter.shtml. Pre-proposals and rankings must be received by Dr. Alan Rebar, Executive Director, Discovery Park, Friday, October 19, 2007. The internal selection committee will meet and screen all pre-proposals to determine which investigators will be asked to submit full proposals. Full proposals will then be due by mid-December to be forwarded to the Showalter Trust Committee. Final award decisions by the Showalter Trust Committee are expected to be made in the spring. Please direct questions or comments to Rhonda Hostetter, 40901 hostett(a)purdue.edu. 1.8: 17th Biennial IEEE UGIM (University Government Industry Micro/nano) Symposium, July 13-16, 2008, Louisville, KY. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together leading educators and researchers from university, government, and industry around the world to promote the various exciting fields of micro/nanotechnology. Representatives of university micro/nano fabrication facilities, ranging from new labs to nationally recognized facilities, have found this symposium an excellent forum for exchanging information and presenting new research and educational concepts. Government agencies such as NSF, NIH, NIST, SEMATECH, SRC, DoD and ONR regularly participate with research papers and updates on funding opportunities. Industry interactions with universities, including technology transfer, collaborative research, and training efforts are frequently presented. Included will be tours of the University of Louisville¹s new $20M, 10,000 sq ft class 100/1000 cleanroom facility. This conference allows groups from academia, government labs and organizations, and industry the opportunity to network and present their latest findings/opportunities in the area of micro/nanotechnology. Keynote Speakers for 2008 include: Abbie Gregg, President of AGI (Abbie Gregg, Inc.), recognized as one of the leading cleanroom and engineering consulting firms in the world; Dr. Stephen Campbell, Professor of ECE, University of Minnesota, Director, Minnesota Nano Fabrication Center; Dr. Rajinder Khosla, National Science Foundation Program Director; and Dr. Mark Lundstrom, Professor of ECE, Purdue University, and founding director of the national NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Call for Papers: Abstracts (one text page + one figure page) must be submitted electronically on the symposium web site by March 10, 2008. Authors should indicate preference for oral or poster presentation, as well as their institution and contact information. Final manuscripts (6 pages maximum) must then be submitted electronically by April 21, 2008. These manuscripts, both papers (20 minute presentation) and posters, will be published in the symposium proceedings. For more information, visit the 2008 UGIM Symposium web site at: www.louisville.edu/micronano/2008UGIM. Dr. Kevin M. Walsh, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Lutz and BRB Micro/Nanotechnology Cleanroom, University of Louisville (502) 852-0826, walsh(a)louisville.edu. 1.9: NSF 07-600 Instrumentation for Materials Research (IMR); http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07600/nsf07600.htm <http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07600/nsf07600.htm> . The IMR Program supports the acquisition and/or development of research instruments that will provide new capability and/or advance current capability to: (1) discover fundamental phenomena in materials; (2) synthesize, process, and/or characterize the composition, structure, properties, and performance of materials; and (3) improve the quality, expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration of research and education in research-intensive environments. 1.10: e-Pubs submissions CHANGE: send your published papers (those that include acknowledgement of work done here in Birck and/or those that include the Birck as part of your affiliation) to JEFF GOECKER (jgoecker(a)purdue.edu) 1.11: NSF Summer 2008, East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students pursuing science and engineering: Austrial, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan. Application deadline: December 12, 2007. Visit www.nsf.gov/eapsi; e-mail: eapinfo(a)nsf.gov. **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: BNC Seminar Series, Thursday, October 11, 10:30AM, ³Microscale Ionic Wind for Local Cooling Enhancement,² by David B. Go, PhD candidate, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue; BRK 1001. ABSTRACT: As the electronics industry continues to develop small, highly functional, mobile devices, new methods of cooling are required to manage the thermal requirements of the not only the chip but the entire system. Comfortable skin temperatures, small form factors, and limited power consumption are just some of the challenges that current devices face. Microscale ionic wind engines are air cooling enhancement devices which operate based on the principles of electrohydrodynamic interactions. Air ions, generated by impact with electrons emitted from a cathode, are pulled through the air and collide with neutral air molecules causing a wind. In the presence of a bulk flow, an ionic wind can modulate the boundary layer at a wall and enhance heat transfer. Microscale ionic wind devices can be fabricated onto a chip or heat sink in areas of known high heat flux to enhance the cooling effects of a fan without adding significant volume to the overall package. Proof-of-concept, millimeter-scale experiments have demonstrated a more than 25 °C temperature drop and greater than 250% increase in local heat transfer coefficient with power consumption of only ~50 mW. In this presentation, the concept of ionic winds for electronics cooling will be presented. The challenges of scaling down the technology to the microscale will be discussed and current efforts to fabricate microscale devices will be covered. Additionally, detailed modeling of the microscale phenomena will be presented and preliminary results will be shown. BIO: David received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2001 and his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2004. David was a design and analysis engineer at G.E. Aviation (formerly G.E. Aircraft Engines) in Evendale, OH from 2001-2004 where also graduated from the Edison Engineering Development Program. David is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, co-advised by Professors Timothy S. Fisher and Suresh V. Garimella. David¹s research focuses on scaling down ionic winds for electronics cooling applications and he has contributed 2 archival journal publications (published or in review) and 3 papers to conference proceedings. Additionally, David conducted electronics cooling research at Intel Corporation during the summer of 2007. 2.2: Thursday, October 11, 4:30PM: Hawkins Memorial Lecture, School of Mechanical Engineering, ³Engineering and National Priorities,² ME 161; Refreshments served 4:00PM, ME 254. 2.3: Friday, October 12, 10:30AM: Heat Transfer Seminar, School of Mechanical Engineering, ³Radiative Transfer in Gas and Particulate Mixtures,² POTR 118A&B; Refreshments served 10:00AM; POTR 118A&B. 2.4: 2007 Discovery Lecture Series: Global Business Development in Life Sciences, Thursday, November 8, 9:00AM, Ross-Ade Pavilion. 9:00 Session I Kauffman Campuses Initiative, Best Practices Workshop: ³Skills for Business Development,² by Ted Ashburn, Senior Director of Corporate Development, Genzyme Corporation; ³Skills for Successful Entrepreneurs,² by Michael Kurek, Partner, Biotechnology Business Consultants, LLC 11:30 Luncheon BioCrossroads Keynote, Starting Regionally, Thinking Globally, Business Development, and the Life Sciences: ³Welcome and Opening,² by Alan Rebar, Sr. Assoc. Vice President for Research, Executive Director, Discovery Park, Purdue University; ³Keynote: Biotech 2007: A Global Transformation,² by G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill and Company, moderated by William Miller, Provost Emeritus, Stanford University; ³Technology Commercialization and Purdue University,² by France A. Córdova 2:30 Panel Session Translating Indiana Ideas into Global Successes, moderated by David Johnson, President and CEO, BioCrossroads: ³Importance of Intellectual Property,² by Ted Ashburn; and ³Considering Global Competition When Developing IP in a Startup Environment,² by Roger Newton, Co-Founder, Esperion Therapeutics, a Division of Pfizer Global Research & Development This event is free and supported by the generosity of the Lilly Endowment and the Kauffman Foundation. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Questions may be directed to: Lori LeRoy, Public Relations and Marketing Director, Biocrossroads, at lleroy(a)biocrossroads.com; or Candiss B. Vibbert, Associate Director for Discovery Park Engagement, at vibbert(a)purdue.edu Please register today: www.purdue.edu/dp/dls/register.html ******************** 3. Birck Visitors ******************** 3.1: Monday, October 8, 2:30PM: Brian Landis, Managing Director of Butler Business Accelerator and his daughter. 3.2: Tuesday, October 9, 2:00PM: Bill and Sandy Beckman; Bill is an ECE alumnus, a retired design/development/systems engineer with Lockheed Martin. 3.3: Thursday, October 11, 9:30-3:30: Mike Chiappetta, Research, Advanced Development, Delivery Device R&D, Eli Lilly; and Ron Mojarrad, Project Management Consultant, Delivery Device R&D, Eli Lilly 3.4: Thursday, October 11, 10:30AM: Retired Teachers¹ Group plus Sam Endy, Vice President, Atheros Communications and Margarita Contreni, Director of Development, ECE. Visit will begin in Morgan 129 and include tours of both Bindley and Birck. 3.5: Thursday, October 11, 11:15AM: Richard O. Buckius, 2007 Hawkins Memorial Lecture Speaker 3.6: Thursday, October 11, 3:30PM: Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society **************** 4. Discovery Park **************** 4.1: Homecoming 2007! Discovery Park Engagement is proud to represent Discovery Park at Homecoming 2007 for the Family Friendly Celebration on the Mall, but we need your help to make it a success! Our goal this year is to represent Discovery Park as a whole with interactive games, activities, videos, and glow in the dark footballs for giveaways. Purdue will be playing against Northwestern on Saturday, October 27th, with kickoff scheduled at 12pm at Ross-Ade Stadium. We will need to represent our tent on the Purdue Mall from 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. We are inviting everyone, including Ambassadors and students, from Discovery Park to stop by our tent and volunteer your time for a quick 20 minutes to talk with Alumni, friends, and family about the cool things Discovery Park is doing to transform their world! We will have Boiler Bucks available for you to grab a snack, and will make sure you are off to the game in plenty of time to cheer on our Boilers!! I am also requesting a few volunteers to help setup and teardown. If you are interested in participating, please send an email to Valerie Lawless at lawlessv(a)purdue.edu, or call her at 4-3662, and indicate what time frame you would like to represent Discovery Park. If you do not wish to be a volunteer, but would like to stop by our tent and say hello, I have attached the link where you may find all the information for Purdue¹s Homecoming 2007 and where our tent will be located. http://www.purdue.edu/events/homecoming/ <http://www.purdue.edu/events/homecoming/> Boiler Up! for a great Purdue Homecoming 2007! 4.2: United Way ³Cake Off²: Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 8:003:00PM, MRGN 129 It is time to show off your baking skills. . . . Discovery Park personnel and students are invited to make their favorite goodie to support United Way. Please make two of your favorite baked goods. One will be for sampling; $1.00 for two samples and the other one will be available for purchase. All profits go to United Way. We will have the following categories: Cakes, Brownies, Cookies, and Pies. Please bring your baked goods to Burton D. Morgan Center, Room 129 by 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10. You will also be able to vote for your favorite goodie! Any questions contact: Leza Dellinger at 4-1279, Jackie Lanter at 4-6400 <http://www.uwlafayette.org/> , or Sheryl Willison at 4-9806. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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Fire Equipment services
by Lane, Melissa J 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Fire Equipment services is performing maintenance in our building and you may hear tones and audible voice messages; please pay attention and follow the audible voice messages. Once the system returns to normal there will a second BNC message sent. The Staff

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BNC Mandatory User Meeting
by John Weaver 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

The Birck Nanotechnology Center All-User meetings will be held: Monday, 15 October 2007 and Tuesday, 16 October 2007 Morgan 121 6:00 - 7:30 PM Attendance at one of these meetings is required - access to the BNC laboratories and cleanroom will be revoked for those not in attendance. Thank you in advance for your support of the safety of the facility. John Weaver John R. Weaver Facility Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University (765) 494-5494 jrweaver(a)purdue.edu

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Monday Memo, October 1, 2007
by Deborah Starewich 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

MONDAY MEMO, October 1, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Blood Borne Pathogen Training, Friday, 10.05, 3:00PM, BRK 1099. 1.2: Mark your calendars! 2nd Annual Boot Camp, Oct. 8 and 9, 9:00AM to 5:00PM; MRGN 121, open to faculty, staff, and student organizations. Day One: Key topics include: company formation, the importance of human capital, selling your idea, sources of capital, and company valuation. Also, hear about the experiences of the companies who won last year¹s event. Day Two: The morning session is devoted to presenting your company¹s ³quick pitch² to investors. The remainder of day two is for companies participating in the coaching sessions. No cost but registration is required: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/bdm/bootcamp/. For more information, contact Julie Goonewardene (jkgoonewardene(a)prf.org) 1.3: Japanese interpretation services needed: Professor Masa Rao is seeking someone to facilitate interaction with a Japanese visitor who will be on campus October 25 & 26. A science or engineering background is preferred, particularly someone familiar with microfabrication or MEMS, if possible. If you¹re interested, please contact Masa Rao, mprao(a)ecn.purdue.edu. 1.4: ATTENTION all Birck Nanotechnology Center Researchers: The Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) hosts a Birck Nanotechnology Center Seminar Series on Thursdays at 10:30AM (Fall 2007), in Birck 1001. The seminars should last approximately 45 minutes with 15 minutes for questions/comments. NSAC¹s goals include a mixture of professors and graduate students presenting their research. Professors should plan on presenting an overview of their research at a level geared toward recruiting new grad students or reporting to a funding agency. Please note that presentations will be videotaped and posted to the BNC website in Breeze format. Graduate students may present on research or on a ³journal club² article. Remember that these seminars are a great opportunity to practice your prelim or thesis defense before presenting to your committee. If you are giving a talk at an upcoming conference, this is a great opportunity to practice your presentation here first. If your talk is short (1520 minutes), pair up with another grad and you both can present one Thursday. Interested parties should contact Annie Cheever; acheever(a)ecn.purdue.edu. If you have questions, please contact Annie or Kalapi Biswas (kgbiswas(a)purdue.edu, NSAC research awareness chair). ******************** 2. Funding Opportunities ******************** 2.1: DURI Program Proposals due Tuesday, Oct. 9: The Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program is accepting proposals for research projects for the Spring 2008 semester. DURI involves Purdue undergraduates in the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research environment of Discovery Park. The program offers 50 internships per academic semester at the West Lafayette campus, funded through the Discovery Learning Center. Select interns to help advance your research from a pool of highly talented and motivated students. Mentor undergraduate students by fostering the exchange of ideas and creating new research opportunities. View additional information (including sample projects) and use the simple form to submit your project proposal online: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri> . If you have any questions, please contact: Amy Childress; Intern Coordinator; Discovery Learning Center; 63590; childres(a)purdue.edu. 2.2: Limited Submission Competition, NSF MRI, per Christine King: The annual submission deadline for the NSF¹s Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is Thursday, January 24, 2008. As in previous years, each institution is limited to participating in no more than two instrument acquisition proposals, and in no more than one additional instrument development proposal. The URL for this competition is www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07510/nsf07510.htm. The MRI program is designed to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. Awards range from $100,000 to $2 million for the acquisition, development, and support of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-institutional use and in concert with private sector partners. Interns deadlines: Monday, October 29, Letters of Intent due to the OVPR; Monday, November 26, Preproposals due to the OVPR; Thursday, November 29, College preproposal rankings due to the OVPR. Note that letters of intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed to OVPRlimited(a)purdue.edu. Purdue¹s limited submission policy and templates for letters of intent and preproposals may be found at http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi <http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . Please indicate clearly on letters of intent, and preproposals, whether the proposal is for acquisition or development. For any case in which the number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an internal preproposal will be unnecessary. **************** 3. Seminars **************** 3.1: Monday, October 1, 2:30, ³ Plastic Deformation at Micron, and Submicron Scales,² by Marisol Koslowski, EE 317 Abstract: Most people experiences the way objects plastically deform on a macroscopic scale. From a car crash to the bending of a paper clip plastic deformation occurs in the form of a smooth flow as a response of an applied stress. But due to the constant shrinking on the dimensions of mechanical devices such as micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and micro electronic interconnects the notion that plasticity is governed not by a steady flow but by the occurrence of intermittent avalanches of defects moving through the material is gaining increasing attention. To model the deformation of metallic materials at micron and submicron scales a continuum theory of dislocations is derived. Our simulations show the formation of structures and their influence in macroscopic deformation and the dependence on the yield stress on the characteristic size of the sample, known as the Hall-Petch effect. We also study the jerky character of dislocation motion and its analogy to earthquakes, biological systems, and other systems showing critical behavior. BIO: Dr. Marisol Koslowski is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University. Previously she was a Technical Staff Member in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She received her B.S. degree in Physics in 1997 from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and her M.S in 1999 and her Ph. D. in Aeronautics in 2003 from the California Institute of Technology. Her research interests include computational solid mechanics, mechanical properties of micro- and nano- structured materials. She currently works in the development of theoretical and numerical tools to study the reliability and performance of micromechanical systems. Dr. Koslowski received the Leon Heller award for a postdoctoral publication in Theoretical Physics from Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2006. 3.2: Thursday, October 4, 2:30-4:00, ³New Dimension in Performance: Harnessing 3D Integration Technology,² by Kerry Berstein, KNOY B033 Abstract: Despite generation on generation of scaling, computer chips have remained essentially 2-dimensional. Improvements in on-chip wire delay, and in the total number of inputs and outputs has not been able to keep up with improvements to the transistor, and its getting harder and harder to hide it! 3D chip technologies come in a number of flavors, but are receiving lots of attention lately as a means of extending CMOS performance. Designing for three dimensions, however, forces us to look at formerly-two-dimensional integration issues quite differently. IBM as well as other companies and research institutions are developing ways of addressing these challenges. This talk will introduce major 3D concepts and IBM¹s approach. A 3D ³fly-through² movie of an actual IBM 3D design will be shown. BIO: Kerry Bernstein is a Senior Technical Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Hts., NY. He is currently Principal Investigator of IBM¹s 3D Integration Program. Mr. Bernstein received the B.S degree in electrical engineering degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and joined IBM in 1978. He holds 50 US Patents, and is a co-author of 3 college textbooks and multiple papers on high speed CMOS. His interests are in the area of high performance / low power advanced circuits and technologies. Mr. Bernstein is an IEEE Fellow. 3.3: MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! Tuesday, October 16, 6-8PM, ³Crash Course: Putting Your Work Online at nanoHUB.org,² by Mike McLennan, MRGN 129; PIZZA PIZZA. If you have a laptop computer, bring it along, so you can follow along and try things out. ABSTRCT: Do you have a talk, a simulator, a white paper, or a homework assignment that might be useful for others in the nanotechnology research/education community? Put it online at nanoHUB.org. During this 2-hour crash course, we¹ll show you just how easy it is to get your work online: Publish your PDF/DOC files within minutes; go from PowerPoint slides to a published presentation in just a few hours; go from Matlab scripts or Fortran code to a published simulation tool in just a few days. Why bother? Employers and tenure committees want to see what you¹ve accomplished during your research. Imagine pointing to dozens of resources online, and quoting statistics about the hundreds or even thousands of users that you¹ve reached with your science! Eat pizza and learn how to use nanoHUB.org as a publishing platform. BIO: Michael McLennan received a PhD in 1990 from Purdue University for his dissertation on dissipative quantum mechanical electron transport in semiconductor heterostructure devices. He blended his expertise in physics with a love of software when he joined Bell Labs in 1992 to work on tools for semiconductor device and process simulation. He is co-author of Effective Tcl/Tk Programming and Tcl/Tk Tools. He also developed [incr Tcl], an object-oriented extension of Tcl, which is now used by thousands of developers worldwide on projects ranging from the TiVo digital video recorder to the Mars Pathfinder. Dr. McLennan joined Cadence Design Systems in 1998 as a Software Architect for their SimVision visualization and debugging environment. In 2004, he became a Senior Research Scientist at Purdue University, acting as the Software Architect for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) and the nanoHUB.org web site. His latest project is the Rappture Toolkit, available at http://rappture.org. ******************** 4. Birck Visitors ******************** 4.1: Tuesday, October 2, Tsinghua University [the MIT of China], 10:00AM. 4.2: Tuesday, October 2, Dr. Kenneth Corenetta, Joe C. Christian Professor & Chairman of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 2:30 4.3: Thursday, October 4, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, 3:30. **************** 5. In the News **************** 5.1: Mike Roco praises Purdue: ³The scientist regarded by his peers as the architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative calls it the front of the wave of scientific discovery¹ for nanotech. Mihail Roco says Purdue University¹s Network for Computational Nanotechnology represents the premier network for modeling simulation¹ in the nanotech industry. For more, visit: http://www.midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=18058 <http://www.midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=18058> ****************** 6. Purchasing Update ****************** 6.1: SRM/OnePurdue Purchasing Update: view shopping carts other than your own! Through the efforts of the OnePurdue team, the Supply Chain team, and Purchasing Services we have found a tool that provides that functionality. All SRM users will have a new tab under ³Purchasing Services² called ³SRM Administration.² Under this tab, you will find a ³Monitor Shopping Carts² function, which will allow you to look up any shopping cart in the SRM system. Depending on the other SAP roles you have you may also be able to delete shopping carts or line items within a shopping cart. If you are not the original requestor and changes to a shopping cart are identified using this functionality, please consult with the requestor or the requestor¹s business office about the changes. This broad access and capability brings with it the expectation that you will only access those shopping carts for which you have a legitimate need to access and necessary changes are managed appropriately. If you have questions or need assistance using this feature, please contact the Purchasing Services Helpdesk, 47279; pshelpdesk(a)purdue.edu. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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BNC Seminar Series - Thursdays at 10:30 in 1001, Fall 2007
by Kalapi Biswas 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Dear Birck Nanotechnology Center Researcher- The Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) is hosting a Birck Nanotechnology Center Seminar Series. When: Thursdays at 10:30 am (Fall 2007) Where: Birck 1001 Format: Each seminar will last an hour with ~ 40-45 minutes for the presentation and the remainder for questions. We hope to have an even mixture of professors and graduate students presenting their research. Guidelines for the presentations are as follow: Professors (see memo of 11/27/06): * Overview of your research at a level geared towards recruiting new grad students or reporting to a funding agency * Presentations will be videotaped and posted to the BNC website in Breeze format Graduate students: * Feel free to present on your research or on a "journal club" article * These seminars are a great opportunity to practice your prelim or thesis defense before presenting to your committee * If you are giving a talk at an upcoming conference, practice here first. If your talk is short (15-20 minutes), pair up with another grad and you both can present one Thursday. If you are interested in presenting a seminar, please contact Annie Cheever (acheever(a)ecn.purdue.edu) If you have further questions, please contact Annie or Kalapi Biswas (kgbiswas(a)purdue.edu, NSAC research awareness chair). Thank you. Kalapi Biswas & Tim Sands

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