EMC Testing Facility Field Trip

Dr. Barrett Robinson would like to invite you to join ECE 479 on a trip to EMC Testing Facility in Wheeling, IL on May 23, 2016. Transportation and lunch will be provided.

Depart (from EE building) 9:00 am (all times local)

Arrive (1250 Peterson Dr. Wheeling, IL) 12:00 pm

Depart (1250 Peterson Dr. Wheeling, IL) 3:30 pm

Arrive (EE building) 6:30 pm

For more information please contact Dr. Robinson at robinbar@ecn.purdue.edu

Fridge Clean Out

Friday April 29

2:00 Pm

Fridge Clean Out

Thanks,

Nancy Black

Secretary V

Birck Nanotechnology Center

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057

Phone: 765-494-8675

Fax: 765-494-4731

IMPORTANT PROCESS UPDATE – CONCUR & ARIBA       

Over the last several weeks, Purdue University has been the subject of an NSF audit.  During the process of providing the necessary information to the auditors we realized that a key policy item has been overlooked in recent years.  When placing orders through Ariba or completing travel reports within Concur please follow the policy listed below.  The business office will reject Ariba orders and Concur reports if the necessary information is lacking.

When placing orders through Ariba two key pieces of information have to be included in the comment section of the order:

1.) The purpose of the item(s) you are ordering and

2.) The specific benefit to the project.

When completing travel reports in Concur, it is imperative that you provide the information below in the comment section of the report:

1.) The purpose of the trip

2.) The specific benefit to the project

Purchasing

As a reminder all purchase request forms must be filled out completely. This includes the address of the company and an explanation of how this purchase is a benefit to your project. Incomplete forms will be delayed or returned until they are completed in full. We have also been receiving several incomplete or wrong account numbers. If you do not know a piece of information or have questions on how to fill out the form, please ask a secretary or member of the business office.

Seminar

Takhee Lee

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea

Currently on sabbatical at University of California, Berkeley

Interface and surface control of 2D MoS₂-based nanoelectronic devices

Thursday, April 21^st at 2:00 pm in Birck 2001

For more information please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1450

Shut Down Notice

The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown May 2 through May 6, 2016.  Air handling systems, exhaust systems, hazardous gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, May 2 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 6.  The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. 

All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal.  No one will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period.

In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance.  As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 7 a.m. Monday, May 2 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 6.  No chemical work will be allowed during this period. 

It is anticipated that the building and most process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, May 6.  Please check Coral for equipment status and availability.

For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns.

                                                May 2, 2016        Oct 17, 2016

                                                May 1, 2017        Oct 16, 2017

                                                April 30, 2018     Oct 15, 2018

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns.