BNC News

week of September 6, 2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GAS ORDERING

REMINDER:  It is BNC policy that all gas and pressurized-liquid cylinder orders go through Kenny Schwartz. From this time forward, Kenny will place all gas and pressurized liquid cylinder orders.  Please give him the ordering information, and he will place the order for you.
 
The purpose of this change is twofold.  First, we are attempting to correct a problem that has developed with excessive inventories of gas cylinders. Second, this should assist the researchers in obtaining the right cylinders in the right quantities – especially taking into account shelf-life issues.  We have had issues with cylinders passing their expiration date and being returned to the supplier prior to being used – a significant waste of money and resources.
 
Thank you for your assistance in making the BNC a more efficient place to perform research.

 
John R. Weaver
Facility Manager
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Purdue University
(765) 494-5494

POSTER PRINTING

Please see the poster printer schedule for Discovery Park located in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 233.  
 
Please also read through the poster printer policies and guidelines. Note the new email address for sending poster files:  mrgnposterprinter@gmail.com.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
 
Thank you,
 
Valerie
Valerie Lawless
Engagement Operations Manager

TOURS/VISITORS

visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information

Wednesday, 09.08.10, 9:00AM-3:30PM, MRGN 121: "Imaging in Life Science Research," A Bindley Imaging Group [BIG] research symposium.

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Wednesday, 09.08.10, 6:00PM, MRGN 129: "Practical Vacuum Technology," by Michael McKeown, Senior Vacuum Scientist, Kurt J. Lesker. Food will be provided. RSVP to Nancy Black.

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Thursday, 09.09.10, 9:30AM, BRK 1001: "Physical Vapor Deposition," by Michael McKeown, Senior Vacuum Scientist, Kurt J. Lesker. Food will be provided. RSVP to Nancy Black.

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Thursday, 09.09.10, 4:30PM, WTHR 104: "Chemically Enhanced Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Devices," by Professor Mark C. Hersam. Departmental Colloquium sponsored by Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University). Hosts: David Thompson and Tong Ren

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Friday, 09.10.10, 2:00PM, IUPUI Campus Center, CE 309: "Smart Nanocontainers: Development & Applications in Life Sciences and other Disciplines," by Dr. Yuri Lvov from Institute for Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech University

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Friday, 09.10.10, 3:30PM, PHYS 203: "Atomistic Modeling and Simulation Tools for Nanoelectronics and their Deployment on nanoHUB.org," by Gerhard Klimeck, Director of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology, School of Electrical Computer Engineering

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UPCOMING

Thursday, 09.16.10, 10:30AM, BRK 2001: "Prevention Through Design in Collaborative Research Environments," by John Weaver, Facilities Manager, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue

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Thursday, 09.16.10, 4:30PM, ME 161: "Mechatronic Developments for Automobiles," by Prof. Dr. -Ing. Dr. h.c. Rolf Isermann, Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany. Refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m. in ME 254

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Thursday and Friday, 09.16 and 09.17.0, 6:00PM - 4:00PM, Michigan League, 1085 S University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI

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9th Annual NanoBusiness Alliance Conference will be held on September 27-28th in Chicago IL. The Event returns to the McCormick Place. PROGRAM

REGISTER TODAY
Online
Manually

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Congress Announcement: Full Paper Submission Deadline (15 November 2010)
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It is our great pleasure to announce the 2011 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Technology (WCSIT'11) to be held in Cairo, Egypt, 24 - 27 January 2011. The Congress is organized to invite international delegates, to share their latest research findings on computers and informatics. WCSIT'11 is organized by INFOMESR.

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PURDUE NEWS

Campus Fire Safety
 
September has been declared Campus Fire Safety Month for the State of Indiana.  Since 2000, 140 college students throughout the United States have died in a fire. Eighty-four percent (84%) of these preventable deaths occurred in off-campus housing. The Purdue University Fire Department would like to invite all to participate in learning more about what they can do to get involved in Campus Fire Safety. Remember, Fire Safety starts with prevention and active awareness.
 
Check out the flyer. Enroll with your Purdue email and create an account. Take the 3 interactive game challenges and watch the video on College – Fire Survival. Experience fire safety like never before! Prizes can be won! Please share with students!

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PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or other influenza symptoms should seek medical care. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL.

Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree. BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from Monica Allain or Jim Cooper.

Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Specific instructions should be conveyed by phone if possible. All graduate students should register for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html.

Additional information for pandemic and emergency preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness

Editorial policy set: personal information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [More]

Submit items for memo of the week of September 13, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 09.10.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu