RA position at Birck

SEM and FIB assistance:

 

The Birck Nanotechnology Center is looking for a Grad student with some electron microscopy knowledge to assist 20 hrs a week with the SEM and FIB facilities. 

 

The responsibilities are not limited to:

 

1.       Manage the acquisition of samples and analysis instructions from Birck users

2.       Sample imaging and EDX chemical analysis through SEM (S-4800)

3.       Sample preparation using lift out method using FIB

4.       Training new users in lift out with the FIB Quanta

5.       Training new users in SPI sputter coater

 

The candidate will be trained in all these techniques by a staff member. 

If interested, please contact Rosa E Diaz (rdiazri@purdue.edu) for more details. 

 

Tote Dividers

Beginning this week the Supply Store here at Birck is carrying dividers for cleanroom storage totes. These dividers are used to separate and maximize space in the gray storage bins and can be purchased from Lorraine Fox during her office hours.

Feel free to direct any concerns or questions about the tote rack policy changes to Sean Rinehart at srinehar@purdue.edu.

 

Important Grad Office Notices:

 

1.       In an effort to make Birck look its best we would like to dedicate 4 weeks this summer, 1 week for each grad hallway, to be a cleanup week! 

 

What does this mean??  Each grad hallway will be designated a week starting June 26th and ending July 28th to clean up their offices;  get rid of trash, old boxes, old files,  electronics, appliances, etc.  Our janitorial staff will put trash and recycling bins outside of your offices the week your hallway is assigned to do cleanup!  Also during your assigned week, you can put any unused electronics (computers, monitors) and appliances (small refrigerators, coffee makers) in the hallway and our janitorial staff will take them away to be sent to Purdue surplus! 

 

Please work with your office mates to get your area cleaned up and looking nice!  We will be checking on progress during these weeks to see if there is anything, we can help with/give advice on.  If you have any questions on something should go or not, please feel free to ask!

 

The schedule for each hallways cleanup week is below, let’s make Birck look the best it can!!

 

·         July 10th – 14th

·         July 17th – 21st

·         July 24th – 28th

 

Thank you!!!

Jaime Turner

 

Seminars/Workshops

Spin-Orbitronics: A Route to Control Magnets via Spin-Orbit Interaction

Dr. Pramey Upadhyaya from UCLA

Thursday, July 6

10:30 AM

WANG 1004

Sponsored by: Supriyo Datta, datta@purdue.edu

 

NovaCentrix Seminar

Dr. Rudresh Ghosh, Applications Engineer

Tuesday, July 25

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

BRK 2001

http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php

 

Cell Culture Basics – 2 Days Hands on Training Course

10:00 AM -3:10 APM

Course fee: $250

Deadline for registration is July 7, 2017

Questions Dr. Tim Kwok at kwokt@purdue.edu or 765-494-6697

 

Safe and Secure Systems and Software Symposium (S5)

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

August 1-3, 2017

http://www.mys5.org/index.php

 

 

Congratulations

Dimitrios Peroulis, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and deputy director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, will participate in the U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium on Sept. 25-27 in East Hartford, Connecticut. The event is for young engineers who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines. Participants are nominated by fellow engineers or organizations. The event covers developments in four areas: Mega-Tall Buildings and Other Future Places of Work, Unraveling the Complexity of the Brain, Energy Strategies to Power Our Future, and Machines That Teach Themselves.

 

Links for new Benefit enrollment and Renewal of Parking Permits

1.       http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2017/Q2/human-resources-announces-new-benefit-enrollment-system-action-requested.html

2.       http://www.purdue.edu/parking/