To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, please add bnc-all@ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html The BNC Monday Memo BNC News week of September 20, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS SHUTDOWN The semiannual shutdown of the BNC will take place Tuesday through Friday, October 12-15, 2010. The CLEANROOM and LABS will be closed at 12:01 AM Tuesday morning. If all goes well, it will reopen at 8:00 AM Friday morning. If issues arise, it may be closed for some or all of Friday, October 15. Please remove all material from fume hoods prior to the cleanroom and lab closing. The startup times for the cleanroom and laboratories apply to the facility, not necessarily the equipment. Please check Coral for equipment downtime and startup times. Mark Voorhis (765) 494-3036 PHOTOCOPIER/PRINTER MOVES The photocopiers/printers from BRK 1222 and BRK 2020 will be moved on Monday, October 11. The color machine in BRK 1222 will be moved to the second floor atrium area, just west of Birck 2001. The black and white machine in BRK 2020 will be moved to BRK 1222. An ECN training session to show users how to connect to the newly located machines will be held on Thursday, September 30, at 11:00AM, in Birck 1001. Several members of the staff and the Birck Ambassadors are planning on attending this session to be prepared to assist users in the connection. If you are interested in learning for yourself, please plan on attending. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date seminar/workshop information. Thursday, 09.23.10, 4:30PM, ME 161: "Electrodics in Electrochemical Energy Systems," by Partha P. Mukherjee, Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Refreshments will be served at 4:00PM, ME 254. [ MORE ] Friday, 09.24.10, 3:30PM, PHYS 203: "Adatom Ordering, Bragg Scattering and Tunable Band Gap in Functionalized Graphene," by Leonid Levitov. [ MORE ] UPCOMING 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 [ MORE ] Thursday, 09.30.10, 4:30PM, ME 161: "Contact Robotics," Neville Hogan, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Refreshments served at 4:00PM, ME 254. [ MORE ] Friday, 10.01.10, 10:30AM, ME 256: "Physical Dynamics, Controller Design and Contact Robotics," by Neville Hogan, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Refreshments served at 10:00AM, ME 254. [ MORE ] Monday, 10.04.10, 1:30PM, BRK 1001: "Nanotechnology Activities in Colombia: A Perspective from the Excellence Center for Novel Materials," by Professor Pedro Prieto, Director of CENM, Center of Excellence for Novel Materials, Universidad del Valle Cali, Colombia. Adobe Connect Users: Talk 1 - https://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/prieto1/ [ MORE ] Tuesday, 10.05.10, 1:30PM, BRK 1001: "Correlation Between Structural and Mechanical Properties of Nano-multilayer TiCN/TiNbCN Coatings," by by Professor Pedro Prieto, Director of CENM, Center of Excellence for Novel Materials, Universidad del Valle Cali, Colombia. Adobe Connect: Talk 2 - https://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/prieto2/ [ MORE ] Wednesday, 10.13.10, 5:30PM, Barnes and Thornburg, 11 S Meridian Street, Indianapolis: "Indiana Companies to Watch: Entrepreneurial Policy Town Hall Meeting." RVSP to Rita Reese at rreese@isbdc.org or 888.472.3244 by October 6th [ MORE ] Monday and Tuesday, 10.18.10 and 10.19.10, , Symposium on Breast Cancer Prevention: Nutrition, Communication, and Public Policy. Registration includes all meals and coffee breaks: $175 or $100 for students and breast cancer advocates. Website “Syntheses, Characterizations and Applications of Oxide Nanocomposites Materials” (International Session E, presented in English) in MRS-J Academic Symposium to be held on Dec. 20-22, 2010 in YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. ================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS 20th MRS-J Academic Symposium Dec. 20-22, 2010 in YOKOHAMA, JAPAN Syntheses, Characterizations and Applications of Oxide Nanocomposites Materials (International Session E) Register and submit your abstract at http://mrs-j.org/home/en/guidesympo/ SAVE THE DATE! Discovery Lecture Series [ FLIER ] Wednesday and Thursday, 11.10.10 and 11.11.10, 9:00AM to 5:00PM, Stewart Center West Foyer: "Traveling Technology Experience," by by Professor Aaron Cichanover, Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel [ MORE ] Wednesday, 11.10.10, 10:30AM, Fowler Hall: "Drug Development in the 21st Century: Are we going to cure all diseases?" by Professor Aaron Cichanover, Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel [ MORE ] FUNDING The Core Pilot funding opportunity is open for applications through October 18, 2010. The guidelines and application are available on the Indiana CTSI HUB – log in using your university username and password and go to https://www.indianactsi.org/grants . [ MORE ] DISCOVERY PARK The Burton D. Morgan Center and the Krannert School of Management are strong partners in supporting entrepreneurship on our campus. Four Krannert MBA students have been assigned to the Burton Morgan Center to assist with entrepreneurial tasks. The names and contact information for these students may be found on the left-hand side of the Burton Morgan webpage. Please feel free to contact any of these students for assistance: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/entrepreneurship/ Please feel free to contact Candiss Vibbert if you have any questions. The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce our first Faculty Entrepreneur in Residence. Please see the link below for more information. Dr. Panitch is available for consultation about entrepreneurial issues and can be reached at: apanitch@purdue.edu http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100913PaitchEship.html 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 27, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 09.24.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Cyber Center Discovery Learning Research Center Global Sustainability at Purdue: Center for Environment Energy Center Purdue Climate Change Research Center Oncological Sciences Center Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker