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BNC Newsweek of September 20, 2010
ANNOUNCEMENTS SHUTDOWN The semiannual shutdown of the BNC will take place Tuesday through Friday, October 12-15, 2010.
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 [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” in MRS-J Academic Symposium to be held on Dec. 20-22, 2010 in YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. ================================================================ Dec. 20-22, 2010 in YOKOHAMA, JAPAN Syntheses, Characterizations and Applications of Oxide Nanocomposites Materials Register and submit your abstract at
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.
DISCOVERY PARK The Burton D. Morgan Center and the Krannert School
of Management are strong partners in supporting entrepreneurship on our
campus.
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 |
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