[BNC-all] MONDAY MEMO (delayed this week)

This is actually the ³Tuesday² Memo as I was out of the office yesterday :) MONDAY MEMO, FEBRUARY 26, 2007 CONTENTS 1. Announcements 1.1: Placing orders with OnePurdue 1.2: Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internships (DURI) Fall 2007 Opportunities; project descriptions due 03.05.07 2. Faculty/Staff/Student Awards and Honors 2.1: Eric Stach, 2007 College of Engineering Early Career Research Excellence Award. 3. Seminar Announcements 3.1: Wednesday, 02.28, 2:00 PM, EE 317 ­ ³Nanolithography,² by Minghao Qi, Purdue University 3.2: Thursday, 03.01, 10:30 AM, BRK 1001 ­ ³Computer Simulation of Nanoparticles, Viruses, and Electrical Power-Generating Bacteria,² by Peter Ortoleva, Indiana University 3.3: Friday, 03.02, 9:30 AM, BRK 1001 ­ ³MEMS-Enabled Nanotechnology,² by Dr. Bai Xu, State University of New York at Albany 3.4: Friday, 03.02, 3:30 PM, MSEE B012 ­ ³High Performance Automotive Castings ­ Theory and Reality of Their Production,² by Nick Green, The University of Brimingham 4. Workshops/Conferences NONE 5. Job/Fellowship opportunities 5.1: Eta Kappa Nu corporate relations: 02.27 ­ Northrup Grumman; 02.28 Intel 5.2: NEXTRANS Center Managing Director; Discovery Park and the Office of the Vice President are launching a newly funded center on transportation research. **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: Placing orders with OnePurdue. Until graduate students and other staff are trained to use the new purchasing tool through OnePurdue, staff members who have been trained will place orders for you. Those members include Annie Cheever, Vikki Fast, Jeremy Schroeder, Deborah Starewich, and MaryJo Totten. To expedite your orders, please 1) complete a purchase order form (available from the business office); this form should include the account number to charge and the signature of the PI or person who has authority to purchase from the account being used; 2) if ordering chemicals or gases, include the MSDS; 3) if ordering chemicals or gases, obtain the necessary approval from either Kenny Schwartz (gases; kfschwar@purdue.edu <mailto:kfschwar@purdue.edu> ) or Steve Jurss (chemicals; sejurss@purdue.edu <mailto:sejurss@purdue.edu> ) 4) please provide a quote from the company, if available; 5) present in hard copy form all documentation associated with the order to the person with whom you submitted the order. 1.2: Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internships (DURI) Fall 2007 Opportunities; project descriptions due 03.05.07. The Discovery Learn Center invites all Purdue faculty members to submit descriptions for interdisciplinary research that will engage top undergraduate students in Discovery Park projects. Faculty with approved project submissions will have the opportunity to select from a pool of highly talented and motivated students. If you see yourself as a mentor to undergraduates who aims to foster the exchange of ideas and create new research opportunities, please consider submitting a project description. The Lilly Endowment, Inc. endowed the DURI program to stimulate awareness of advanced research and promote interest in graduate study. The DURI program funds approximately 50 internships every fall and spring semester. Students receive a $500 scholarship each semester in recognition of their selection and participation. Information is available online at www.purdue.edu/dp/learningcenter/duri/ <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/learningcenter/duri/> ; use the simple on-line form to submit your project descriptions; view additional information and sample descriptions. Project descriptions are due March 5, 2007; if you have any questions, please contact Amy Childress, childres@purdue.du; 63590. **************** 2. Awards/Honors **************** 2.1: Eric Stach is the 2007 College of Engineering Early Career Research Excellence Award. This award will be conferred formally at the College of Engineering Faculty Awards Banquet on 04.28. ************************ 3. Seminar Announcements ************************ 3.1: Wednesday, 02.28, 2:00 PM, EE 317 ­ ³Nanolithography,² by Minghao Qi, Purdue University ABSTRACT: Integrated circuits have dramatically changed the way people live, communicate and work over the past forty years. For example, digital storage has almost eliminated the need for printed materials as a method of preserving information. However, another means of printing, or lithography, has been the driving force for the ever faster, cheaper, yet more powerful computer chips. Lithography is probably the most important process in transforming human creativity and engineering efforts into real devices or systems. This tutorial will go through pattern generation and duplication, as well as resist technology. Both fundamental laws governing the resolution and throughput of lithography and latest trends in state-of-the-art lithography will be discussed. At the nanometer length scale, lithography continues to play a central role in prototyping novel devices, and will meet in the near future the bottom-up approach, which generates patterns by controlled chemical growth/synthesis. NOTE: This seminar is being taped for the nanoHUB¹s Nanotechnology 501 Seminar Series at http://www.nanohub.org/education/nanotechnology501 <http://www.nanohub.org/education/nanotechnology501> ABSTRACT: Minghao Qi received his BS degree in Chemical Physics from the U of Science and Technology of China in 1995. He received his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998 and 2005 respectively. He was a post-doctoral research associate in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT before joining Purdue University as an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in August 2005. 3.2: Thursday, 03.01, 10:30 AM, BRK 1001 ­ ³Computer Simulation of Nanoparticles, Viruses, and Electrical Power-Generating Bacteria,² by Peter Ortoleva, Indiana University ABSTRACT: Models of cells and nanometer-scale biosystems are presented that clarify their physico-chemical characteristics and allow for computer-aided design of therapeutic and nanotechnical devices. Multiscale techniques are used to obtain rigorous, coarse-grained equations for the migration and structural transitions of viruses and other bionanostructures. The theory starts with the N-atom Liouville equation and arrives at Langevin equations for the fluctuating dynamics of order parameters characterizing the state of major nanoscale components (e.g., protomers, pentamers, and hexamers for viral capsids). Application of the theory to macromolecules is also illustrated. A phenomenological approach is used to analyze electrical power generating bacteria. A microbial fuel cell is described in terms of a circuit diagram accounting for nanowires. These wires are self-assembled by the bacterium to mediate electron transfer processes. When the bacteria, electrodes, and substrate-bearing fluids are correctly configured, the system constitutes a bacterial fuel cell capable of directly converting organic waste into electrical power. BIO: Peter J. Ortoleva is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Indiana University Center for Cell and Virus Theory in the Department of Chemistry. He received his PhD in Applied Physics at Cornell U, was a Postdoc in the Dept of Chemistry at MIT, and joined the faculty of the Dept of Chemistry at Indiana U in 1975. He has published over 187 refereed papers, 3 monographs, and 3 edited volumes. His research interests include: the theory of reaction-transport mechanical systems; chemical kinetic; statistical mechanics; cell and virus modeling; regulatory network discovery; and nonlinear dynamical systems theory. Host: Sabre Kais, Chemistry Dept (45965; kais@purdue.edu) SPONSORED BY: Birck Nanotechnology Center, Bindley Bioscience Center, Discovery Park, The NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing, The Network for Computational Nanotechnology, VEECO, NCN Student Leadership Council, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering 3.3: Friday, 03.02, 9:30 AM, BRK 1001 ­ ³MEMS-Enabled Nanotechnology,² by Dr. Bai Xu, State University of New York at Albany ABSTRACT: The pressure for reduction in cost and development time in new product, together with the need to pack more functions into smaller volumes in silicon chips has been fueling the development of semiconductor industry. However, the current semiconductor technologies available essentially involve merging of chips fabricated with standard CMOS technology. These CMOS compatible technologies provide an integration solution with compatible fabrication processes that require little changes in process integration. Even with some limited product offerings such as integrated accelerometers and pressure sensors, it remains a challenge to merge devices from non-compatible fabrication processes in a cost-effective way. Nanotechnology, enabled by Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), may offer a solution by making inexpensive LEGO-like building blocks to snap together a system. MEMS-enabled nanotechnology applies the tools and processes of nano/microfabrication, compatible or non-compatible with CMOS, to build devices and systems. This presentation will be focusing on the current topics in the development of nanotechnology and MEMS technology. After a brief overview of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at University at Albany/SUNY, a few project examples will be used to introduce our MEMS program. MEMS provide important tools to address the bottlenecks in realizing Feynman's vision of nanotechnology: the fusion of Nanotech, Biotech and Infotech, which is a growing area of scientific and technological opportunities. BIO: Prof. Bai Xu obtained his PhD in Material Sciences from U of Paris/CNRS in 1991. He is currently an Assistant Professor of SUNY at Albany and Senior Research Scientist of Albany NanoTech. Prof. Xu manages the MEMS program at Albany NanoTech, which has a technology portfolio of optical MEMS, bioMEMS, fluidic MEMS and RF MEMS. Before joining Albany NanoTech, Prof. Xu worked at IME Singapore and I-STAT Canada where he initiated a number of MEMS development projects that led to the fabrication of MEMS micro-relays, MEMS microphone, pressure sensors, flow sensors, accelerometers and miniaturized biomedical testing devices. Prof. Xu has been very active in the MEMS and Nanotechnology area. He served on the review panel of the National Science Foundation to review the Nanotechnology Interdisciplinary Research Team Proposals. He was the Chair of the Special Symposium for Science and Fabrication of Nanosystems sponsored by the Upper State New York Chapter of the American Vacuum Society. Prof. Xu has given over 30 invited talks at Intel, GE, IBM, Finisar, 3M and other universities, as well as in international technical conferences in USA, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, China mainland and Taiwan. He is currently co-chairing the MEMS fluidic I/O standardization working group sponsored by SEMI. Professor Xu also serves in the Editorial Board of ³Nanomedicine,² the Journal of the American Academy of Nanomedicine (bxu@uamail.albany.edu). Host: Xianfan Xu, Mechanical Engr (45639; xxu@ecn.purdue.edu) SPONSORED BY: Birck Nanotechnology Center, Bindley Bioscience Center, Discovery Park, The NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing, The Network for Computational Nanotechnology, VEECO, NCN Student Leadership Council, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering 3.4: Friday, 03.02, 3:30 PM, MSEE B012 ­ ³High Performance Automotive Castings ­ Theory and Reality of Their Production,² by Nick Green, Professor of Casting Technology; Metallurgy and Materials Department; The University of Birmingham; Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom ABSTRACT: For the past three decades the Cosworth process has been considered the benchmark against which the reliability of structural aluminum alloy castings is measured. Though adhering only to the Œsimple¹ principles of attaining and maintaining liquid metal integrity through avoidance of free surface turbulence during metal movement, the process poses significant challenges when operated at an industrial scale. This seminar will review free surface turbulence as a mechanism for formation of oxide bifilms and their impact on casting reliability, describe the high volume Cosworth casting process and present results of a recent benchmarking exercise of European premium automotive foundries. BIO: Nick Green holds the EPSRC/Rolls-Royce Star Appointment in Casting Technology and has worked in casting research since completing his PhD (Cambridge 1992), beginning his postdoctoral career at Birmingham. He then moved into the automotive foundry industry. Throughout his career he has pursued his interest in relationships between casting processes and casting reliability, applying root cause understanding of defect forming mechanisms to casting process development for improved reliability, process simplification and scrap reduction. Prior to his appointment he worked for eight years in the automotive foundry industry, most recently as Technical Director of Cosworth Technology Ltd (2000­2005), developing innovative solutions for improved material and engine performance in high volume, niche and racing applications. Recent research led to two patent applications in the areas of enhanced integrity/fatigue life and enhanced dimensional accuracy. From 1996 to 2000 he was Technical Manager of VAW motorcast Ltd, a major UK automotive foundry manufacturing approximately 1.5­1.8 million cylinder heads and engine blocks per annum. During this period he was also Competence Leader for Process Development within VAW¹s group of European foundries. In 1998­1999 he directed the technical launch of a major green field joint venture in Mexico (Castech SA de CV) to produce aluminum cylinder heads and blocks for the North American market. In 2000 he was awarded the American Foundrymen¹s Society (AFS) Howard F Taylor Award and received their best paper award in both 1998 and 1994. Between 1994 to 1996 he was an industrially funded Senior Research Fellow at The University of Birmingham developing and implementing root cause solutions to long standing casting integrity, reliability and productivity problems, and from 1992 to 1994 was an SERC Research Fellow researching defect formation in cast aluminum alloys. ************************ 4. Workshops/Conferences ************************ NONE ******************************** 5. Fellowship/Job Opportunities ******************************** 5.1: Eta Kappa Nu Corporate Visits: 02.27: Northrop Grumman free bagel/donut day, HKN Lounge, EE ­ WHILE SUPPLIES LAST; www.northropgrumman.com 02.28: Intel Free Bagel/Donut Day, HKN Lounge -- WHILE SUPPLIES LAST; representative on site 8-10:30 am; bring your resume; www.intel.com Check bagel status http://hkn.ecn.purdue.edu/bagelcam.php 5.2: NEXTRANS Center Managing Director; Discovery Park and the Office of the Vice President are launching a newly funded center on transportation research (www.purdue.edu/dp/nextrans/). REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Master¹s Degree in engineering, science, business or related field required. Five or more years of professional experience in a transportation-related field required. Significant experience serving in a managerial role required. Candidates must possess excellent oral and written communication skills as well as interpersonal and negotiation skills; must be self-motivated and have the ability to exercise sound judgment in prioritizing tasks. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: PhD in engineering, science, business, or related field preferred. Experience with academic environment and a general knowledge of University business policies and procedures preferred. Knowledge of fiscal planning/budgeting and subject matter also preferred. JOB DUTIES: Provide day-to-day supervision of NEXTRANS staff and oversee delivery of enhancement programs and outreach activities. Pursue/recruit potential new partners. Report on Strategic Plan performance metrics; facilitate the external peer review process for proposals; disseminate reports; serve as liaison and organizational coordinator to the Advisory Council and Executive Committee. Coordinate operations with other Region 5 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) as well as with other Regional UTCs. Monitor adherence to program timelines and monitor cost-share. Supervise Center website and newsletter. Serve as operational liaison to the UTC Programs office. Act as part of the leadership team that implements the vision and fosters interdisciplinary collaborations in support of the Discovery Park mission, managing the interface between faculty and facilities. Interface with appropriate academic units on charge-back systems and space issues, and engage faculty/staff about their research interests in focus areas and/or the use of the affiliated facilities/laboratories. Represent the NEXTRANS Center at functions when delegated by the Center Director. Provide leadership and supervision in organizing and managing special events, and devise and implement plans for development, marketing, and communication. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi@ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/