MONDAY MEMO, January 7, 2008 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: REMINDER: contact Melissa Lane (lanem@purdue.edu) to schedule rooms for your Spring Semester Group Meetings. Any reservations made last Fall have been deleted; you must renew your group meetings every semester. 1.2: Try your Monday Memo via RSS feed: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/fac_resources.php 1.3: New Class Spring 2008, ABE 591E: ³Microsystems Engineering for BioSystems,² 3 credit hrs; TTh 12:001:15; ABE Room 106A; Instructor D. Marshall Porterfield Course description: This interactive course is designed for both biologists and engineers and will cover the fundamental science and engineering concepts required to work in this emerging interdisciplinary field. This will include coverage of basic concepts in analytical chemistry, cell biology, biochemistry, immunology, microelectronics, MEMS, microfabrication, microfluidics, molecule biology, and optics. We will also offer specific discussion of applications both present and future. Selected topics include Biomolecular Structures and Cell Physiology, Biosensors, Chromatography, Data Acquisition and Signal Processing, Electrophoresis and Blotting, Enzymatic Methods and Kinetics, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) applications in Biosensing, Glass and polymer micromachining, PCR and DNA synthesis, Recombinant DNA Techniques for Biotechnology, DNA and Protein Microarrays, Flow Cytometry Instrumentation, Lab-on-a-chip Systems, Molecular Computing, Microfluidics: Theoretical and Practical Components, The Omics Revolution, Silicon Processing, Separations techniques; material will be from a reference text (TBD), and research papers based on student input. ******************** 2. BIRCK TOURS ******************** 2.1: Tuesday, January 8, 11:50am: Prof. Kevin Webb and program review team. ******************** 3. SEMINARS ******************** 3.1: Wednesday, January 9, 2:30PM, BRK 1001: ³The Design and Characterization of the Kevin G. Hall Nanometrology Laboratory,² by Prof. Ron Reifenberger. ABSTRACT: This seminar summarizes the capabilities of the high accuracy Kevin G. Hall Laboratory which is located in Purdue¹s newly completed Birck Nanotechnology Center. The seminar is primarily intended for anyone interested in designing, building and characterizing a high accuracy room for nanoscience research. The talk will summarize the design specifications and character-ization the Hall Laboratory. Relevant issues related to electrical power, vibration isolation, thermal stability, acoustic isolation, and EMI shielding will be discussed. The talk will conclude with a few lessons learned. BIO: Ron Reifenberger is currently a professor of Physics at Purdue University and is a member of Purdue¹s Center for Sensing Science and Technology (CSST). He is also a member of Purdue¹s Birck Nanotechnology Center. Reifenberger received his PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1976 and has received the Distinguished Physics Alumni Award from his alma mater, John Carroll University, in 1992. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. His research is mainly focused on the development of new scanning probe microscope techniques for the study the nanoscale properties of matter. ********************* 4. LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE ********************* 4.1: Stacy Brown and family welcome a new addition to the family: Mason Eli was born on Friday, January 4 at 9:44AM; he weighed 8 lbs, 13 oz and was 21.5 inches long. 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/