Seminar Shut Down Notice Seminar Mikael Rechtsman Quantum Photonics Faculty Candidate Seminar Photonic Topological Insulators and Pseudomagnetism Monday, April 7th at 9:30 am in BRK 1001 For more information, please visit: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/events/view.php?id=1587 Jo De Boeck CTO and Senior Vice President, IMEC Corporate Ultimate devices for a sustainable society Monday, April 7th at 11:00 am in MRGN 121 For more information, please visit: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/events/view.php?id=1539 Shut Down Notice Preventive Maintenance Shut Down Notice May 5 - May 9 The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown May 5 through May 9, 2014. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, hazardous gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, May 5 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 9. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal. No one will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period. In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance. As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 7 a.m. Monday, May 5 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 9. No chemical work will be allowed during this period. At the same time Physical Facilities electrical department will be completing major modification to the isolation grounding system in all general laboratories. Outlets in the laboratory with a label starting with "N" will be powered down 8 a.m. Monday, May 5 through 4 p.m. Friday, May 9. Please move any tools requiring power from the "N" outlets to the outlets starting with "S" during the previous week. It is anticipated that the building and most process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, May 9. Please check Coral for equipment status and availability. For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns. ? Week of October 13, 2014 ? Week of May 4, 2015 ? Week of October 12, 2015 ? Week of May 2, 2016 Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns. BNC Management [cid:image002.png@01CF5013.FB2EE930][cid:image004.png@01CF5013.FB2EE930]