Responding to COVID-19: Research Operations at Birck
https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/for-birck-users/covid/index.php
Seminars /Workshops / Events
PQSEI Seminar
December 2nd, 2020 | 10:00am
Distinguished Professor Weng Chew
“Quantum Computer, Quantum Parallelism, and Quantum Electromagnetics”;
Zoom Link
NSAC Coffee Hour Special Series -NO.7
An Interview with Justin C Wirth (Birck staff)
When: Friday 2:00 pm (Dec-4, 2020)
Where: MS Teams Live on
https://tinyurl.com/coffee-hour-justin-wirth
Previous recorded sessions: YoutubeSpotify Podcast
Joint PQSEI and Quantum Science Center Seminar
December 4th, 2020 | 2:00pm
Presented by Quantum Computing Inc.
overview and demonstration of their Mukai quantum software platform;
Zoom Link
Advanced Capabilities
NEW Capability: Heat Capacity Measurement
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Temp: 1.8K – 400K
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Magnetic field: up to 9 tesla
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Bulk samples (typical weight ~mg)
Other capabilities include Magnetic, Electrical,
and Thermal Transport
Location: Spin Lab (BRK 1157A)
Research Scientist: Neil Dilley
Please visit the Birck Wiki to learn about the wide array of
fabrication and
characterization equipment at the facility
Open Positions
Research Internship Opportunity: Research internship is available with hourly payment of 15 $ per hour. The number of hours and timings are flexible. The research intern will conduct outdoor measurements and record data for machine
learning applications. Juniors and senior undergrads with varied backgrounds in engineering and science are welcome to apply. The prospective candidate should have excellent academic credentials and an attention to detail to succeed in the project. Previous
experience in engineering labs is necessary. The project is being conducted in the lab of Prof. Zubin Jacob (see www.electrodynamics.org). Please contact Shree Hari Sureshbabu with your CV by
Nov 30th 2020 (sureshbs@purdue.edu)
Draper Labs: Looking to hire ASAP, high experience in fab. Applicants can be PostDocs, fresh PhDs or MS with experience.
https://careers-draper.icims.com/jobs/4922/principal-mems--photonics-microfabrication-engineer/job
EPFL’s School of Engineering: currently has an open (junior faculty) position in Integrated Transducers, https://www.epfl.ch/about/working/faculty-position-in-integrated-transducers/ and
we are reaching out to the community to make colleagues aware of the open position and attract candidates. We aim in particular to increase the number of female faculty.
Research Fellow/Senior Research Associate (Research Officer) of ‘High performance Wide spectral range Nanoprobe (HiWiN)’ EPSRC project.” (see attached announcement)
Competitive salary in the range from £34,804 to £41,526 p.a. dependent on experience
Applications are invited from an experienced, ambitious and creative researcher in the field of experimental photonics, optical spectroscopy and/or scanning probe microscopy and scientific instrumentation.
The successful applicant will work on the innovative world-leading project that targets
implementation and commissioning of a micro-to-nanoscale spectroscopic mapping and probing instrument as an EPSRC funded facility at the free electron laser (FEL) mid-infrared to THz light source
at FELIX, Nijmegen.
Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Prof. Oleg Kolosov on
o.kolosov@lancaster.ac.uk
Birck Safety Protocols
It is very gratifying to see our research community back ‘in business’ doing leading-edge research in our center after the long pause we all experienced this Spring. But at the same time we want to remind our entire user group of the
critical importance of following the COVID safety protocols while using our facilities. If an outbreak of COVID exposures should happen at Birck there is a real possibility that we may need to close the facility again. So please read and support the following…..
…..Some of our approved users are holding the doors open for others to enter the building. This may very well be a gesture of politeness to assist another, but it also can be perceived that non-approved people are entering our
building with the assistance of one of our approved users. Additionally it does not allow us to have an accurate accounting of who is entering our building by evaluating card-swipe data. So everyone should swipe into Birck and not be let in by someone holding
the door open.
…..Face masks are required while in Birck. Approved users have been, and continue to be, strongly encouraged to bring their own face mask for their personal use while in the facility. At the entrances we have supplied quantities
of disposable face masks for emergency use, but our supplies of these disposable masks are being depleted at the high rate of 300 – 400 masks per week. This rate of use seems exceptionally high when personal masks are strongly recommended. Please only take
one mask from the supply, and only when you’ve forgotten your personal mask.
….Social distancing continues to be a challenge. This is a difficult habit to develop and groups of people have been seen clustered around a tool, or having a hallway conversation, and not adhering to the 6’ spacing rule. Please
continue to maintain at least 6’ spacing between yourself and the nearest other person.
Please stay vigilant in promoting and supporting these safety protocols. If we each do our part we will continue to stay open and conduct state-of-the-art research in our great facility.
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Jaime Turner
Lead Administrative Assistant to the Director | Birck Nanotechnology Center
BRK | 1205 W State Street | West Lafayette, IN 47907
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