BNC News

April 27, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Spring Cleaning? If you are cleaning and need to recycle large amounts of files, please contact Mary Jo Totten, and the custodial staff will help you. We have a confidential recycling bin in the building :)

Wireless Upgrade to take place in Birck Atrium the week of May 11, 2009. Be aware that there will be debris in the area, also. This work will limit our ability to provide tours and events during the week of May 11-15, 2009.

KUDOS! The Herbert Newby McCoy Award was given to VLADIMIR SHALAEV, the Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The award is presented annually to researchers for significant contributions in the natural sciences, based on nominations by peers. [More]

CALL-OUT for the formation of the Purdue Photovoltaics Specialists Group [More]

SMALL TIMES ranks Purdue number 8 in Research in its recent university survey. [Article]

Look at what UC Berkley Science and Engineering Researchers put together…about Nanotechnology:The arcane world of nanotechnology has a chance to become transparently clear to the uninitiated, thanks to a troupe of UC Berkeley science and engineering researchers who in song and puppetology explain it all in a video that has won a national award from the American Chemical Society. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoC-uxRqCg

TOURS/VISITORS

Wednesday, 04.29.09, 1:30PM: Carl J. Johnson, ECE alum, and Laura Sloop, ECE Director of Development, with Jim Cooper.

Thursday, 04.30.09, 10:00AM: Taiwan delegation, with DP Engagement.

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

Friday, 05.01.09, 10:00-10:45AM, BRK 1001: "Materials Characterization Using Infrared and Raman Microscopy," by Ken Smith and Andrew Haefner, ThermoFisher Scientific. DEMO, 10:45-12:00PM, BRK 2261: Hands-on demo of DXR Confocal Raman Microscope and iN10 FTIR Microscope. The Raman instrument will be left at Purdue for 1-2 weeks for your experimentation. Contact Yong Chen for details.

Friday, 05.01.09, 3:00PM, BRK 1001: "Modeling of Dielectric Charging in RF MEMS," by Prof. Ashraf Alam, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University. [More]

Nanotech Conference, 04-06 May 2009, Houston TX. [More]

OPPORTUNITIES

$$FUNDING$$

LIMITED SUBMISSION: NIH Core Facility Renovation, Repair & Improvement (G20). The National Institutes of Health has released a solicitation entitled: Recovery Act Limited Competition: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20). [More]

NIH Administrative supplements for K12 teacher summer research experiences. As a number of you are aware, a part of the NIH ARRA stimulus funding is being utilized to enable students or science educators (primarily K12) to participate in summer research experiences with currently funded NIH awardees (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-060.html). [More]

**JOBS**

Clinical Assistant Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. [More]

DISCOVERY PARK

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE "Lunchtime Stop, Shop and/or Swap," Wednesday, 05.06.09, 12:00-1:00PM, MRGN Cafe. Bring a Friend! [Flyer]

PURDUE NEWS

7th Annual BioResearch Product Faire – Purdue University: Thursday, 05.14.09, 10:00AM-2:30PM, PMU, South Ballroom [More]

International Travelers Need to Know About Federal Export Control Law, per Purdue Travel Office [More]

Submit items for memo of May 4, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 05.01.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu