BNC News

week of February 22, 2010

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

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Purdue Saves Week: February 22-26, 2010

On February 22-26, Purdue will hold activities to celebrate and promote Purdue Saves Week, in conjunction with America Saves Week, which provides guidance on the hows and whys of saving money.

Human Resource Services WorkLife Programs is offering five presentations aimed at helping employees save for different situations, such as buying a home or getting out of debt.

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UPCOMING

Friday, 03.05.10, 11:30AM, MRGN 129: "Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development at the BBC: Building the Next Generation of Machine Tools for Science," by Robert J. Noll, PhD, Managing Director of CAID; Refreshments will be provided.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Colleagues:
 
Plan to be in Burton Morgan, room 129 at 10:00 a.m. on March 1st to find out about seed funding for collaborative water research projects with Notre Dame faculty.  This funding is made available through a partnership between Purdue and the Ford Family Program at NDU and should target developing countries.  Potential topics include:  Water Supply and Purification Technology; Water and Agriculture; Creating a Sustainable Water Supply System; Developing Local Leadership and Entrepreneurship with respect to water supply and management; Reducing the Total Cost of Water to Residents.
 
Typical seed grants are $5K to $10K, but can be as much as $25K under special circumstances.  
 
See the attached flier for more information.
 
Best wishes,
Candiss Vibbert

NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant Program

The National Institutes of Health recently released their solicitation for the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-082.html).

PROGRAM SUMMARY
 
Although this program is not limited by the number of proposals an institution can submit, the applications must be for different types of equipment.  Therefore, we ask those interested in applying under this program to e-mail OVPRlimited@purdue.edu and identify the equipment you are interested in, what it will be used for, where it will be housed, and names/departments of those who will share it.
                                                                                                                                                                        
Please respond by March 1 so we can confirm there are no overlaps in equipment requests.

DISCOVERY PARK

The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in conjunction with Purdue's Krannert School of Management are honored to host the 23rd Annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010.  We are able to conduct this event with the help of our sponsors, the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, Ice Miller LLP, and Purdue Research Park. The competition started with 67 initial submissions, and through a rigorous judging process, 10 student team finalists (5 undergraduate student teams and 5 graduate student teams) have been invited to present their business plans on February 23rd.

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LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE

Introduction to Making an iPhone and iPad App

Apple presents a free seminar at Purdue about developing applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the new iPad.  

Join us on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in ME 161

Apple consulting engineer Steve Hayman will lead the March 9 discussion.

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PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or other influenza symptoms should seek medical care. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL.

Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree. BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from Monica Allain or Tim Sands.

Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Specific instructions should be conveyed by phone if possible. All graduate students should register for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html.

Additional information for pandemic and emergency preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness

Editorial policy set: personal information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [More]

Submit items for memo of the week of March 1, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 02.26.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu