West Parking Lot closed June 24 (weather permitting)

Flex Update:

·        Flex remains on 6-day work schedules.  Typical hours are 7:00am-3:30pm, with some work extending to 5:30pm. 

PVIL Update:

·        HV shutdown is this Saturday, June 24. This will be a 6-10 hour shut down and three crews and is including shut down of the West and South Nano Tech parking lots (towing enforced on Saturday 6-24-17). See map below for closed lots locations. The HV shutdown will cause all of PVIL, North of Nimitz, and those facilities North/Northwest of Halsey Drive to have no power.  Birck or BIND will still have power.

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Scifres users,

 

Last year was a record year for new cleanroom users, with over one hundred new cleanroom users joining our facility! However, as our cleanroom user base grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to allocate totes for new users. Over the next few months, Birck is going to be adding one hundred new user totes to meet storage demands and accommodate future growth.

 

The planned tote expansion will also be accompanied by some policy changes in how the space is used:

 

·       Items stored on the tops of tote racks need to be labeled with a valid contact and the current year (2017). Items not labeled appropriately will be removed from the cleanroom and eventually disposed of.

·       Glassware will no longer be kept on the top of the tote racks. Either glassware can be stored in user totes or the large glassware bins on the east side of the cleanroom.

 

Feel free to direct any concerns or questions about the tote rack policy changes to Sean Rinehart at srinehar@purdue.edu.

 

MA6 Mask Aligner

 

The MA6 mask aligner in the cleanroom has an indexing/stage-travel error.  We are in contact with field service to help pinpoint the problem, which now appears to be a control board.  We are pursuing parts and service to help us get this back online as quickly as possible, but the timing is still uncertain.  In the meantime, we have identified a few nearby cleanroom facilities that have a 4” aligner with backside capability:

 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Micro+Nanotechnology Lab (MNTL):                                 

Aligner:  EVG 620                                Contact person:   Xin Yu    xinyu82@illinois.edu

University of Illinois at Chicago, Nanotechnology Core Facility:                                                                 

Aligner:  MA-6                                   Contact person:   Seyoung An   syan11@uic.edu

University of Chicago, Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility:                                                                                

Aligner:  MJB4 w/IR Backside              Contact person:   Sally Wolcott   swolcott@uchicago.edu

University of Louisville, Micro/NanoTechnology Center:                                                                             

Aligner:  MA-6                                   Contact person:   Julia Aebersold   jwaebe02@exchange.louisville.edu

 

Important Grad Office Notices:

 

1.      Per fire safety regulations, please do not store any large items on the top shelves in your offices. Large boxes and other material are not covered by the office fire protection sprinkler system and pose a potential combustion source in the event of a fire that would not be extinguished in the event of the sprinklers being activated.

 

If you have any boxes or other materials stored on the top shelf in your office please remove immediately.

 

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter,

Stephen Jurss

 

2.       In an effort to make Birck look its best we would like to dedicate 4 weeks this summer, 1 week for each grad hallway, to be a cleanup week! 

 

What does this mean??  Each grad hallway will be designated a week starting June 26th and ending July 28th to clean up their offices;  get rid of trash, old boxes, old files,  electronics, appliances, etc.  Our janitorial staff will put trash and recycling bins outside of your offices the week your hallway is assigned to do cleanup!  Also during your assigned week, you can put any unused electronics (computers, monitors) and appliances (small refrigerators, coffee makers) in the hallway and our janitorial staff will take them away to be sent to Purdue surplus! 

 

Please work with your office mates to get your area cleaned up and looking nice!  We will be checking on progress during these weeks to see if there is anything, we can help with/give advice on.  If you have any questions on something should go or not, please feel free to ask!

 

The schedule for each hallways cleanup week is below, let’s make Birck look the best it can!!

 

·       June 26th – June 30th

·       July 10th – 14th

·       July 17th – 21st

·       July 24th – 28th

 

Thank you!!!

Jaime Turner

 

Exterior Windows Cleaning

Birck windows are scheduled to be cleaned 6/28 through July 1 by Crystal Clear, Inc.

 

 

Links for new Benefit enrollment and Renewal of Parking Permits

1.       http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2017/Q2/human-resources-announces-new-benefit-enrollment-system-action-requested.html

2.       http://www.purdue.edu/parking/

 

Seminars/Workshops

Cell Culture Basics – 2 Days Hands on Training Course

10:00 AM -3:10 APM

Course fee: $250

Deadline for registration is July 7, 2017

Questions Dr. Tim Kwok at kwokt@purdue.edu or 765-494-6697

 

Safe and Secure Systems and Software Symposium (S5)

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

August 1-3, 2017

http://www.mys5.org/index.php

 

Did you know:

Boilermaker Butcher Block

http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/meatshop/webmeat.pl

 

Concur Training for Grad Students

Every Monday in FRNY 1033 from 1:30-2:30 p.m.  There are experienced support people to assist with Concur travel training.