To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, please add bnc-all@ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html BNC news February 9, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS Office Power Shut Down, Monday, 02.09.09, 4:30-7:30 AM: per Mark Voorhis, Shops is requesting a shutdown to safety install breakers for ITAP to add UPS’s, The shutdown will affect all wall power outlets for ALL office areas (individual & grad student offices) on the first and second floors. The outage is scheduled for Monday morning from 4:30 AM till 7:30AM. Please make sure that you office computers and sensitive electronic devices are properly shut down before you leave for the weekend. The lab areas will not be affected. KUDOS! Professor EVGUENI NARIMANOV has been named a Fellow of the Optical Society of America "for fundamental contributions to optical imaging with subwavelength resolution, novel microlasers, and information-theoretical description of nonlinear fiber-optical systems." Congratulations Evgueni! ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS No scheduled tours this week. ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS Tuesday, 02.10.09, 9:00AM, POTR 268: "Understanding Patents Improves Product Design," by John McNett, JD, Adjunct Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University; Parter, Woodard, Emhardt, McNett & Henry. [More] Tuesday, 02.10.09, 3:30PM, LAWS 1142: "The Value in Questioning What You Think You Know," by Eugene H. Spafford, Professor, Computer Science; and Director, CERIAS, Purdue University. [More] Thursday, 02.12.09, 9:00AM, POTR 268: "TRIZ: Creativity as an Exact Science," by Kartik Ariyur, Assistant Professor, ME, Purdue University. [More] Friday, 02.20.09, 1:30PM, LAWS 1142: "Renewable Solar Energy: Has the Sun Finally Riseon on Photovoltaics?" by Mark R. Pinto, PhD. View Flyer Students and Faculty are invited to attend THE 3RD ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (AGSERS) Download Flyer ________________________________ OPPORTUNITIES FORMFactor Summer 2009 INTERNSHIPS FormFactor Inc. has openings for summer intern positions at undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of Material Science, Mechanical Design, Mechatronics and MEMS. [More] ________________________________ LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE KUDOS TO OUR OWN SAMIR IQBAL! After graduating from Purdue [and the BNC], he joined the University of Texas at Arlington as an Assistant Professor. He is happy to report that in his first year and in his first submission, he was awarded an NSF CAREER award. [More] ________________________________ Submit items for memo of February 16, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 02.13.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu ________________________________ Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center e-Enterprise Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Discovery Learning Center Center for Advanced Manufacturing Center for Environment Oncological Sciences Center Cyber Center Energy Center Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker