BNC News

week of September 21, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kudos! A paper by Birck graduate students Aaron Franklin and Bob Sayer and Profs. Sands, Janes, and Fisher was featured on the July 2009 cover of IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. Citation: A.D. Franklin, R.A. Sayer, T.D. Sands, D.B. Janes, T.S. Fisher, “Vertical carbon nanotube devices with nanoscale lengths controlled without lithography,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, pp. 469-476, 2009.

Semi-annual Preventive Maintenance Shutdown: The Birck Nanotechnology Center building and process tools will be undergoing preventive maintenance and service during the week of October 5th, 2009. The cleanroom will be closed beginning 7:00 AM Tuesday, October 6, 2009, and is expected to reopen late Wednesday or early Thursday. In addition starting 7:00 AM on Thursday, October 7, 2009, no laboratory work involving exhausted hoods, biosafety cabinets or enclosures, vacuum systems, and/or gas systems can be performed. Laboratories are expected to reopen late Thursday evening or early Friday. Electrical measurements may be performed if they are not affected by significant temperature excursions in the room. The metallization systems require more extensive PM and cleaning so they will be taken off-line beginning Monday, October 5th and will be brought back on-line as the PMs are completed. The plasma etch systems, also requiring more extensive work, will be taken off-line on Tuesday and brought back on-line by Friday afternoon. As we work through this important PM activity, please continue to check Coral for tool status and availability.

Additional shutdown specifics will be communicated once final details are arranged. — John R. Weaver

Meet and Greet NCN/PRISM/NSAC student at the BNC for the 1st Annual NSAC/NCN/PRISM student cookout & carry-in! ALL FACULTY, STUDENTS, & STAFF ARE WELCOME: Friday, 10.09.09, 4-7PM, volleyball and food at the west end of building [outside]. [Flier] [RSVP]

SAVE THE DATE: Fall TOWN HALL MEETING, Wednesday, 10.07.09, 1:30, BRK 1001: annual review of Fiscal Year 08-09 at Birck will include reports on awards, publications, income, expenditures, corporate involvement, and other items of interest to our faculty and residents. Add this to your calendar now.

NSAC NEWS

NSAC T-Shirts Available for Purchase!

Thanks to all who participated in the NSAC T-shirt design contest last spring! Adina Scott was our winner and her design is now available to order. The final T-shirt design is posted here. Please note that the T-shirt color is "Dark Heather" and is available in both men's and women's sizes. Color and size information is posted on the NSAC bulletin board located right outside the kitchen on the first floor of the Birck Nanotechnology Center. T-shirts will cost $12 each.

To purchase T-shirts:

1. Fill out the order form indicating the shirt sizes you would like to order and their quantity.
2. Hand in your order form to either Caitlin Burger (BRK 2238) or Cara Smith (BRK 1092) by Wednesday, September 30th, 2009. Payment will not be accepted at this time.
3. NSAC will order the T-shirts. Once they have arrived, they will be available for pickup, at which time you will be able to pay for the order with CASH ONLY.

TOURS/VISITORS

visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information

Tuesday, 09.22.09, 10:15AM: Office of Admissions High School Counselors, from Missouri, Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, and California; 2 groups, with Tim Sands.

Friday, 09.25.09, 9:30AM to 11:00AM: 3 groups from the Purdue Foundation Development Council, with Tim Sands

Friday, 09.25.09, 9:30AM: School of Chemical Engineering Department heads from multiple ChE Programs in the US, and high-level executives from Industry, with Jim Cooper.

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information

Monday, 09.21.09, 4:00PM, Fowler Hall, Reception follows: "BioNanotechnology on a Global Scale," by Ken Bradley, Discovery Lecture Series [More]

Tuesday, 09.22.09, 7:00PM, Fowler Hall, STEW, PIONEERS IN ENERGY LECTURE: "Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Limited Fossil Fuel Future," by Dr. Rakesh Agrawal. [More]

Tuesday, 09.22.09, 10:00AM, Fowler Hall, Reception follows: "BioNanotechnology on a Global Scale," by Roderic I. Pettigrew, Discovery Lecture Series. [More]

Wednesday and Thursday, 09.23.09 and 09.24.09: Inaugural Purdue Lectures on Theoretical Chemistry. [Flier]

Thursday, 09.24.09, 4:30PM, ME 161: "Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites under Extreme Environments," by Joseph H. Koo, Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, U of Texas at Austin. Refreshments will be served at 4:00 pm in Room 254 [More]

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

HIGH FIVE

Birck's version of Purdue's "Thumbs Up," which appears in the Purdue Today publication. To send someone a HIGH FIVE, submit your request to Deborah Starewich.

Melissa Marris sends a special thank you to NANCY BLACK for the excellent back up she provided while Melissa was recently away.

LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE

WELCOME the newest edition to the Gardner clan: Elizabeth and Geoff Gardner have been blessed with a beautiful daughter! She came into the world on Sunday, September 13, weighing 7 pounds and 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. Picture

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 (personnel should have a copy on hand in their offices and homes; contact Deborah Starewich, if you do not have the most recent copy; distributed on Thursday, 09.13.09). 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

Submit items for memo of the week of September 28, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 09.25.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu