Birck Nanotechnology Center Wiki
We are pleased to announce the launch of
BNCWiki, a collaborative knowledge space open to all BNC researchers. Anyone subscribed to BNC-all with a current Purdue Career Account may access, edit, and add pages, upload attachments, and make
comments. It is hosted on the wiki software
Confluence via
ITaP, and offers user friendly editing, easy upload of documents, and granular page access/editing restrictions. We welcome your inputs and comments.
What is BNCWiki?
The Birck Nanotechnology Center Wiki is an effort to document and centralize the experimental expertise currently spread around the facility in individuals and research groups. BNC researchers
are encouraged to contribute their processes, experiences, issues, and knowledge in order to increase the speed, quality, and breadth of research that can take place at Birck.
BNCWiki currently contains equipment pages for both fabrication and characterization equipment, with details on capabilities, technological overviews, SOPs, user manuals, processes, and references.
Info pages are available for iLab, general issues, standard and contributed processes, and MSDS sheets.
A wiki is, by its nature, a work in progress. The success of the project will depend on contributions from students, faculty, and staff. Research groups may host their own pages for more specialized
info, access to which can be restricted to the group if desired. Please contact
Justin Wirth for more info.
How can I access BNCWiki?
Access the main page here:
https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki. Login with your Purdue Career Account login and password.
The site is accessible through both desktop and mobile devices. If pages show formatting issues on mobile, either the “View Desktop Version” option in Confluence or the “Request Desktop Site”
setting in the mobile browser may improve display.
How do I edit a page?
To enter edit mode when viewing a page, press either the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the page, or press the “e” button on your keyboard.
This will launch the
Confluence Editor. Page editing is similar to a document editor such as Microsoft Word, with formatting options available on the menu bar at the top of the page. After changes are
made, the “Preview” button in the bottom right corner will allow you to view the edit before publishing. Once satisfied with the changes, press the “Update” button in the bottom right corner to publish the changes.
How do I add a document?
Confluence supports native viewing of PDFs and images, as well as Word, Powerpoint, and Excel files. Once in the Editor, add a file by clicking the “Insert files and images” button, or using
the shortcut Ctrl+M.
Use the “Upload files” button to attach one or multiple files to the page. Then press the “Insert” button to add them to the page.
How do I make a comment?
A comment section is located at the bottom of each page, with formatting similar to the page editor. Documents and pictures may be embedded if desired. A dedicated page is available for general
discussion of
Comments, Suggestions, and Issues, and another for
Process Help and Troubleshooting. Questions about individual tools should be made on the tool page.
How do I add a page?
Pages in Confluence are setup in a hierarchy, with a parent page capable of hosting multiple daughter pages. To create a new daughter page, go to the directory page that should serve as the parent
page. Click the three dots next to the "Create" button to create a page from a template (currently available as Equipment and Process/Technology page templates), or click the “Create” button directly to create a new blank page.
Where can I get more info?
For more information, questions, or comments, email
Justin Wirth. More information on using confluence can be found at the
Purdue Confluence How-To Page, with all
Confluence Online Documentation.
Ariba ordering:
All chemical orders need to have Steve Jurss approval
before sending to your support person for ordering. If you have questions on an order, please email Steve at
sejurss@purdue.edu.
Important Grad Office Notices:
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!!
July 10th – 14th
West Wing 1st floor hallway: Offices: BRK 1226, BRK 1230, BRK 1234, BRK 1238, and BRK 1287
July 17th – 21st
East Wing 2nd floor hallway: Offices: BRK 2072, BRK 2076, BRK 2080, BRK 2084, BRK 2088, BRK 2027 and BRK 2027C
July 24th – 28th
West Wing 2nd floor hallway: Offices: BRK 2218, BRK 2222, BRK 2226, BRK 2230, BRK 2234 and BRK 2238
Thank you!!!
Jaime Turner
Seminars/Workshops
NovaCentrix Seminar
Dr. Rudresh Ghosh,
Applications Engineer
Tuesday, July 25
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
BRK 2001
http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php
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
WORK TO BE PERFORMED: From
11:00 PM on 7/13/17 to 2:00 AM on 7/14/17, the ITaP Data Networks Team will be performing work that will cause a disruption of data network services for some clients.
Clients who utilize the following services should expect a service disruption.
- Voicemail Services
- Campus DSL Service
- ITIS Voice Team Billing/Reports Servers
Sometime during the scheduled outage window, affected client(s) should plan to experience 1 service disruption lasting up to 10 minutes in duration.
If you have any questions or concerns about this work please don't hesitate to let us know.
Thanks much.
Duane Kyburz, Network Engineer
Purdue University - ITaP, IT Infrastructure Services
Phone: (765) 496-8226
Email:
storm@purdue.edu
Graduate Course Fall 2017
The Science of Measurements (Metrology Concepts)
ENGT 56100
Contact: Dr. Helen A. McNally
Knoy 167, 494-7491