BNC News

week of July 26, 2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Landscape work Monday and Tuesday

Due to the large amounts of rainfall, landscaping work at the BNC has been delayed.  The weather forecast indicates good weather early next week, so they are planning on catching up at that time.  As a result, hours of the work have been extended.
 
Landscaping activities that may cause low levels of vibration and low-to-moderate levels of acoustic noise will take place on Monday and Tuesday, July 26-27, 2010, from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm.

We do not expect this to cause problems for research, but wish to let you know in case precautions or scheduling changes are needed.
 
Thank you for your understanding,

John R. Weaver

Please follow Laboratory Procedures

Note that clothing requirements include wearing full enclosed shoes [no open-toe or open-heel shoes are allowed] and long pants or skirts [no shorts are allowed].

Additionally, BNC visitors must be escorted at all times and the host is responsible for visitors' behaviors.

Reference: "Operating Policies and Procedures"

Phone missing: BRK 1099

If you borrowed the phone from 1099, please return it to Mary Jo Totten at your earliest convenience.

Do you place orders?

items listed below should be provided at the time the purchase requisition is submitted:

• Purchase request
• Quote
• PI approval – if the approval is via e-mail the body of the e-mail must state:
• Item being purchased
• Quantity of each item being purchased
• Either Unit price of each item
• Vendor
• Account Number being charged

For auditing purposes this information is needed in the body of the e-mail even if documents are attached.  Auditors would be unable to confirm what the attached document contained and could disallow the expense. 

Amy Eberhard
Account Assistant
Purdue University
Birck Nanotechnology Center
P: (765) 494-1539
F: (765) 496-8383
aeberhard@purdue.edu

NEW PROCESS TO REQUEST OFFICE SPACE: faculty, students, guests

Faculty may request a BNC office or student/postdoc/visitor desk on-line at the Birck website nano.purdue.edu/Resources/office-request.php [link is located at the bottom of this website].

This electronic request must be completed by the faculty member for both a BNC Office and for a student desk.

REMINDER: be vigilant, take measures to avoid office theft, from Carol Chelby, Senior Director, Environmental Health and Public Safety
 
The Purdue University Police Department remind you that before you leave your office, whether it’s for a short or an extended period of time, take a look around and review your office security – taking a few simple steps and being vigilant could prevent you from becoming a victim of monetary loss and inconvenience associated with theft.
 
To help avoid such loss, please take these preventive measures:
 
1.   Secure all personal items.
2.   Secure equipment when not in use.
3.   Secure rooms, labs, and offices when not in use.
 
Any suspicious activity should be immediately reported to the Purdue University Police Department by dialing 911.  Anyone with information regarding any type of crime is encouraged to contact the Purdue Police Department's non-emergency number, 494-8221.

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

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

Tuesday, 07.27.10, 11:00AM, BRK 2001: “Laser Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Multi-functional Thin Films and Superlattices,” by Professor Zhu Weiguang, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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Wednesday, 07.28.10, 10:00AM, BRK 1001 [seminar]; 1:30PM, BRK 2037 [demo]: "Size & Zeta Potential Characterization by Light Scattering," by Ana Morfesis, PhD, Malvern Instruments, Inc.

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Friday, 07.30.10, 11:30AM, MANN 203, "The Environmental Chemistry of Dispersants, giving special emphasis to oil-water-surfactant interactions," by Chad Jafvert. Bring your brown-bag lunch

FALL 2010 course

ME 59700/PHYS 57000 (Fall 2010): "Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy"

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UPCOMING

2010 China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies(CIICT2010)

CALL FOR PAPERS

http://www.scirp.org/conf/ciict2010

Wuhan, China October 10-12, 2010

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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 Jim Cooper.

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 August 2, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 07.30.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu