To ensure you receive your BNC Monday 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 October 20, 2008 ANNOUNCEMENTS Town Hall Meeting This Thursday TOWN HALL MEETING to be held Thursday, 10.23.08, 1:30-3:00, in BRK 1001. Budget/Recharge information to be reviewed among other items of community interest. See you all there! Getinge autoclave training Friday, 10.24.08, 10-10:30am, in BIND 233A. To register, visit the training webpage located at: http://www2.itap.purdue.edu/bnc/training/. Poster Printing Poster Printing, from Valerie Lawless, DP Engagement lawlessv@purdue.edu: The poster printer, located in MRGN 233, is now available for staff and students to use. We have two new students, Joshua and Paula, that have the following office hours: M-W 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and Thurs 9:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. M-F 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. [More] TOURS/VISITORS Monday, 10.20.08, 10:00AM: Harvey Mudd College, President Klawe and Anne Kroeker, board member; with Valerie Lawless. Monday, 10.20.08, 2:45PM: Northwest Indiana Forum, optional Discovery Park Tour with Candiss Vibbert Wednesday, 10.22.08, 6:00PM: BremnerDuke HealthCare dinner, in Atrium. Friday, 10.24.08, 3:00-5:00: Fall Preview days students and parents; self-guided tours. Saturday, 10.25.08, 9:15AM: Dr. S. Rasoul Safavian, CTO, Bechtel Group, and ECE alumni tour, with Tim Sands. SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS Monday, 10.20.08, 3:30PM, BRK 2001: “Nano-Devices for Biophysics: Molecular Sensing, Cell Signal Monitoring, and Growth Control,” by Seunghun Hong, Associate Professor, Physics, Seoul National University, Korea. [More] ________________________________ Monday, 10.20.08, 3:30 refreshments, 3:45 seminar, ARMS 1010: “Development of Piezoelectric Trimorph Actuators for High Fidelity Flat Panel Loud Speakers,” by William F. Shelley II, Emo Labs. [More] ________________________________ Tuesday, 10.21.08, 12:00 Noon, MRGN 129: “New Approaches to Cancer Treatment: Early Detection, Individualized Care, Molecular Targeted Therapies, Genomics and Proteomics: An Introduction to the Hoosier Oncology Group Biorepository,” by Nasser Hanna, MD, chairman, Hoosier Oncology Group; Kristina Kirkpatrick, Correlative Research Coordinator. [More] ________________________________ Thursday, 10.23.08, 12:00 Noon – 5:00PM, Fowler Hall: The 6th Annual Garnet E. Peck Symposium, “Counterfeit Medicines: Current Approaches and Research Opportunities.” [More] ________________________________ Thursday, 10.23.08, 4:30PM, ME 161: “Flame Spreading Processes in a Fin-Slot Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Simulator with Applications to Space Shuttle Boosters,” by Kennth K. Kuo, Distinguished Professor of ME and Director of High Pressure Combustion Laboratory. Refreshments served 4:00, ME 254. [More] ________________________________ Friday, 10.24.08, 11:30AM, BRK 2001: “In situ Characterization of Biofilm Surfances Through Atomic Force Microscopy," by Zhen Huang, PhD student, Civil and Environmental Engineering [More] ________________________________ OPPORTUNITIES Funded International Research Experience for Students: Tuesday, 10.21.08, 4:30PM, ME 117, presented by Douglas Cook Graduate Research Assistant (ME). [More] DISCOVERY PARK RECOGNITION: Please join the Cyber Center in recognizing the achievements, service, and meritorious efforts of DR. SANGTAE KIM, Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 3:00-5:00PM, East Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union. RSVP to cyber@purdue.edu. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WEATHER ALERTS: from the Weather Channel via e-mail or text message on your cell phone by registering Click here FLU SHOTS: Free flu shots are offered to benefit-eligible faculty and staff, graduate staff, official Purdue retirees, and their spouses/same-sex domestic partners. A PUID is required for check-in for employees, retirees, and spouses/same-sex domestic partners. Check http://www.purdue.edu/worklife to register for an appointment. [More] KUDOS With over 550 posters presented at the MicroTAS 2008 conference in San Diego, one (”Young Researcher Poster Award”) of four total poster awards was given to Aloke Kumar, Stuart J. Williams and Steven T. Wereley for thier poster, “RAPID ELECTROKINETIC PATTERNING OF COLLOIDS USING OPTICAL LANDSCAPES”. BNC IN THE NEWS Harry Potter invisibility cloak a step closer to reality Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Researchers at Purdue University in Indiana are using new ultra small "nanotechnology" and "metamaterials" combined with the mathematical principles of ...[More] New research field promises radical advances in optical technologies EurekAlert Shalaev's research is based at the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue's Discovery Park. The research is funded by the US Army Research Office. [More] More BNC in the News. Submit items for memo of October 27, 2008 by 5PM on FRIDAY, 10.24.08, 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. 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