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 November 24, 2008 ANNOUNCEMENTS University Holidays, Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, 2008. REMINDER: ROOM RESERVATIONS EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. If you need to schedule a recurring meeting for the Spring Semester, please use the RAT system https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Resources/Tools/RAT/ to request a room; or contact Melissa Marris, Nancy Black, or Annie Cheever. NSAC game night: NSAC will be hosting a game night at Birck on Tuesday, December 9th, from 7-9 pm. Come play Nintendo Wii (a video game) on the big screens in the conference rooms or play board games such as Pictionary in the lobby. We'll also have cookies and hot chocolate for all. Everyone at Birck, their families, and significant others are invited. ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS Monday, 11.24.08, 11:20AM: Mike Sanders, PU College of Technology South Bend) and Elkhart Chamber of Commerce guests, with John Burr. Monday, 11.24.08, 4:20PM: Abbott Laboratories, with David Janes. ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS Monday, 11.24.08, 11:00AM, BRK 1001: "Strategic Road-mapping and Technology Commercialization," by Ramesh Venugopal, candidate, Manging Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center. Monday, 11.24.08, 7:00PM, Dean's Auditorium of Pfendler Hall: "Impacts of Fisheries and Global Warming on Marine Ecosystems and Food Security," by Dr. Daniel Pauly. [More] ________________________________ OPPORTUNITIES Postdoctoral Research Associate Position: One post-doctoral position is available to investigate Novel Electronic Devices on Graphene structures. [More] Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-028.html [More] NSF is conducting an international research conference to help women (faculty, students, post doc, researchers) initiate and sustain international collaboration in energy/micro/nanotechnology/simulation. The venue is Barcelona, Spain and dates are June 2-4, 2009. More information to apply for participation is given on web site: http://www.wires.gatech.edu/ ________________________________ DISCOVERY PARK TOYS FOR TOTS, US Marines holiday campaign. Please bring your new, unwrapped toys to Jackie Lanter (MRGN) or Leza Dellinger (MANN) by Thursday, December 4 for pickup by Lance Corporal B.A. Dellinger. Our own MELISSA MARRIS has offered to take presents on the 4th so she's collecting them too! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ________________________________ Submit items for memo of December 1, 2008 by 5PM on WEDNESDAY, 11.26.08, 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. 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