BNC News

week of May 25, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

University Holiday: Monday, May 25, 2009

KUDOS to Steve Wereley and his research group: their article, "Three-dimensional particle tracking using micro-particle image velocimetry hardware," was selected as a 2008 Highlight from Measurement Science and Technology. [More]

NSAC Leadership Award Applications are due annually no later than 5:00 PM on 31 May For information, click here.

T-shirt design: NSAC has tallied the votes and Design #2 is the winner! Congrats to Adina Scott who submitted the winning T-Shirt design! Pricing and ordering information will be available soon. [See the winning Design]

TOURS/VISITORS

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Wednesday, 05.27.09, 12:00-1:30: Hodge Patel and Jessica McEwen from Congressman Joe Donnelley's office, with Tim Sands and Dave Janes.

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

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Friday, 05.29.09, 3:00, BRK 2001: "Optofluidics – Integration of Fluidics and Optics on a Chip," by Anders Kristensen, Technical Univeristy of Denmark [More]

UPCOMING: Friday, 06.05.09, 8:00AM, MRGN 129: NNSA PRISM WORKSHOP: "Verification and Validation (V&V): Quantifying Prediction Uncertainty and Demonstrating Simulation Credibility," by Dr. François M. Hemez. [More]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

LIMITED SUBMISSION: Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program is based on accomplishment in scholarly research with undergraduates, as well as a compelling commitment to teaching. The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program provides an unrestricted research grant of $60,000. [More]

LIMITED SUBMISSION: NSF ARI-R2: The National Science Foundation has released a solicitation for the Academic Research Infrastructure Program – Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R2). Awards for this program range from $250K for up to three years to $10M for up to four years. The purpose of this program is to enhance the Nation's existing research facilities where sponsored and/or unsponsored research activities and research training take place to enable next-generation research infrastructure that integrates shared resources across user communities. [More]

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Postdoctoral Research Opportunities at NIST [Flyer]

Submit items for memo of June 1, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 05.29.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu