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 February 2, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS Managing Director: Tim Sands is happy to announce that MONICA M.C. ALLAIN will join the Center as MANAGING DIRECTOR, effective February 1, 2009. Her first day in the office (1027A) will be Monday, February 2, 2009. [More] To BNC cleanroom and laboratory users: If you did not attend the All User Meeting, your access to the BNC laboratories and cleanroom will be discontinued. To restore your access, you must use the following procedure: [More] A/V equipment in Birck: new projectors have been installed in BRK 1001 and 2001. In addition, the cables have been repaired on the projectors in BRK 1099 and 1201. Repair folks note that users should exercise caution when plugging the cable into computers: when one attempts to attach the cable incorrectly, the connectors get broken. Lastly, LCDs have arrived for installation for BRK 1024, 2024, 1290, and 2290. We're on the carpentry waiting list. Voluntary benefit deductions missing from January biweekly pay. [More] A special message to the Purdue Community, from Joseph B. Hornett and Alan Rebar: We are pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new collaborative effort of the Purdue Research Foundation and Discovery Park that is designed to advance the entrepreneurial efforts of our University, and in so doing, create economic opportunities for the people of Indiana. [More] IP address problems? We have found that some users are reporting problems with IP addresses. [More] GET YOUR POSTERS PRINTED: MRGN Poster Printer -- NEW SCHEDULE FOR SPRING 2009 [More] OFFICE OF PAYROLL AND TAX: W-2 CORRECTIONS [More] ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS Thursday, 02.05.09, 4:00PM: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, with Mark Thoreson. ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS Wednesday, 02.04.09, 12:00; EE 118: "Quantitative, Kinetic Models of Cellular Circuits," by Michael Brent, Departments of Computer Science and Genetics, and Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University. [More] Thursday, 02.05.09, 1:30PM; ME 256: "Contribution of Tribology to Machinery," by Michael Khonsari, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University. Refreshments and Meet the Speaker at 1:15 in ME 254 [More] Friday, 02.06.09, 11:30; MRGN 129: "Untangling Functional Complexity via Phenotypic Screens," by Bartek Rajwa, PhD; a Scientific Presentation. Refreshments will be served. ________________________________ OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED SUBMISSION: Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. The David and Lucille Packard Foundation has issued its 2009 request for nominations for its Fellowships in Science and Engineering. The purpose of the fellowship is to assist professors in the natural and physical sciences or engineering to pursue their science and engineering research. Each year, 50 universities are invited to submit two nominations for this competition. Sixteen fellowships of $875,000 over five years will be granted. [More] ________________________________ DISCOVERY PARK The Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program is accepting proposals for research projects for Summer and Fall 2009. See flyer. ________________________________ LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE PU police department offers two self-defense awareness courses in February. [More] ________________________________ Submit items for memo of February 9, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 02.06.09, 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