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 [image: The BNC Monday Memo] BNC News *week of October 19, 2009 * ANNOUNCEMENTS *Understanding nanoscale phenomena: Thinking in a New Way. Call for Participation in a Research Study* Dr. Ruth Streveler <streveler@purdue.edu> (PI) and Dr. Alejandra Magana <admagana@purdue.edu> from the School of Engineering Education would like to invite faculty at BNC to participate in a research study. People often say that to understand nanoscale phenomena you must “think in a new way.” This exciting research project aims at exploring this “new way” of thinking. *Our goals are to investigate how people construct an understanding of nanoscale phenomena. And how can we pass this understanding on to those entering the field?* [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#announcement1>] *White Elephant & Bake Sale: Support the United Way *[More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#announcement2> ] ------------------------------ *TOURS/VISITORS* *visit nano.purdue.edu <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/>and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information * *Monday, 10.19.09, 9:00AM:* Meyer Family visit, with Valerie Lawless *Monday, 10.19.09, 11:00*: Reginald Smith, RCS Associates, Alexandria VA, with Charles Buck *Thursday, 10.22.09, 2:30-4:30:* Ag & Bio Engineering Graduate Student Association; will tour DP, Bindley, and Birck. *Friday, 10.23.09, 11:15AM: *Teresa Sullivan, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Phil Hanlon, Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs; John King, Vice Provost for Academic Information; Frank Ascione, Dean, College of Pharmacy; Gregory Amidon, Research Professor and Co-Director of the Pharmaceutical Engineering Program; Steve Forrest, Vice President for Research; University of Michigan Provost Team, with Tim Sands *Friday, 10.23.09, afternoon:* Fall Preview Days, self-guided tours of prospective students and their parents. ------------------------------ *SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS* *visit nano.purdue.edu <http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/>and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information * *Thursday, 10.22.09, 3:00PM, BRK2001: Birck Nanotechnology Seminar Series* - “Designing Materials for Plasmonics: Alternatives to Gold and Silver” Marty Blaber & Mike Ford, Institute for Nanoscale Technology, University of Technology, Sydney [Flier<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/101209seminarseries.pdf> ] *Thursday, 10.22.09, 4:30PM, ME 161: Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar: *"Environmental Sustainability: The Role of Engineers," by Dr. Fu Zhao, Purdue University [Flier<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/101909Zhao.pdf> ] *Friday, 10.23.09, 2:00PM, BRK 2001:* "Optical Nanostructures for Advanced Communication Systems," by Marko Lončar, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar1> ] *UPCOMING* *Friday, 11.06.09, 10:00AM, BRK 2001*: "Opto-fluidic Platform for High Throughput Single Cell Manipulation," by Eric P. Y. Chiou, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California at Los Angeles [ More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar3> ] *NEXTRANS conference: **11.16.09 Memorial Union* IN STEP, IN LINE, ON TIME: Regional Strategies for Trade, Security, & Mobility Challenges at the U.S. - Canada Border [flier<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/NEXTRANS.pdf> ] *Friday Journal Club* If you have an interest in the science of nanoscale energy transport/conversion or in nanoscale approaches to energy conversion devices (thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, solid-state lighting, etc.), please join us on Fridays at lunchtime for informal "journal club"-style discussions. Students, faculty, research staff and postdoctoral researchers are welcome. [More<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html#seminar2> ] ------------------------------ *LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE* *Our newest Nanoperson has arrived :)* Tugra Savran was born Monday, 10.12.09, weighing 7 lb and 11 oz. Both he and his mother are just fine. [Photo<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/101909Savranbaby.jpg> ] ------------------------------ *PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS* *FLU SHOTS available [Flier<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html/110909_FluShots.pdf> ]* 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 (personnel should have a copy on hand in their offices and homes; contact Deborah Starewich, if you do not have the most recent copy; distributed on Thursday, 09.13.09). 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