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BNC News

April 13, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SHUT DOWN: The cleanroom will be closed beginning 7:30 AM Tuesday, May 5, 2008, and is expected to reopen late Wednesday [May 6] or early Thursday [May 7]. Also, the office, labs, and public areas will be affected on Wednesday, May 6. Significant temperature (55°) and humidity excursions should be expected during the day. In addition, on Thursday May 7 no laboratory work involving exhausted hoods, biosafety cabinets or enclosures, vacuum systems, and/or gas systems can be performed during that time period. Electrical measurements may be performed if they are not affected by significant temperature excursions in the room. [Details]

CONFERENCE ROOM USAGE: The use of the conference rooms at BNC for formal and informal meetings at all hours is encouraged. For this reason, the conference rooms are left unlocked during the night. We certainly hope that we can continue this practice in the future, but currently we have an abuse problem with one conference room in particular.
It is inappropriate to move the upholstered furniture from the public areas of the facility into the conference rooms, but a couch has, on several occasions, been moved into BNC 1201. This practice must stop. [More]

Kudos! Birck Nanotechnology Center's 2009 Annual Research Review presented its POSTER AWARD to the group consisting of Isaac Wildeson, Robert Colby, Dave Ewoldt, Zhiwen Liang, Mark Oliver, Dmitri Zakharov, Jeremy Schroeder, Patrick Cantwell, R. Edwin Garcia, Eric Stach, and Timothy Sands for their poster entitled "Low-Cost Substrates for High-Performance Nanorod Array LEDs." The award is $300 (plus a gross-up to cover taxes).

HONORABLE MENTION goes to two teams that tied for second place: Ryan Wagner, Arvind Raman, and Robert Moon, "Cellulose Nanocrystals: Green Nanotechnology"; and Jonathan Claussen, Tim Fisher, and Marshall Porterfield, "Gold Nanocube-Augmented Carbon Nanotube Networks as Electrochemical Biosensors." The next Research Review will be held Thursday, 8 April 2010. Perhaps your poster will take the prize next year!

KUDOS! Kyle Montgomery, PhD student, Electrical Engineering, was awarded the 2009 SMART Scholarship, which is a multi-year fellowship. Kyle is being sponsored by the Air Force Research Lab - Space Vehicles Directorate, and will be working with the space power group at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM. Way to go, Kyle!

TOURS/VISITORS

Wednesday, 04.15.09, 9:00: David DePaoli, Oak Ridge National Labs

Friday, 04.17.09, 2:15PM: Drs. Longenecker and Palensky, College of Science Alumni, with Charles Buck

Friday, 04.17.09, 2:30PM: Tour: College of Science Alumni Board, with Monica Allain

Saturday, 04.18.09, 9:00AM-4:00PM: SPRINGFEST, 2-3 tours scheduled for Birck and Discovery Park. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART IN THE BIRCK/DISCOVERY PARK ACTIVITIES, PLEASE CONTACT VALERIE LAWLESS.

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

Wednesday, 04.15.09, 12:00PM, MRGN 129: Ethics and Science Seminar Series, "Metaphysical and Ethical Perspectives on Creating Animal/Human Chimeras," by Dr. Jason Eberl. Free Pizza and beverages. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. [flyer]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Second Annual Nanotechnology Symposium: "Advances in Nanotechnology and Applications," 9-10 October 2009, Sullivan University College of Pharmacy, Louisville, KY. [brochure]

OPPORTUNITIES

Calls for joint US-UK Funding
• Infectious Disease Funding for International Partnerships
A current call for funding from NIH will support US researchers working with international partners on "infectious sideases of the greatest pubilc health significance in resource-constrained countries." We encourage you to Think Britain! Letters of intent are due 23 June 2009. [Link]

• Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies Funding
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a UK government body tasked with supporting and stimulating innovation in key aspects of the UK economy, has identified the following as projects with large industry and academic interest in the following document. [Info] They have just released a call looking for new proposals [link]. Proposals are due 23 April 2009.

• Environmental Nanoscience Initiative
The UK's Natural Environment Research Council, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Environment Agency are collaborating with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on a major joint research effort in Environmental Nanoscience. [Funding opportunities]. The closing date is 5 August 2009.

DISCOVERY PARK

Discovery Park awards $300,000 in campuswide seed research grants
Discovery Park has awarded more than $300,000 for funding eight research projects at Purdue's West Lafayette and regional campuses, Discovery Park executive director Alan H. Rebar announced. [More]

4 Day Suburban-Urban Permaculture Intensive at Purdue: JUNE 4-7, 2009. Hosted By Center for the Environment and Ecological Sciences & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program [Details]