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 The BNC Monday Memo BNC News week of June 28, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS UGIM: Monday, 06.28.10 to Thursday, 07.02.10. For details, visit http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/UGIM/ As of July 1, the previous 435 smoking areas on campus will have been decreased to 21, and smoking will be permitted only in these designated areas. Most campus buildings are no more than a five-minute walk from a designated smoking area. (Please note: the designated areas have changed slightly and decreased from 22 to 21. See the Web site for the updated map.) [ More ] FACULTY NEWS KUDOS: Professor JAMES LEARY has been selected for the 2010 Life Sciences Award by Christopher Columbus Foundation, US Chamber of Commerce. Jim will be awarded the prize in Washington DC on July 13, 2010. Nominations are being sought for the 2010 CICP Faculty Commercialization Award . [ More Info ] The nominations should be submitted to me by August 13, 2010 . Nominations can be sent electronically ( jas@purdue.edu ), faxed (4-8323) or sent campus mail (VPR/HOVD). The award is expected to be presented on November 4, 2009. John A. Schneider Assistant Vice President for Industry Research Office of the Vice President for Research Purdue University 610 Purdue Mall W. Lafayette, IN 47907-2040 765-494-5532 (phone) 765-494-8323 (fax) jas@purdue.edu TOURS/VISITORS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information Monday, 06.28.10, 3:00PM, ARMS 1103: "Microvoid Formation and Kirkendall Effect in Lead-Free Solders," by Santosh Kumar, Purdue MSE PhD final, Profs. Carol Handwerker and Mysore Dayananda [ More ] UPCOMING Thursday, 07.08.10, 10:00AM, BRK 1001: "Transformative Power Semiconductor Technologies to Impact 21st Century Energy Economy, and Space and Defense Electronics," by Krishna Shenai, PhD, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Toledo [ More ] FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES The Purdue Global Policy Institute (GPRI), lead by Arden Bement, in partnership with the Office of the Vice President for Research, requests seed grant proposals for three types of activities. Letters of intent are due by August 15, 2010, while the proposal deadline is September 20, 2010. [ More ] PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS 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. BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from Monica Allain or Jim Cooper. Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Specific instructions should be conveyed by phone if possible. All graduate students should register for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html . Additional information for pandemic and emergency preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness Editorial policy set: personal information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [ More ] Submit items for memo of the week of July 5, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 07.02.10, 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 Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Cyber Center Discovery Learning Research Center Global Sustainability at Purdue: Center for Environment Energy Center Purdue Climate Change Research Center Oncological Sciences Center Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker