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 June 8, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS REMINDER: Please do not accept any packages from delivery personnel at any entrance to the building. UPS and similar delivery services have been instructed to make all deliveries to the back dock. Thanks for helping us keep our building safe. HOUSEKEEPING: On Thursday, 06.11.09, BRK 1022 [the copy room next to the business office] will be closed until 10:00AM as our custodial crew will be stripping and waxing the floor from 5:00 to 10:00AM. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jo Totten in BRK 1220. ISS [Office of International Students and Scholars]: timing of H-1B processing. As of July 1, 2009, the Indiana Department of Labor will change their procedure for their portion of the H-1B application process. [More] KUDOS! Congratulations to Seung Min Kim for the successful defense of his dissertation "Understanding the termination of carbon nanotube carpet growth using transmission electron microscopy". Dr. Kim will continue at Birck for one more year of post-doctoral research. ATTENTION BIRCK GRADS! You are invited to be involved in the NCN Student Research Symposium (NSRS) 2009 on June 16, 2009 at MRGN 129, Purdue University (see flyer). For up-to-date information on NSRS 2009, and to view images from NSRS 2008, visit http://nanohub.org/topics/NCNPurdueStudents/NSRS. [More] ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date BRK information Monday, 06.08.09, 9:00AM: Shintaro Hisatake and Dan Leaird, with Monica Allain. Monday, 06.08.09, 11:30AM: Kent Bradley and 6 Sigma, with Monica Allain. Tuesday, 06.09.09, 11:00AM: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology delegates, with Monica Allain. Wednesday and Thursday, 06.10 and 06.11.09, all day event: NNSA PRISM 2009 TST visit. [Draft Agenda] Wednesday, 06.10.09, 2:00PM: International Programs in Agriculture, with Pankaj Sharma. Thursday, 06.11.09, 11:30AM: Jennifer Jackiw, Science and Innovation Officer, British Consulate, with Tim Sands. Thursday, 06.11.09, 1:00PM: University of Indianapolis, Supply Chain Teacher Workshop attendees, tour guide TBD. Friday, 06.12.09, 12:15PM: SURF students, with Caitlin Burger. Friday, 06.12.09, 3:00PM: Yong Gwan Byun and Sun Kyung Choi, ESN, Chinese Council General, with Pankaj Sharma. ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date BRK information Monday, 06.08.09, 10:30AM, MRGN 121: "Management and Continuous Improvement in an R&D Environment," by Kent Steele, PhD, Dow Agrosciences Research and Development. [Flyer] Thursday, 06.11.09, 8:30-3:00, BRK 2001: "Significant Improvements in AFM Lower the Barrier for Obtaining High-Quality Data," VEECO, with demonstration of their latest atomic force microscope [bring samples!]. Lunch will be provided. [More] ________________________________ FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNEs)(U54) [More] Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships (U01) [More] Recovery Act Limited Competition: Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies (BRDG-SPAN) Pilot Program (RC3) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-008.html [More] ________________________________ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Postdoctoral Research Fellow: MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology [More] Post-Doctoral Position: Inorganic Synthesis / Characterization. One year, possible renewable for a second year. Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. [More] ________________________________ DISCOVERY PARK It has come to our attention that skateboarders are damaging/marring the cement walls and benches around the new fountain area in Discovery Park. Most of their activity occurs after regular work hours or on weekends. If you see skateboarders misusing the area, please do not confront them. Please contact the Purdue Police at 48221 and let them handle the situation. ________________________________ PURDUE NEWS Worker's Comp changes announced [More] Purdue Farmers' Market Opens Thursday, June 4, and continues through August 13, 2009. 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