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 August 9, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS Birck in the News: http://www.plascore.de/casehistory.htm Safety reminder for motorists and pedestrians on campus As we await the conclusion of summer road detours and the return of the students later this month, the Purdue University Police Department would like to remind drivers to be mindful of pedestrians on or around campus. In accordance with state law, a person who drives a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk. [ MORE ] 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 Friday, 08.13.10, 10:30AM, BRK 2001: "Surface Effects in Micro-transport Phenomena: From Solar-thermal Powered Micro-reactors to the Nanostructure of Marine Diatoms," by Dr. Gary Rosengarten, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales [ More ] FALL 2010 courses ME 59700/PHYS 57000 (Fall 2010): "Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy" [ Flier ] ME 595 (CRN 49232) (Fall 2010): "Fundamentals of Particle Image Velocimetry," Prof. Steve Wereley. [ Flier ] UPCOMING SAVE THE DATE The Bindley Imaging Group (BIG) presents the first annual Purdue Bioscience Imaging Symposium Wednesday September 8, 2010 9:00am – 5:00pm The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121 The symposium will include a series of short and informal talks from campus experts that will be focused on opportunities, capabilities and facilities for imaging in life science research. A wide range of techniques and technologies will be presented along with example applications in biological materials. Both microscopic and whole animal imaging will be included. A series of imaging workshops to be held throughout the fall semester will also be announced. The symposium is open to all Purdue researchers. Look for a flyer and agenda to be circulated soon. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. For more information, please contact Luanne Ludwig at 42276 or lml@purdue.edu Life Sciences Summit 2010: showcasing innovation, facilitating collaboration, September 22-23, 2010 - Hyatt Regency Long Island, New York. To request a presentation slot and register, visit: LifeSciencesSummit.org ( The deadline is August 1, 2010. ) [ MORE ] 2010 China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies(CIICT2010) CALL FOR PAPERS http://www.scirp.org/conf/ciict2010 Wuhan, China October 10-12, 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 August 16, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 08.13.10, 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