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 May 31, 2010 ANNOUNCEMENTS Landscaping work Beginning Tuesday, June 1, there will be a backhoe working to the east of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, in the area between BNC and BBC. The work hours will be from 7:30 AM to 2:00 PM. We do not expect to experience vibration issues from the work, but please be aware of the activity. If you have interruptions to research as a result of this work, please contact John Weaver jrweaver@purdue.edu or Mark Voorhis mvoorhis@purdue.edu . Memo: June 7, 2010 Items for next week's memo: June 7, 2010. Please send any items for the next memo to Jeff Goecker by Friday, 06.04.10. Living accommodations? Summer living accommodations? We have international visitors conducting research here this summer who are in need of housing. Please contact Deborah Starewich if you know of any housing. Floor restoration The 1st floor men's restroom will be closed on Wednesday June 9th for floor restoration. Please use the 2nd floor men's restroom and thank you for your understanding. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mary Jo Totten [6-1173] SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information The International Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO 2010) Participation Registration is Open / www.scirp.org/conf/sopo2010 June 19-21, 2010 Chengdu, China [ More ] The International Workshop on Automatic Control (IWAC2010) (EI Indexed) http://www.msai2010.org/iwac Nov. 4-6, 2010 Henan, China [ 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 June 7, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 06.04.10, to Jeff Goecker jgoecker@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