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 February 16, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS Mark. S. Lundstrom, Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is now a member of the National Academy of Engering for his leadership in microelectronics and nanoelectronics through research, innovative education, and unique applications of cyberinfrastructure. (http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02062009) NSAC activity: Attend the PhD Comic's "Power of Procrastination" lecture Friday, 02.20.09, 6:00PM, Class of 50 Lecture Hall. We will meet in the Birck Atrium at 5:15 to go as a group. ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS Monday, 02.16.09, 1:00PM: Harper College, with John Weaver Monday, 02.16.09, 1:00PM: Purdue Is for Me students and parents Thursday, 02.19.09, 12:30: Chris Rainer, Pepper Construction, and guest from Rose Hulman, with John Weaver. Friday, 02.20.09, late afternoon, into early evening: BME student recruitment poster session. ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS Thursday, 02.19.09, 10:30AM, BRK 1001: "Control of Gate Spacer Etch Endpoint Impact to NMOS Performance," by John Miller, Senior Process Engineer, Intel Corp. [More] Thursday, 02.19.09, 10:30AM, MRGN 129: "When Health Policy Is the Problem: A Report from the Field," by Dr. Samuel A. Richmond, professor of philosophy and co-director Bioethics Center, Cleveland State University. [More] Thursday, 02.19.09, 3:00PM, Fowler Hall, Stewart Center: "Research Challenges for the Semiconductor Industry," by Steven J. Hillenius, Vice President, SRC, and Executive Director, SRC - Global Research Collaboration, Semiconductor Research Corporation. [More] Thursday, 02.19.09, 5:30PM, BMED 2001: "Who owns truth? Biomedical research in a health policy context," by by Dr. Samuel A. Richmond, professor of philosophy and co-director Bioethics Center, Cleveland State University. [More] Call for Papers: Workshop in "Nanoengineering and Nanomputing Applications for Pervasive Health Environments of the Future"; 2nd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2009), Corfu, Greece June 9-13, 2009; http://www.petrae.org/workshop.htm [More] HOLD THE DATE: Thursday, 03.26.09. Pioneers in Energy Lecture Series: "Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies: A Focus on Hydrogren," by Michael P. Ramage. [More] REGISTER NOW: Saturday, 03.28.09, 9:00-3:00PM, MRGN: "Current Business Opportunities and Challenges in China and India: A Professional Workshop." [More] 2009 NanoTechnology for Defense Conference, 6-9 April, Burlingame, CA. [Website] Call for Papers: Int'l Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO2009)/ Paper Submission Deadline Has been Extended to Mar. 9, 2009; Wuhan, China August 14-16, 2009. http://www.scirp.org/conf/sopo2009 ________________________________ DISCOVERY PARK The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in conjunction with Purdue's Krannert School of Management are honored to host the 22nd Annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009. We are able to conduct this event with the help of our sponsors, the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, Ice Miller LLP, and Purdue Research Park. The competition started with 68 initial submissions, and through a rigorous judging process, 10 student team finalists (5 undergraduate student teams and 5 graduate student teams) have been invited to present their business plans on February 24th. [More] The Energy Center newsletter is online. In this issue of Discover EnergyTM we take the time to celebrate many successful inter-campus and college partnerships. This edition gives glimpses of the Energy Center’s connections to women’s education, globalization, agricultural economy, and policy. The edition also highlights Purdue’s campus-wide energy-related student clubs and focuses on developing a research initiative in Energy Systems that comprises a partnership with Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis and Indiana University in Bloomington. We hope you enjoy this issue. Please write to us at energy@purdue.edu. Sincerely, Jay P. Gore Reilly University Chair Professor of Engineering; Director, Energy Center in Discovery Park ________________________________ Submit items for memo of February 23, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 02.20.09, 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 e-Enterprise Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Discovery Learning Center Center for Advanced Manufacturing Center for Environment Oncological Sciences Center Cyber Center Energy Center Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker