MONDAY MEMO, October 8, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: BNC Mandatory User Meetings: Monday, Oct. 15, and Tuesday, Oct. 16 2007; 6:00-7:30PM; MRGN 121. Updates and reviews of safety procedures will be covered. Attendance at one of these meetings is required ‹ access to the BNC laboratories and cleanroom will be revoked for those not in attendance. 1.2: Borrowed Chairs? If you¹ve borrowed a chair from one of the conferences rooms, please be sure to return it. 1.3: Moving furniture? In the 10-person offices in Birck, there are two-drawer file cabinets underneath the desk areas. Please be aware that the offices were designed such that these cabinets provide support for the desktops. If you have moved any cabinets, please be aware of the problems this could cause and consider moving them back to their original positions. Thanks! 1.4: Business Office change: Vikki Fast has moved to BRK 1023 on a temporary basis until BRK 1014 may be reconfigured to house four people. 1.5: Internet problems? Slow connections? If you are experiencing slow internet connections in Birck, or any other computer issues, please send an e-mail to DPSITE@ECN.PURDUE.EDU and describe the problem that you are having. A help ticket will be placed and someone from ECN will contact you. 1.6: DURI Program Proposals due Tuesday, Oct. 9: The Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program is accepting proposals for research projects for the Spring 2008 semester. DURI involves Purdue undergraduates in the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research environment of Discovery Park. The program offers 50 internships per academic semester at the West Lafayette campus, funded through the Discovery Learning Center. Select interns to help advance your research from a pool of highly talented and motivated students. Mentor undergraduate students by fostering the exchange of ideas and creating new research opportunities. View additional information (including sample projects) and use the simple form to submit your project proposal online: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri <http://www.purdue.edu/dp/duri> . If you have any questions, please contact: Amy Childress; Intern Coordinator; Discovery Learning Center; 63590; childres@purdue.edu. 1.7: Showalter Trust Grant Competition: Details are available at http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/funding/showalter.shtml. Pre-proposals and rankings must be received by Dr. Alan Rebar, Executive Director, Discovery Park, Friday, October 19, 2007. The internal selection committee will meet and screen all pre-proposals to determine which investigators will be asked to submit full proposals. Full proposals will then be due by mid-December to be forwarded to the Showalter Trust Committee. Final award decisions by the Showalter Trust Committee are expected to be made in the spring. Please direct questions or comments to Rhonda Hostetter, 40901 hostett@purdue.edu. 1.8: 17th Biennial IEEE UGIM (University Government Industry Micro/nano) Symposium, July 13-16, 2008, Louisville, KY. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together leading educators and researchers from university, government, and industry around the world to promote the various exciting fields of micro/nanotechnology. Representatives of university micro/nano fabrication facilities, ranging from new labs to nationally recognized facilities, have found this symposium an excellent forum for exchanging information and presenting new research and educational concepts. Government agencies such as NSF, NIH, NIST, SEMATECH, SRC, DoD and ONR regularly participate with research papers and updates on funding opportunities. Industry interactions with universities, including technology transfer, collaborative research, and training efforts are frequently presented. Included will be tours of the University of Louisville¹s new $20M, 10,000 sq ft class 100/1000 cleanroom facility. This conference allows groups from academia, government labs and organizations, and industry the opportunity to network and present their latest findings/opportunities in the area of micro/nanotechnology. Keynote Speakers for 2008 include: Abbie Gregg, President of AGI (Abbie Gregg, Inc.), recognized as one of the leading cleanroom and engineering consulting firms in the world; Dr. Stephen Campbell, Professor of ECE, University of Minnesota, Director, Minnesota Nano Fabrication Center; Dr. Rajinder Khosla, National Science Foundation Program Director; and Dr. Mark Lundstrom, Professor of ECE, Purdue University, and founding director of the national NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Call for Papers: Abstracts (one text page + one figure page) must be submitted electronically on the symposium web site by March 10, 2008. Authors should indicate preference for oral or poster presentation, as well as their institution and contact information. Final manuscripts (6 pages maximum) must then be submitted electronically by April 21, 2008. These manuscripts, both papers (20 minute presentation) and posters, will be published in the symposium proceedings. For more information, visit the 2008 UGIM Symposium web site at: www.louisville.edu/micronano/2008UGIM. Dr. Kevin M. Walsh, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Lutz and BRB Micro/Nanotechnology Cleanroom, University of Louisville (502) 852-0826, walsh@louisville.edu. 1.9: NSF 07-600 Instrumentation for Materials Research (IMR); http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07600/nsf07600.htm <http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07600/nsf07600.htm> . The IMR Program supports the acquisition and/or development of research instruments that will provide new capability and/or advance current capability to: (1) discover fundamental phenomena in materials; (2) synthesize, process, and/or characterize the composition, structure, properties, and performance of materials; and (3) improve the quality, expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration of research and education in research-intensive environments. 1.10: e-Pubs submissions CHANGE: send your published papers (those that include acknowledgement of work done here in Birck and/or those that include the Birck as part of your affiliation) to JEFF GOECKER (jgoecker@purdue.edu). 1.11: NSF Summer 2008, East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students pursuing science and engineering: Austrial, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan. Application deadline: December 12, 2007. Visit www.nsf.gov/eapsi; e-mail: eapinfo@nsf.gov. **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: BNC Seminar Series, Thursday, October 11, 10:30AM, ³Microscale Ionic Wind for Local Cooling Enhancement,² by David B. Go, PhD candidate, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue; BRK 1001. ABSTRACT: As the electronics industry continues to develop small, highly functional, mobile devices, new methods of cooling are required to manage the thermal requirements of the not only the chip but the entire system. Comfortable skin temperatures, small form factors, and limited power consumption are just some of the challenges that current devices face. Microscale ionic wind engines are air cooling enhancement devices which operate based on the principles of electrohydrodynamic interactions. Air ions, generated by impact with electrons emitted from a cathode, are pulled through the air and collide with neutral air molecules causing a wind. In the presence of a bulk flow, an ionic wind can modulate the boundary layer at a wall and enhance heat transfer. Microscale ionic wind devices can be fabricated onto a chip or heat sink in areas of known high heat flux to enhance the cooling effects of a fan without adding significant volume to the overall package. Proof-of-concept, millimeter-scale experiments have demonstrated a more than 25 °C temperature drop and greater than 250% increase in local heat transfer coefficient with power consumption of only ~50 mW. In this presentation, the concept of ionic winds for electronics cooling will be presented. The challenges of scaling down the technology to the microscale will be discussed and current efforts to fabricate microscale devices will be covered. Additionally, detailed modeling of the microscale phenomena will be presented and preliminary results will be shown. BIO: David received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2001 and his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2004. David was a design and analysis engineer at G.E. Aviation (formerly G.E. Aircraft Engines) in Evendale, OH from 2001-2004 where also graduated from the Edison Engineering Development Program. David is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, co-advised by Professors Timothy S. Fisher and Suresh V. Garimella. David¹s research focuses on scaling down ionic winds for electronics cooling applications and he has contributed 2 archival journal publications (published or in review) and 3 papers to conference proceedings. Additionally, David conducted electronics cooling research at Intel Corporation during the summer of 2007. 2.2: Thursday, October 11, 4:30PM: Hawkins Memorial Lecture, School of Mechanical Engineering, ³Engineering and National Priorities,² ME 161; Refreshments served 4:00PM, ME 254. 2.3: Friday, October 12, 10:30AM: Heat Transfer Seminar, School of Mechanical Engineering, ³Radiative Transfer in Gas and Particulate Mixtures,² POTR 118A&B; Refreshments served 10:00AM; POTR 118A&B. 2.4: 2007 Discovery Lecture Series: Global Business Development in Life Sciences, Thursday, November 8, 9:00AM, Ross-Ade Pavilion. 9:00 Session I ‹ Kauffman Campuses Initiative, Best Practices Workshop: ³Skills for Business Development,² by Ted Ashburn, Senior Director of Corporate Development, Genzyme Corporation; ³Skills for Successful Entrepreneurs,² by Michael Kurek, Partner, Biotechnology Business Consultants, LLC 11:30 Luncheon ‹ BioCrossroads Keynote, Starting Regionally, Thinking Globally, Business Development, and the Life Sciences: ³Welcome and Opening,² by Alan Rebar, Sr. Assoc. Vice President for Research, Executive Director, Discovery Park, Purdue University; ³Keynote: Biotech 2007: A Global Transformation,² by G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill and Company, moderated by William Miller, Provost Emeritus, Stanford University; ³Technology Commercialization and Purdue University,² by France A. Córdova 2:30 Panel Session ‹ Translating Indiana Ideas into Global Successes, moderated by David Johnson, President and CEO, BioCrossroads: ³Importance of Intellectual Property,² by Ted Ashburn; and ³Considering Global Competition When Developing IP in a Startup Environment,² by Roger Newton, Co-Founder, Esperion Therapeutics, a Division of Pfizer Global Research & Development This event is free and supported by the generosity of the Lilly Endowment and the Kauffman Foundation. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Questions may be directed to: Lori LeRoy, Public Relations and Marketing Director, Biocrossroads, at lleroy@biocrossroads.com; or Candiss B. Vibbert, Associate Director for Discovery Park Engagement, at vibbert@purdue.edu Please register today: www.purdue.edu/dp/dls/register.html ******************** 3. Birck Visitors ******************** 3.1: Monday, October 8, 2:30PM: Brian Landis, Managing Director of Butler Business Accelerator and his daughter. 3.2: Tuesday, October 9, 2:00PM: Bill and Sandy Beckman; Bill is an ECE alumnus, a retired design/development/systems engineer with Lockheed Martin. 3.3: Thursday, October 11, 9:30-3:30: Mike Chiappetta, Research, Advanced Development, Delivery Device R&D, Eli Lilly; and Ron Mojarrad, Project Management Consultant, Delivery Device R&D, Eli Lilly 3.4: Thursday, October 11, 10:30AM: Retired Teachers¹ Group plus Sam Endy, Vice President, Atheros Communications and Margarita Contreni, Director of Development, ECE. Visit will begin in Morgan 129 and include tours of both Bindley and Birck. 3.5: Thursday, October 11, 11:15AM: Richard O. Buckius, 2007 Hawkins Memorial Lecture Speaker 3.6: Thursday, October 11, 3:30PM: Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society **************** 4. Discovery Park **************** 4.1: Homecoming 2007! Discovery Park Engagement is proud to represent Discovery Park at Homecoming 2007 for the Family Friendly Celebration on the Mall, but we need your help to make it a success! Our goal this year is to represent Discovery Park as a whole with interactive games, activities, videos, and glow in the dark footballs for giveaways. Purdue will be playing against Northwestern on Saturday, October 27th, with kickoff scheduled at 12pm at Ross-Ade Stadium. We will need to represent our tent on the Purdue Mall from 9:00 a.m. ­ 11:00 a.m. We are inviting everyone, including Ambassadors and students, from Discovery Park to stop by our tent and volunteer your time for a quick 20 minutes to talk with Alumni, friends, and family about the cool things Discovery Park is doing to transform their world! We will have Boiler Bucks available for you to grab a snack, and will make sure you are off to the game in plenty of time to cheer on our Boilers!! I am also requesting a few volunteers to help setup and teardown. If you are interested in participating, please send an email to Valerie Lawless at lawlessv@purdue.edu, or call her at 4-3662, and indicate what time frame you would like to represent Discovery Park. If you do not wish to be a volunteer, but would like to stop by our tent and say hello, I have attached the link where you may find all the information for Purdue¹s Homecoming 2007 and where our tent will be located. http://www.purdue.edu/events/homecoming/ <http://www.purdue.edu/events/homecoming/> Boiler Up! for a great Purdue Homecoming 2007! 4.2: United Way ³Cake Off²: Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 8:00­3:00PM, MRGN 129 It is time to show off your baking skills. . . . Discovery Park personnel and students are invited to make their favorite goodie to support United Way. Please make two of your favorite baked goods. One will be for sampling; $1.00 for two samples and the other one will be available for purchase. All profits go to United Way. We will have the following categories: Cakes, Brownies, Cookies, and Pies. Please bring your baked goods to Burton D. Morgan Center, Room 129 by 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10. You will also be able to vote for your favorite goodie! Any questions contact: Leza Dellinger at 4-1279, Jackie Lanter at 4-6400 <http://www.uwlafayette.org/> , or Sheryl Willison at 4-9806. Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi@ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/