WEEKLY MEMO, June 23, 2008 ****************** 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS ****************** 1.1: Ron Reger has replaced Jennifer Monahan as the Process and Equipment Manager for the Birck Nanotechnology Center. Ron has a Masters in Physics from Purdue, and comes to us with almost thirty years experience in industry. Coincidentally, he lived in the Married Student Housing building just outside the BNC entrance when he was a student here. Please welcome Ron to the BNC. His office is BRK 2289; e-mail is rreger@purdue.edu; and office telephone is 46667. 1.2: Please join the Business Office in welcoming Mary Jones. Mary will be handling the credit cards, bi-weekly payroll as well as purchasing activities through SRM. You can reach her via email at jones69@purdue.edu or phone at 68253. 1.3: *BNC Recycling*: The recycling bins currently located in the BNC Break Room (BRK 1072) have increasingly contained trash instead of recycling. These containers are ONLY for aluminum cans, plastic bottles (#1 & #2), and news paper. All other items contaminate the recycling stream. If trash is placed in these containers, the ENTIRE contents will be disposed of as trash rather than being processed for recycling. ***If this problem continues the facility will loose its recycling privileges!!!*** Please do your part to assist the recycling effort at Birck. 1.4: Business Office ­ travel reminders: to speed the reimbursement process, provide COST COMPARISONS. The spirit of the travel policy is as follows: Travelers seeking reimbursement should incur the lowest reasonable travel expense necessary to accomplish the business mission. Cost comparison documentation can be either a written statement from a travel agency or a printout from an online vendor, such as Expedia.com or Orbitz.com. A cost comparison is a comparison of 'all' available flights on 'all' airlines. Therefore when obtaining a cost comparison from an online vendor, the printout should be the first page of search results for dates and times necessary to complete the business mission. In the event a traveler has not provided a comparison obtained 'prior' to the trip, the comparison will be established by the Central Travel Office. When we need to find a comparison to meet the 'Drive Vs Fly' requirement, we will find the airfare quote, then add $65.65 for mileage to airport plus parking for number of business days times $8.50 and $70 for shuttle. Please review the Cost Comparison policy: http://www.purdue.edu/travel/Transportation/costcomparisonrequirements.html <http://www.purdue.edu/travel/Transportation/costcomparisonrequirements.html

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When you request that the Business Office pre-pay your airfare, please remember that an approved Form 17 is required. Please keep in mind that if you are traveling internationally then there are extra approvals required. The Business Office staff will do everything in their power to obtain the necessary signatures as quickly as possible ******************** 2. TOURS/VISITORS ******************** 2.1: week of 06.30.08: Biology Outreach/³Go with the flow² summer science camp; group will tour Birck on Tuesday, 07.01.08 **************** 3. OPPORTUNITIES **************** 3.1: Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01); http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-08-003.html <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-08-003.html> . Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): October 1, 2008; Application Due Date(s): October 31, 2008. An essential element of the mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is the support and career promotion of the future generation of exceptionally talented and creative new scientists who will further the understanding of the impact of environmental exposures on human health. The NIEHS supports a number of training and fellowship programs for pre and postdoctoral training, and mentored career development awards for faculty in the early stages of their career development. However, even with these career development mechanisms in place, to fulfill its mission of assuring a cadre of productive environmental health science investigators for the future, NIEHS needs to initiate further imaginative programs to identify the best new biomedical investigators and facilitate their establishing vibrant, independent research programs in the environmental health sciences. 3.2: Postdoctoral Positions in Optical Spectroscopy of Nanoscale Materials: The Softmatter Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy Team (http://quantumdot.lanl.gov/ <http://quantumdot.lanl.gov/> <http://quantumdot.lanl.gov/ <http://quantumdot.lanl.gov/> >) of the Chemistry Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking outstanding candidates to join our projects on the spectroscopic characterization of nanoscale semiconductor and metal structures. For inquiries and to apply, contact Victor Klimov at klimov@lanl.gov. Candidates may be considered for a Director's Fellowship and outstanding candidates may be considered for the prestigious J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard P. Feynman or Frederick Reines Fellowships. Please see Special Postdoctoral Fellowships (http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/appointments.shtml <http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/appointments.shtml> <http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/appointments.shtml <http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/appointments.shtml> >) for further details. For general information refer to the Postdoctoral Program (http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/ <http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/> <http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/ <http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/> >) page. 3.3: MEMS Laboratory; Postdoctoral Researchers; University of Washington, Seattle. Prof. Karl Böhringer¹s MEMS laboratory is inviting applications for postdoctoral researchpositions beginning in Summer/Autumn 2008 in the area of microfabrication and microfluidics. The first position aims at developing novel sample holders for transmission electron microscopy. This project is a close collaboration with a local business, Hummingbird Scientific. Exceptional opportunities exist to participate in break-through molecular-scale imaging and to play a crucial role at a successful start-up company. Additional positions may be available in the areas of biosensors, single cell monitoring, microfluidics, self-assembly, and related areas. Please check in again soon. Appointments will be for one year with the possibility of reappointment on an annual basis in accordance with performance and applicable personnel policies. Salary is dependent on qualifications. Applicants must have earned a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, or related engineering disciplines in 2005 or later. Expertise in microfabrication, knowledge of microfluidics, experience with Solid Works or other CAD systems, strong communication skills, good problem solving skills, independent thinking, and willingness to travel are required. Experience with thin films, TEM and SEM operation, FEA mechanical and thermal modeling, and LabView programming are also strongly desired. Responsibilities: design, build and test various microfluidic devices for use in next-generation transmission electron microscopes for nano or Angstrom scale imaging of chemical or biochemical processes. Analytical modeling of microfluidic systems. Writing of scientific publications and grant proposals. Mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students. Interested individuals should send their CV, one representative publication, and a list of three references (with e-mail addresses and phone numbers) to Prof. Karl Böhringer, karl@ee.washington.edu.