[BIRCK NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER][http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/resources/toolkit/files/logo/digital/Log...] Users, It has been brought to my attention that the staff have observed students putting their heads inside the chemical fume hoods while processing. This is a very unsafe act for the individual as well as a poor example for other users! Given the myriad of chemicals used potential inhalation exposure may occur. Your work should be done 6 inches from the sash opening and no part of your face or head should ever break the plane of the window sash. Those that continue this may be subject to access restrictions. Stephen Birck Safety Officer Birck Nanotechnology Center PM Shut Down Notice October 16, 2017 – October 20, 2017 The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown October 16 through October 20, 2017. Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, October 16 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 20. The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well. See posted information. Mark Voorhis Is your group planning any company visits, seminars, workshops to visit Birck, please send your information to Jaime Turner, jjturner@purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu>. Has there been someone in your group that has received an awarded or made the news? Please send these new stories to Jaime Turner, jjturner@purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu>. These are needed for Birck’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Come join us for the “Fall Kickoff” of the Discovery Park Social Hour hosted in partnership with Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Nine Irish Brothers, 119 Howard Avenue, West Lafayette on October 3, 2017 at 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. ~Free hors d’oeuvres~ Network your ideas and find areas to collaborate. Please be aware of maintenance being performed on ECN's Oracle and Zope servers on Sunday, Sept. 17 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Website functionality will be partial and sporadic. This does not affect the IIS and MySQL servers, nor our apache sites. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Sundeep Rao (on behalf of Dave Carmichael) Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC): Indiana blood center is organizing a blood drive in Birck Nanotechnology Center room 1001 on Wednesday 9/20/2017. https://www.donorpoint.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/110584 ​<https://www.donorpoint.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/110584> Seminars/Workshops Thin films, surfaces, and coatings: Nano-features for macro-applications Nicholas Glassmaker, Polymer Scientist candidate for Professor Cakmak’s lab September 19, 2017 3:30-4:00 p.m. BRK 2001 http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=1128 NSAC Coffee Hour Surface Plasmon Opto-magnetic field enhancement for on-chip magnetization reversal in nanomagnets Aveek Dutta, Graduate Student, Birck Nanotechnology Center Friday, September 22 3:30 pm in BRK Atrium https://engineering.purdue.edu/NSAC/activities/coffeehour PURDUE IN THE KNOW Hear fun. Passionate. Engaging. Brilliant. Inspiring Speakers September 21 2:30-4:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union http://purdue.imodules.com/s/1461/alumni/index.aspx?sid=1461&gid=1001&pgid=6... Cell Culture Basics – 2 Days Hands-On Training Course September 26 & 27 Course fee: $250 Deadline for registration is Aug. 18, 2017 Questions Dr. Tim Kwok at kwokt@purdue.edu<mailto:kwokt@purdue.edu> or 765-494-6697 The Women’s Global Health Institute invites you to a Women’s Health Symposium Oct 4-5, 2017, sponsored by Discovery Park and Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center Oct. 5 at 9:00 a.m. West Faculty Lounge, PMU http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/wghi/ See other Discovery Park’s Events: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/events/index.php