[cid:image001.jpg@01D4EDE9.DE5D5B10] Seminars /Workshops / Events PQSEI Seminar: Gerardo Ortiz<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2660> February 17th @ 3:30pm in BRK 1001 Physics and Computation (with Nuclear Spins) BNC Seminar: Professor T. Pradeep<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2636> February 18th @ 10:00am in BRK 1001 Affordable Clean Water Using Advanced Materials PQSEI Seminar: Gerard (Rod) Rinkus<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2661> February 24th, 3:30pm in BRK 1001 Representing Probabilities as Sets instead of Numbers Allows Classical Realization of Quantum Computing PQSEI Seminar: Julian (Jay) Hook<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2662> February 25th, 3:30pm in UNIV 119 Music as a Mathematician's Playground 2nd Annual Science Communication Shark Tank Competition<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2561> March 26th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm in MRGN 121 Birck Events<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php> and Birck News<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/news/index.php> BNC Research Equipment Power Outage for ALL GENERAL LABORATORY, SUBFAB AND CLEANROOM: WED., MAY 6TH 2020 FROM 10AM - 2PM This is advance notice about major electrical power outage involving all research equipment in the center on Wednesday May 6 from 10AM to 2 PM. Physical Facilities High Voltage Department have firmed up plans necessary to gain access and have parts needed to fix the switchboard #1 that supplies power to all research equipment in the center. This involves all research equipment in ALL GENERAL LABORATORY, SUB FAB, AND CLEANROOM. All research equipment connected to our building wide Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) or generator power will NOT lose power during this time. This work will be completed during our normal spring building preventative maintenance closure that is scheduled from Monday May 4 through Friday May 8, 2020. More details on the preventative maintenance closure will be communicated as we get closer to May 4, 2020. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Best Regards, Mark Voorhis Building Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center Office: (765) 494-3036 Interruption to Cleanroom Humidity Control Dear BNC Cleanroom Users, On Wednesday February 26, 2020 starting at 7:30AM Purdue Physical Facility Department needs to shut down the medium pressure steam to the cleanroom humidification units for about 8 hours to make needed steam piping modification. If the outside weather is below normal conditions the cleanroom relative humidity levels can drop to 10% to 15% (normal humidity level is 45%), which will substantially increase electrostatic discharge when handling electronics devices in the cleanroom. Please contact me if you have any questions, and thank you for your patience during this interruption. Best Regards, Mark Voorhis Building Manager DURI Faculty Proposals The Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI)<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/duri/> is now accepting faculty proposals for the summer session, with a deadline of February 21. Please share these details with your affiliated faculty. Additionally, Peter Bermel, who manages DURI with the assistance of Kate Mitsch, both copied on this email, are always open to new partnership opportunities with Discovery Park centers and institutes! Feel free to reach out directly to Peter and Kate if you're interested in 'sponsoring' a student for an upcoming session or if you want more information. Check out the links below Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program seeking faculty proposals for summer session https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2020/Q1/discovery-park-... 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