WEEKLY MEMO, May 27, 2008 ****************** 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS ****************** 1.1: Monday, May 26, 2008, is a university HOLIDAY: don¹t come to work :) 1.2: The BNC Procurement Officer (Ira Young) will be on vacation 05/26/08 to 06/02/08. Specialty chemical deliveries will be handled by Steve Jurss. Urgent stocking requests will be handled by Jennifer Monahan. The BNC storeroom will be manned briefly on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 1:15-1:30pm for purchases of common lab items. 1.3: BNC is switching chemical suppliers for stock acids: In February, our acid supplier ICR had an equipment malfunction and shipped a batch of BOE that was 10x too dilute; all faulty material has been pulled and was replaced with tested BOE lots dated 03/19/08 and 03/28/08; demands from BNC for more rigorous quality controls and documentation were unmet; BNC is phasing out ALL ICR materials and switching to J.T. BAKER for all acid supplies (HF, BOE, H2SO4, HCl, HNO3). The cross over will occur as each acid stock is consumed. 1.4: Red Hawk has been working on the software for the card reader system. It was originally thought that all work would be transparent and that Birck residents would be unaffected, however, the outer doors have been locking unexpectedly. Birck facility staff members have been temporarily fixing the problem by wedging the doors open with doorstops. If you continue to experience trouble, please contact Mary Jo Totten (tottenm@purdue.edu). ********************* 2. SEMINARS *see abstracts/bios below ********************* 2.1A: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 10:30AM, MRGN 112: ³Optofluidic Ring Resonators: The Interface Between Photonics and Fluidics for Bio/chemical Sensing,² by Dr. Xudong (Sherman) Fan, Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering Department, University of Missouri. 2.2B: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 8:45AM, Breakfast, MJIS 1001: ³What Is Inventorship?² by Attorney Brad Addison. REGISTER TO ATTEND: www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/certificate/events **************** 3. SYMPOSIUM(S) **************** 3.1: NCN Student Research Symposium (NSRS), Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 10:00-3:00, MRGN. 3.2: Oxide Nanocomposites Symposium at ICCE-16 Conference, July 20-26, 2008, China. For applications and inquiries, please contact the Steering Organizers: Hiroshi Kezuka (<kezuka@bs.teu.ac.jp>), Katherine Develos-Bagarinao (<develos-bagarinao@aist.go.jp>). You are requested to send paper titles immediately to the organizers. When you submit your abstract to Prof. David Hui (ICCE Chair) and Prof. Hiroshi Kezuka (Symposium Steering Organizer), please note the category of ³Oxide Nanocomposites Symposium.² **************************** 4. ABSTRACTS/BIOS for seminars **************************** A: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 10:30AM, MRGN 112: ³Optofluidic Ring Resonators: The Interface Between Photonics and Fluidics for Bio/chemical Sensing,² by Dr. Xudong (Sherman) Fan, Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering Department, University of Missouri. ABSTRACT: Optical ring resonators are an emerging sensing technology that has recently been under intensive investigation. In a ring resonator, the light propagates in the form of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) or guided waveguide modes, which results in a light-analyte interaction length much longer than the resonator physical size. In this talk, we will overview the latest progress in ring resonator bio/chemical sensor development. In particular, we will discuss the opto-fluidic ring resonator (OFRR) developed in our lab that integrates microfluidics and photonics. Applications of the OFRR in label-free biosensors, microfluidic lasers, fluorescence bio-detection, chemical vapor sensors, and gas chromatography will be presented. SHORT BIO: Dr. Fan obtained B.S. and M.S. in physics from Peking University in 1991 and 1994, respectively, and Ph.D. in physics and optics from Oregon Center for Optics at the University of Oregon in 2000. Between 2000 and 2004, he was a project leader at 3M-Austin on fiber optics and optical biosensor development. In August of 2004, he joined the Biological Engineering Department at the University of Missouri as an assistant professor. Dr. Fan¹s research includes development of novel photonic bio/chemical sensors based on ring resonators and nanoparticles. He has over 40 publications and over 10 issued/pending patents. Dr. Fan serves as a chair and organizer of conferences for SPIE and MRS. He is a recipient of 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, American Chemical Society Young Faculty Award, the Wallace H. Coulter Early Career Award, and the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. His research is supported by National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, private foundations, and industrial companies. If you are interested in meeting Dr. Fan, please contact Dr. Chang Lu (changlu@purdue.edu <mailto:changlu@purdue.edu> ) to set up an appointment. B: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 8:45AM, Breakfast, MJIS 1001: ³What Is Inventorship?² by Attorney Brad Addison. REGISTER TO ATTEND: www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/certificate/events Brad Addison is a partner and a member of the Intellectual Property Department of Barnes and Thornburg LLP, where his practice focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical and biological technology areas. He earned his BS degree in biology from Indiana State University, his PhD from the University of Kentucky, and his JD from the University of Cincinnati in 1993 (bio available here: http://www.btlaw.com/Person.asp?Personnel_ID=250).