MONDAY MEMO, September 3, 2007 **************** 1. Announcements **************** 1.1: There¹s trouble with RAT. Please be advised that due to technical difficulties, the RAT system does not seem to be adding and tracking room reservations correctly. We are currently working with ECN to get problems resolved. In the meantime, unfortunately, weekly meetings previously scheduled may have been lost. MELISSA LANE will be creating temporary calendars for each of our meeting rooms and will handling room reservations. By having one person responsible, we hope to reduce the amount of confusion and provide for a smooth transition once the problems with RAT have been corrected 1.2: Holiday Schedule for Saturday through Monday, September 1-3: Saturday, Sunday, Monday are the normal schedule for a weekend. See note below regarding shutdown beginning 4:00 PM on Monday. 1.3: Shutdown Schedule for Tuesday through Thursday, September 4-6: Monday, 4:00 PM: All materials must be removed from cleanroom hoods. Tuesday, beginning at 7:30 AM: CLEANROOM CLOSED. No ultrapure water available, no acid processing in laboratories. No hazardous gases available. Wednesday, all day: CLEANROOM CLOSED. No ultrapure water available, no acid processing in laboratories. No hazardous gases available. Wednesday, 4:00 PM: All materials must be removed from laboratory hoods (Including biosafety cabinets; all bio materials must be removed from exhausted enclosures). Thursday, 8:00 AM: Cleanroom will re-open, barring unforeseen circumstances. Thursday, all day: LABORATORIES CLOSED. Friday, 8:00 AM: Laboratories will re-open, barring unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your cooperation and patience during this important preventive maintenance procedure. Please contact Mark Voorhis (mvoorhis@purdue.edu <mailto:mvoorhis@purdue.edu> ; 43036) or John Weaver (jrweaver@purdue.edu; 45494) with any questions or concerns 1.4: Blood Borne Pathogen Training, Friday, 09.07, 3:00PM, BRK 1099. 1.5: Bomb Threat Procedures: Over the past few days, individuals at universities around the country have received bomb threats by email. More than 10 different universities, including the University of Iowa and the University of Akron (Ohio) have received threats, some of them building specific, and some of them naming the entire campus. None of these email threats has resulted in an actual event. All of them have been determined to be a hoax. If you receive a bomb threat through email, please follow our normal bomb threat procedure, which includes notifying Purdue University Police Department (call 911). Do not delete the email, as an officer will come to your location to gather additional information. Additional emergency procedures information may be found here: http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness/ <http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness/> **************** 2. Seminars **************** 2.1: Wednesday, September 5, 6:00PM, BioMedical Building 2001: ³Radiation Oncology and Lung Cancer,² Cancer Research Clinical Partnership; speakers include Babak Ziaie, Tatjana Jevremovic, Imad Khadra, and Loubna Scally. Register http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/oncological; contact Kris Swank for additional information (44674; kswank@purdue.edu). 2.2: Thursday, September 6, 10:30AM, BRK 1001: ³Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at Monash University,² Dr. Abid Khan, Director, Monash Institute for Nanosciences, Materials, and Manufacture; and Dr. Paul Webley, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Associate Dean of Research, Monash University, Melbourne Australia. 2.3: Thursday, September 6, 4:30PM, ME 161: ³Exploiting Singularities and Instabilities to Produce Micro-Scale Drops and Features,² Dr. Osman Basaran, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University 2.4: Thursday, September 6, 7:00PM, ³Role of the US Patent & Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan: Educating the Public on Patents and Trademarks, ² by John Calvert; MRGN 121. ******************** 3. Birck Visitors ******************** 3.1: Thursday, September 6, Dr. Paul Webley and Dr. Abid Khan, Monash University **************** 3. Birck References **************** 3.1: Group Meetings: please note that the RAT is system is down and we have lost several already set meetings. Melissa will be contacting you to verify group meeting times. 3.2: Office Hours Reece, Lisa: Mondays 1:00-2:30; BRK 2038 Ziaie, Babak: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-10:30; ***ECE 157**** ‹ time changed 08.29.07 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/