January 2020 - Bnc-facility-notice

NOTICE - BNC Research Equipment Power Outage on Wednesday May 4, 2020 from 10AM to 2PM
by Voorhis, Mark L. 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

Birck Nanotechnology Center Research Equipment Power Outage for ALL GENERAL LABORATORY, SUB FAB, and CLEANROOM Wednesday May 6, 2020 from 10AM to 2PM Dear BNC User, 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

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Lorraine Fox replacement
by Jurss, Stephen E 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

All, Lorraine Fox our Birck storekeeper and material supplier has taken another position on campus. She will be sorely missed, but I am happy to introduce her replacement Lisa Strauser lstraur(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lstraur@purdue.edu> . Lisa will be taking Lorraine's position. Please welcome her to the Birck team. Stephen

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NOTICE - Loss of Campus Steam Pressure
by Voorhis, Mark L. 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Dear BNC Users - We have lost campus wide steam pressure at 11:30AM where 2 of 4 wade power plant steam boilers shut down. Several building alarms came in that we are responding to. Our high pressure steam normally operates at 125 psi and is currently at 25 psi. This may cause a loss of humidity control for cleanroom and general lab spaces. PUPF have started 2 backup boilers to recover. At this time it appears that the building is stable with no shutdown of building systems is needed. I will update once campus steam is back to normal. Thank you, Mark Voorhis Building Manager Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center Office: (765) 494-3036 [Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps

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BNC 151 required yearly training - IMPORTANT
by Totten, Mary J 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

Users, For all Birck Users training must be completed on or before January 26th. See the link to complete BNC 151 (All User Annual Training) https://www.openpassport.org/Badge/bnc151-2020/Criteria . If training is not completed cleanroom and laboratory access will be revoked. Stephen Birck Safety Officer

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