September 2009 - Bnc-faculty-all-list

Professor Konstantin K. Likharev, visit and colloquium, ON BEHALF OF GABRIELE GIULIANI
by Deborah S Starewich 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

> > On Thursday October 15 the Department of Physics will host > Professor Konstantin K. Likharev, who is currently a Distinguished > Professor at Stony Brook University. Professor Likharev will deliver > the > Departmental Colloquium at 4:00pm in Physics Room 203 (with > refreshments > being served at 3:30 p.m. in Physics room 242). > > The title of his talk is: "Nanoelectronics: Prospects and Challenges" > > If you are interested in meeting with Professor Likharev > please do get in touch with Professor Gabriele Giuliani > (gfg(a)purdue.edu, -45384) who is acting as his host. > > Best regards, gfg > > > Gabriele F. Giuliani (http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~gfg/GFG2BIG.gif) > Professor of Physics > Purdue University > West Lafayette, IN 47906 > phone: 765 494 5384 > fax: 765 494 0706 > email: gfg(a)purdue.edu > web: http://www.physics.purdue.edu/people/faculty/gfg.shtml > book: http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521821126 > >

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Washington Projects Call for White Papers, ON BEHALF OF TIM SANDS
by Deborah S Starewich 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

> Dear BNC resident or affiliated faculty member- > > If you are interested in pursuing a FY11 Washington Project, please > note that there is a pending Call for White Papers. This is, in > effect, a limited submission process, with up to four submissions > allowed per unit. If you would like to submit through the BNC, > please send a white paper to me (format outlined below) by COB on > October 1st. I will forward up to four to the Executive Director of > Discovery Park (Al Rebar) on October 2nd. > > The following text is from the “Call for White Papers” issued by the > OVPR: > > The following are desirable features of Washington projects that > will be used to prioritize projects > to be advanced to our congressional delegation. > > · Has the potential to generate sufficient congressional > support in the House and Senate and within the Indiana delegation; > · Addresses high priority societal needs and enhances economic > competitiveness (additional information below); > · Is multidisciplinary involving multiple Departments and/or > Colleges/Schools/Units; > · Involves active partnership with industry and/or other > universities; > · Provides research support in a core/strategic area of > University (the project is considered a high priority for your > Campus, School, College, or Unit); and > · Strong potential to grow into a long-term project supported > by competitively awarded external funding. > > It is our intent to establish greater recognition of areas of Purdue > expertise that may receive support from several members of the > Indiana congressional delegation (thus perhaps resulting in larger > commitments for individual projects) and to establish strategic > directions for those areas where Purdue resources can be most > effectively employed on behalf of state or national priorities. > Purdue’s priorities are clearly aligned with the priorities noted in > White House executive memoranda (see M-09-27 at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda_default/) > . > > Priorities for FY11 congressional initiatives are: > · Energy, environment, climate change, and sustainability – > particularly renewable energy sources, climate change and carbon > sequestration; > · Life and health sciences – particularly clinical and > translational sciences; > · Security, defense and space sciences – particularly systems > for unconventional conflicts; > · Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Education - including K-12 and student performance; and > · Global policy topics related to the above topics – > particularly to inform and improve policymaking. > > Washington Project Questionnaire > Fiscal Year 2011 > > > Please provide the following information for the Fiscal Year 2011 > Washington Project selection process. Limit your material to one > page. > > I. Project Title > II. Contact Information (PI, Department, email, telephone, co-PIs) > III. Project Details (Provide a simple, non-scientific explanation > of what the project will accomplish – 1 or 2 sentences; provide an > overview of the project with objectives/goals, deliverables, brief > history, status, and success measures for the project) > IV. Economic Impact and Benefits (If possible, estimate economic > impact to Indiana and nation) > V. Budget Information (Estimate Year 1 budget - salaries and > wages, capital equipment, supplies and expenses, travel, etc. - and > total cost and duration of the project) > VI. Additional Support (Other sources of funding to support the > initiative; community, corporate, foundation support/partnerships) > VII. Defense Projects only (Why is this project relevant to the > military/national security; DoD project/program element number and > DoD Program Manager, if known) > >

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This weeks MRSEC meeting: go see Vlad Shalaev's McCoy Lecture
by Eric Stach 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Folks: I think the opportunity to see Vlad's McCoy lecture is one that we shouldn't miss. And it clearly represents one of the very best opportunities to learn of these efforts in context. So: this week: no MRSEC meeting in Birck. Also: David and I are working on a dissection of the existing MRSEC Centers, for future distribution. Keep thinking about ideas and teams! Eric

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MRSEC Discussion Follow up.
by Eric Stach 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Colleagues: I'd like to thank the many people who attended today, as well as provide some follow through. Today, David and I spent the time describing (our viewpoints) on both Center efforts / proposals and MRSEC specific efforts / proposals. I've attached the slides from that discussion. For those of you unable to attend, you can see that at this point we are in 'discovery': a period where we are trying to provide a forum for groups to provide at least nascent descriptions of ideas that they feel may fit into an IRG (Integrated Research Group) within the MRSEC framework. If you have an idea that you would like to air out / talk through in the upcoming weeks, please let David or I know: if you cannot attend because of other obligations, this should be OK as other members of your group should also be able to articulate the ideas. Again, thank you for your time today, and I look forward to seeing how we can develop a process that leads to (perhaps multiple) successful Center proposals. Eric (and David)

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Research Planning meeting: NSF MRSEC
by Eric Stach 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Colleagues: David Janes and I are going to start a discussion regarding BNC scientific directions, with an eye towards the NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center proposal process that is slated for the Fall of 2010. More information about this submission can be found here: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5295 and here: http://mrsec.org/ We are hoping to get a wide range of input from interested faculty to see where we as a community can put forward our best ideas so that we maximize our chances of putting forward a winning proposal. And we are hoping to do this early, so that we can be both thorough and thoughtful. He and I have some general ideas in mind, but they are just starters. We will meet every other Wednesday at 3:30 in Room 1099, starting September 26th. Your participation and input would be most welcome. Eric Stach David Janes

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