February 2019 - Bnc-faculty-all-list

Birck Parking, New Constructions
by Shakouri, Ali 12 Feb '19

12 Feb '19

Dear Colleagues, DP learned in mid December that Purdue Physical Facilities has decided not to move forward with the planned parking lot south of Birck, which was supposed to alleviate parking problems with the additional construction. Tomas sent an email right away on Dec. 19. We didn’t receive any feedback in January, so I followed up with VP for Physical Facilities (see below my email on Jan. 26). Last Friday, we received the construction map (see attached). According to the current plans, Marshall Dr. will be closed and we will loose most of the existing parking west of Birck after Feb. 28th. Car access to Birck will be very limited. The only parking for the whole Discovery Park will be south of Discovery Learning Center and I assume this will limit student C parking further south of this parking lot as well. This will affect us not only during the construction period (until mid 2020 or so); there are no other plans for a Purdue parking near us in the near future. I know having nearby parking is considered as a luxury and some refer to the limited parking in the main campus as a new norm we should get used to. The challenge is that all of our faculty need to go back and forth to teach classes and participate in administrative meetings. We are supposed to be a convening place that brings different disciplines together. In order to come up with short term and long term parking solutions, we need input from faculty. For resident faculty, could you send Jaime (jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu>) times and days of the week when you need to drive back and forth for teaching and/or committee/department meetings this semester? If you are not a resident faculty, please indicate times/days you drive to Birck. Once we have all of the data, we plan to organize a town hall meeting with Physical Facilities ASAP. Please let us know if you have any other suggestions or comments. Best regards, Ali -----Original Message----- From: Shakouri, Ali <shakouri(a)purdue.edu<mailto:shakouri@purdue.edu>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 9:13 AM To: Cline, Michael B <mbcline(a)purdue.edu<mailto:mbcline@purdue.edu>> Subject: Re: Parking Mike, Following Tomas’ email on December 19th, I didn’t receive any communication about the plans for the parking next to Birck. In our brief discussion yesterday, you mentioned about a new surface parking lot that was added recently at the intersection of Russel and State and, if needed, evaluation of additional bus services. I can’t imagine how these could help alleviate significant reduction in the number of parking spaces with the construction of Aspire building and the addition of a brand new Flex Lab in Discovery Park. You also mentioned that you don’t know all of the details and there is a meeting next week with Jeremy Slater who should have more information. I am extremely disappointed by the process and how little information is shared with key stakeholders at Birck, Bindley and others in DP. We have 55 resident faculty, 200 resident graduate students and an additional 300 users of the facility that need to go back and forth to academic units for classes and meetings. We are trying hard to create a welcoming atmosphere and serve broadest number of users who come from 15 different academic units spread across campus. These include faculty and students from colleges of engineering, science, polytechnic, pharmacy, agriculture, health and human services, and veterinary medicine. University has made significant investment to bring state-of-the-art tools and create a community at the intersection of different disciplines. We have regular seminars and meetings where we invite broader Purdue community to come together to develop centers of excellence focused on societal grand challenges. Recently, several faculty have complained to me that to come to a one-hour meeting at Birck, not only they should spend 20 minutes to drive back and forth but another 15-20 min to find parking space and walk. I would like to request that a public meeting is organized as soon as possible so that our faculty, students and staff have an opportunity to hear university plans for the parking and are able to provide their comments and feedback. If we don’t provide an opportunity to hear from stakeholders at least 6 months before any modifications are implemented, this does not show a good faith that university is caring about the opinion of those who feel their operation will be significantly impacted. Thanks in advance for your attention to this important matter. Sincerely yours, Ali Ali Shakouri Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Birck Nanotechnology Center, Room 1027 Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-6105; Fax: (765) 496-8299 shakouri(a)purdue.edu<mailto:shakouri@purdue.edu> -----Original Message----- From: Diaz de la Rubia, Tomas J <tddlr(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tddlr@purdue.edu>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 6:28 PM To: Michal, Richard J. <RJMichal(a)prf.org<mailto:RJMichal@prf.org>> Cc: Wojtalewicz, Clifford J. <cliffw(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cliffw@purdue.edu>>; Garimella, Suresh V <garimell(a)purdue.edu<mailto:garimell@purdue.edu>>; Shakouri, Ali <shakouri(a)purdue.edu<mailto:shakouri@purdue.edu>>; Brown, Donna J <brown746(a)purdue.edu<mailto:brown746@purdue.edu>>; Muncy, Lisa A. <lamuncy(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lamuncy@purdue.edu>> Subject: Parking Dear Rich, I trust this email finds you well, and hopefully almost ready for enjoying and relaxing a bit during the holiday season. Yesterday, Cliff brought to my attention a change in plans relative to parking near the Brick and Bindley buildings of Discovery Park. My understanding is that the plan to build a 300 car surface lot has been scrapped and instead there is now a plan to add A spaces to the lot south of HDLR. Not sure I have all the details correct, but the general issue and trend worries me. Bindley and Birck faculty, as Ali points out, often go back and forth to campus to teach and fulfil other duties. In the absence of a transportation system, they drive. Obviously, having an “A” parking spot near the office is convenient and adds to the quality of life at Discovery Park. Along with the research environment, it quality of life and the welcoming environment that we have tried to provide, are, I believe, the key ingredients that have encouraged faculty and their students to flock to DP, resulting in very significant research and education growth at Purdue. I’d be most interested in learning more from you as to the plans for addressing this relatively small, but important issue to our constituents, the faculty and students of Purdue. I’m on my way to Spain with the family for the holidays, so perhaps we can get together or chat on the phone after campus starts back up on Jan 7. I’m copying Lisa so we can coordinate a time. Cheers, Tomas Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, Ph.D. Vice President for Discovery Park Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47906 Mobile: (925)324-4378 http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark Sent from my iPad

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BNC Distinguished Seminar Speaker - Dr. Alberto Salleo - Feb. 13th @ 11am in BRK 1001
by Turner, Jaime J 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

BNC Distinguished Seminar Speaker Dr. Alberto Salleo Wed., Feb. 13th, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm in BRK 1001 Mixed Conduction in Polymeric Materials: Electrochemical devices for Biosensing and Neuromorphic Computing Bio: Alberto Salleo is currently an Associate Professor of Materials Science at Stanford University. Alberto Salleo holds a Laurea degree in Chemistry from La Sapienza and graduated as a Fulbright Fellow with a PhD in Materials Science from UC Berkeley in 2001. From 2001 to 2005 Salleo was first post-doctoral research fellow and successively member of research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. In 2005 Salleo joined the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Stanford as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013. Salleo is a Principal Editor of MRS Communications since 2011.While at Stanford, Salleo won the NSF Career Award, the 3M Untenured Faculty Award, the SPIE Early Career Award, the Tau Beta Pi Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford's highest teaching award. He has been a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher since 2015, recognizing that he ranks in the top 1% cited researchers in his field. Abstract: Organic semiconductors have been traditionally developed for making low-cost and flexible transistors, solar cells and light-emitting diodes. In the last few years, emerging applications in health case and bioelectronics have been proposed. A particularly interesting class of materials in this application area takes advantage of mixed ionic and electronic conduction in certain semiconducting polymers. Indeed, the ability to transduce ionic fluxes into electrical currents is useful when interacting with living matter or bodily fluids. My presentation will first discuss the fundamental aspects of how mixed conduction works in polymeric materials and then focus on two families of devices made with such materials: electrochemical transistors and artificial synapses. 1- Biosensing using electrochemical transistors: The continuous monitoring of human health can greatly benefit from devices that can be worn comfortably or seamlessly integrated in household objects, constituting "health-centered" domotics. I will describe electrochemical transistors that detect ionic species either directly present in body fluids or resulting from a selective enzymatic reaction (e.g. ammonia from creatinine) at physiological levels. Additionally, I will show that non-charged molecules can be detected by making use of custom-processed polymer membranes that act as "synthetic enzymes". Using these membranes in conjunction with electrochemical transistors we demonstrate that we are able to measure physiological levels of cortisol in real human sweat. Finally, I will show a more biomimetic approach where the sensing layer is a lipid membrane stabilized at a liquid-liquid interface, which we use to detect antimicrobial compounds. The same basic device that we use for sensing can also be used for computing. 2- Polymer-based artificial synapses: The brain can perform massively parallel information processing while consuming only ~1- 100 fJ per synaptic event. I will describe a novel electrochemical neuromorphic device that switches at record-low energy (<0.1 fJ projected, <10 pJ measured) and voltage (< 1mV, measured), displays >500 distinct, non-volatile conductance states within a ~1 V operating range. Furthermore, it achieves record classification accuracy when implemented in neural network simulations. Our organic neuromorphic device works by combining ionic (protonic) and electronic conduction and is essentially similar to a concentration battery. The main advantage of this device is that the barrier for state retention is decoupled from the barrier for changing states, allowing for the extremely low switching voltages while maintaining non-volatility. I will show that the device can rival commercial flash memory in terms of endurance and possibly switching time. When accessed with an appropriate switching device it exhibits excellent linearity, which is an important consideration for neural networks that learn with blind updates Jaime Turner Administrative Assistant to the Director Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Le…] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>

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Future BNC Meeting - Thurs. 2/14 @ 12pm in BRK 2001 - Mahdi Hosseini
by Turner, Jaime J 11 Feb '19

11 Feb '19

Dear all, The next Future BNC Meeting will be this Thursday, 2/14 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Ali Shakouri, Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center will present an overview of group's research and Birck Strategic Planning for the first half then the remainder will be open for high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future center of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. Please find below Ali's abstract. Overview of Group's Research and Birck Strategic Plan Abstract: Research in nanoscale heat transport and thermal characterization will be presented. This will include phonon hydrodynamics, self-healing electromigration structures, and far-field sub-diffraction thermal imaging. Will give a brief overview of nano manufacturing preeminent team, SMART film industry consortium and Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN). In the second part of the talk, some ideas from Birck Strategic Plan will be presented. These include: helping multi-disciplinary teams excel, develop new centers, help create a local high tech ecosystem and advanced Birck design. Attached (and below) is the schedule of future BNC strategic thinking discussion meetings, please mark your calendars to attend if possible. Date Faculty Topic 1/17/19 David Warsinger Water Purification 2/7/19 Mahdi Hosseini Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations 2/14/19 Ali Shakouri Birck Strategic Planning 2/28/19 Yong Chen Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI) 3/7/19 Dana Weinstein Birck Operations 3/21/19 Liang Pan Laser / e-beam nano manufacturing 3/28/19 Mohit Verma Microbiome 4/11/19 Rahim Rahimi Nano Manufacturing 4/18/19 SPS Panel (Tracy Hudson) Industrial contracting models panel discussion: Budgets and IP contracting issues Thank you! Jaime Turner Administrative Assistant to the Director Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Le…] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>

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REMINDER: Future BNC Meeting - Thurs. 2/7 @ 12pm in BRK 2001 - Mahdi Hosseini
by Turner, Jaime J 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

REMINDER: The next Future BNC meeting will be tomorrow Thursday, 2/7 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Mahdi Hosseini<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/directory/profile.php?resource_i…>, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be presenting his research for the first half then the remainder will be open for high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future center of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. Please find below Mahdi's abstract. Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations Abstract: The coherent interaction of photons with atoms has broad applications in sensing, communication and computations. Understanding light-matter dynamics at the micro and macroscopic scales is key to developing scalable quantum photonic technologies. I will review our prior and recent results demonstrating various quantum mechanical effects at the atom-photon interface including recent observation of anomalous light emission from an array of atoms on chip. I will also discuss our multidisciplinary approach for implementation of a scalable quantum communication network and then open discussion for potential collaboration within Brick. Attached (and below) is the schedule of future BNC strategic thinking discussion meetings, please mark your calendars to attend if possible. Date Faculty Topic 1/17/19 David Warsinger Water Purification 2/7/19 Mahdi Hosseini Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations 2/14/19 Ali Shakouri Birck Strategic Planning 2/21/19 Yong Chen Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI) 3/7/19 Dana Weinstein Birck Operations 3/21/19 Liang Pan Laser / e-beam nano manufacturing 3/28/19 Mohit Verma Microbiome 4/11/19 Rahim Rahimi Nano Manufacturing 4/18/19 SPS Panel (Tracy Hudson) Industrial contracting models panel discussion: Budgets and IP contracting issues Thank you! Jaime Turner Administrative Assistant to the Director Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Le…] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps> From: Shakouri, Ali Sent: Friday, February 01, 2019 11:18 AM To: bnc-faculty-all-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu<mailto:bnc-faculty-all-list@ecn.purdue.edu>; Zemlyanov, Dmitry Y <dzemlian(a)purdue.edu<mailto:dzemlian@purdue.edu>>; Diaz Rivas, Rosa E <rdiazri(a)purdue.edu<mailto:rdiazri@purdue.edu>>; Raghunathan, Nithin <nithin(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nithin@purdue.edu>>; Dilley, Neil R <ndilley(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ndilley@purdue.edu>>; Glassmaker, Nicholas J <nglassma(a)purdue.edu<mailto:nglassma@purdue.edu>>; Lagoutchev, Alexei S <lagutch(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lagutch@purdue.edu>>; Kwok, Tim <kwokt(a)purdue.edu<mailto:kwokt@purdue.edu>> Cc: Black, Nancy Lee <blackn(a)purdue.edu<mailto:blackn@purdue.edu>>; Turner, Jaime J <jjbiggs(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjbiggs@purdue.edu>>; Morrison, Edward F <efmorris(a)purdue.edu<mailto:efmorris@purdue.edu>>; Hudson, Tracy S <hudsont(a)purdue.edu<mailto:hudsont@purdue.edu>> Subject: Future Birck meetings (Thursdays 12-1pm, Birck 2001) Dear Colleagues, In our Faculty Leadership Council meetings last year, we had extensive discussions about Birck Center's strategic planning and how we can become more prominent as a top nanotechnology center internationally. We are fortunate to have a great foundation (excellent faculty and staff, outstanding facility, and healthy financial performance and support from university). When I arrived about seven years ago, in consultation with many of you, we identified three main priorities: (1) space to bring new faculty/centers to Birck (2) replacement of many aging equipment. (3) signature or unique equipment/facility, best in the country, to increase our visibility and attract external partners. We have made significant progress in all three items above. However, we need a much larger fraction of Birck community to take ownership and be directly involved in the planning for future of Birck. I know everybody is extremely busy, but if we don't make an effort to come together and benefit from our collective strengths, what Dana, Yong and I in the leadership could do, will be limited. With the help of Peter Bermel, we are initiating a series of Future BNC meetings this semester, every Thursday 12noon-1pm at Birck 2001 (lunch provided). In the first 20-30 minutes, we may hear from a faculty member who will present their research very broadly, at a level accessible to those outside their immediate areas. This will create space during the remainder of the hour for a high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future centers of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. See below the current schedule. We will update this to have an event every Thursday (except holidays). Please don't hesitate to contact me or others in the leadership if you have any ideas or suggestions or want to present in one of the upcoming meetings. I look forward to see you at the Future Birck meetings. Thanks in advance for your time. Best regards, Ali Preliminary schedule: Date Faculty Topic 1/17/19 David Warsinger Water Purification 2/7/19 Mahdi Hosseini Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations 2/14/19 Ali Shakouri Birck Strategic Planning 2/21/19 Yong Chen Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI) 3/21/19 Liang Pan Laser / e-beam nano manufacturing 3/28/19 Mohit Verma Microbiome 4/11/19 Rahim Rahimi Nano Manufacturing 4/18/19 SPS Panel (Tracy Hudson) Industrial contracting models panel discussion: Budgets and IP contracting issues

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REMINDER: BNC Distinguished Seminar - Dr. Christopher Soles - TODAY @ 11am in MRGN 121
by Turner, Jaime J 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

REMINDER: TODAY at 11am in MRGN 121 [cid:image001.png@01D4BDF6.E0ECB240] Jaime Turner Administrative Assistant to the Director Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Le…] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>

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BNC Distinguished Seminar - Dr. Christopher Soles - Wed. Feb. 6th @ 11am in MRGN 121
by Turner, Jaime J 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

[cid:image001.png@01D4BD66.60F1CC00] Jaime Turner Administrative Assistant to the Director Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Le…] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>

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Future BNC Meeting - Thurs. 2/7 @ 12pm in BRK 2001 - Mahdi Hosseini
by Turner, Jaime J 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

Dear all, The next BNC strategic thinking discussion will be this Thursday, 2/7 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Mahdi Hosseini<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/directory/profile.php?resource_i…>, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be presenting his research for the first half then the remainder will be open for high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future center of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. Please find below Mahdi's abstract. Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations Abstract: The coherent interaction of photons with atoms has broad applications in sensing, communication and computations. Understanding light-matter dynamics at the micro and macroscopic scales is key to developing scalable quantum photonic technologies. I will review our prior and recent results demonstrating various quantum mechanical effects at the atom-photon interface including recent observation of anomalous light emission from an array of atoms on chip. I will also discuss our multidisciplinary approach for implementation of a scalable quantum communication network and then open discussion for potential collaboration within Brick. Attached (and below) is the schedule of future BNC strategic thinking discussion meetings, please mark your calendars to attend if possible. Date Faculty Topic 1/17/19 David Warsinger Water Purification 2/7/19 Mahdi Hosseini Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations 2/14/19 Ali Shakouri Birck Strategic Planning 2/21/19 Yong Chen Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI) 3/7/19 Dana Weinstein Birck Operations 3/21/19 Liang Pan Laser / e-beam nano manufacturing 3/28/19 Mohit Verma Microbiome 4/11/19 Rahim Rahimi Nano Manufacturing 4/18/19 SPS Panel (Tracy Hudson) Industrial contracting models panel discussion: Budgets and IP contracting issues Thank you! Jaime Turner Administrative Assistant to the Director Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN Office: 765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Le…] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps> From: Shakouri, Ali Sent: Friday, February 01, 2019 11:18 AM To: bnc-faculty-all-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu; Zemlyanov, Dmitry Y <dzemlian(a)purdue.edu>; Diaz Rivas, Rosa E <rdiazri(a)purdue.edu>; Raghunathan, Nithin <nithin(a)purdue.edu>; Dilley, Neil R <ndilley(a)purdue.edu>; Glassmaker, Nicholas J <nglassma(a)purdue.edu>; Lagoutchev, Alexei S <lagutch(a)purdue.edu>; Kwok, Tim <kwokt(a)purdue.edu> Cc: Black, Nancy Lee <blackn(a)purdue.edu>; Turner, Jaime J <jjbiggs(a)purdue.edu>; Morrison, Edward F <efmorris(a)purdue.edu>; Hudson, Tracy S <hudsont(a)purdue.edu> Subject: Future Birck meetings (Thursdays 12-1pm, Birck 2001) Dear Colleagues, In our Faculty Leadership Council meetings last year, we had extensive discussions about Birck Center's strategic planning and how we can become more prominent as a top nanotechnology center internationally. We are fortunate to have a great foundation (excellent faculty and staff, outstanding facility, and healthy financial performance and support from university). When I arrived about seven years ago, in consultation with many of you, we identified three main priorities: (1) space to bring new faculty/centers to Birck (2) replacement of many aging equipment. (3) signature or unique equipment/facility, best in the country, to increase our visibility and attract external partners. We have made significant progress in all three items above. However, we need a much larger fraction of Birck community to take ownership and be directly involved in the planning for future of Birck. I know everybody is extremely busy, but if we don't make an effort to come together and benefit from our collective strengths, what Dana, Yong and I in the leadership could do, will be limited. With the help of Peter Bermel, we are initiating a series of Future BNC meetings this semester, every Thursday 12noon-1pm at Birck 2001 (lunch provided). In the first 20-30 minutes, we may hear from a faculty member who will present their research very broadly, at a level accessible to those outside their immediate areas. This will create space during the remainder of the hour for a high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future centers of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. See below the current schedule. We will update this to have an event every Thursday (except holidays). Please don't hesitate to contact me or others in the leadership if you have any ideas or suggestions or want to present in one of the upcoming meetings. I look forward to see you at the Future Birck meetings. Thanks in advance for your time. Best regards, Ali Preliminary schedule: Date Faculty Topic 1/17/19 David Warsinger Water Purification 2/7/19 Mahdi Hosseini Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations 2/14/19 Ali Shakouri Birck Strategic Planning 2/21/19 Yong Chen Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI) 3/21/19 Liang Pan Laser / e-beam nano manufacturing 3/28/19 Mohit Verma Microbiome 4/11/19 Rahim Rahimi Nano Manufacturing 4/18/19 SPS Panel (Tracy Hudson) Industrial contracting models panel discussion: Budgets and IP contracting issues

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Future Birck meetings (Thursdays 12-1pm, Birck 2001)
by Shakouri, Ali 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

Dear Colleagues, In our Faculty Leadership Council meetings last year, we had extensive discussions about Birck Center's strategic planning and how we can become more prominent as a top nanotechnology center internationally. We are fortunate to have a great foundation (excellent faculty and staff, outstanding facility, and healthy financial performance and support from university). When I arrived about seven years ago, in consultation with many of you, we identified three main priorities: (1) space to bring new faculty/centers to Birck (2) replacement of many aging equipment. (3) signature or unique equipment/facility, best in the country, to increase our visibility and attract external partners. We have made significant progress in all three items above. However, we need a much larger fraction of Birck community to take ownership and be directly involved in the planning for future of Birck. I know everybody is extremely busy, but if we don't make an effort to come together and benefit from our collective strengths, what Dana, Yong and I in the leadership could do, will be limited. With the help of Peter Bermel, we are initiating a series of Future BNC meetings this semester, every Thursday 12noon-1pm at Birck 2001 (lunch provided). In the first 20-30 minutes, we may hear from a faculty member who will present their research very broadly, at a level accessible to those outside their immediate areas. This will create space during the remainder of the hour for a high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future centers of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. See below the current schedule. We will update this to have an event every Thursday (except holidays). Please don't hesitate to contact me or others in the leadership if you have any ideas or suggestions or want to present in one of the upcoming meetings. I look forward to see you at the Future Birck meetings. Thanks in advance for your time. Best regards, Ali Preliminary schedule: Date Faculty Topic 1/17/19 David Warsinger Water Purification 2/7/19 Mahdi Hosseini Exploring Quantum Regime of Atom-Photon Dynamics for Applications in Sensing, Communication and Computations 2/14/19 Ali Shakouri Birck Strategic Planning 2/21/19 Yong Chen Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI) 3/21/19 Liang Pan Laser / e-beam nano manufacturing 3/28/19 Mohit Verma Microbiome 4/11/19 Rahim Rahimi Nano Manufacturing 4/18/19 SPS Panel (Tracy Hudson) Industrial contracting models panel discussion: Budgets and IP contracting issues

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