March 2019 - Bnc-faculty-all-list

FW: Explore the Latest Advances in AFMs, nanoIRs, and Nanoindenters | April 18
by Turner, Jaime J 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

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REMINDER: Future BNC Meeting - TODAY, Thurs. 3/28 @ 12pm in BRK 2001
by Turner, Jaime J 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

REMINDER: Today at 12pm in BRK 2001, lunch provided. Dear all, The next Future BNC Meeting will be this Thursday, 3/28 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Mohit Verma<https://www.vermalab.com/>, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering will present an overview of Microbiome 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. Microbiome We are surrounded by microbes with intriguing functions—they are in the oceans (where they produce 50% of the oxygen we breathe), in the skies (where they can act as seeds for cloud formation and influence climate globally), in the mammalian gut (where they not only help with digestion but also influence inflammation, appetite, circadian rhythm, and behaviors), and in the soil (where they can be as diverse as 40,000 species per gram and determine which crops survive)—but studying and engineering these complex microbial communities (microbiomes) is challenging. Physical-organic chemistry—i.e. the science of establishing links between the molecular structure and function of a compound in a physical system—provides one simple approach to engineering of microbiomes. I will share two examples of this physical-organic approach: the first one studies the biological activity of a short-chain fatty acid (butyrate) and the second starts to explore the impact of carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, galactose) on the microbiome. Another approach for understanding microbiomes is the use of in vitro models with embedded biosensors. I will highlight how we can learn from soft robotics to build these in vitro models. 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 Steve Wereley Rapid Electrokinetic Patterning 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 4/25/19 Daniel Suter Neuronal mechanics: an example of nano-bio research 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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Future BNC Meeting - Thurs. 3/28 @ 12pm in BRK 2001
by Turner, Jaime J 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Dear all, The next Future BNC Meeting will be this Thursday, 3/28 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Mohit Verma<https://www.vermalab.com/>, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering will present an overview of Microbiome 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. Microbiome We are surrounded by microbes with intriguing functions—they are in the oceans (where they produce 50% of the oxygen we breathe), in the skies (where they can act as seeds for cloud formation and influence climate globally), in the mammalian gut (where they not only help with digestion but also influence inflammation, appetite, circadian rhythm, and behaviors), and in the soil (where they can be as diverse as 40,000 species per gram and determine which crops survive)—but studying and engineering these complex microbial communities (microbiomes) is challenging. Physical-organic chemistry—i.e. the science of establishing links between the molecular structure and function of a compound in a physical system—provides one simple approach to engineering of microbiomes. I will share two examples of this physical-organic approach: the first one studies the biological activity of a short-chain fatty acid (butyrate) and the second starts to explore the impact of carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, galactose) on the microbiome. Another approach for understanding microbiomes is the use of in vitro models with embedded biosensors. I will highlight how we can learn from soft robotics to build these in vitro models. 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 Steve Wereley Rapid Electrokinetic Patterning 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 4/25/19 Daniel Suter Neuronal mechanics: an example of nano-bio research 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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FW: Important Discovery Park Parking Update
by Turner, Jaime J 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Good Afternoon, Please see important Discovery Park parking details below: 1. Parking lot west of Birck: Will now be closed starting Monday, March 25th. 2. Discovery Park shuttle: Starting Monday, March 25th. This shuttle service runs every 10 minutes Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and serves the Discovery Lot to Ross-Ade Stadium. Destinations along this route include Beering, State Street and University Street. You can find additional information and the route at the following link: https://www.gocitybus.com/route/16-university-street 3. Register your vehicle to the Discovery Park permit: All DP residential faculty and staff must log into the parking portal below to finalize their parking registration and be eligible for DP residential faculty/staff parking. Follow these procedures: * Go to the Parking Portal (https://purdue.t2hosted.com/Account/Portal) and login. * From the top menu, go to PERMITS --> View Your Permits * Click on your Discovery Park Reserve permit number (it begins with 19DPR) * Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Add Vehicles to Permit" * Select the vehicles you would like to add and click "Add the selected vehicle" You will return to the permit detail page. * Click your name in the upper right to log out. NOTE: Vehicles not registered by Friday, March 29th are subject to a ticket if they are using a DP designated parking space. 4. After hours and weekend parking: DP parking spaces will only enforced between the hours of 7am to 6pm, Monday thru Friday. These spaces are available to anyone on weekends and evenings after 6pm. Signage will be changed in the next few weeks to reflect this change in policy. 5. Reminder: The primary purpose of these designated spaces is to accommodate Discovery Park staff/faculty who have responsibilities that require them to commute to and from Discovery Park during working hours. Those individuals not required to commute are strongly encouraged to use alternate parking spaces whenever possible. cliff Cliff Wojtalewicz Assistant Director Discovery Park Purdue University 765.496.3961 (Office) cliffw(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cliffw@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 - TODAY Thurs. 3/21 @ 12pm in BRK 2001
by Turner, Jaime J 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

REMINDER: TODAY at 12pm in BRK 2001, Lunch provided Dear all, The next Future BNC Meeting will be this Thursday, 3/21 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Liang Pan<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/People/ptProfile?resource_id=80190>, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering will present an overview of Plasmonic Nanofocusing for Scalable Nanomanufacturing 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. Plasmonic Nanofocusing for Scalable Nanomanufacturing Nanoscale optical energy focusing using plasmonic structures can circumvent the diffraction limit, which is useful for many applications, such as nanoscale imaging, absorption enhancement in solar energy, surface enhanced Raman scattering, a near-field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording, plasmonic nanolithography, and hybrid electronic-plasmonic chips. Many of these applications are featured by their nanoscale spatial field distribution and strong light-matter interaction. Here, we will give an overview of our recent progress in studies of plasmonic nanoscale focusing schemes to achieve high efficiencies and resolutions and their new uses in plasmonic optical nanolithography and plasmonic-enhanced electron nanolithography. In addition, we will also and briefly cover other related efforts and collaborations in nanoscale and microscale 3D fabrications. 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 Steve Wereley Rapid Electrokinetic Patterning 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 4/25/19 Daniel Suter Neuronal mechanics: an example of nano-bio research 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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Se Kwon Kim Seminar: Spintronics in Quantum Materials
by Turner, Jaime J 21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19

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FW: Call for posters at the 36th HC Brown Lectures. Due: 5pm Wednesday, April 10, 2019
by Turner, Jaime J 20 Mar '19

20 Mar '19

-------------------------------------------------------------- 36th Herbert C. Brown Lectures in Organic Chemistry Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019 Time: 8:55 AM - 6:30 PM (EDT) Location: Purdue University, Stewart Center (STEW) Room 214 Dear colleagues: The 36th H.C. Brown Lectures will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Among the activities will be a poster session, with poster viewing opportunities throughout the day. We encourage student participants to present their recent works at our poster session and competition. Multiple cash awards will be given for the best posters by students and post-docs. Poster information (title, authors, and affiliation) must be submitted electronically through the online registration form BEFORE 5pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Website and registration: https://www.chem.purdue.edu/hcbrownlectures/. Thank you, Jean Chmielewski, Chair chml(a)purdue.edu<mailto:chml@purdue.edu> Chris Uyeda, Chair-elect cuyeda(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cuyeda@purdue.edu>

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Future BNC Meeting - Thurs. 3/21 @ 12pm in BRK 2001
by Turner, Jaime J 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Dear all, The next Future BNC Meeting will be this Thursday, 3/21 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Liang Pan<https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/People/ptProfile?resource_id=80190>, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering will present an overview of Plasmonic Nanofocusing for Scalable Nanomanufacturing 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. Plasmonic Nanofocusing for Scalable Nanomanufacturing Nanoscale optical energy focusing using plasmonic structures can circumvent the diffraction limit, which is useful for many applications, such as nanoscale imaging, absorption enhancement in solar energy, surface enhanced Raman scattering, a near-field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording, plasmonic nanolithography, and hybrid electronic-plasmonic chips. Many of these applications are featured by their nanoscale spatial field distribution and strong light-matter interaction. Here, we will give an overview of our recent progress in studies of plasmonic nanoscale focusing schemes to achieve high efficiencies and resolutions and their new uses in plasmonic optical nanolithography and plasmonic-enhanced electron nanolithography. In addition, we will also and briefly cover other related efforts and collaborations in nanoscale and microscale 3D fabrications. 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 Steve Wereley Rapid Electrokinetic Patterning 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 4/25/19 Daniel Suter Neuronal mechanics: an example of nano-bio research 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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Birck Parking (after March 18)
by Shakouri, Ali 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Dear Colleagues, Most of you should have received Tomas’ email on March 4th (~2:18pm) about the Parking at Discovery Park. Beginning next Monday, March 18th, approximately 108 “A” spaces located west of the Birck Nanotechnology Center will no longer be available. Marshall drive will be closed so the only access to Birck will be from south (Gates Rd next to FlexLab). Additionally, on May 20th, approximately another 30 spaces west of Birck will no longer be available. For “DP Resident faculty and staff” who need to go back and forth between DP and main campus, 45 parking spaces on Jischke Drive, Gates Road and South of Birck building have been reserved (see attached). These parking spaces are numbered from 301 to 346. These spaces are available on a first come first serve basis. You are encouraged to use the Discovery Park parking lot (South of Discovery Learning Center) whenever possible if you do not routinely travel to and from main campus. · Eight (8) of the reserved parking spaces will be designated “2 hour” parking for Discovery Park Residential Faculty and Staff, or for Discovery Park visitors. See attached the locations north of Jischke Drive and Gates Road. · All 45 spaces will be monitored by Parking Services for compliance and violators will be subject to fines. In order to legally use these spaces, vehicles must have an “A” permit in the system AND Discovery Park users should have already provide their name and Purdue ID # (PUID) through the link in Tomas’ email. If you have not received Tomas’ email but you are a resident faculty at Birck, please contact Jaime ASAP. For faculty who are NOT resident in DP but need to attend meetings, thesis defenses or seminars, we definitely want to facilitate easy access. Close collaborations and interactions between researchers at Birck and those at the main campus are essential. Please let Jaime know the date/time when you need to be here and we try our best to reserve a spot nearby. As you can imagine, having only 45 reserved parking spaces is limited for the whole DP. Cliff is investigating the possibility of a express bus between DP and main campus, you may hear more from him. Several faculty have discussed about the possibility to write a petition. Tomas and I tried our best and brought up the issue directly with VP for Facilities, EVPRP and Provost. I think it is more effective if you try the proposed solution in the next couple of weeks. If this solution does not work out, please email Jaime and provide feedback about specific issues. If needed, we will be glad to go back to higher administration and explore other possibilities. Your research productivity is extremely important and we will do our best to make sure we have a vibrant community. Have a good weekend. Best regards, Ali From: Bnc-faculty-all-list <bnc-faculty-all-list-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu> On Behalf Of Shakouri, Ali Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 9:10 AM To: bnc-faculty-all-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu Cc: Reger, Ronald K <rreger(a)purdue.edu>; Turner, Jaime J <jjbiggs(a)purdue.edu>; Diaz de la Rubia, Tomas J <tddlr(a)purdue.edu>; Cox, Erica L <ericacox(a)purdue.edu>; Voorhis, Mark L. <mvoorhis(a)purdue.edu>; Wojtalewicz, Clifford J. <cliffw(a)purdue.edu>; Chen, Yong P <chen276(a)purdue.edu>; Jurss, Stephen E <sejurss(a)purdue.edu> Subject: Re: [Bnc-faculty-all-list] Birck Parking, New Constructions Dear Colleagues, I appreciate very much everybody’s quick follow up. See below couple of your comments summarizing well the impact of the parking. Cliff and I met with Physical Facilities last week and discussed about the parking spaces west of Birck which will be lost at the end of the month. Their solution has been to convert ~140 C-permit student parking spaces south of Discovery Learning center to A and AB parking. The following viewgraphs summarize these changes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5gaaiejrx6k2jba/DP_Parking.pptx?dl=0 Facilities is also prepared to expand the City Bus transit route to DP with three stops from the south of HDLR to Armstrong and around the stadium and back (so called 20 minutes express at a cost of $15K/month). We asked if they could participate in a town hall meeting and describe their proposed solutions. Physical facilities was unwilling to participate. Tomas has brought up the issue with Suresh Garimella and Jay Akridge directly. Meanwhile, we look forward to receive your comments and feedback about the proposed parking solution. Your voice is critical if this is something that will affect your research and productivity. Best regards, Ali ****************** A sample of abbreviated faculty feedback: "Thank you for doing this. The parking situation is a disaster. I have meetings almost every day both in Birck and Morgan and on main campus side. ...In addition, I have multiple trips in connection with search committees - both for candidates seminars and meetings. And regular school meetings..." "Actually I usually drive back and forth ... every day of the week. ... If I try to come back to Birck later, I cannot find a spot. I find that parking spots are only available if you arrive before 9am in the morning. The reduction in parking will kill productivity. " “As Im not “in BNC” this may not pertain to me. However, if parking becomes difficult in the lot South of DLC, Ill likely have to start doing what I did with BME – that is stop going. Before that parking lot I used to serve on a lot of PhD dissertations and collaborate a bit in BME. Parking became difficult to I started to tell them it either had to be 1st thing in the morning, last thing in the afternoon or over in main campus. Now I don’t collaborate with them at all. If something similar happens to BNC with regards to parking, I cannot justify taking 30 min each way to walk or bus over for a meeting. So either meetings happen on my schedule, they come to me or I do not get involved. This spiel is meant more for Ali to use to speak with the Dean, EVPR, etc. I don’t think they understand how collaborations work and that spreading us out across campus combined with a lack of parking imposes time penalties that takes away from other things. Unfortunately, the more collaboration one does, the more this affects them and so it will limit collaboration.” “I come to Birck irregularly for seminars and meetings. I actually come fairly infrequently due in part to the difficulties with parking we already have. Without parking issue, I might be coming for seminars perhaps once every two weeks.” I need to drive to main campus at least once almost daily ... Also I drive various candidates ..to show them BRK. … if we spend 20 min finding parking this will add 30-40 min time on the schedule which is almost not feasible in many cases… I have Labs in Wang Hall and Birck, my graduate students and postdocs have offices in both locations and there are active experiments that utilize the toolsets at both locations. As such losing parking and not getting replacement parking nearby … is a HUGE problem for me and my research group … This semester - I regularly drive to Birck immediately after my class ends ... (I have to carry a lot of lecture notes and even though I like to walk there is just no way to walk with huge folder of lecture notes for my undergrad class plus the laptop and research notes for lab meeting). ... We also host visitors in the lab - typically every week or so. Some drive themselves and need parking. Having parking for visitors right near Birck was a major advantage for organizing industry visits. There should be at least an increase in short-term parking for visitors and faculty/staff who needs to get in/out of DP to main campus. This is a major issue and will have impact on productivity. I think it’s worth doing some creative, deeper thinking about keeping Discovery Park connected to main campus. May be increase the number of buses? This does not alleviate the lecture notes problem. On the creative side - why don’t we have delivery robots shuttling stuff between buildings/labs? Seriously. this could be a major test bed for this technology, see for example: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/starship-deploys-autonomous-delivery-bots… Ali, did you reach out to Provost’s office? They can help facilitate a meeting with Bill Sullivan if this is an issue affecting faculty and academic/research programs. I have to go between both sides of campus at least once a day. Times will vary. ...I also have lab space in main campus so my students and I have to go back and forth depending on experiments. There are times when I have to back and forth twice a day. It has become impossible at times to find parking. I often remain on East Campus (main campus) and work remotely from there because of the parking situation. … For my case, I have already tried to limited the numbers of trips I have to make between Birck and ME, mainly because the challenges to find a nearby parking at Birck during the work days, especially when there is a seminar. One of my colleagues actually changed to an all-electric car mainly because it is easier to park at the nearby charging stations. … ...This semester, my schedule has been such that I don't come to Birck except for one a month or so since I am teaching two classes and expected to be in lab for teaching four days a week and there is no way for me to cross campus and return for my other responsibilities. ... I basically do not go to Birck when I have to be at the main campus, which this parking issue exacerbates. If reasonable parking were available, I could be at Birck once or twice per week and meet with my collaborator, who works out of Birck. ****************** On Feb 6, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Shakouri, Ali <shakouri(a)purdue.edu<mailto:shakouri@purdue.edu>> wrote: 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 <Purdue Village Pedestrian Logistics Plan_2019.02.04 (002).pdf>

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BNC recharge rates adjustment
by Weinstein, Dana 13 Mar '19

13 Mar '19

Dear Birck PIs, We recently performed an evaluation of recharge rates for Scifres (the Birck cleanroom), and will be rolling out the new rates on July 1. In order to assist with planning your budgets, we want to alert you to the modification in Scifres costs in advance of the roll-out. This task should be performed at least every two years. However, this is the first such evaluation since 2012 and, as such, may come as a surprise to some PIs. Break-even rates for each tool are first calculated based on engineer time dedicated to the tool, cost of supplies, and usage. The final tool rate is then proposed based on these values, while ensuring that the facility does not make a profit. The average increase across the 104 tools/services in Scifres is 12%. The new rate is just 2.4% above the inflation rate from 2012. In all, 17 tools have seen a decrease in rate, while only a handful have increased substantially (e.g. CMP, CPD, Hall Effect system, a couple furnaces) due to dramatic change in usage or increased cost of maintenance due to aging. These rates are competitive with those of our peer facilities across the country. The proposed rates are attached for your reference. In addition to these tools, we have various new capabilities recently available or coming up in the next few months (and in some cases weeks), which will add substantial capabilities to all users. Most new tools already have rates determined, while the most recent will be calculated and made available to users as they come. o Heidelberg MLA150 direct write lithography w/back side alignment, gray scale, high throughput (up and running) o Automatic developer/mask etcher/spin rinse for wafers, pieces, and reticles o FEI Apreo Cleanroom SEM o AJA ion mill with end point detection (finally up and running) o Plasma-Therm HDPCVD deposition tool with low temp high density film capability o RCA clean hood in furnace area (up and running) o Keyence digital microscope w/large depth of field and tilt capabilities (up and running) o 2 RIE etchers for O2, Ar, CF4 (replacing the old Plasmatec, up and running) o IKO Jr. electroplating system w/2 interchangeable baths o Vacuum oven o Magnetic sputtering system Finally, PIs should be aware of a modification to the Scifres cap model. The new cap policy is a bit more democratic and is aimed to encourage heavier user of the cleanroom by those who just miss the previous hard cap of 13k/yr. The new model is as follows: Modified cap model: A single user who accumulates expenses in excess of $10,000 but not more than $13,000 will have a soft cap applied (users pay 20% of normal rate). A single user who has expenses in excess of $13,000 will have a hard cap (no charge). Any user whose expenses exceed $28,000 will revert back to paying 100% of their charges. In each of these scenarios, the charges incurred have to be for the same user on the same project and excludes the JEOL E-Beam Writer, staff time and expenses for precious metals and supplies. The exclusion of the JEOL ebeam lithography system from the cap reflects its disproportionate subsidy (due to the necessary service contract) and follows policy similar to that of comparable university fabs. ——————————————— Dana Weinstein Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Director of Operations, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Discovery Park Purdue University https://engineering.purdue.edu/hybridmems

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