Dear all, The next Future BNC Meeting will be this Thursday, 4/18 @ 12pm (lunch provided) in BRK 2001. Ken Sandel, Senior Director Sponsored Program Services; Laura Gray, J.D. Lead Analyst, Strategic Contracts Group and Bryan Scott, Pre-Award Center Manager will present work-for-hire, industrial contracting models which are flexible in meeting faculty’s needs when working with industrial partners for the first half then the remainder will be open for questions and high-level discussion of collaboration opportunities that can lead to future center of excellence and/or also brainstorm about a shared vision for Birck. This program will present the details of budgeting (F&A rates and IP Fees) and additional approvals required prior to formally submitting proposals. Correspondingly, we will review common contractual issues such as IP and publication review or restriction that are common within these 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@purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Lea...] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>