Dear Birck faculty, A reminder about our major Birck outreach opportunity for the year, see below email. Please reply to me BY TOMORROW if your group can contribute. So far I have these groups RSVP'ed: * Liang Pan * Ryan Wagner * Chris Gilpin / EM core Thank you, Neil -- Neil R. Dilley, Ph.D. Research Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center , Rm 1014 1205 Mitch Daniels Blvd. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 765-496-6080 From: Neil R Dilley Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2025 2:41 PM To: bnc-faculty-all-list@ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Birck outreach this fall: Manufacturing Week -- please respond by Aug 27 Dear research colleagues, We are getting ready for this year's outreach event from Birck, which again will take place during Manufacturing Week at the Tippecanoe Fairgrounds like in previous 2 years. https://www.greaterlafayettecommerce.com/manufacturing-week/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greaterlafayettecommerce.com%2Fmanufacturing-week%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cbnc-faculty-all-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C8d9f1b80682b4e86e8f408dde5afac93%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C1%7C0%7C638919264888511988%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J68Hzd2Z2IGi9ns%2BK%2Fa5vptHlgjGfcapURdY6ObV1D8%3D&reserved=0> We have decided to commit to 2 days of activities at Manufacturing Week, and we will be doing the middle school (Expo) portion but not the K-5 (Discovery) ages. Our days will be Tues Sept. 30 / Wed Oct 1. I'm reaching out to the Birck research community to see if your lab can create and carry out a "nano" activity, hopefully relating to your research, for middle school kids (grades 6-8) at Manufacturing Week. Please let me know soon if you can participate in this 2 day event! Some dates: BY Wed., Aug. 27 - please let me know verbally if your group can participate, and what your activity will be Friday, Sept. 5 - groups each demonstrate their projects in BRK 1001 Monday, Sept. 8 - Neil and Kelli finalize the list of groups participating Tues 9/30, Wed 10/1 - Birck activities at Manufacturing Week Thank you for helping Birck outreach! Best Neil -- Neil R. Dilley, Ph.D. Research Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center , Rm 1014 1205 Mitch Daniels Blvd. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 765-496-6080