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@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>