April 2007 - Bnc-grads-list

SEMINAR: Friday, April 27, on behalf of ERICA CARLSON
by Deborah Starewich 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Condensed Matter & Biological Physics Seminar "Drawing Conclusions from Graphene" Friday April 27, 2007 Location: PHYS 242 1:30p -2:30p (refreshments at 1PM, PHYS 242) Antonio Castro Neto Boston University Graphene, a two dimensional carbon crystal with a honeycomb lattice, was discovered only two years ago. It has generated a lot of excitement in the condensed matter community because of its unusual properties: anomalous integer quantum Hall effect, universal d.c. conductivity, absence of weak localization, unusual behavior in high magnetic fields, among others. In this talk I am going to discuss the various non-Fermi liquid properties of single layer, bilayer, and multi-layer graphene. I will also discuss the discovery and theoretical description of the first semiconductor with tunable gap by electric field effect created from a biased bilayer graphene. These results indicate that graphene belongs to a new class of materials with unique properties that can be used as the basis for carbon-based electronics.

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Seminar for Sash Boltasseva
by Willison, Sheryl L 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

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ME 597R Intellectual Property - 1 credit grad or undergrad; ON BEHALF OF GEORGE ADAMS
by Deborah Starewich 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

> > Dear Students: > > I wanted to alert you to a course I am just now adding for fall 2007. The > course is ME 597R Intellectual Property and is a 1 credit course that is > taught by an adjunct faculty member who is a patent lawyer. This course has > historically been a spring semester course; however, this course was cancelled > in spring 2007 so the instructors have decided to offer the course in fall > 2007 instead. It is currently scheduled for Mondays 2:30-3:20pm. > > For your benefit, I have attached the course map and description to give you > more details about this course as well as some other materials about the > course and the instructor (http://meweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~me597r/) If you are > interested in patent law, entrepreneurship, or just have an interest in this > intellectual property, I can highly recommend this course. It can be used for > technical elective credit in the ME Undergraduate program. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > Prof. Jones > > ---------------- > James D. Jones > Associate Professor and Associate Head > School of Mechanical Engineering > 585 Purdue Mall > West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088 > Ph: (765) 494-5691 > Fax: (765) 494-0539 > Email: jonesjd(a)purdue.edu > Web: www.purdue.edu/ME <http://www.purdue.edu/ME> > ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Career Selection Workshop follow-up
by Willison, Sheryl L 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

For the benefit of those of you who couldn't make it and for those who requested additional information at our "Selecting your Career" workshop today, I have compiled a few helpful resources for you to look at. 1. Here is the link to Dr. Adams 5 part lecture series on becoming a faculty member. As of today, only the first 4 have been posted on Omega's website. http://meweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~meomega/2007/03/08/all-about-faculty-positi ons/ 2. The two books that Dr. Son mentioned that are helpful for preparation for a career in the sciences are: A PhD is not enough: http://www.amazon.com/Ph-D-Not-Enough-Survival-Science/dp/0201626632/ref =pd_bbs_1/002-1346004-3096063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176396714&sr=8-1 Tomorrow's Professor: http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrows-Professor-Preparing-Careers-Engineering/ dp/0780311361/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-1346004-3096063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=11763 96714&sr=8-2 We look forward to future discussions like this that can help us prepare for our future careers. Thanks for your attendance. Nanotechnology Student Advisory Committee (NSAC) ----------------------------------- Brian D. Iverson biverson(a)purdue.edu School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University 585 Purdue Mall, ME 15 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088 Phone: 765.494.4762 Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 W. State St., BNC 2218 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Phone: 765.496.8340 <mailto:biverson@purdue.edu>

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PAPER IS HERE
by Deborah Starewich 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

If you have a poster to print, the paper has been delivered to the EPICS lab in Morgan. I will have additional easels set up in the south hallway (along the cleanroom hallway). Deborah Deborah S. Starewich Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 765-494-3509 dstarewi(a)ecn.purdue.edu http://www.nano.purdue.edu/

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