March 2017 - Bnc-grads-list

Nanodays Volunteers Needed
by Turner, Jaime J 27 Mar '17

27 Mar '17

REMINDER: Nanodays volunteers needed, please sign up! Sign up Link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044eabad2aa1f94-nanodays Dear Birck Graduate Students, As many of you may know NanoDays has been a very successful outreach activity for the Birck Nanotechnology Center for many years. This year NanoDays is on Thursday and Friday, April 6 & 7. Additionally, on Wednesday evening, April 5 we are hosting local Girl Scout troops and we're also inviting faculty, staff, and student families to join us that evening. The visitor rolls are already full and the school children and young adults are very much looking forward to learning about science and engineering. The success of NanoDays is heavily dependent on having many student volunteers to demonstrate the 'experiments' and interact with the visitors, perhaps inspiring them into future careers in science and engineering. We have opportunities for many more volunteers so I'm seeking your help. The below call is going out a couple of times between now and NanoDays. Would you please strongly consider volunteering for this important activity? It is very rewarding to the many volunteers as they interact with young people and inspire them into STEM careers. You will find this a very rewarding experience! Thank you for helping to make NanoDays a success! Best, Dimitri --- Hello, Volunteers! I want to take a moment to thank you for signing up. Volunteers like you are what make events like NanoDays possible. We are less than a month away from NanoDays and currently only have half of the volunteers needed. If you have time, please take another look at the schedule and consider signing up for additional spots. Also, consider inviting friends and colleagues from technical and educational backgrounds to join you by sending them the following link: http://tinyurl.com/ztb83wz. One last thing, if you aren't signed up already, make sure to attend the training event and pizza party on Wednesday, 4/5/17, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Together we can make this the best NanoDays yet! Sean Rinehart srinehar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:srinehar@purdue.edu> ________________________________________________________________________________ Dimitrios Peroulis Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Deputy Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 tel: (765) 494-3491 email: dperouli(a)purdue.edu<mailto:dperouli@purdue.edu> http://sites.google.com/site/peroulisteam/ ________________________________________________________________________________

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OSA and SPIE Movie Night on Friday March 24 at 6PM in Birck 1001
by Justus C Ndukaife 24 Mar '17

24 Mar '17

Dear Colleagues. Please join us for a movie night this Friday (Mar 24) in Birck 1001 at 6PM to watch "The PhD movie 2". Pizza and pop will be provided. Please see attached flyer for details. Best regards, Justus (On behalf of OSA and SPIE, Purdue Chapter)

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Nanodays 2017 - seeking your help
by Peroulis, Dimitrios 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Dear Birck Graduate Students, As many of you may know NanoDays has been a very successful outreach activity for the Birck Nanotechnology Center for many years. This year NanoDays is on Thursday and Friday, April 6 & 7. Additionally, on Wednesday evening, April 5 we are hosting local Girl Scout troops and we're also inviting faculty, staff, and student families to join us that evening. The visitor rolls are already full and the school children and young adults are very much looking forward to learning about science and engineering. The success of NanoDays is heavily dependent on having many student volunteers to demonstrate the 'experiments' and interact with the visitors, perhaps inspiring them into future careers in science and engineering. We have opportunities for many more volunteers so I'm seeking your help. The below call is going out a couple of times between now and NanoDays. Would you please strongly consider volunteering for this important activity? It is very rewarding to the many volunteers as they interact with young people and inspire them into STEM careers. You will find this a very rewarding experience! Thank you for helping to make NanoDays a success! Best, Dimitri --- Hello, Volunteers! I want to take a moment to thank you for signing up. Volunteers like you are what make events like NanoDays possible. We are less than a month away from NanoDays and currently only have half of the volunteers needed. If you have time, please take another look at the schedule and consider signing up for additional spots. Also, consider inviting friends and colleagues from technical and educational backgrounds to join you by sending them the following link: http://tinyurl.com/ztb83wz. One last thing, if you aren't signed up already, make sure to attend the training event and pizza party on Wednesday, 4/5/17, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Together we can make this the best NanoDays yet! Sean Rinehart srinehar(a)purdue.edu<mailto:srinehar@purdue.edu> ________________________________________________________________________________ Dimitrios Peroulis Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Deputy Director, Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 tel: (765) 494-3491 email: dperouli(a)purdue.edu<mailto:dperouli@purdue.edu> http://sites.google.com/site/peroulisteam/ ________________________________________________________________________________

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FW: Pfanstiehl visit - lunch / info session
by Turner, Jaime J 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

LyoHub is hosting this company’s VP and others on Thursday and they invited interested faculty and students for lunch on Thursday 11:30 to 12:20 in RHPH 162. Please RSVP to gray160(a)purdue.edu<mailto:gray160@purdue.edu> to have accurate count for meals. Pfanstiehl is a manufacturer of high-purity chemicals located near Chicago, IL. They are looking for student interns. [cid:image001.png@01D2974C.B277A5A0]

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Toastmaster workshop: interviewing and communication skills (Today at noon in WTHR 160)
by Mikhail Shalaginov 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

Reminder about the toastmaster workshop. Today at noon in WTHR 160. Delicious lunch is provided too. -- Mikhail Y. Shalaginov PhD candidate Research assistant Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 tel: +1 765 496 2067; fax: +1 765 496 2018 email: shalaginov(a)purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/~mshalagi/

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[Mentoring_at_Purdue] M@P Graduate Student Workshop TONIGHT!
by Vollmer, Dorothy L 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

Good morning everyone! The Mentoring@Purdue (M@P) Program will hold its 4th annual Invited Lecture Series today, March 7th, and tomorrow, March 8th. For the Invited Lecture Series, we invite nationally recognized scholars and practitioners in the fields of mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and creating climates of success for URM students. This year, M@P will host Dr. Erika Camacho of Arizona State University. Dr. Camacho will host two workshops - one for faculty and staff and one for graduate students. The graduate student workshop, "Insights to Success Before, During, and After Graduate School Through My Story," will be TODAY, March 7th from 5:00pm-6:00pm in Whistler Hall, Room B008. Having grown up in East Los Angeles, California, Dr. Camacho understands many of the struggles that students and women of color must endure in striving to attain their academic and professional goals. Dr. Camacho will be sharing her life experiences and the challenges she had to overcome to help her achieve her personal and professional goals. She will share stories about the key individuals and decisions that contributed to her success and transformation, including highlights of her research and the adversities she faced. Dr. Camacho will also share her passion for social activism and continual drive to transform the world of academia and strengthen our communities. Her life story is full of insights and lessons of empowerment for all. The faculty and staff workshop, "Intentional and Strategic Mentoring," will be TOMORROW, March 8th from 10:30am-11:30am in Pfendler Hall, Room 241. [cid:image001.jpg@01D29732.AD1306F0] On behalf of the M@P team, Dottie Vollmer Master's Student Purdue University College of Agriculture Youth Development and Agricultural Education 765.585.1609 _______________________________________________ Mentoring_at_Purdue mailing list Mentoring_at_Purdue(a)lists.purdue.edu https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/mentoring_at_purdue

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[Mentoring_at_Purdue] Mentoring@Purdue Invited Lecture Series STARTS TOMORROW!
by Vollmer, Dorothy L 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Good afternoon everyone! The Mentoring@Purdue (M@P) Program will hold its 4th annual Invited Lecture Series during March 7-8, 2017. For the Invited Lecture Series, we invite nationally recognized scholars and practitioners in the fields of mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and creating climates of success for URM students. This year, M@P will host Dr. Erika Camacho of Arizona State University. Dr. Camacho grew up in East Los Angeles and was taught by Jaime Escalante at Garfield High School. She received her B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Wellesley College in 1997. After earning her Ph.D. in applied mathematics at Cornell University in 2003, Dr. Camacho spent a year as a postdoctoral research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She then held a tenure-track faculty position at Loyola Marymount University before joining the faculty at ASU in 2007. She was a 2013-2014 MLK Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has co-directed various summer research programs, dedicated to the recruitment of undergraduate women, underrepresented minorities, and those that might not otherwise have the opportunity. Her leadership, scholarship, and mentoring have won her many national and regional recognition including the SACNAS Distinguished Undergraduate Mentoring Award, the Hispanic Women Corporation National Latina Leadership Award, one of 12 Emerging Scholars by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, one of the 40 Hispanic Leaders Under 40 Award, the Victoria Foundation Higher Education Outstanding STEM Award, the ASU Faculty Women's Association Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award, and many more. Her national service is exceptional and ranges from mentoring to Associated Editor for the journal of Bulletin of Mathematical Biology to Board member for SACNAS and many other advisory boards. She has been profiled and featured in multiple media outlets including Univision Nightly Spanish News in a two-part segment entitled "Erika Camacho's Inspirational Story", the SIAM News "The Intersecting Lives of Two Mathematicians in East L.A.", in three SACNAS News Feature Articles "Leadership", "Building Confidence", and "Fixing the Leaky Faucet: A Discussion on Women of Color in STEM with Children", Latino Perspectives Magazine "Camacho stands and delivers", and Voces magazine "I am the American Dream: Erika Tatiana Camacho, Ph.D.". She has been interviewed on CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News as part of a segment in honor of her high school teacher Jaime Escalante and in PBS Arizona Horizonte for her HWC Leadership Award. Dr. Camacho's passion is to continue the work and legacy of her mentors: to create opportunities for those individuals from marginalized communities and make graduate education attainable to them through intensive research. Dr. Camacho will host two workshops - one for faculty and staff and one for graduate students. The graduate student workshop, "Insights to Success Before, During, and After Graduate School Through My Story," will be on Tuesday, March 7th from 5:00pm-6:00pm in Whistler Hall, Room B008. The faculty and staff workshop, "Intentional and Strategic Mentoring," will be on Wednesday, March 8th from 10:30am-11:30am in Pfendler Hall, Room 241. Please see the flyer below, and attached, for descriptions of the workshops. Hope to see you there! [cid:image001.jpg@01D29673.BC795780] On behalf of the M@P team, Dottie Vollmer Master's Student Purdue University College of Agriculture Youth Development and Agricultural Education 765.585.1609 _______________________________________________ Mentoring_at_Purdue mailing list Mentoring_at_Purdue(a)lists.purdue.edu https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/mentoring_at_purdue

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Today's NSAC Coffee Hour
by Aveek Dutta 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Dear all, Please join us for today's NSAC coffee hour session in the Birck atrium at 3:30 pm. Details follow: Presenter: Punyashloka Debashis Title: Computation with Nanomagnets Regards, Aveek Dutta Graduate Research Assistant Birck Nanotechnology Center Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University

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