March 2019 - Bnc-grads-list

[NSAC] Nanohub & Jupyter Worshop this Wednesday
by Samuel Peana 15 Mar '19

15 Mar '19

Dear all, NSAC is hosting a workshop on the Nanohub tools available and also the development process of creating new tools. In particular Jupyter, the new interactive online programming platform will be covered. Lunch will be provided! If you are coming please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/xmsjwxaCWfO2ymWq2 so we can get a count for ordering food! WHAT: NSAC Workshop WHY: Learning about Nanohub tools and the awesome Jupyter platform WHEN: Wednesday March 20th from 10 till 4pm Schedule of Sessions: 10:00am - 11:30am - Introduction to Nanohub 11:30am - 12:00pm - Jupyter Introduction and Demo 12:00am - 12:30pm - Jupyter Exercise (Create Simple Notebook) 12:30pm - 01:00pm - Lunch Break/Open Q&A session 01:00pm - 01:30pm - More Jupyter tools. Kernels, uploading, downloading, terminal. 01:30pm - 02:00pm - Exercise. Install and run tutorial files from github. 02:00pm - 02:30pm - Jupyter ecosystem talk/demo. Learn about the different visualization tools and libraries. 02:30pm - 03:00pm - Exercise using visualization tools 03:00pm - 03:30pm - Jupyter Lab Intro 03:30pm - 04:00pm - TBA (Either Machine Learning with Jupyter or Jupyter Lab Exercises) Note: There will be 10min breaks after exercise sections and refreshments will be provided. Sincerely, -Sam Peana

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FW: 2019 ABE Industrial Research Symposium on March 25th
by Turner, Jaime J 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2019 ABE Symposium Hello All! The ABE Graduate Student Association is organizing the 2019 ABE Industrial Research Symposium on March 25th. All students (Grad and Undergrad) are encouraged to register and present their research and mingle with industry representatives at a variety of events throughout the entire day. Visiting scholars, post-docs, and faculty are welcome. The Symposium Planning Committee invites you to attend! Register to attend: https://goo.gl/forms/1b3BEZlHTPHgAkJG2 See you there! The Symposium Planning Committee

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Important: NanoDays Volunteers Needed! 4/3/19 - 4/4/19
by Turner, Jaime J 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

Dear students, As you know NanoDays has continued to be a very successful outreach activity for the Birck Nanotechnology Center every year, and this year is no exception. It took only a couple of weeks advertising until we filled up every available visitor slot. This year NanoDays is on Thursday and Friday, April 4th and 5th. Additionally, on Wednesday evening, April 3rd we are hosting Girl Scout troops and we're also inviting faculty, staff, and student families to join us that evening. The success of NanoDays is heavily dependent on having many student volunteers to demonstrate the activities and interact with the visitors, perhaps inspiring them into future careers in science and engineering. We are in need of more student volunteers to help run these activities! I encourage you to please sign up and volunteer for this year's Nanodays, we are in need of many more volunteers!! Volunteer Sign Up Here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedFkdKYdqxFP2YGKbkeWTY06lVI6Yh9uG…> Thank you very much! [NanoDays: The Biggest Event for the Smallest Science]<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/NanoDays/index.php> Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center has an exciting volunteer opportunity for students! Participants will have the opportunity to: * Gain professional experience explaining scientific concepts to people from non-technical backgrounds. * Support the future of STEM programs by introducing grade schoolers and high school students to the miniscule world of atoms, molecules, and nanoscale forces. * Participate with other students/researchers in a nationwide festival celebrating nanotechnology science and education. Since 2010, the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Discovery Park has participated in NISE NanoDays, a program that promotes science and technology education nationwide. Volunteers will staff activity stations and assist visitors as they investigate different scientific concepts. Some example activities for 2017 include static electricity, DNA, and ultraviolet light. No prior knowledge is required to volunteer, just an enthusiasm for science and science education. Volunteers can attend any or all of the available shifts (04/03/19 - 04/05/19). Free NanoDays T-shirt and food will be provided to Volunteers. Training is mandatory and will be provided in the Birck atrium on Tuesday, 04/02/19. A pizza party will be held from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM, training will follow from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM, and unstructured familiarization with the activities can be done from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. If the training schedule does not work for you, or if you have any questions, you may contact volunteer coordinator Rich Hosler (hosler0(a)purdue.edu<mailto:hosler0@purdue.edu>) and Justin Wirth (jcwirth(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jcwirth@purdue.edu>) Sign Up Here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedFkdKYdqxFP2YGKbkeWTY06lVI6Yh9uG…> Thanks you! 2019 Nanodays Committee 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(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> ______________________________________________________________ [https://www.purdue.edu/brand/images/Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Le…] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps<http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps>

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Seminar announcement - save the date: Roald Hoffmann April 3
by Turner, Jaime J 11 Mar '19

11 Mar '19

RESEARCH STRATEGY: TEACH A Conversation with Roald Hoffmann on Research, Teaching and Engagement in the 21st Century Land Grant University Wednesday, April 3, 2019 10:30AM Fowler Hall, Stewart Center Roald Hoffmann is a renowned researcher, teacher, and author from Cornell University, where he is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emeritus. As a researcher, he has received many honors, including the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared with Kenichi Fukui). As a teacher, he focused on introductory chemistry and reaching out to the general public. His television course, “The World of Chemistry,” first aired on PBS in 1990. As a writer, Hoffman has carved out a land between science, poetry, and philosophy, through many essays, five non-fiction books, three plays and five published collections.

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[NSAC] Social Night!!!!! TOMORROW
by Samuel Peana 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

Hi all, NSAC is hosting a social night tomorrow! Join your fellow colleagues for a relaxing evening watching movies, playing board games, and video games. Sajid has volunteered to make fresh mango lassi, supplies are limited! Other light refreshments will be provided! WHAT: NSAC Social Night WHEN: 9-12pm Friday March 8th WHY: For FUN! Planned Activities: -Room 1001 Movie Showing (Movie TBA - Decided by popular vote) Available Depending on Interest: -Room 2001 Board Games (Bring your own board games) -Conference Rooms - Video Games (Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360) Sincerely, -Sam Peana

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[Mentoring_at_Purdue] M@P Workshop THIS Wednesday and Upcoming Invited Lecture Series!
by Alexander, Elizabeth M 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

[cid:image003.jpg@01D4CD05.3FB7D5D0]Good afternoon! Mentoring@Purdue has many exciting events coming up. Be sure to mark your calendars! Our February Workshop, Supporting Our LGBTQ+ Students: The Value of Conscious Mentoring, is scheduled for THIS Wednesday, Feb. 27th 12-1pm in PFEN 241. Discrimination, hostile working environment, and microaggressions are just a few of the obstacles that LGBTQ+ students encounter on a college campus. How can mentors support their students? What do faculty and peers need to understand to better support students in the LGBTQ+ community? Join us as we have our panel of experts answer some of these questions and give us a better understanding of how to be a conscious mentor. If you are unable to attend in person, please join us via webex: https://purdue.webex.com/meet/alexan42 For our 6th Annual Invited Lecture Series, M@P is pleased to introduce Dr. Stacy Blake-Beard! Mark your calendars for her graduate student fireside and lecture: Strategic Mentoring for Graduate Success: A fireside with Dr. Blake-Beard Monday, March 4th 2:00pm-3:30pm PFEN 241 Pushing Traditional Boundaries: Understanding Mentoring Using an Intersectionality Lens Tuesday, March 5th 10:30am-12:00pm PFEN 241 Dr. Stacy Blake-Beard, is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor of Women and Leadership at Simmons College’s School of Management, where she teaches organizational behavior. Dr. Blake-Beard has worked with a number of organizations on the challenges and opportunities offered from a discerning examination of workforce relationships and the forces affecting them. The processes of mentoring and unconscious bias have been two areas in which Dr. Blake-Beard has concentrated her research and practice. Her work on the impact of diversity and inclusion in organizations is exemplified in her collaboration with Stanford University’s Clayman Institute for Gender (Mentoring: Creating Mutually Empowering Relationships) and her TEDx talk on mentoring (The Power of Mentoring as a Transformational Process|TEDxUrsulineCollege). Dr. Blake-Beard has published research on gender, diversity, and mentoring in several publications including the Journal of Career Development, the Academy of Management Executive, the Psychology of Women Quarterly, Journal of Management Development, the Journal of Business Ethics, Human Resource Management Journal and The Diversity Factor. On behalf of the entire M@P team, Liz Alexander Graduate Research Assistant Coordinator of On-Campus Activities Mentoring@Purdue Department of Agricultural Sciences Education & Communications Purdue University Lilly Hall Rm. 4-401 915 W. State St. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053 _______________________________________________ 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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FW: AES 2019: deadline for abstracts submission extended to March 18, 2019
by Black, Nancy Lee 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

From: Aes_list [mailto:aes_list-bounces@metalist.geeps.centralesupelec.fr] On Behalf Of Said Zouhdi Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2019 6:23 AM To: contact(a)mysymposia.org Subject: AES 2019: deadline for abstracts submission extended to March 18, 2019 AES 2019, the 7th Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal July 24 - 26, 2019 Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that the deadline of abstract submission has been extended up to March 18, 2019. Abstracts are to be submitted online at: https://mysymposia.org/index.php/AES19/index/pages/view/abstracts Plenary/invited speakers A list of confirmed plenary and invited speakers can be found at: 1. https://mysymposia.org/index.php/AES19/index/pages/view/plenary 2. https://mysymposia.org/index.php/AES19/index/pages/view/invited Tutorials AES 2019 will feature technical tutorials instructed by world-leading experts on various topics of interest to the AES community. The tutorials will address an audience with a varied range of interests and backgrounds: beginners, students, researchers, lecturers and representatives of companies, governments and funding agencies who wish to learn new concepts and technologies. Instructors: Prof. Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA Prof. Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA Prof. Michael Fiddy, DARPA, USA Dr. Rachel Won, Nature Photonics, UK Prof. Eli Yablonovitch, UC Berkeley, USA More information on the conference is found in the attached conference flyer and at the conference website: http://mysymposia.org Best regards, Profs. Antonio Topa & Said Zouhdi, general chairs

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FW: Science Fair - Help Still Needed!-2nd request
by Black, Nancy Lee 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Hello, Could you please circulate this callout again? We are still looking for help for the Lafayette Regional Science Fair coming up this Friday. Judges needed for the Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair- Friday 3/8/2019 Hello! Would you be willing to act as a judge at the 2019 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair on Friday, March 8? If you are receiving this message, it means you are eligible to volunteer as a judge in the 2019 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 8. This year, we have over 600 young experimentalists (5-12 graders) eagerly awaiting a chance to share their projects with “real scientists”. The fair is only a few weeks away, so right now they are putting the final touches on their posters and practicing their talks. We are always in need of many judges to handle the large volume of students. That’s where you come in. For those who may have done this in the past you remember how it was the first time you judged- so many abstracts and projects to look at! Because of this, we need lots of help to give these students a great science fair experience. Judging really is a lot of fun, and not terribly difficult since the kids are high school age or younger. Please come out and help support this event! As always, a complimentary buffet dinner in the Purdue Memorial Union will precede judging in Stewart Center. You will receive follow up instructions regarding exact times and locations, but typically dinner begins around 4:30 pm and judging begins at 6 pm. If you would like to judge this year, please fill out the following survey: https://goo.gl/forms/tbPPj5a8d4EbcoYF2 Feel free to email me at lrsciencefair2019(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsciencefair2019@gmail.com> with any specific questions or concerns not covered in the survey. Detailed instructions will go out closer to the time of the event. I hope you can make it! We have a record number of projects again this year and need all the judges we can get. Best Regards, Gillian Barth (lrsciencefair2019(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsciencefair2019@gmail.com>) 2019 Judge Coordinator and Dr. Cynthia Stauffacher 2019 Director -- Gillian Barth Deputy Director Lafayette Regional Science Fair Purdue University

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Today's Coffee Hour Talk
by Paul Somers 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Dear all, Today we will be having the weekly coffee hour talk given by our own NSAC President, Sam Peana, from Profs. Vladimir Shalaev and Dana Weinstein's group. The talk will be titled “EDX and you: How composition analysis will change your life". As per usual there will be a litany of tasty snacks to aid with talk retention. What: NSAC Coffee hour talk When: Friday, 03/1/2019, 3:30 pm Where: BNC Atrium Speaker: Sam Peana Title: EDX and you: How composition analysis will change your life Regards Paul Somers

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