January 2021 - Bnc-grads-list

NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series: An Interview with Dr. Sajid Choudhury
by Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Hi Everyone! Reminder for our upcoming NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series with Dr. Sajid Choudhury- Purdue, Birck and NSAC Alumni. Sajid was NSAC President for 2017-2018 academic year. He graduated from Purdue University in 2019 and is currently an Assistant Professor in department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BUET<https://www.buet.ac.bd/web/>. Join us this Friday afternoon as Dr. Sajid shares some of his stories from Birck and gives us some insights into his journey from Graduate School to a career in Academia. Bonus: Short Kahoot! session today again. Winner gets NSAC Coffee Hour Mug [Confetti ball with solid fill] An Interview with Dr. Sajid Choudhury When: Today 2:00 pm (Jan-29, 2021) Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/coffee-hour-dr-choudhury [Text Description automatically generated] See you soon on Friday! Warm regards, Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) [cid:image003.png@01D6F435.41111190]<https://www.facebook.com/NSACPurdue>[cid:image004.png@01D6F435.41111190]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/nsac-purdue/> [cid:image005.png@01D6F435.41111190] <https://www.instagram.com/nsacpurdue/> [cid:image006.png@01D6F435.41111190] <https://www.youtube.com/user/NSACpurdue> Due to COVID, Coffee Hour is moved online and will be held over MS Teams. NSAC aims at providing recognition to all our speakers, and strives to publicize BNC and the research being carried out here to a global audience. With the speaker's permission, the recorded Coffee Hour sessions will be uploaded on NSAC's Youtube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJj86STjrLvgywovLbatD2g> for public access, with due credit to the speakers. All the interviewees will also receive a NSAC Coffee Mug as a token of appreciation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NSAC is a student organization built to help enhance the communication of nanotechnology related people in Purdue. We have hosted a bunch of academic and social events in the past years, such as coffee hour, fab forum, interactive workshops, corn maze, etc. This year, towards the special COVID-19 situation, NSAC will keep its active virtual efforts to enhance the connections and communications within the community. Let's make nano 'bigger' and stronger together. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MmJkMTkzODktOTBkYy00…> Learn More<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> | Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=74c4e3d7-259e-4c17-…> ________________________________________________________________________________

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SPIE Seminar Series February 2 2021
by Sarah Nahar Chowdhury 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Dear all, Greetings from the Purdue University SPIE/OSA Student Chapter, Together with SPIE/OSA Student Chapters from the University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington University in St. Louis, Aston University, Texas A&M University, and Northwestern University, we are delighted to hold this seminar as part of the series. Next Tuesday (February 2nd, 2021) at 11:00am CT, we will have our SPIE seminar talk of the series, this time Dr. Avik Dutt from Stanford University will be presenting his research on "Synthetic Dimensions: harnessing internal degrees of freedom of light for quantum, nonlinear and topological photonics". Please see the attached flyer for more information. Please join us through the following ZOOM link: <https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95262975453> Topic: Avik Dutt: SPIE Seminar Series Time: Feb 2, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/6045788227 Meeting ID: 604 578 8227 [cid:dd6627a1-e759-44ff-95bf-b4f118dcad63] Best regards, Sarah -- Sarah Nahar Chowdhury Graduate Research Assistant Purdue University

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NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series: An Interview with Dr. Sajid Choudhury
by Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council 27 Jan '21

27 Jan '21

Hi Everyone! This week for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is Dr. Sajid Choudhury- Purdue, Birck and NSAC Alumni. Sajid was NSAC President for 2017-2018 academic year. He graduated from Purdue University in 2019 and is currently an Assistant Professor in department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BUET<https://www.buet.ac.bd/web/>. Join us this Friday afternoon as Dr. Sajid shares some of his stories from Birck and gives us some insights into his journey from Graduate School to a career in Academia. An Interview with Dr. Sajid Choudhury When: Friday 2:00 pm (Jan-29, 2021) Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/coffee-hour-dr-choudhury [Text Description automatically generated] See you soon on Friday! Warm regards, Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) [cid:image003.png@01D6F435.41111190]<https://www.facebook.com/NSACPurdue>[cid:image004.png@01D6F435.41111190]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/nsac-purdue/> [cid:image005.png@01D6F435.41111190] <https://www.instagram.com/nsacpurdue/> [cid:image006.png@01D6F435.41111190] <https://www.youtube.com/user/NSACpurdue> Due to COVID, Coffee Hour is moved online and will be held over MS Teams. NSAC aims at providing recognition to all our speakers, and strives to publicize BNC and the research being carried out here to a global audience. With the speaker's permission, the recorded Coffee Hour sessions will be uploaded on NSAC's Youtube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJj86STjrLvgywovLbatD2g> for public access, with due credit to the speakers. All the interviewees will also receive a NSAC Coffee Mug as a token of appreciation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NSAC is a student organization built to help enhance the communication of nanotechnology related people in Purdue. We have hosted a bunch of academic and social events in the past years, such as coffee hour, fab forum, interactive workshops, corn maze, etc. This year, towards the special COVID-19 situation, NSAC will keep its active virtual efforts to enhance the connections and communications within the community. Let's make nano 'bigger' and stronger together. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MmJkMTkzODktOTBkYy00…> Learn More<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> | Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=74c4e3d7-259e-4c17-…> ________________________________________________________________________________

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[Mentoring_at_Purdue] Virtual M@P Webinar Next Wednesday!
by McBride, Stephen Mark 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Mark your calendars and join us next Wednesday, January 27, at 12:00pm (EST) on Zoom for a virtual Mentoring@Purdue workshop: The Hidden Curriculum: Mentoring BIPOC Graduate Students for Careers in Predominantly White Fields! Graduate students who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) face unique challenges such as loneliness, isolation, or microaggressions when entering a workforce that is predominantly White. Therefore, it is increasingly important for mentors to prepare students for these challenges as they plan for their future careers. This workshop will feature strategies and advice from a panel of experts for finding support networks, understanding rights in the workplace, and navigating though these challenges. Please join us for this discussion about mentoring BIPOC graduate students. This free virtual workshop is also open to anyone outside of the Purdue Community. [cid:a61af26c-7008-4bd0-9d6c-f019e6f224e5] Please refer to the attached flyer for the unique Zoom Meeting ID and Passcode for the webinar. We look forward to having you all next week! On behalf of all of us on the M@P team, Stephen McBride Doctoral Student Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication Purdue University Lilly Building, Room 4-401 915 W State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 [Purdue University]<https://www.purdue.edu/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=…> _______________________________________________ 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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Win $15 UberEats Vouchers in NSAC Callout & Coffee Hour: an interview with Prof. Shakouri
by Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Hi Everyone! A kind reminder that NSAC Callout, i.e. first NSAC | Coffee Hour Interview in 2021 will happen at 2pm this afternoon. In the event, Prof. Ali Shakouri will share his academic experience as a graduate student, as a professor, as an administrator, and as NSAC Faculty Advisor. Right after the Interview, we will play a round of Trivia on Kahoot! Questions are mostly based on the content in the Callout. Top _3_ winners will each get $15 UberEats vouchers as welcome gifts from NSAC. For some good times, in a good company, and a chance to win UberEats passes 🎉🎉 , join us Live this afternoon. NSAC Callout 2021: An Interview with Prof. Ali Shakouri When: Friday 2-3pm (Jan-22, 2021) Where: MS Teams Live https://tinyurl.com/coffee-hour-prof-shakouri-1 [cid:84ae9f1a-f4f5-464a-9db3-9c75f5fe2c4e] Warm regards, Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) [cid:1254d18d-5ffa-4f6c-ba1f-5cfae4156de4]<https://www.facebook.com/NSACPurdue>[cid:6f988f5c-9d1b-412b-b6f3-f9c20f173381]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/nsac-purdue/> [cid:423c76bf-4303-4ae3-b342-ea1ac94ded0e] <https://www.instagram.com/nsacpurdue/> [cid:600d9c07-0e24-4e98-afc3-9b9b97b43f21] <https://www.youtube.com/user/NSACpurdue> Due to COVID, Coffee Hour is moved online and will be held over MS Teams. NSAC aims at providing recognition to all our speakers, and strives to publicize BNC and the research being carried out here to a global audience. With the speaker's permission, the recorded Coffee Hour sessions will be uploaded on NSAC's Youtube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJj86STjrLvgywovLbatD2g> for public access, with due credit to the speakers. All the interviewees will also receive a NSAC Coffee Mug as a token of appreciation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NSAC is a student organization built to help enhance the communication of nanotechnology related people in Purdue. We have hosted a bunch of academic and social events in the past years, such as coffee hour, fab forum, interactive workshops, corn maze, etc. This year, towards the special COVID-19 situation, NSAC will keep its active virtual efforts to enhance the connections and communications within the community. Let’s make nano ‘bigger’ and stronger together.

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NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series: An Interview with Prof. Ali Shakouri
by Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

Hi Everyone! Welcome to a brand new 2021! As we begin this new semester with the first NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series Interview session of Spring 2021, we have Prof. Ali Shakouri-Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Faculty advisor for NSAC, joining us live this week to share his academic experience as a graduate student, as a Professor, in administrative role, and as NSAC Faculty Advisor. NSAC will also like to take this opportunity to welcome all the new BNC members this semester. Right after the Interview, we have prepared a round of Trivia on Kahoot! for some good times, in good company, and a chance to win UberEats vouchers 🎉🎉. No rocket science, no nanotech. Simple questions about NSAC and Birck. You get your menu ready; we will get the vouchers ready for Top _ 5_ players!! An Interview with Prof. Ali Shakouri When: Friday 2:00 pm (Jan-22, 2021) Where: MS Teams Live https://tinyurl.com/coffee-hour-prof-shakouri-1 [cid:image007.png@01D6EF54.1564FEC0] See you soon on Friday! Warm regards, Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC) [cid:image002.png@01D6EF23.D68061C0]<https://www.facebook.com/NSACPurdue>[cid:image003.png@01D6EF23.D68061C0]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/nsac-purdue/> [cid:image004.png@01D6EF23.D68061C0] <https://www.instagram.com/nsacpurdue/> [cid:image005.png@01D6EF23.D68061C0] <https://www.youtube.com/user/NSACpurdue> Due to COVID, Coffee Hour is moved online and will be held over MS Teams. NSAC aims at providing recognition to all our speakers, and strives to publicize BNC and the research being carried out here to a global audience. With the speaker's permission, the recorded Coffee Hour sessions will be uploaded on NSAC's Youtube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJj86STjrLvgywovLbatD2g> for public access, with due credit to the speakers. All the interviewees will also receive a NSAC Coffee Mug as a token of appreciation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NSAC is a student organization built to help enhance the communication of nanotechnology related people in Purdue. We have hosted a bunch of academic and social events in the past years, such as coffee hour, fab forum, interactive workshops, corn maze, etc. This year, towards the special COVID-19 situation, NSAC will keep its active virtual efforts to enhance the connections and communications within the community. Let’s make nano ‘bigger’ and stronger together. ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YTQzZGU2NzgtYzFkNi00…> Learn More<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> | Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=5e25f3e4-7430-49f7-…> ________________________________________________________________________________

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FW: Tuesday 01/19/21: SPIE Student Webinar Series - Alexandra Brumberg - Probing the photophysical properties of semiconductor nanoplatelets
by Xiaohui Xu 16 Jan '21

16 Jan '21

Happy New Year to all! Our SPIE seminar series hosted together with multiple universities continue in the spring semester. Below please find the information of an upcoming seminar on next Tuesday (1/19/2021, 11am CDT) hosted by Northwestern University: Greetings from the SPIE NU Chapter, We are very excited to announce our third speaker of the joint SPIE student webinar series. Next Tuesday 01/19/21 at 11 am (CDT), we will have Alexandra Brumberg (Northwestern University) from Prof. Richard Schaller's group presenting her research on "Probing the photophysical properties of semiconductor nanoplatelets." Please join us through the following zoom link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/99469787436 [Alexandra Brumberg.png] Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. SPIE NU Student Chapter

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Hands-on, free, workshops on machine learning - registration open (limited seats)
by Turner, Jaime J 06 Jan '21

06 Jan '21

Dear Colleagues, nanoHUB is excited to announce the first four workshops for the Spring 2021 session of our Hands-on Data Science and Machine Learning Training Series. Series information. Our series is aimed at active researchers and educators and designed to introduce practical skills with online, hands-on activities participnts will be able to incorporate in their work. Hands-on activities will use nanoHUB cloud computing resources, no need to download or install any software. All you need is an internet connection and a browser. After the training sessions, you will be able to continue using nanoHUB for research or education. Registration links and material for prior workshops can be found at the workshop webpage: https://nanohub.org/groups/ml/handsontraining Register soon as seats are limited. Date/Time: January 13, 2021 / 1 PM – 2 PM EST Title: Unsupervised clustering methods for image segmentation: application to scanning electron microscopy images of graphene By: Aagam Shah, Darren Adams, Sameh Tawfick, and Elif Ertekin Register here (limited seats): https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/onstage/g.php?MTID=e59389ef6d05f46ccf735e8d… Abstract: In digital image processing and computer vision, image segmentation refers to the process of partitioning a digital image into multiple segments or related sets of pixels. This tutorial introduces you to U-Net, a popular convolutional neural network commonly developed for image segmentation in biomedicine. Using an assembled data set, you will learn how to create and train a U-Net neural network, and apply it to segment scanning electron microscopy images of graphene on a substrate. Date/Time: January 20, 2021 / 1 PM – 2 PM EST Title: U-Net convolutional neural networks for image segmentation: application to scanning electron microscopy images of graphene By: Aagam Shah, Darren Adams, Sameh Tawfick, and Elif Ertekin Register here (limited seats): https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1891210e556e375681ad9cb… Abstract: In digital image processing and computer vision, image segmentation refers to the process of partitioning a digital image into multiple segments or related sets of pixels. This tutorial introduces you to U-Net, a popular convolutional neural network commonly developed for image segmentation in biomedicine. Using an assembled data set, you will learn how to create and train a U-Net neural network, and apply it to segment scanning electron microscopy images of graphene on a substrate. Date/Time: January 27, 2021 / 1 PM – 2 PM EST Title: Constructing Accurate Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships via Materials Graph Networks By: Yunxing Zuo, Chi Chen, and Shyue Ping Ong Register here (limited seats): https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/onstage/g.php?MTID=e43ba4d6399d343e2cde9aa0… Abstract: This tutorial covers materials graph networks for modeling crystal and molecular properties. We will introduce the graph representation of crystals and molecules and how the convolutional operations are carried out on the materials graphs. Then we will introduce the megnet package for constructing the graph network models, setting up the model for training and the model evaluation. We will show examples of graph models using computational data from the Materials Project database. Date/Time: February 3, 2021 / 1 PM – 2 PM EST Title: Convenient and efficient evelopment of Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials By: Chi Chen, Yunxing Zuo, and Shyue Ping Ong Register here (limited seats): https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/onstage/g.php?MTID=e135394b9269645c5f55a869… Abstract: This tutorial introduces the concepts of machine learning interatomic potentials (ML-IAPs) in materials science, including two components of local environment atomic descriptors and machine learning models. Using the prepared dataset, you will learn how to build a prototype ML-IAP and use it to predict basic material properties for a multi-component system. We hope that you can attend this workshop and walk away with enough information and practical skills to kickstart your foray into deep learning methods for your research or classroom use. Best regards, Prof. Ale Strachan, Materials Engineering, Purdue University Deputy Director, nanoHUB. http://nanohub.org/ -- Alejandro Strachan Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University Network for Computational Nanotechnology - nanohub.org<http://nanohub.org> Center for Predictive Materials and Devices (c-PRIMED)

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Re: [BNC-grads-list] [Bnc-faculty-all-list] Jerry Shepard
by Chen, Zhihong 06 Jan '21

06 Jan '21

Just finished reading every post on Jerry’s blog. Great writing of interesting stories and thoughts! Everything will be fine – that’s what I truly believe. Best wishes, Zhihong Zhihong Chen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Birck Associate Director for Research Birck Nanotechnology Center Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 Tel: (765)494-0772<tel:%28765%29494-0772> Fax: (765)496-8299<tel:%28765%29496-8299> Email: zhchen(a)purdue.edu<mailto:zhchen@purdue.edu> From: Bnc-faculty-all-list <bnc-faculty-all-list-bounces(a)ecn.purdue.edu> on behalf of Jaime Turner <jjbiggs(a)purdue.edu> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 10:09 AM To: "'Bnc-faculty-all-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu'" <Bnc-faculty-all-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu>, "bnc-grads-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu" <bnc-grads-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu> Cc: Mary Totten <tottenm(a)purdue.edu>, "Rowe, William J" <wrowe(a)purdue.edu> Subject: [Bnc-faculty-all-list] Jerry Shepard Good morning, Some of you may or may not have heard that one of our research engineers, Jerry Shepard suffered a couple seizures before Christmas and after having an MRI they located a brain tumor. He and his wife will be leaving for Mayo Clinic on January 9th for surgery. We have cards available to sign if you would like. One is in the engineering office and the other is in Mary Jo and Kyles office. We are also collecting money to help with expenses, if you would like to donate please drop off with Bill Rowe and Tim Miller in BRK 2287 or Mary Jo and Kyle in BRK 1220. Jerry has started a blog to let everyone know what is happening and what his schedule is, here is the link to it: https://theshepardexperience.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR0fIbXLYVdbCZ3CTQCKip4… This will be a long journey for Jerry and his family and we wish them all the best and positive thoughts as they navigate it. Thank you, Jaime Turner Lead Administrative Assistant to the Director | Birck Nanotechnology Center BRK | 1205 W State Street | West Lafayette, IN 47907 o: 765-494-3509<tel:7654943509> | m: 765-491-3064<tel:7654913064> | jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> [83324AA6]<https://www.purdue.edu/>

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Announcement about new course
by Turner, Jaime J 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Please find below information regarding a new course for the Spring 2021 semester ============================================================= ECE 695 Quantum Detectors and Sensors Spring 2021 Prof. Zubin Jacob is offering a course on fundamentals of quantum technology. Here is a preview about the course https://youtu.be/8sp4p9PEKJE ============================================================ Jaime Turner Lead Administrative Assistant to the Director | Birck Nanotechnology Center BRK | 1205 W State Street | West Lafayette, IN 47907 o: 765-494-3509<tel:7654943509> | m: 765-491-3064<tel:7654913064> | jjturner(a)purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> [83324AA6]<https://www.purdue.edu/>

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