October 2013 - Msepostdoc-list

Fwd: Reminder-Free Math Works Seminar TODAY
by Donna Bystrom 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

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MSE Emergency Contact Form New/Updates Fillable Word Doc
by Stacey, Lisa A 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

MSE Department: If you did not recently (this semester) send me your new/updated MSE Emergency Contact Info form, please do (electronic or hard copy are both fine). This information is kept confidential and is not for public knowledge. Use of this information is intended for emergencies only in case you're needed or if you're involved in an emergency situation and we need to contact someone on your behalf. It is very important to have on file in our dept. office. Please complete both pages. Note: I only have recent new/updates from the following this semester: Lindley Zbib Owen Diaz Cano Yoo Dehestani Hsu Rueschoff Klenosky Kroneman Reeve Krafcik Meyer Strachan Thank you, Lisa Stacey Secretary/Development Assistant Purdue University School of Materials Engineering 765/494-4100

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FW: PPDA October Social: Wednesday, Oct 23: Lafayette Brew Co.
by Stacey, Lisa A 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hi all, This is a friendly reminder of the PPDA October Social. Come meet other postdocs and enjoy a beverage (or two)! October 23, 2013 6:30 PM Lafayette Brewing Co (http://www.lafayettebrewingco.com) 622 Main St., Lafayette, Indiana 47901 Feel free to bring the whole family (children are welcome). Ask for the PPDA table once you arrive. Hope to see you there! Kind regards, Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buescher NIFA Postdoctoral Associate Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Purdue University (765) 494-9042

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FW: Free MathWorks seminar: Acquiring and Analyzing Data with MATLAB (10/28; PHYS 331; 4-6PM)
by Stacey, Lisa A 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

You are invited to join us for a free technical MATLAB seminar next Monday (10/28) from 4-6pm at Room 331 in the Physics Building. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acquiring and Analyzing Data with MATLAB Seminar at Purdue University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Presenter: Isaac Noh, MathWorks Application Engineer Monday, October 28: 4:00 - 6:00pm in PHYS 331 (light refreshments will be available) Acquiring and Analyzing Data with MATLAB Seminar MATLAB and its toolboxes provide powerful tools for data analysis. Please join us to learn how MATLAB can help you get the most out of your signal generators, data acquisition boards, oscilloscopes and other data collection and signal analysis equipment. This tech session will cover techniques to acquire and analyze data, build stand-alone test applications, generate reports, and automate measurements. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please forward this invitation to any colleagues who may be interested in this event. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope you can join us. Please contact me with any questions at 508-647-7093 or heather.wellman(a)mathworks.com<mailto:heather.wellman@mathworks.com>. Sincerely, Heather Wellman Sr. Account Manager MathWorks -- Elizabeth Buescher NIFA Postdoctoral Associate Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Purdue University (765) 494-9042

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REMINDER: A. Hodge MSE 690 Seminar tomorrow, 10/18, 3:30 pm, ARMS 1010
by Stacey, Lisa A 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

See attached Thank you, Lisa Stacey Secretary/Development Assistant Purdue University School of Materials Engineering 765/494-4100

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Fwd: Coffee Hour Today
by Donna Bystrom 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

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FW: Reminder: Coffee Hour tomorrow
by Stacey, Lisa A 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Hi all, This is a friendly reminder about tomorrow's coffee hour: Thursday, October 17th 12:00-1:00 PM PMU Rm 256 If you would like to give a short, 15 minute, 3 slide presentation on your research, please let me (ebuesche(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ebuesche@purdue.edu>) know. We're going to add this to our monthly coffee hour. If you are interested in presenting in a future coffee hour, please email ppda(a)purdue.edu<mailto:ppda@purdue.edu>. Future coffee hour dates (12:30-1:30PM, PMU Rm 256) THU - NOV 14 2013 FRI - DEC 20 2013 FRI - JAN 17 2014 FRI - FEB 21 2014 FRI - MAR 21 2014 TUE - APR 15 2014 FRI - MAY 16 2014 Kind regards, Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Buescher NIFA Postdoctoral Associate Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Purdue University (765) 494-9042

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REMINDER Seminar Notice: M. Wood, PhD Prelim I, Thur. 10/17, ARMS 3109, 2:30 pm
by Stacey, Lisa A 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SEMINAR Defect Engineering for Magnetic Vortex Pinning in Iron-Pnictide Superconductors for High Magnetic Field Applications By Mitchell Wood Purdue MSE Ph.D. Prelim Exam Part I Advisor- Prof. A. Strachan ABSTRACT Since the discovery of superconductivity in an iron-containing compound in 2008, research into these materials has advanced at a blistering pace, rivaling the cuprate compounds of a few decades ago. Paramagnetic compounds were previously thought to destroy the superconducting state but, with new insight, it is found that the exchange of paramagnetic order offers a strong Cooper pairing mechanism, in contrast to phonon exchange. Advances in this area have brought critical temperatures up to about 50K with the added advantage of high upper critical magnetic fields, up to 100 tesla in some cases. Though the critical temperatures are far below cuprate super-conductors, their low anisotropy crystal structures and possibility for enhancing properties through doping allow for strong pinning of magnetic vortices to yield high critical current densities. In high field applications, such as in particle accelerators or medical imaging, these materials could possibly rival the industry standard Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox (BSCCO) high temperature superconductor (HTSC), but a detailed understating of the microstructural effects on flux pinning would aid the design and manufacture of better materials. Therefore, what can we use from decades of HTSC research into similar systems to improve the pinning mechanisms in iron based superconductors? Furthermore, can we use the unique Cooper pairing in Fe-HTSC to our advantage when designing these materials for high magnetic field applications? The focus here will be on the capability to engineer pinning landscapes that can allow large currents at high values of magnetic field. Date: October 17, 2013 Time: 2:30 PM. Place: ARMS 3109 Lisa Stacey Secretary/Development Assistant Purdue University School of Materials Engineering 765/494-4100

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seminar notice from PHYS
by Donna Bystrom 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

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MSE 690 Seminar Series Notice: A. Hodge, USC - Fri. 10/18/13, 3:30 pm, ARMS 1010
by Stacey, Lisa A 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Attached please see the notice for our next MSE 690 Seminar Series speaker, Andrea Hodge from USC scheduled for this Friday, Oct. 18th. You may recall that Andrea was originally scheduled to visit and present back in April, but was unable to travel due to blizzard conditions. We are happy to once again welcome her to Purdue this week. Thank you, Lisa Stacey Secretary/Development Assistant Purdue University School of Materials Engineering 765/494-4100

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