[BNC-all] Monday Memo: 03.05.07

[Deborah Starewich]

MONDAY MEMO, MARCH 5, 2007
 
 
CONTENTS
 
1. Announcements
 
1.1: Daylight Savings Time, per Jeremy Galloway, ECN
 
1.2: Placing Orders with OnePurdue ­ additional info
 
1.3: Candiss Vibbert asks you to ³hold the date²: April 16, 3:30
 
 
2. Faculty/Staff/Student Awards and Honors
 
2.1: Muhammad A. Alam ­ 2007 University Faculty Scholar
 
 
3. Seminar Announcements
 
3.1:  ³Engineered Drug Therapies Enabled by Fabrication Processes from the
Electronics Industry,² by Joseph M. DeSimone, Departments of Chemistry &
Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Department of
Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University; MARCH 6, 4:30-5:30
pm, WTHR 104
 
3.2:  ³Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention: Studies with Green & Black
Tea,² by James Klaunig, Indiana U School of Medicine, MARCH 6, 1:30-2:30 pm,
MRGN 121.  Reception immediately following in MRGN Café.
 
3.3: ³Essentials of Visualization,² by David Ebert, Professor, School of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, Regional Visualization and
Analytics Center, Purdue University; MARCH 7, 2:00-3:00, EE 317.
 
3.4: ³Cancer Care Center,² by Joe Pekny, Professor of Chemical Engineering,
and Director, E-enterprise; MARCH 9, 11:30-12:30 pm, MRGN 206. Bring your
lunch.
 
3.5: ³Advances in High-Frequency Applied Electromagnetic Applications,² by
William Chappell, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University;
MARCH 9, 3:30-4:30 pm, MSEE B012. Refreshments served.
 
 
4. Workshops/Conferences
 
4.1: CALL FOR PAPERS: The ASME Nanotechnology Institute announces the 2nd
Energy Nanotechnology International Conference.  Submit abstracts by March
15, 2007.
 
 
5. Job/Fellowship opportunities
 
5.1: Cingular Industry Presentation, March 5, 6-7 pm, EE 170
 
 
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1. Announcements
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1.1: Daylight Savings Time, per Jeremy Galloway, ECN
For those who use Outlook for calendaring:  ECN has made a website
(https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/ECNn/#801
<file://localhost/ECN/ECNn#801> ) that explains more about the DST issues
that are coming up in March.  ECN supported desktop PCs had the DST patch
installed in December.  This means appointments made after December should
show up correctly during this time.  Reoccurring appointments made before
December will need to be corrected manually.  The "Solutions" section of the
document explains what you should do for these few weeks. Please let me know
if you have any other questions.
 
1.2: Placing orders with OnePurdue.  Graduate students should contact their
³home² department business office to be enrolled in the necessary training
so that they may begin placing their own orders.
 
1.3: Candiss Vibbert asks you to ³hold the date² for the first of two Spring
2007 Discovery Lecture Series Events.  On April 16th at 3:30 p.m. in Loeb
Playhouse, the Honeywell/Purdue University Partnership will present Nobel
Laureate Dr. John Hall.  Following his presentation, ³Making a Big Deal out
of the Small Decimal Digits:  The Remarkable Utility of Precision
Measurement,² President Jischke will join Dr. Hall to discuss ³What's Next
for Science?² Dr. Hall will also meet with undergraduates, faculty members,
and graduate students.  He will tour Discovery Park.  If you would like to
see his agenda or have any questions, please contact Phillip Fiorini or
Candiss Vibbert.
 
 
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2. Awards/Honors
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Professor Muhammad A. Alam has been selected to be a 2007 University Faculty
Scholar.  The University Faculty Scholars Program recognizes outstanding
accomplishments and contributions of faculty members who are on an
accelerated path for academic distinction and are nominated by committees
from their academic areas and approved by the provost.  A university-wide
announcement will be made when all the schools of the University have
completed their selection process.
 
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3. Seminar Announcements
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3.1: ³Engineered Drug Therapies Enabled by Fabrication Processes from the
Electronics Industry,² by Joseph M. DeSimone, Departments of Chemistry &
Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Department of
Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University; MARCH 6, 2007,
4:30-5:30, WTHR 104.
 
A novel  method for the fabrication of organic particles on the order of
tens of nanometers to several microns will be described.  Our imprint
lithographic technique called PRINT (Practicle Recplication In Non-wetting
Templates), takes advantage of the unique properties of elastomeric molds
comprised of a low surface energy perfluoropolyether network, allowing the
production of monodisperse, shape-specific nanoparticles from an extensive
array of organic precursors.  This engineered nature of particle production
has a number of advantages over the construction of traditional
nanoparticles such as liposomes, dendrimers, and colloidal precipitates.
The nature of PRINT technology takes drug delivery for the first time into
the uncharted realm of engineered drug therapies given its á la carte
approach and versatility.  PRINT allows for the precise control over
particle size (20 nm to >100 micron), particle shape (speres, cylinders,
discs, toroidal), particle composition (organic/inorganic, solid/porous),
particle cargo (hydrophilic or hydrophobic thereapeutics, biologicals,
proteins, oligonucleotides, siRNA, imaging agents such as MR contrast
agents, positron emitters), particle modulus (stiff, deformable) and
particle surface properties (Avidin/biotin complexes, targeting peptides,
antibodies, aptamers, cationic/anion charges, Stealth PEG chains). I believe
that PRINT is the only technology that can independently design these
attributes to create truly engineered drug therapies.  For the first time,
key therapeutic parameters such as bioavailability, biodistribution, and
target-specific cell penetration should be able to be simultaneously
designed into a therapy. Preliminary in vitro and in vivo studies have been
conduced, demonstrating the future utility of PRINT particles as delivery
vectors in nanomedicine.
 
3.2:  ³Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention: Studies with Green & Black
Tea,² by James Klaunig, Indiana U School of Medicine, MARCH 6, 1:30-2:30 pm,
MRGN 121.  Reception immediately following in MRGN Café.
 
ABSRACT: Chemoprevention involves the intervention during the early stages
of the cancer process resulting in either modification of the uptake, or
excretion, modification of the metabolism, enhancement of cellular repair
mechanisms, or induction of apoptotic effects selectively to preneoplastic
or neoplastic cells.  Cancer chemoprevention differs from the chemotherapy
in that it works on the initiation and promotion stage of the multi-stage
cancer process.  Multiple chemo-preventive agents have been identified.
These include both natural as well as synthetic products, functioning
include modulation of receptors in particular hormone receptors, inducers or
inhibitors of metabolism of carcinogens, and antioxidant materials.  Of the
antioxidants; teas, vitamin E and glutathione have been the subject of
extensive investigation both experimentally and epidemiologically. Studies
examining the mechanisms of action of these antioxidants will be discussed.
 
3.3: ³Essentials of Visualization,² by David Ebert, Professor, School of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director, Regional Visualization and
Analytics Center, Purdue University; MARCH 7, 2:00-3:00, EE 317.
 
ABSTRACT: In this talk, the basic techniques for visualization, some of the
tools available, and how to NOT miscommunicate information from your
visualizations will be covered.
 
BIO: David Ebert is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Purdue University and directs the Purdue University Regional
Visualization and Analytics Center. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio
State University in 1991.  Dr. Ebert performs research in visual analytics,
volume rendering, information visualization, perceptually-based
visualization, illustrative visualization, and procedural abstraction of
complex, massive data.  Ebert has been very active in the visualization
community, teaching courses, presenting papers, co-chairing many conference
program committees, serving on the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee, serving
as Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer
Graphics, and serving on the National Visualization and Analytics Center's
National Research Agenda Panel.
 
 
3.4: ³Cancer Care Center,² by Joe Pekny, Professor of Chemical Engineering,
and Director, E-enterprise; MARCH 9, 11:30-12:30 pm, MRGN 206. Bring your
lunch.
 
This talk is one of Regenstrief Center¹s Brown Bag seminars in which a
variety of Purdue healthcare researchers and Regenstrief Center partners
presents lectures geared toward graduate students interested in healthcare.
 
 
3.5: ³Advances in High-Frequency Applied Electromagnetic Applications,² by
William Chappell, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University;
MARCH 9, 3:30-4:30 pm, MSEE B012. Refreshments served.
 
ABSTRACT:  This talk will cover the recent advancements in the field of
microwave and millimeter wave Systems-in-a-package and more generally
applied electro-magnetics.  A brief overview of the type of wireless circuit
³front ends² that are of interest will be presented and the relevance of the
research ongoing by the new faculty in this area will be discussed.
Specifically of interest to the ceramic packaging community are the
so-called metamaterials.  This class of materials is loosely defined as the
creation of behavior not found in nature by the small scale ordering within
the material.  Periodic and self-aligned materials will be presented. In our
specific appli-cation, we utilize multilayer and ceramic free form
fabrication techniques to create periodic low loss materials for micro and
millimeter wave substrates.  The 3-dimen-sional fabrication techniques and
the material characterization will be discussed.  The creation of
utilization of these materials in filter and antenna applications will be
discussed and their ramifications analyzed.  In addition, new
three-dimensional packaging concepts will be introduced.
 
SHORT BIO:  William Chappell is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Purdue University.  He holds a BSEE, MS, and PhD all
from the University of Michigan.  His research work has included
High-Frequency Microwave Circuits, Tunable Filters, Antennae, Novel
Packaging Techniques, Composite and Periodic Electromagnetic Materials,
Development of Low-Loss Microwave Materials, Free Form Fabrication, and
Rapid Prototyping of Ceramics and Polymers.  He has worked on three DARPA
sponsored projects in his first years at Purdue.  Prof. Chappell won the
Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher award in 2004. Prof. Chappell was
awarded the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher award in 2006.  He was also
awarded the prestigious ³Turkey of the Year² in 2005 by this same group.
 
 
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4. Workshops/Conferences
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4.1: CALL FOR PAPERS: The ASME Nanotechnology Institute is pleased to
announce the 2nd Energy Nanotechnology International Conference. This unique
conference will focus on the state-of-the-art research and development in
energy-related materials, nanoscale phenomena, devices, systems,
manufacturing, and commercialization.
 
The connection between nanotechnology and energy is inextricable-many unique
physical phenomena occur at the nanoscale through confinement of allowable
states of basic energy carries (electrons, phonons, and photons). The
consequences of these phenomena are manifest in various areas of energy
science and engineering and are being exploited with every-improving
efficacy to improve energy technologies. Contributions that emphasize the
scale-up of nanotechnology-based solutions with promising system-level
energy performance prospects are particularly encouraged. Relevant
application areas include, but not limited to, the following:
 
Solar: fundamentals, solar-thermal, high-efficiency devices, low-cost
devices Biofuels and Carbon-Neutral Technologies: biodiesel, ethanol
production, raw materials Direct Thermal Energy Conversion and Harvesting:
thermoelectrics, nanoscale transport, carrier coupling Electrochemical
Conversion and Storage: fuel cells, batteries, membranes, electrodes,
systems Hydrogen: production, storage, utilization Fossil fuels: coal
gasification, reforming, co-generation, carbon sequestration
Materials/Manufacturing: nanomaterials, scale-up, heterogeneous integration
 
Submit your abstract by March 15, 2007 at
http://www.asmeconferences.org/energynano07/. For questions, please contact
Tim Fisher (tsfisher at purdue.edu) or Andrei Fedorov
(andrei.fedorov at me.gatech.edu).
 
The conference will be held at Santa Clara University and will consist of
plenary talks, invited talks, contributed oral and poster presentations, and
exhibitions and will provide opportunities for communication and
collaboration among industry, academia, and venture capital organizations.
Two main categories of contributions are solicited: 1. Traditional technical
papers and presentations from industry and academia, with emphasis on
quantitative findings related to energy, according to the categories above.
Accepted papers will be placed in oral and poster sessions according to the
discretion of the conference and session organizers. Note that only poster
papers will be eligible for the best paper award(s).
 
2. Presentation of energy-related concepts for commercialization. Interested
contributors to this category should prepare an abstract according to
instructions at the conference web site. Authors of accepted abstracts will
be required to submit a short paper with suitable graphics that describes
their concept, both in terms of technical features and commercialization
potential. Accepted contributions will be highlighted in poster and/or
presentation formats at the conference, during which the contributors will
be able to interact with leading venture capitalists.
 
Full papers will be published in conference proceedings. English is the
official language of the conference.
 
 
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5.  Fellowship/Job Opportunities
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5.1: Cingular Industry Presentation, March 5, 6-7 pm, EE 170. Speaker: Brian
Keller, Executive Director Technology Enablement. Bring your resumes. Free
Roly Poly for those in attendance.
 
 


Deborah S. Starewich
Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Purdue University

765-494-3509
dstarewi at ecn.purdue.edu

http://www.nano.purdue.edu/



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