[BNC-all] MONDAY memo

Mon Sep 10 13:55:27 EDT 2007

MONDAY MEMO, September 10, 2007

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1. Announcements
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1.1:  Policy and Procedures Committee Meeting: Monday, September 10,
3:00-4:30, BRK 2001.

1.2:  TESTING scheduled: Tuesday, September 11, 9:00AM; emergency
generator/auto transfer switch test for "E" electric panels. Systems
connected to emergency electric panels should see ~10 sec outage.  During
this test there is always a chance that the transfer switch could  fail
causing a longer power interruption.  This test was completed two months ago
with no major issues. (see Mark Voorhis with questions or concerns)

1.3:  Vibration Potential:  The construction project across State Street
will be doing heavy pile-driving work on Tuesday, 9/11/07.  While we don¹t
expect it to have an impact [pun intended] on vibration levels at BNC, that
possibility does exist.  Please be aware of this potential issue. (see John
Weaver with questions or concerns)

1.4:  CORAL problems?  ECN has created a new queue for reporting problems
with Coral. Please use this to send all trouble reports or questions about
the Coral software system to coral at ecn.purdue.edu. Account requests still go
to https://engineering.purdue.edu/NANO/coral

1.5:  REFRIGERATOR cleaned:  Friday, September 14 J  Please have anything
you want kept, clearly marked with your name and a date on it.

1.6:  RAT reservation system restored:  We believe that the RAT reservation
system has now been restored by ecn. If you have any problems or concerns,
please contact Melissa Lane (lanem at purdue.edu)

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2. Seminars
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2.1:  Theory Seminar; Monday, September 10, 6:30, ³Scaling and Computational
Issues in Hydrology,² by Professor Rabi H. Mohtar, Birck 1001
Rabi H. Mohtar, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
at Purdue. His research priorities is in the environmental and natural
resources conservation engineering, including: water, soil, plant, and
animal; evaluation of environmental impacts of land use and water
management; innovative soil and groundwater remediation technologies;
application of numerical methods to food, natural and biological engineering
systems; characterization of the soil water medium at the pedon, field, and
watershed scales; and design and evaluation of international sustainable
water management programs to deal with water shortage conditions.

2.2:  Intell: Tech Talk & Graduate Student Reception; Wednesday, September
12; Tech talk 5:00pm-5:45pm; Networking Reception 5:45pm-6:30pm; ME 118
Martin Giles will talk about Extending Moore¹s Law in the Nanotechnology
Era.  Intel will host a pizza reception afterwards where you can network
with other Intel employees and get any additional questions answered.  Intel
is hiring MS and PhD students for internships and full-time positions.
Seeking grad students with backgrounds in: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering,
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Materials Science, Statistics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics

2.3:  Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar, Thursday, September 13,
4:30-5:30, ³On the History of Ancient Engineering with Emphasis on
Mechanics,² by Dr. Werner Soedel, Herrick Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, Purdue University, ME 161; REFRESHMENTS 4:00, ME 254
ABSTRACT: This is an informal, non-scientific, slide based presentation with
the theme that in early times discoveries in physics and mathematics usually
followed or were stimulated by practical engineering developments and needs.
More often that not, so called ³fathers of physics and mathematics² were
practicing engineers. A prime example is Archimedes. The presenter has over
the years done research on historical engineering topics as a sideline to
his work in vibrations, acoustics and machinery dynamics, in collaborations
with Professor Vernard Foley of the Purdue History Department.  Together,
they published a number of papers and are probably best known to wider
audiences for their publications in Scientific American.  The slide
presentation traces engineering history starting with Egypt, through Greece
and Rome into Europe from ancient times to roughly the renaissance.
Influences of other cultures are acknowledged.  Because of time limitations,
the presentation is somewhat anecdotal and omits a number of important
engineering developments.

BRIEF BIO: Professor in 1967,  Associate Professor in 1971 and Full
Professor in 1975, all at Purdue.  Was appointed Herrick Professor of
Engineering in 2002.  Main interests are in mechanics, particularly in
vibrations and dynamics of solids, liquids, and gases.  This includes
vibrations of shells and acoustics. Also strong interest in mathematical
modeling and computer simulations of machinery dynamics, and he history of
engineering.  Chairman of the Mechanics Area Committee in the School of
Mechanical Engineering of Purdue University since 1983. Published over 234
papers in journals and proceedings, one textbook on vibrations of shells and
plates in 1982, with a revised and expanded 2nd edition in 1993, and an even
more expanded edition in 2004; another textbook on sound and vibrations of
compressors; one Encyclopedia article, five short course text books on valve
dynamics and gas pulsations in machinery, editor of twenty-one volumes of
conference proceedings, the latest volume in 2004.  Active in continuing
education: Organized and taught short courses on vibration isolation, gas
pulsations, valve mechanics, compressor noise, mathematical modeling and
simulation of compressors.  Consultant to 51 industrial companies.  Member
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Acoustical Society of
America, the Society of Experimental Stress Analysis and the American
Academy of Mechanics. Member of honorary societies Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma
and Tau Beta Pi. 1972 and 1976 recipient the Solberg Award.  In 1986, Ralph
Coates Roe Award from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE).
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1995.  Cited in
American Men of Science, International Scholars Directory, and other
biographical works. Editorial Board and Americas Editor of the Journal of
Sound and Vibration (from 1989-2005).

2.4:  Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Tuesday, September 18,
7:30-4:00pm; ³Transforming Healthcare Delivery²; STEW 218. Register at
www.purdue.edu/rche/fall2007 <http://www.purdue.edu/rche/fall2007> .
Network with colleagues and students in exploring Purdue¹s multidisciplinary
advances in some of the most challenging health issues of our time.

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3. Birck Visitors
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3.1:  Ethicon-Endo Surgery, a division of Johnson and Johnson, visit;
Wednesday, September 12, 9:30

3.2:  Purdue Recruitment Council meeting; Wednesday, September 12, 1:00; BRK
1001; tour to begin ~2:30

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3. OnePurdue
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Legacy Employee Self Service:  With the implementation of the OnePurdue
system 7/1/2007, employee information and payment data is available on a new
Employee Self Service site, accessed at:
https://erp-portal-prd.itap.purdue.edu/irj/portal.  As part of the
implementation, all year-to-date pay information for 2007 was converted into
the OnePurdue system.  Now that the OnePurdue HR/Payroll implementation is
complete, the legacy Employee Self Service application located at:
https://www.purdue.edu/user/login will be disabled on October 5, 2007.  If
you have any questions, please contact hrs at purdue.edu.

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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