[BNC-all] Weekly Memo - December 15, 2008

[Jeff Goecker]

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BNC news December 15, 2008  
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
CARD
READERS! The Facilities Crew is in the testing stages of getting the
card readers operational on the labs; John Weaver will send out an
e-mail when these readers are fully operational. ALSO GOOD NEWS! the
card readers on the WEST exit door is now operational! It will work
like all the other public access doors. I t will unlock during daytime
hours and will be card accessible during the evening. THANKS MARK
VOORHIS and his staff.

We are pleased to announce that
Trina Clawson has accepted the Birck Nanotechnology Center Business
Manager position.  Trina came to Discovery Park in 2006 as the Business
Manager for Cyber and Network for Computational Nanotechnology Centers.
 Prior to coming to Purdue Trina spent 12 years in the Banking/Finance
Industry.  Please join us in congratulating Trina on her new position!
 She will begin transitioning to this new position on December 15th. 

Moving out of Birck? Assistance is available. Contact Mary Jo Totten (tottenm at exchange.purdue.edu) or SeAndra Donaldson (sddonald at purdue.edu) IN ADVANCE of your move. They may provide a staff member to help you with your trash and/or recycling.

Kudos to Oswald (Han-Sheng) Chang for winning third place in th ESE symposium poster competition. (http://www.purdue.edu/dp/ese//symposium/poster.php)

***No Weekly Memos for 12.22.08 and 12.29.08: the next memo will be for the week of 01.05.09. Happy New Year :) 
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TOURS/VISITORS
BE A TOUR GUIDE! DP Engagement will have a monthly drawing for $10 at the Venture Cafe.

Monday,
12.15.08, 3:30PM: Ramesh Kanwar, Iowa State University, candidate for
AG Dean; with Charles Buck. Tour to begin in Morgan and continue
through DP facilities; to end by 4:15. 

Tuesday, 12.16.08, 1:00-2:00PM, Burton Morgan 129: "Opportunities at
Oak Ridge National Laboratory," by Dr. Thomas Mason, Director, ORNL.
this is an incredible opportunity for graduate students to meet the
leader of a national laboratory and learn about opportunities at Oak
Ridge (i.e., employment!!). Graduate students from any discipline are
welcome. Registration: RSVP to Cathy Tanner (ctanner at purdue.edu), if you plan to attend.

Tuesday, 12.16.08, 2:00PM: AM General.

Tuesday, 12.16.08, 2:30PM: ORNL, with Tim Sands.
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SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
CALL
FOR PAPERS. INISTA 2009 International Symposium on INnovations in
Intelligent SysTems and Applications. June 29-July 1, 2009. Trabzon,
Turkey. [More]
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OPPORTUNITIES
Postdoctoral Research Student: DOC/NIST/CNST/Nanofabrication Research Group [More]
Limited Submission Competition: NSF IGERT. [More]
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BNC IN THE NEWS:
Supriyo
Datta to receive 2008 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
for inspirational approach to complex concepts of nanoelectronics
December
3, 2008 - The IEEE has named Supriyo Datta recipient of the 2008 IEEE
Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award for his innovative approach
to the complex concepts of nanoelectronics and non-equilibrium quantum
statistical mechanics. [More]
 

New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies
December
2, 2008 - Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique
that uses a laser and holograms to precisely position numerous tiny
particles within seconds, representing a potential new tool to analyze
biological samples or create devices using nanoassembly. [More]
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