[BNC-all] MONDAY MEMO: 02.04.08

[Deborah Starewich]

WEEKLY MEMO, February 4, 2008
 
 
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1. Announcements
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1.1:  TOUR TRAINING !!!! Candiss Vibbert, Associate Director for Discovery
Park Engagement and Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, invites you to a
workshop designed to provide you with the information and materials
necessary to host a wide variety of guests at Discovery Park.  This workshop
will be offered on February 12 from 1:30­3:30, in Burton Morgan 121.  If you
cannot attend at that time, but could attend a morning session on that same
day from 9:00-11:00, please RSVP with that information.
Since last July, over 1500 individuals have visited Discovery Park and many
of you have been tapped for assistance.  This workshop will provide you with
a DVD of a video that you can use for a broad overview as well as one-page
handouts and a list of key talking points for audiences with whom you would
like to highlight the key characteristics of Discovery Park.  We have a
broad range of supplemental materials, guides to assist you in considering
what areas to stress for differing audiences, a brochure about our
facilities, and a website where these materials can be found.  A script for
tours of both Bindley and Birck have been developed with stopping points and
key information on posters, so that it will be easy for everyone to host
groups.
Candiss¹s goal is to create a large group of FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS
who are confident that they can host visitors at Discovery Park and will
convey a consistent message to these guests.  This workshop should be a big
step toward this end.
If you cannot attend a session on the 12th, but are interested in hosting
guests to Discovery Park, please send your name so that other sessions may
be held.
Please RSVP to Valerie Lawless at (lawlessv at purdue.edu) and Deborah
Starewich (dstarewi at purdue.edu).
 
 
1.2:  Blood-borne Pathogen Training:  Friday, 02.08.08, 2:00PM, BRK 1099.
 
1.3:  The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and TechPoint will
host the Indiana Collegiate Entrepreneur Bootcamp in Indianapolis at the
Indiana Roof Ballroom on Thursday, March 20 (2:00­8:00PM). The program is
specifically designed for undergraduate and graduate students with the
desire to become the next wave of successful Indiana entrepreneurs. This
highly interactive program features practical tips and advice from some of
the best entrepreneurs and investors in Indiana, as well as renowned
business coach Bill Joos, Principal at Silicon Valley-based Go to Market
Consulting. The Bootcamp teaches students the art and science of creating
and managing a high growth venture. Joos will put participants through the
paces of business positioning, refining the ³elevator pitch,² and avoiding
the most common business planning mistakes. The program will conclude with
interactive round tables at dinner where groups of students will have the
opportunity to get feedback on their big idea as well as network with
entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.  The dinner will also provide an
opportunity for 10-15 students to pitch their big idea and receive immediate
and candid feedback from a panel of investors. The top pitches will win
$1,000, $500, or $250.  There is no cost for attendance thanks to the
generous support of Indiana Secondary Market for Education Loans
(www.ismloans.org). Visit www.indianabootcamp.org for additional information
and to sign up.
 
1.4: Dr. Richard Kuhn, Director of the Bindley Bioscience Center, is pleased
to announce the establishment of the Bindley Strategic Council (BSC). The
following Purdue faculty members will be serving 3-year terms as advisers to
the administrative and scientific leadership of the BBC:  Clint Chapple
(Biochemistry); Rebecca Doerge (Statistics); Jim Fleet (Foods and
Nutrition); Michael Gribskov (Biological Sciences); Tony Hazbun (Medicinal
Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology); Catherine Hill (Entomology); Scott
Jackson (Agronomy); Richard Kuhn (Biological Sciences); and Phil Low
(Chemistry)
 
 
 
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2.  TOURS/VISITORS
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2.1:  Monday, 02.04.08, 11:25-11:55AM:  Purdue Women¹s Club.  A group of 30
women of various ages; most are affiliated with Purdue in some way.  The
tour is part of the Purdue Women¹s Club Lecture Series.  They are interested
in learning about the current technology and research at Purdue as well as
seeing the facilities.
2.2:  Tuesday, 02.05.08, 12:45PM:  NASA personnel and Purdue research group.
2.2:  Friday, 02.08.08, 10:00-11:00AM:  Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, College of
Science¹s Centennial Distinguished Lecture Series speaker.
2.3:  Friday, 02.08.08, 11:00-11:30AM:  Dr. Barbara Karn, Discovery Lecture
Series speaker.
 
 
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3.  SEMINARS
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3.1:  Wednesday, 02.06.08, 2:30PM, EE317:  ³Heat Transfer Across Solid
Contacts Enhanced with Nanomaterials,² by Timothy S. Fisher, Mechanical
Engineering, Purdue University.
ABSTRACT:  This presentation will describe thermal transport processes at
solid-solid material interfaces.  An overview of applications in the
electronics industry will serve to motivate the subject, and then the basic
diffusive constriction theory will be developed.  The addition of carbon
nanotube arrays to solid-solid interfaces has been shown to improve heat
transfer significantly, and these materials will serve as an example of
enhanced transport with nanomaterials. Experimental techniques and results
will be reviewed, and a model that employs ballistic transport principles
will be introduced to interpret these results.
BIO: Timothy S. Fisher received Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from Cornell University in 1998 and 1991, respectively. He
joined the Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck
Nanotechnology Center in 2002 after several years at Vanderbilt University.
He is currently serving as a Visiting Professor in the Chemistry and Physics
of Materials Unit of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research in Bangalore, India.
 
3.2:  Thursday, February 7, 2008, 4:30PM, Physics 114:  ³The Potential of
Nanostructured Materials to Address the Challenge of a Sustainable Energy
Resource,² by Professor Mildred Dresselhaus, Institute Professor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Reception prior to seminar, 3:30,
Physics 242.
Mildred Dresselhaus received her PhD degree at the University of Chicago in
1958.  Following her doctoral studies, Dr. Dresselhaus spent two years at
Cornell University as an NSF postdoctoral fellow, and then seven years as a
staff member of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Solid State Physics
Division.  She joined the MIT faculty in the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science in 1967 and the Department of Physics in
1983, and was named an Institute Professor in 1985.  She served as the
Director of the Office of Science at the US Department of Energy in
2000-2001.  Professor Dresselhaus is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences. She has served as President of the American Physical
Society (1984), President of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS 1997), Treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences
(1992-96), and Chair of the Board of the American Institute of Physics
(2003-2008).
 
3.3:  Thursday, February 7, 2008, 5:00PM, POTR 118:  ³Gen-Nano Competition
Call Out,² WITH PIZZA SERVED. Learn more about generation-nano project and
competition details.
Invent the Best Gen-Nano Game and win up to $300 in cash! The  competition
is open Jan 16, 2008 with a deadline for proposal submission of Mar 15,
2008.  Bring in your creativity and expertise into this growing e-learning
project for kids!
Competition Overview: The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) is
accepting proposals from students on Purdue¹s West Lafayette campus
interested in designing a storyboard for an interactive K-12 learning
activity to be published within one of the learning modules of the
generation-nano.org website, which aims to excite middle school children
about science by teaching them nanotechnology concepts.  The individual or
team authors of the three winning storyboards will receive cash awards of up
to $300.  Additional prizes will be awarded to authors of activities
selected for implementation.
For details visit: http://www.generation-nano.org/competition; Questions:
feedback @generation-nano.org
 
3.4:  Friday, February 8, 2008, 5:30PM, MRGN 121: ³Nanotechnologies and
Environmental Concern,² by Dr. Barbara Karn, US EPA, Head of the Research
Grant Program for Nanotechnologies, The Wilson Center, Member of Project on
Emerging Nanotechnologies.  FREE PIZZA AND BEVERAGES.
 
 
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4.  OPPORTUNITIES
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4.1:  The National Science Foundation has released this year¹s solicitation
for the Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of Chemistry
Research Instrumentation and Facilities program (CRIF:MU), which provides
funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of
multi-user instruments.  Approximately $6 million per fiscal year will fund
approximately 20 awards as standard or continuing grants depending upon the
quality of proposals and the availability of funds. Awards will have a
three-year duration and are non-renewable.  Award size is limited to
$500,000 plus personnel costs for cyber-enabled projects.  The request for
proposals is available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08539/nsf08539.htm
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08539/nsf08539.htm> .  For this
competition, Purdue may submit two proposals, with the requirement that at
least one proposal must involve cyberinfrastructure.  Internal deadlines are
as follows:  Monday, March 3: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR; Monday,
April 14: Preproposals due to the OVPR; Thursday, April 17: Preproposal
rankings due to the OVPR.  Please note:  Letters of intent, preproposals,
and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed to OVPRlimited at purdue.edu.
Purdue's limited submission policy and template for letters of intent may be
found at http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi
<http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . For any case in which the
number of internal letters of intent received is no more than the number of
proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will notify the PI that an
internal preproposal will be unnecessary.
 
4.2:  The National Science Foundation has released this year¹s solicitation
for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
(IGERT), which ³has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S.
Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and
education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen
disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in
their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is
intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students,
faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for
graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative
research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also
intended to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation,
and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged
science and engineering workforce.²  The request for proposals is available
at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08540/nsf08540.htm
<http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08540/nsf08540.htm> .  An estimated 20
Traineeship grants will be awarded, as well as one award for a Resource
Center (a new component of this program).  For this competition, Purdue may
submit four preliminary Traineeship proposals, and one Resource Center
proposal.  Internal deadlines are as follows:  Monday, February 18: Letters
of Intent due to the OVPR; Monday, March 17: Preproposals due to the OVPR;
Thursday, March 20: Preproposal rankings due to the OVPR.  Please note:
Letters of intent, preproposals, and rankings to the OVPR should be e-mailed
to OVPRlimited at purdue.edu. Purdue's limited submission policy and template
for letters of intent may be found at
http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi
<http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/lsid.cgi> . Those submitting for the
Resources Center component should so indicate on the letter of intent.  For
any case in which the number of internal letters of intent received is no
more than the number of proposals allowed by the sponsor, the OVPR will
notify the PI that an internal preproposal will be unnecessary.
 
4.3:  Summer Teaching Opportunity‹Apply now!  The Duke University Talent
Identification Program (Duke TIP) is seeking an Instructor for
Nanotechnology, a course  that we are offering at a summer program for
gifted adolescents on Duke University's West Campus and Texas A&M
University.  Staff employment dates for this position are Term 1 - June 10 -
July 2 and Term 2 - July 10 - August 2.  The instructor, with the help of a
teaching assistant, is responsible for designing a course or using a Duke
TIP syllabus to teach the course to a group of approximately 16-20 gifted
students.  The instructor position requires at least a year of graduate
coursework and/or teaching experience with specific emphasis on
nanotechnology. In addition to a competitive salary, Duke TIP also provides
housing and meals for all summer staff, as needed. The course description is
as follows:  ³Nanotechnology²:  The 21st century's "industrial revolution"
will be fueled by the emerging science of nanotechnology.  The fields of
medicine, electronics, textiles, quantum computing, and alternative energy
source development are but a few of the topics that will be highlighted in
this course. Presently, industries, governments, and academia are working
together to develop the potential of nanoscience.  What once seemed a
futuristic dream has progressed to cutting edge reality.  In this course,
students will survey the progress and the potential of nanotechnology.  This
course is open to current ninth and tenth graders only.
Please visit the Duke TIP web site for complete information about our
programs and the summer employment process.  Below are several links that
will be helpful in addressing your questions.Summer Employment Information:
www.tip.duke.edu/about/employment <http://www.tip.duke.edu/about/employment
<http://www.tip.duke.edu/about/employment> > (job descriptions, salary
information, application materials); Summer Program Information:
www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs <http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs
<http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs>
<http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs >  > (course offerings, site
information)
If you are interested in this instructor position, please contact Liz
Morgan, Academic Coordinator at emorgan at tip.duke.edu or call at (919)
681-6981 as soon as possible.
 
4.4:  The Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE) is soliciting
research proposals from Purdue faculty in all disciplines with research
interests related to healthcare delivery.  Approximately $240,000 has been
allocated for this year's research-funding cycle. It is anticipated that up
to six projects will receive funding. Highly successful projects may be
eligible to receive subsequent funding from RCHE in the form of proposal
cost-sharing, etc. RCHE welcomes proposals leveraged with other proposal
opportunities at Purdue.  E-mail Intent to Submit Proposal Deadline is Feb.
15.  Proposal due date is March 3rd.  Full RFP and more information are
available at the RCHE Web site <http://www.purdue.edu/rche
<http://www.purdue.edu/rche> >.
 
 
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5.  LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
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5.1:  Congratulations to new daddy, Dan Hosler, and family: Samuel Thomas
Hosler came to be on Sunday (01.27.08) morning.
 
 
 
5.2:  IRS Warns Taxpayers of New E-mail Scams: A new variation of the refund
scheme may be directed toward organizations that distribute funds to other
organizations or individuals.  In an attempt to seem legitimate, the scam
e-mail claims to be sent by, and contains the name and supposed signature
of, the Director of the IRS Exempt Organizations area of the IRS.  The
e-mail asks recipients to click on a link to access a form for a tax refund.
In reality, taxpayers claim their tax refunds through the filing of an
annual tax return, not a separate application form.  The IRS recommends that
recipients do not click on links in, or open any attachments to, e-mails
they receive that are unsolicited or that come from unknown sources.


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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