[BNC-all] BNC Weekly Memo - 2/15/10

[Jeff Goecker]

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week of February 15, 2010
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
A Big Remindeer...Call for Papers

UGIM Abstract Deadline - February 15, 2010

Abstracts  (one  text  page  +  one  figure  page)  must  be  submitted  electronically  on  the  symposium  web  site  by  February  15,  2010.  Authors  should  indicate  preference  for  oral  or  poster  presentation,  as  well  as  their  institution  and  
contact  information.  Final  manuscripts  (6  pages  maximum)  must  
then  be  submitted  electronically  by  April  2,  2010.  These  
manuscripts,  both  papers  (20- minute  presentation)  and  posters,  
will  be published  in  the  symposium  proceedings.  For  more  
information,  visit  the  2010  UGIM Symposium web site at: nano.purdue.edu/UGIM/
 

NanoDays! April 2 and 3, 2010:Graduate students and faculty needed to support this activity. We will be inviting area schools, on Friday, 04.02.10, and 
the local community, on Saturday, 04.03.10, to participate in hands-on 
demonstrations to introduce the concepts of  nanotechnology. The goals 
for this event is to educate target audiences (K-12) and to have FUN!

Sign up today. Note: Faculty are encouraged to get involved and are 
asked to announce this opportunity to your student groups.

More info and sign-up is available at: nano.purdue.edu/nanodays/
 
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FACULTY NEWS

Purdue Researchers Land DOE Early Career Grants

InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report

Two Purdue University researchers are recipients of grants from the U.S. Department of Energy's new Early Career Research Program. Jean Paul Allain, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering, 
and Denes Molnar, an assistant professor of physics, are among 69 
researchers chosen nationwide. They will each receive at least $150,000 
per year to cover summer salary and research expenses.

[Press Release]
 
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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Kudos! Mr. Pornsak Srisungsitthisunti, graduate student working with Profs. Xu and Ersoy, won the Student Award at Photonics West 2010
 
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SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

visit nano.purdue.edu and 
refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information
 
Tuesday, 02.16.10, 6:00PM, Kurz Purdue Technology Center, 
Purdue Research Park: "Reflections of a Serial Entrepreneur," 
by Jeff Ready, Founder & CEO, Scale Computing.
[Flier]
 
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Indiana CTSI Collaboration in Translational Research Grants – 
Application now available
[More]
 
NSF issues new RFP for the Nanotechnology 
Undergraduate Education (NUE) program.
[More]
 
  
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DISCOVERY PARK

The Discovery Learning Research Center invites 
you to partner with them to involve undergraduates in interdisciplinary 
research through the Discovery Park Undergraduate Research 
Internship program (DURI). 
[More]
 
The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship 
is pleased to announce an expanded program to encourage and 
support commercialization of Purdue research.
 
[Details/Application] 
 
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PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
 
Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or 
other influenza symptoms should seek medical care.  PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL. 


Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified 
of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree. BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from 
Monica Allain or Tim Sands.
Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research 
Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, 
including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral 
fellows and research scientists.   Specific instructions should be 
conveyed by phone if possible.  All graduate students should register 
for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html.
Additional information for pandemic and emergency 
preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness
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