[BNC-all] BNC E-news for the week of October 14th

[Anthrop, Heather L]

Conference Room Reservations
Deputy Director
Flu Shot
Halloween
Procurement Update
Seminars


Conference Room Reservations
On Monday Oct. 14th we will shut the RAT system down and start using the new Outlook/Room Wizard system exclusively for scheduling conference rooms.  Please find attached an instruction sheet on how to use Outlook to reserve our conference rooms

If you have any questions on how to reserve a conference room in the new system please see any of the secretaries who can help you.

Thank you,
Jaime Turner

Deputy Director

The Birck Nanotechnology Center (BNC) in Discovery Park is launching an internal search to identify an individual with demonstrated leadership and vision for the position of Deputy Director of the Center.  Birck Nanotechnology Center provides shared lab space, state-of-the-art equipment, and expert scientific and engineering staff to support collaborative research by resident and nonresident users. This includes the 25,000 square foot Scifres Nanofabrication Laboratory. A portion of the cleanroom is configured as a biological/pharmaceutical cleanroom to facilitate bionanotechnology research in collaboration with Bindley Bioscience Center.

Key facilities such as surface analysis, nano metrology, electron microscopy, molecular beam epitaxy, atomic layer deposition, microelectromechanical and femtosecond laser provide analytical services to support a wide variety of research.  Current areas of research emphasis include computational and experimental nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanobiotechnology and nanoenergy conversion.  There is a new initiative in roll-to-roll nanomanufacturing.  The BNC's highly collaborative atmosphere includes space for industry partners and companies; the BNC supports and facilities technology transfer and entrepreneurship.

The Deputy Director will work closely with faculty on collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects within the Birck Nanotechnology Center in order to enhance the reputation of BNC as a collegial place to advance faculty research.  Through these activities, the Deputy Director will enable more large-scale faculty projects that align with the Center's strategic directions.  In order to accomplish this, he/she will establish procedures for joint submission of grants (cost share, space, and shared equipment).  Through collaborative and engagement activities, the Deputy Director will increase the number of faculty projects using Birck Nanotechnology Center facilities and increase interactions with industry. The Deputy Director will also play a key role in helping/advising the commercialization of technology developed at BNC.

The position of Deputy Director is a 0.5 CUL with a reporting line to the Director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center.  The Deputy Director is a member of the Purdue University Faculty with the rank of tenured full Professor.  The Deputy Director is expected to maintain an active research program.  He/she will work closely with BNC's Engineering and Facility Managers to provide leadership in the day-to-day operations of the Center.  Administrative experience in the leadership of multi-investigator research programs and experience with industrial partnerships is highly desirable.

Nominations/applications should be submitted by email to Jaime Turner at jjturner at purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner at purdue.edu> by October 28, 2013.  The applications should include a letter of interest that outlines qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, and the name of three references with their email addresses and phone numbers.  Any questions regarding the search should be directed to Al Rebar at rebar at purdue.edu<mailto:rebar at purdue.edu>.

Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Employer
fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce.


Flu Shot
Free flu shots available at Center for Healthy Living in October and November

The Center for Healthy Living is providing free flu shots by appointment for all benefits-eligible employees, plus spouses/same-sex domestic partners (SSDPs) who are covered on a Purdue medical plan.

Appointments are available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, Oct. 4 through Nov. 8. To schedule, eligible individuals should call the center at 49-40111.

The Center for Healthy Living is located in the Purdue West Shopping Center at 1400 W. State St. Free parking is available, and no permit is needed.

The center does not provide flu shots for children. However, employees, spouses/SSDPs and children who are covered on a Purdue medical plan have two ways to get a free flu shot aside from going to the Center for Healthy Living.

* Go to a retail pharmacy: A list of covered locations is available at www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/Medical/fluShots.html<http://www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/Medical/fluShots.html>. Those getting a flu shot through a retail location will need to show their Cigna ID card.

* Go to their health care provider: All Purdue medical plans cover seasonal flu shots for covered employees and family members.
Employees who have questions about flu shot coverage may contact Human Resources at 49-42222 or hr at purdue.edu<mailto:hr at purdue.edu>.

Halloween

Don't forget to sign up for the pumpkin decorating contest! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EM1uzqzbzJhK1zjk1AoKW3SLCh7Oa5QuAlNeKO3_BtE/viewform or with Heather (hanthrop at purdue.edu)
Procurement update
Procurement Services is pleased to announce that beginning Oct. 14, when the Ariba Procure-to-Pay system launches, more than 500 vendors will be enabled on the Ariba network including at least 25 catalogs with discounted pricing. The dollars spent with these vendors represents approximately 85 percent of the annual purchase order volume at the University.

Procurement Services has negotiated vendor discounts for each catalog offered and will continue to monitor catalog pricing so that University constituents are able to buy at the lowest cost for the various commodities offered. Additional vendor catalogs with discounted pricing are in the pipeline and will be forthcoming in the coming weeks. For more information about what each catalog vendor offers, go to www.purdue.edu/business/procurement/ariba/index.html<http://www.purdue.edu/business/procurement/ariba/index.html> and look under the Ariba tab.

University constituents still will be able to do business with vendors not enabled on the network as all vendors currently loaded in SAP SRM will be available within Ariba. The process for non-enabled vendors will be the same as enabled except that the final workflow will come to the Procurement Services help desk for processing.
These purchase orders will be manually sent to non-enabled vendors via email or fax server. All purchase orders issued by the University will be monitored by Procurement Services to ensure successful transmission to the vendor. Dollars spent with non-enabled vendors will be reviewed and Procurement will work with those used most frequently to enable them on the Ariba network.

Seminars
Prof. Joseph P Heremans
Solid-State Thermal Energy Conversion
Friday, October 18th
Birck 1001 at 4:00 pm

http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/events/view.php?id=1389

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