[BNC-all] BNC E-news for the week of Nov. 17th

[Anthrop, Heather L]

Defense
Seminar
Survey Feedback
Workshop

Cleanroom

Blue Chemical Storage Cabinets

The blue storage cabinets now have certain areas for storing different classes and types of chemicals.  There are trays within the cabinets that are labeled for the chemicals that are to be stored in that location.  This new procedure allows us to segregate chemicals and keep incompatible chemicals away from each other, so when you’re returning chemicals to the cabinet please put them in the proper tray.

Defense
Lisa M. Reece, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, “Development of a Static Bioactive Stent Prototype and Dynamic Aneurysm-on-a-Chip™ for the Treatment of Aneurysms”, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy on November 19, 2014, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Room 2001  at 1:00 pm.

Seminar
MSE 690 Seminar Series

Prof. Chelsea S. Davis
Materials Research Engineer
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Gaithersburg, Maryland
“Understanding Polymer Interfaces: Unique Measurement Strategies”
Friday, November 21, 2014
ARMS 1109 Refreshments – 9:15 am / Seminar – 9:30 am

Survey Feedback

Spinner Maintenance
We received input that the smaller chucks aren’t sealing as well as they usually do.  It was found that PMMA was used on the smallest chuck and it took a greater effort to clean out the material.  We’re implementing a preventive maintenance check as well as ordering new parts for the chucks.

MJB3 Aligners
A great suggestion was made to shift the aligners to the right on their air-tables to allow better seated ergonomics.  This was done on Friday, Nov 7.

Big Screen in Upper Atrium
We’re working with the card-reader company to modify the software to dynamically show which users are currently in the cleanroom on the big screen HDTV.  Additionally we will discuss with them the possibility of providing a signal (audible and/or visual) when the second-to-last person swipes out of the cleanroom in the afterhours.  This would enhance the buddy policy for working in acid hoods during nights and weekends.

BNC Student/User Forum
A user suggested we create a forum for users to share ideas, recipes, findings, discoveries, etc about their processes and experiences in the cleanroom.  We’ve contacted ECN and will set up such a forum in the near future.

Thanks for your inputs, keep ‘em coming!

Ron

Workshop
Please remember to register for the upcoming (Nov 18 & 19) workshop by Colin McAndrew. For more information and to register please visit:  https://nanohub.org/groups/needs/verilogwkshp


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