[BNC-all] BNC e-news for the week of Sept. 29th

Fri Sep 26 14:55:28 EDT 2014

Alert Test
Bicycles
NSAC Coffee Hour
Preventive Maintenance
Seminar
Update on Microscopes
Workshop

Alert Test
Purdue University will test its emergency notification system, including sirens, at 10 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 30). More information is available in the Purdue Today article<http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2014/Q3/purdue-alert-test-set-for-tuesday-sept.-30.html>.

Bicycles
Warnings being issued for parked bicycles in disrepair, improperly parked or abandoned
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The Physical Facilities Grounds Department this week is marking with warnings all parked bicycles that are damaged, appear not to be roadworthy, or have been abandoned or parked improperly.

The guidelines outlined below will be put in place beginning next week.

Bicycles may be impounded immediately for the following reasons:

* Parked improperly (i.e., anywhere other than a bicycle rack).
* To complete emergency project work, construction or to facilitate necessary repairs.

Bicycle parking on the academic campus is intended to be temporary only. The Grounds Department will give 14 days' notice before impounding bicycles for the following reasons:

* Abandoned (e.g., rusted chain, deflated tires, leaves and debris present, obviously not in use).
* Damaged or in disrepair (e.g., bent wheels, handlebars, missing parts).
* Parked and unmoved in the same location for more than 14 days.

Individuals who keep a bicycle on campus are advised to check their bicycle to be sure that no warning has been issued.

Individuals who suspect that their bicycles have been removed by the Grounds Department may contact the department to retrieve their bicycles. If a bicycle has been registered with the Purdue University Police Department (PUPD), the Grounds Department will work with PUPD to attempt to notify the owner. If a bicycle is not retrieved within 60 days, then it is sent to the Purdue Warehouse and Surplus Store to be sold.

More information on the bicycle removal process and how to register a bicycle may be found at www.purdue.edu/bikes<http://www.purdue.edu/bikes>, and questions may be directed to the Grounds Department at 49-43087.

NSAC Coffee Hour
Please join NSAC for coffee hour on Friday, October 3rd at 3:30 pm in the atrium for a presentation by Tejasvi Parupudi.

Preventive Maintenance
Shut Down Notice
October 13 - October 17

The Brick Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown October 13 through October 17, 2014.  Air handling systems, exhaust systems, hazardous toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, October 13 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 17.  The BNC staff will be performing appropriate preventive maintenance on the process equipment at this time as well.

All CLEANROOM research work will be suspended until the maintenance activities are completed and all systems are returned to normal.  No one will be allowed to enter the cleanroom during this time period.

In addition, the laboratory areas will also be affected by this systems maintenance.  As such, all LABORATORY activities that involve exhausted hoods, vacuum systems, and/or toxic gas systems will be down beginning 9 a.m. Monday, October 13 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 17.  However, work that involves taking standard electrical measurements may be carried out in the LABS provided that fluctuating air temperature and humidity do not affect the readings.  No chemical work will be allowed during this period.

It is anticipated that the building and process tool maintenance will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, October 17.  Please check Coral for equipment status and availability.

For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns.

?  Week of May 4, 2015

?  Week of October 12, 2015

?  Week of May 2, 2016

?  Week of Oct 10, 2016

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns.

BNC Management

Seminar
The School of Materials Engineering is pleased to host Prof. Matthew Beck from the University of Kentucky (Chemistry & Materials Engineering Department) on Monday, September 29, 2014 to discuss his work on "Metal oxide nanoparticles in 'real' environments: starting out simple with Ceria Nanoparticles." The seminar will take place in ARMS 1010 at 3:45 pm (coffee @ 3: 30 pm). Contact Prof. Kendra Erk (erk at purdue.edu<mailto:erk at purdue.edu>) if you could like to meet with Prof. Beck during his visit or if you have any questions.

Dr. Candace Su-Jung Tsai
Monday, September 29th at 2:00 pm in Birck 1001
Nanotechnology Health and Safety Research and Practice
For more information on Dr. Tsai's talk please visit https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1069

Dr. Dana Weinstein
Monday, October 6th at 10:00 am in Birck 1001
RF Solid-State MEMS Resonators
For more information on Dr. Weinstein's talk please visit https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1068

Update on Microscopes
As you know from a previous Friday newsletter we lost ECN support for our microscopes/image capture systems when Microsoft stopped their support of the Windows XP systems.  Our three systems (two in the cleanroom and one in Lab 2261) became infected with malicious software and we had no other option but to upgrade the computers, operating systems, imaging software, and one camera.  All the software, computers and camera have arrived, and here is the current status of the upgrades:

Lab 2261- Olympus microscope with new Spot 5.1 software and computer is calibrated and ready for use.

Cleanroom- The Nikon L150's on the table both have new software and computers, and they're calibrated & ready for use.  The left unit also has a new camera as the old camera was incompatible with the new computer and software.  (For now you need to log in with your career account.  They both are going to be up as a kiosk computers during the fall shutdown in two weeks.)

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Ron & Bill

Workshop

Introduction to XPS: What we should know about X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

October 28th & 29th at 9:00 am in Birck 1099

For more information regarding the workshop please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1070

Registration: http://bit.ly/1eqIM8U<https://nanohub.org/%3Ca%20class=>

Introduction to CasaXPS: What we should know about XPS data analysis with CasaXPS

November 4th & 5th at 9;00 am in Birck 1099

For more information regarding the workshop please visit: https://nanohub.org/groups/bnc/calendar/details/1071

Registration: http://bit.ly/IYeOeu<https://nanohub.org/%3Ca%20class=>

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