[BNC-all] BNC e-news for the week of June 8th

[Anthrop, Heather L]

Building Evacuation

ESL Summer Club announcement

Fisher Scientific
J-Bay Activity
Magnetics Sputtering System
VB6





Building Evacuation

At 5:02 pm Wednesday, June 3 the toxic gas alarm was activated resulting in a building evacuation.  The cause of the alarm was identified as the wireless gas monitoring system.  However, a review of each of the individual point logs showed  non-active alarms.
In addition the fire panel did not show a toxic gas alarm.  An actual gas release did not occur. An electrical/computer glitch is most likely the source.  As a precaution all of the programmable logic controllers were powered down and restarted as a reset.  Since the system has been operating for almost 10 years 24/7 we're in the process of switching to a Siemen's control system which will give us more detailed information by detection point as well as use new hardware.


Stephen
Safety Officer

ESL Summer Club announcement

ECE ESL Summer Club  (Summer 2015) (7/2 - 7/30/2015)

The purpose of the club is to help international students in ECE, who stay here in summer, practice English speaking and writing skills and make your resume ready for Industrial Round Table.  Various forms will be used in the club: guest speakers from Purdue Writing Center (OWL) and Career Center, watching classic English films, English conversation group, resume evaluation, and oral presentations.



Fisher Scientific
Purdue University recently strategically sourced scientific supplies to Fisher Scientific. As part of the agreement, the University will be consolidating multiple sales channels through Fisher.  Procurement Services would like to make all faculty and staff aware of the changes. Purdue and Fisher are hosting a manufacturer showcase (additional details attached).

Invitation: Scientific Suppliers Manufacturer Showcase

Purdue University and Fisher Scientific will host a manufacturer showcase on June 15 at Purdue Memorial Union Ballroom from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. The showcase will give all scientific researchers an opportunity to meet with Purdue's largest manufacturers of scientific supplies that will be offered through Fisher Scientific.

Please direct any questions to Nathan Manges (nmanges at purdue.edu<mailto:nmanges at purdue.edu>).

J-Bay Activity

Over the next several weeks you will notice work being done in the new J-Bay laboratory to install various lab benches and equipment.  Recall this area was temporarily re-purposed from cleanroom space to become a large laboratory only accessible from the outer tour aisle on the south side of the cleanroom.

Magnetics Sputtering System

The PVD magnetics system will be moved down slightly to accommodate a new load-lock retrofit for that system.  After moving, the PVD field service engineer will be scheduled to install the new equipment that will provide a load-lock with faster and cleaner pumping.

VB6

The Vistec VB6 e-beam system returned to operation on Thursday, June 4 after several weeks of down-time.  The final root-cause of the problem turned out to be the input and output shape-writer boards.  The Vistec field service engineer, working with the equipment experts at their home office, found and fixed these issues.  Please see Bill Rowe with any questions regarding operation or databases.



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