[BNC-all] BNC E-news for the week of Aug 20th

[Turner, Jaime J]

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Seminars/Workshops/News

Birck Research Symposium
September 19, 2018
8:00am - 1:30pm BRK 1001
Speakers will include all of our staff scientists (Dima, Alex, Rosa, Nithin, Neil, Nick, Yi ) and Tim (for 3D cell culture lab) to each give  a 30-min invited talk (24-min presentation + 6 min Q&A) at this symposium.   The 24-min presentation (perhaps ~20-30 slides or so) will include ~12 min overview of the corresponding "Birck service"  --- lab facilities/capabilities/type of services or processes provided,  followed by (~12 min) some examples/highlights of research work ("science") done by the staff scientist and supported users (faculty groups) using the facilities or services.   In some cases such as the upcoming Themis TEM, it may include examples (elsewhere) of the kind of research/science that can be enabled by such facilities that we may expect to see in near future.
The talks will be recorded by nanoHub and (along with slides) put on Birck website to be viewed by people who may not make to the symposium as well as to show case our capabilities to attract more users (both from campus as well as outside Purdue).
A short panel discussion including all speakers are also planned at the end of the symposium.   Coffee and Lunch may be provided.

Birck Events:
https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php

Birck News:
https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/news/index.php

Discovery Park's Events:
http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/events/index.php



BNC Weekly Equipment Update:

AOE Etcher
The STS AOE has been down due to a lip seal failure.  The new seal has finally been shipped and should arrive within the next several days.  It is being shipped from Europe so additional shipment time is expected.
Panasonic Etcher
The Panasonic etcher is now fully operational, including BCl3 processing.  The BCl3 gas was restored late last week.



Birck PM Shutdown Notice

The Birck Nanotechnology Center will be undergoing a semi-annual preventive maintenance and service shutdown October 15 through October 19, 2018.  Air handling systems, exhaust systems, toxic gas delivery, and monitoring systems will be down beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, October 15 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 19.  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.  Only authorized personnel 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 7 a.m. Monday, October 15 through 4 p.m. Friday, October 19.  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 19.  Please check iLabs for equipment status and availability.
For long term research planning please refer the following future dates for our future preventive maintenance shutdowns.
                Week of  April 29, 2019  Week of  Oct 14, 2019
                Week of  May 4, 2020                     Week of  Oct 19, 2020
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these important preventive maintenance shutdowns.



Parking

As a reminder, 2017-18 parking permits expire Aug. 15, and purchase and activation of new parking permits is required to continue parking in these areas after that date. License plates must face the drive lane, and in most cases, backing into a parking space may result in receiving a citation.


New User Process Meeting

For several months we have required all new cleanroom users to have a process discussion meeting with members of the engineering staff.  This used to be optional, but since we made it mandatory we have noticed a great improvement in how all our new users get off to a great start in their processing research with the help and mentoring of engineering staff members.  We have now formalized the process by calling it "BNC 200:  New User Process Meeting."  This is now on our training website and is a prerequisite for enrolling in "BNC 206:  Cleanroom Training."  By making this small change we believe we will enhance the new user experience even more by making each new researcher more aware of the processing environment before they enter the cleanroom.  We are sensitive to the need to get all orientation trainings done in one day (typically Thursdays) so we're scheduling new user process meetings at 1:00 on Thursdays in order to accommodate cleanroom training later that afternoon.

This change goes into effect immediately.

Birck Engineering Staff


Call for Proposals

The Walther Oncology Physical Sciences & Engineering Research Embedding Program is looking for collaborative projects between Purdue and Indiana University Simon Cancer Center (IUSCC) on cancer research. The Call for Proposals is attached. The deadline for Tier One proposals is Oct 15, 2018. For questions please contact Luanne Bermel (lmi at purdue.edu<mailto:lmi at purdue.edu>).  Please see attachment


Course Offering

Professor Helen McNally is offering ENGT-56100, Metrology Concepts this Fall semester.  The Science of Measurements is an essential aspect to any science, engineering or technology research. This course introduces the concepts of metrology to include measurement systems (sensors and signal conditioning), data acquisition and analysis, and error propagation.  Systems and environmental noise are investigated along with methods to mitigate influences of noise.  Standards and calibration of instrumentation are also studied.  Instrumentation for electrical and mechanical measurements are studied along with their corresponding measurement standards.  These concepts of metrology are described from the macro to nano scale.  For more information, please contact Dr. McNally at mcnallyh at purdue.edu<mailto:mcnallyh at purdue.edu>


Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule

Attached is the Aspire Four Week Look Ahead Schedule.  It is the projection of vibration and/or noise issues with the construction outside of Birck.
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