[BNC-all] BNC E-news: November 16th, 2020

[Turner, Jaime J]

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Responding to COVID-19: Research Operations at Birck



https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/for-birck-users/covid/index.php




Seminars /Workshops / Events



BNC Virtual Faculty Seminar

November 19th, 2020 | 12:00pm

Xiulin Ruan,  Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering

"Pushing Boundaries of Thermal Transport and Sustainable Energy: From First Principles Predictions to Scalable Applications"<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=3142>


Birck Events<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php> and Birck News<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/news/index.php>



Evaporator Update

The Lesker and Leybold evaporators have been equipped with safety bar mechanisms to prevent the bell jars from falling when they're in the open position.  The Lesker has been done for several days and the Leybold was completed last Friday.  Short training sessions have begun to demonstrate the proper use of the safety bars.  The Lesker is available for research for those who have had the safety bar demonstrations and the Leybold will be available after users are trained.  The CHA1 is being retrofitted with a new hoist mechanism and will be returned to service in the next several days, and the new hoist for the CHA2 is being ordered this week.  See Mike Bayless for Leybold safety bar training.

Thanks for your patience as we improve the safety of our bell jar systems.

Engineering Staff



Birck Rule Change

Dear Birck User Community,

We've been re-evaluating the COVID restrictions that have been in place since we reopened our facility.   We now have had several weeks of learning in our new environment and we are modifying two restrictions:


  1.  The 6:00 am - 10:00 am "staff-only" cleanroom restriction is being eliminated.  Therefore effective immediately any authorized cleanroom user may enter the cleanroom at any time.  Please continue to be mindful of the buddy requirement when working late at night or early in the morning..... namely do not do any acid processing without at least one other user in the cleanroom with you.
  2.  The gowning room capacity restriction of 3 people is being changed to 5 people.  There can now be 5 individuals in the cleanroom gowning room at any given time.  We hope this helps promote more efficient use of the gowning room while still maintaining the 6' social distancing requirement.

While these changes are effective immediately we will change any signage in the next couple of days.

Thanks for your cooperation and we will continue to evaluate our protocols as we move forward.

The Engineering Staff



Open Positions

Research Internship Opportunity: Research internship is available with hourly payment of 15 $ per hour. The number of hours and timings are flexible. The research intern will conduct outdoor measurements and record data for machine learning applications. Juniors and senior undergrads with varied backgrounds in engineering and science are welcome to apply. The prospective candidate should have excellent academic credentials and an attention to detail to succeed in the project. Previous experience in engineering labs is necessary.   The project is being conducted in the lab of Prof. Zubin Jacob  (see www.electrodynamics.org<http://www.electrodynamics.org/>). Please contact Shree Hari Sureshbabu with your CV by Nov 30th 2020  (sureshbs at purdue.edu<mailto:sureshbs at purdue.edu>)



Draper Labs:  Looking to hire ASAP, high experience in fab.  Applicants can be PostDocs, fresh PhDs or MS with experience.
https://careers-draper.icims.com/jobs/4922/principal-mems--photonics-microfabrication-engineer/job
EPFL's School of Engineering: currently has an open (junior faculty) position in Integrated Transducers, https://www.epfl.ch/about/working/faculty-position-in-integrated-transducers/ and we are reaching out to the community to make colleagues aware of the open position and attract candidates. We aim in particular to increase the number of female faculty.
 Please spread the information in your network


Birck Safety Protocols

It is very gratifying to see our research community back 'in business' doing leading-edge research in our center after the long pause we all experienced this Spring.  But at the same time we want to remind our entire user group of the critical importance of following the COVID safety protocols while using our facilities.  If an outbreak of COVID exposures should happen at Birck there is a real possibility that we may need to close the facility again.  So please read and support the following.....



.....Some of our approved users are holding the doors open for others to enter the building.  This may very well be a gesture of politeness to assist another, but it also can be perceived that non-approved people are entering our building with the assistance of one of our approved users.  Additionally it does not allow us to have an accurate accounting of who is entering our building by evaluating card-swipe data.  So everyone should swipe into Birck and not be let in by someone holding the door open.



.....Face masks are required while in Birck.  Approved users have been, and continue to be, strongly encouraged to bring their own face mask for their personal use while in the facility.  At the entrances we have supplied quantities of disposable face masks for emergency use, but our supplies of these disposable masks are being depleted at the high rate of 300 - 400 masks per week.  This rate of use seems exceptionally high when personal masks are strongly recommended.  Please only take one mask from the supply, and only when you've forgotten your personal mask.



....Social distancing continues to be a challenge.  This is a difficult habit to develop and groups of people have been seen clustered around a tool, or having a hallway conversation, and not adhering to the 6' spacing rule.  Please continue to maintain at least 6' spacing between yourself and the nearest other person.



Please stay vigilant in promoting and supporting these safety protocols.  If we each do our part we will continue to stay open and conduct state-of-the-art research in our great facility.






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Jaime Turner
Lead Administrative Assistant to the Director | Birck Nanotechnology Center
BRK | 1205 W State Street | West Lafayette, IN 47907
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