[Bncnews-list] BNC E-news for the week of February 10th

[Turner, Jaime J]

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Seminars /Workshops / Events



BNC Seminar: Chris Leighton<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2582>

February 13th @ 10:30am in BRK 1001
Electrolyte Gating of Functional Materials

BNC Seminar: Professor T. Pradeep<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2636>

February 18th @ 10:00am in BRK 1001

Affordable Clean Water Using Advanced Materials



CALLING ALL BIRCK STUDENTS!!! Science Communication Shark Tank Competition - Sign Up<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2560>

February 18th, 5:30pm -7:30pm in BRK 1001

RSVP by Friday, Feb. 10th to Neil Dilley (ndilley at purdue.edu<mailto:ndilley at purdue.edu>)



2nd Annual Science Communication Shark Tank Competition<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/events/index.php?view=2561>

March 26th,  5:30pm - 7:30pm in MRGN 121


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



Calling ALL Birck Students!!  Science Communication Shark Tank Competition:  Cash Prizes, Free dinners, hone your thesis defense skills and meet famous journalists!



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What is the Shark Tank Competition?

You are the next successful researcher in nanotechnology. How do you let the world of investors, potential employers, or media that what you do should make them stop in their tracks and pay attention?

The skill you need is that of a master storyteller. This is, however, more than the ability to crack a joke during a presentation. It goes beyond using more pictures and fewer words in your Powerpoint slides. It is about creating strong arguments. It is about violating expectations. It is about using numbers like levers, not bludgeons. It is about timing and flexibility in delivery. It is about appealing to people's sense of logos, pathos, and ethos; reason, feeling, and ethics can take you a long way.

The Science Communication Shark Tank<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/shark-tank/> competition gives you a chance to learn and train these skills in the best possible way: by playing a real-life game. You will participate as a member of the team in a science storytelling seminar, will learn how to create a scientific story, and you will prepare a written and a spoken presentation, which will be judged for selection in a live, Shark Tank Competition. Run by a group of talented professional communicators, the competition will award prizes and, most important, will offer the participants a chance to work with one of the sharks to refine their story and release it to the general public through a specialized media campaign.



More information HERE<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/birck/shark-tank/>



***To participate RSVP to Neil Dilley by Feb. 10th @ ndilley at purdue.edu<mailto:ndilley at purdue.edu>***



BNC Research Equipment Power Outage for ALL GENERAL LABORATORY, SUBFAB AND CLEANROOM: WED., MAY 6TH 2020 FROM 10AM - 2PM



This is advance notice about major electrical power outage involving all research equipment in the center on Wednesday May 6 from 10AM to 2 PM.  Physical Facilities High Voltage Department have firmed up plans necessary to gain access and have parts needed to fix the switchboard #1 that supplies power to all research equipment in the center.  This involves all research equipment in ALL GENERAL LABORATORY, SUB FAB, AND  CLEANROOM.  All research equipment connected to our building wide Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) or generator power will NOT lose power during this time.



This work will be completed during our normal spring building preventative maintenance closure that is scheduled from Monday May 4 through Friday May 8, 2020.  More details on the preventative maintenance closure will be communicated as we get closer to May 4, 2020.



Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.



Best Regards,



Mark Voorhis

Building Manager

Birck Nanotechnology Center
Office: (765) 494-3036

Interruption to Cleanroom Humidity Control

Dear BNC Cleanroom Users,

On Wednesday February 26, 2020 starting at 7:30AM Purdue Physical Facility Department needs to shut down the medium pressure steam to the cleanroom humidification units for about 8 hours to make needed steam piping modification.

If the outside weather is below normal conditions the cleanroom relative  humidity levels can drop to 10% to 15% (normal humidity level is 45%), which will substantially increase electrostatic discharge when handling electronics devices in the cleanroom.

Please contact me if you have any questions, and thank you for your patience during this interruption.

Best Regards,

Mark Voorhis
Building Manager


DURI Faculty Proposals


The Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI)<https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/duri/> is now accepting faculty proposals for the summer session, with a deadline of February 21. Please share these details with your affiliated faculty. Additionally, Peter Bermel, who manages DURI with the assistance of Kate Mitsch, both copied on this email, are always open to new partnership opportunities with Discovery Park centers and institutes! Feel free to reach out directly to Peter and Kate if you're interested in 'sponsoring' a student for an upcoming session or if you want more information.



Check out the links below



Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program seeking faculty proposals for summer session

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2020/Q1/discovery-park-undergraduate-research-internship-program-seeking-faculty-proposals-for-summer-session.html?fbclid=IwAR3hgG9QoN9n9fPZenFbPJzE5UZpoEx_ROWpQdvBoSwMvoJamedacp9HL_w



Undergraduate Internships Expose Students to Trans-Disciplinary, Cross-Cultural Research via Dimensions of Discovery Newsletter

https://www.purdue.edu/research/dimensions/undergraduate-internship-program-exposes-students-to-trans-disciplinary-cross-cultural-research-south-of-the-equator/?dlv-emuid=7a36172a-e829-4e7c-847a-46a68875292e&dlv-mlid=38516225





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Jaime Turner
Administrative Assistant to the Director
Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 1027 | W. Lafayette, IN
Office:  765.494.3509 | Fax: 765.496.8383 | Email: jjturner at purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner at purdue.edu>

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