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Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council - NSAC

NSAC is an organization of students at Purdue University who are interested in nanotechnology research.

09/13/2022

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tour Birck Nanotechnology Center and the microelectronics facilities at with state officials and President Mitch Daniels. Listen to their comments: https://purdue.university/3RWbiUk

04/28/2021

This week, for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC Alumni Professor- Dr. Susmita Dash. Dr. Dash received her Ph.D. in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University in 2014. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Prior to joining as a faculty, she worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.

Dr. Dash received Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2013‐2014), and Outstanding Research Award (2013) of Purdue University. She is also the recipient of the 2012 ASME Electronic & Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Student Member of the Year Award in recognition of a student who has excelled in research and has shown promise to be a strong contributor in the field of electronic and photonic packaging.

Where: MS Teams: https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-30-apr-2021

Join us this Friday afternoon as shares Dr. Dash shares a part of her academic journey with us.
When: Friday 2:00 pm (Apr-30, 2021)

04/23/2021

This week, for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC Alumni Professor- Prof. Wenshan Cai. Prof. Cai received his PhD from Purdue University in 2008. In 2012, he joined the faculty of Georgia Institute of Technology as an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a joint appointment in Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to this, he has been a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. Prof. Cai was promoted to full Professor in 2021.

Prof. Cai has published over 60 journal articles, which in total have been cited around 16,000 times. Prof. Cai has also authored the book- Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications along with our very own BNC Professor- Prof. Vladimir Shalaev. Prof. Cai is the recipient of several national and international distinctions, including the renowned OSA/SPIE Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award (2014), the CooperVision Science & Technology Award (2016) and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2017).

Where: MS Teams: https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-23-apr-2021

Join us this Friday afternoon as shares Prof. Cai shares a part of his academic journey with us.

When: Friday 2:00 pm (Apr-23, 2021)

04/15/2021

This week, for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC Alumni Professor- Prof. Baratunde Cola. Prof. Cola obtained his PhD from Purdue University in 2008 and is currently an Associate Professor in George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the school of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prof. Cola is the founder of Carbice Nanotechnologies, a company that sells a leading solution for heat removal in electronic devices. For his work and leading research Prof. Cola has received several prestigious awards including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2012 by the then President Barack Obama for his work in nanotechnology, energy and outreach to high school art and science teachers and students. Prof. Cola has also received the AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science in 2013 and the Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2015.

Join us this Friday afternoon as shares Prof. Cola shares a part of his academic and entrepreneurial journey with us.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-16-apr-2021

When: Friday 1:30 pm (Apr-16, 2021)

04/08/2021

This week, for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC Alumni Professor- Prof. Gururaj Naik. Prof. Naik received his PhD from Purdue University in 2013 and then joined Dionne Group at Stanford University as a postdoctoral scholar. Currently Prof. Naik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. Prof. Naik is one of the recipients of the IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship. Prof. Naik has also been awarded the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Research Award at Purdue University and a Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Science.

Join us this Friday afternoon as shares Prof. Naik shares a part of his academic journey with us.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-09-apr-2021

When: Friday 2:00 pm (Apr-09, 2021)

04/01/2021

This week for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC Alumni Professor- Prof. Saptarshi Das. Prof. Das obtained his PhD from Purdue University in 2013, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Sciences and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. Prof. Das has been honored with the 2020-21 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, Penn State University, and the Young Investigator Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Feb 2017-Jan 2020.

Join us this Friday afternoon as shares Prof. Das shares a part of his academic journey with us.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-02-apr-2021

When: Friday 2:00 pm (Apr-02, 2021)

03/26/2021

Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council (NSAC), in collaboration with Engineering Academic Career Club (EACC), is looking forward to organizing “Academic Interviews Demystified” on March 26th, 12-1 pm (this Friday!). This event aims to prepare graduate students and post-docs, with an interest in a career in academia, for academic/faculty interviews. We take great pleasure in inviting you to this panel.

Zoom Link : https://tinyurl.com/academic-interview-demystified

As a part of the panel, Prof Tian Li & Prof. David Warsinger will share their experiences from faculty position interviews, some tips to ace the interview, followed by a Q&A session where you can ask additional questions and tips for the interviews.

03/24/2021

"How I accidentally found the career I love"

This week for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC Alumni Professor- Prof. Aaron Franklin. Prof. Franklin received his PhD from Purdue University in 2008, completed a direct-PhD in just 3.5 years despite the challenges of transitioning lab equipment during the founding years of Birck. Prof. Franklin was one of the members of NSAC and has served as a docent (tour guide) for first few weeks after BNC’s opening. Currently, Prof. Franklin is Addy Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Professor of Chemistry at Duke University, with over 90 peer-reviewed papers and more than 50 patents under his belt.

Join us this Friday afternoon as shares Prof. Franklin shares a part of his academic journey with us, and some stories from early days of BNC and NSAC.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-26-mar-2021

When: Friday 2:00 pm (Mar-26, 2021)

03/18/2021

This week for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC Alumni Professor- Dr. Bivas Saha. Dr. Saha received his PhD degree from Purdue University in 2014 and is currently an Associate Professor in the International Center for Materials Science, and Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit at JNCASR, India. Dr. Saha is the recipient of 2014 Purdue University College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award and has recently been honored with the 2020 Young Scientist Research Award from the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Energy, India

Join us this Friday afternoon as Dr. Saha shares his academic journey and some success tips in research with us.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-19-mar-2021

When: Friday 12:00 pm (Mar-19, 2021)

03/11/2021

For this week's NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is Prof. Mathieu Luisier- Purdue Alumni Professor, currently serving as an Associate Professor of Computational Nanoelectronics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Prof. Luisier is a recipient of 2013 Starting Grant, awarded to talented and early-career scientists who have produced excellent supervised work and ready to work independently and show potential as a research leader, from European Research Council (ERC). He has also received the 2019 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for his outstanding achievement in high performance computing.

Join us at 2PM as Prof. Luisier shares his academic journey and some success tips in research with us.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-12-mar-2021

When: Friday 2:00PM (Mar-12, 2021)

03/09/2021

NSAC will host Fab Forum | Office Hour with BNC staff today at 2-3pm again. Last week, including Dr. Wirth, we had around nine staff on board to help tackle cleanroom and other Birck labs related questions.

Come and join us, if you would like to discuss about your fabrication, experiment or get tips in using BNC equipment.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/fab-forum-03-09-2021

When: Tuesday 2:00 pm (Mar-09, 2021)

03/04/2021

This week for NSAC | Coffee Hour Special Series, our interviewee is BNC distinguished Professor- Prof. Vladimir Shalaev, Robert and Anne Burnett Distinguished ECE Professor and Scientific Director for Nanophotonics at BNC. Prof. Shalaev has received several awards and recognition for his research in the fields of nanophotonics and metamaterials. He is also one of the highest cited researchers from the Web of Science Group.

Join us this Friday afternoon as Prof. Shalaev shares his academic journey and some success tips in research with us.

Where: MS Teams https://tinyurl.com/nsac-event-05-mar-2021

An Interview with Prof. Vladimir Shalaev

When: Friday 2:00 pm (Mar-05, 2021)

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