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<p class=MsoNormal>Greetings from the Birck Nanotechnology Center,</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We are contacting you today to announce an opportunity to
attend a two-day workshop, “Introduction to XPS: What you should know
about X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy?” that will be held on December
10 and 11, 2009 from 8AM to 5PM in the Burton D. Morgan Center for
Entrepreneurship (room 129), which is located in Discovery Park on the
Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Dmitry Zemlyanov, who
is responsible for Birck Nanotechology Center’s Surface Analysis Lab. His
responsibilities include XPS and surface analysis service work and training for
general users.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Zemlyanov’s PhD is in Physics and Mathematics from
the Novosibirsk State University, Russia, and he has over 12 years of education
experience in both classroom and research environments. He completed research
PostDocs at Fritz-haber-Institute, Berlin Germany, and Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, MA, studying catalytic phenomena on the surface of metals. Prior to
coming to Purdue, Dr. Zemlyanov was an adjunct professor at WPI and a research
scholar at University of Limerick, Ireland. He joined the Birck Nanotechnology
Center staff 2005.<br>
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For details about the conference, which include a flier, and to register, please
visit <a href="http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/XPS/"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nanotechnology/XPS/</span></a>.
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Questions concerning this workshop should be directed to Dr. Monica Allain (<a
href="mallain@purdue.edu"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>mallain@purdue.edu</span></a>).</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Additionally, we would like to share our discoveries,
opportunities and events with you through an electronic newsletter. If you are
interested in receiving future news about the Center and to ensure we have all
your contact information, please visit our website at <a
href="www.nano.purdue.edu%20">www.nano.purdue.edu</a> and click on Receive BNC
News to provide us your information.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please do not hesitate to contact me with any comments or
suggestions. Let me take this opportunity, too, to invite you to plan on
attending next year’s research review, to be held on Monday, 19 April
2010.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Timothy D. Sands</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Birck Nanotechnology Center</p>
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