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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related
to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We’re anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that
social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We’re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we’re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would
be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks very much,<o:p></o:p></p>
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Ron <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft PhagsPa",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ron Reger<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Engineering Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 |<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Office:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0">765.494.6667 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">|
<b>Email:</b> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:rreger@purdue.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">rreger@purdue.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Wiki: </span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">iLabs: </span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">______________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.purdue.edu/giantleaps"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.purdue.edu/giantleaps</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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