{"id":71,"date":"2017-01-27T17:12:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T17:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/physics-bulletin\/?p=71"},"modified":"2017-01-27T17:12:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T17:12:26","slug":"physics-friday-bulletin-2017-01-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/physics-bulletin\/2017\/01\/27\/physics-friday-bulletin-2017-01-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Friday Bulletin 2017-01-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Journal club on experimental condensed matter physics (Monday at 10a.m.) <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The next speaker is Tom McGrath and the paper he will be presenting is<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid-Infrared Pyroresistive Graphene Detector on LiNbO3<\/strong><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The next session of the Journal club on experimental condensed matter physics is on Monday 30\/01\/2017 at 10:00 in C36.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dima Zmeev<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Liquid Nitrogen Decanting changes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Due to changes in the alarm system on the liquid nitrogen system , all dewars are currently being filled exclusively by our cryogenics technician. The last fill will be at 3pm so please allow for this.<br \/>\nSorry for any inconvenience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Booking Meeting Rooms In Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The meeting rooms and breakout rooms in Physiacs are not available to book on the central booking system. If you wish to book one then any of the Admin staff can book a room.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob Lewsey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Physics Refurbishment &#8211; Weekly Update<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Please see below details of scheduled works on the Physics refurbishment project for week commencing Monday 30th January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physics scheduled works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New toilet block drainage \u2013 complete<\/li>\n<li>Demolition to level A \u2013 toilet block, high noise, medium vibration<\/li>\n<li>Protection works \u2013 low noise, no vibration<\/li>\n<li>Re-roofing works &#8211; low noise, no vibration<\/li>\n<li>Window installation &#8211; medium noise, minimal vibration<\/li>\n<li>Scaffolding &#8211; minimal noise, minimal vibration<\/li>\n<li>New toilet block fa\u00e7ade works &#8211; medium noise, minimal vibration<\/li>\n<li>M&amp;E builders work \u2013 high noise, medium vibration<\/li>\n<li>M&amp;E 1st fix &#8211; \u00a0medium noise, medium vibration<\/li>\n<li>M&amp;E 2nd fix &#8211; medium noise, medium vibration<\/li>\n<li>1st fix partition works &#8211; medium noise, medium vibration<\/li>\n<li>2nd fix partition works \u2013 medium noise, minimum vibration<\/li>\n<li>Joinery 1st fix &#8211; \u00a0medium noise, minimum vibration<\/li>\n<li>Joinery 2nd fix &#8211; medium noise, minimum vibration<\/li>\n<li>Plastering\u00a0 &#8211; minimum noise, no vibration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Should you have any queries regarding the project please contact the Senior Project Manager, Helen Wood, via the Facilities Helpdesk on <a href=\"mailto:facilities.helpdesk@lancaster.ac.uk\">facilities.helpdesk@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a> or 01524 593333.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louisa Duff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Safety Induction.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Safety inductions take place on the first working Thursday of the month. The next induction takes place on 2nd February in C29 Physics, starting at 2:30 pm and running for approximately 1 hr. If you are a new member of staff or just want a refresher please come along.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Legionella prevention<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Water Hygiene and Shower head cleaning in the Physics Building will take place week commencing Monday 30th January from 9am daily.<br \/>\nTwo Lancaster University engineers will require access to kitchens and shared bathrooms to test hot water temperatures.\u00a0 The engineers will not test every kitchen\/bathroom just a sample from different locations within the building.\u00a0 This brief survey will take approximately five minutes, and is to ensure that the hot water is maintained at the correct temperature to prevent any instances of legionella. There will be no shutdown of service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>VC Visit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The VC will visit Physics on Tues 21 February from 1300-1500hrs. The format and venues for the visit are given below and I\u2019d be grateful if you could make a note in your diaries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part One (1300 \u2013 1345hrs) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Venue \u2013 B10<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Head of department and their leadership\/management team<\/strong><br \/>\nThe two questions Mark wants to discuss are:<br \/>\n1. Their reflections on the NSS 2016 outcomes, the strengths and weaknesses and work they have done ready for NSS 2017.<br \/>\n2. In the strategy refresh what they as department they would like to see added\/updated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part Two (1345 \u2013 1500hrs)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Venue &#8211; C36<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Whole department <\/strong><br \/>\nMark will talk for approximately 25 minutes followed by general questions from the department.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gr\u00e1inne Wilkinson<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Journal club on experimental condensed matter physics (Monday at 10a.m.) The next speaker is Tom McGrath and the paper he will be presenting is Mid-Infrared Pyroresistive Graphene Detector on LiNbO3 The next session of the Journal club on experimental condensed matter physics is on Monday 30\/01\/2017 at 10:00 in C36. 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