MEMS Chemistry Lab

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.  Organization

Directors: Gary Fedder, Tamal Mukherjee

Manager: Larry Schultz

SuperUsers: Peter Gilgunn, Smitha Shetty, Fernando Alfaro, Suresh.

2.  Research Groups

MEMSLab group. Members from other departments such as Chemical Engineering (cheme), Materials Science Engineering (mse), Mechanical Engineering (meche), other academic institutions (upitt) and companies (Bridge).

3.  Costs

Recharge rates effective 9/01/06 are as follows:

$ monthly Access Fee

$ for the following special equipment

4.  Mode of Operation

The Chemistry lab was designed to be a safe, clean, easily-maintained research environment accessible to individuals with the appropriate training. Keep this in mind when you are using it.

1)  Access to the chemistry lab is limited to Monday-Friday, 8AM – 8PM. (accessible with access code). For safety reasons, new users may not work alone in the lab at any time. There must be at least two people inside when working off hours (other than 8AM – 8PM), most likely a senior member of their own research group. To gain access at any other times, contact Larry Schultz at schultz+@cs.cmu.edu or x8-3788.

2)  Members learn from each other and, in turn, teach others. Motto: "Each one teach one."

3)  For questions/advice/help: e-mail or schultz+@cs.cmu.edu

4)  Information available on the Internet at: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~mems/resources/

5)  Everyone qualifies separately to use any piece of equipment needed. This lab document qualifies you only to enter the lab.

6)  The Chemlab requires from each member a donation of one day of help lab cleaning during the Clean Fest in September. This helps to raise consciousness and maintain awareness of your responsibilities to the facility and to other members.

7)  Chemlab status updates: by monthly e-mail report. Five lab members may request a members meeting at any time (e-mail schultz+@cs.cmu.edu)

8)  Visitors: Only by permission from Larry Schultz, Tamal or Gary, must be escorted.

9)  Results: Please submit to Dan Marks () preprints, reprints, data, etc., for MEMSLab Bulletin Board.

10) Credits: In publications and talks identify devices as fabricated in the CMU MEMS Chemistry Lab.