Proceedings of the MRFN Shared Research Facilities Management Workshop
Nov 1-2, 2011
Hosted at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
The Workshop was the first of its kind for MRSEC Shared Facilities, bringing together the technical personnel from 29 institutions to exchange expertise and identify common challenges associated with operating high-tech shared facilities for materials research.
This page outlines the proceedings of the 1.5-day workshop, and provides access to the presentation materials which were presented there.
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Tuesday, November 1 1:00 PM |
Welcome Session Craig Hawker, UCSB, MRSEC Director, Moderator Tom Rieker, NSF Program Manager Amorette Getty, UCSB, MRFN Director |
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1:30 PM |
Session 1: Alternate/New Facility Models Amorette Getty, UCSB, MRFN Director, Moderator Ian Harvey, University of Utah Kathleen Carrado Gregar, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Labs Sandrine Martin, University of Michigan |
Utah's New MRSEC Shared Facility |
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2:30 PM |
Session 2: Recharge Models and User Fees Greg Haugstad, University of Minnesota, Moderator Tom Rieker, NSF Program Officer Jurriaan Gerretsen, Cornell Center for Materials Research, Cornell University Robert Cornwall, Pennsylvania State University |
Charging Fees for Gov't-Funded Equipment |
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3:30 PM |
Session 3: Equipment Maintenance Jurriaan Gerretsen, CCMR, Cornell University, Moderator |
Open Discussion Format, no presentations |
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4:30 PM |
Tour of Northwestern’s Shared Facilities |
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5:30 PM |
Networking Dinner |
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November 2 9:00 AM
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Session 4: Training Users Mary Raven, UC Santa Barbara, Moderator Gerald Poirier, Princeton University |
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10:00 AM |
Session 5: Logging/Tracking/Billing Solutions Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania, Moderator John Shott, Stanford University Ryan Taylor, University of Utah Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania Mary Raven, UC Santa Barbara, and Qiti Guo, The University of Chicago Robert Cornwall, Pennsylvania State Univeristy Shuyou Li, Northwestern University |
University of Utah’s Coral implementation Brown Bear’s Calcium Software OpenSchedulerPHP Versatile Software |
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11:15 AM |
Session 6: Working with Outside Users Alexander Ribbe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Moderator Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania Jon McCarthy, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
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12:15 PM |
Lunch |
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1:15 PM |
Session 7: Remote Instrument Operation Joe Doyle, University of California, Santa Barbara, Moderator Michael Rooks, Yale University Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania Vinayak Dravid and Shuyou Li, Northwestern University Jon McCarthy, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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Yale's Remote Instrument Access Setup Remote Access for Education and Collaboration |
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2:15 PM |
Session 8: Grants and Proposals William Kung, Northwestern University, Amherst, Moderator Randy Phelps, NSF Staff Associate OD/OIA Tom Rieker, NSF Program Manager |
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3:30 PM |
Session 9: Keeping Relevant; What’s Next? Craig Hawker, UC Santa Barbara, Moderator Greg Haugstad, University of Minnesota Jurriaan Gerretsen, Cornell University Alexander Ribbe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Amorette Getty, UC Santa Barbara, MRFN Director |
Panel Review of UMN's Shared Facility
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5:00 PM |
Workshop End |
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A report summarizing the key findings of the workshop is being drafted, and will also be made available on this website when published in early February, 2012.
The Workshop organizers would like to thank the NSF, Northwestern University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, for their support in the planning and funding of this event.
Please send any inquiries to mrfn@mrl.ucsb.edu.
MRFN.org is supported by the MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation. Image in the header is courtesy of CRISP MRSEC.
