[labnetwork] Information request: Core Facilities

Fri May 10 14:13:41 EDT 2019

Hi Aju.  We have seen an increase from being a part of the NNCI network, but most of our growth has occurred from word of mouth references from external clients.  Being a center that is easy to work with, business oriented, protection of client IP, competitive rates and responsive to clients have been key ingredients to our growth.  If we could hire a marketing director then I think it would take off even more, but that is beyond our current budget.

Being part of the NNCI network has structured our operations to collect and report data to the NNCI, but we have not monetized the data.

Cheers!

Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.

MNTC Cleanroom Manager

University of Louisville

2210 South Brook Street

Shumaker Research Building, Room 233

Louisville, KY  40292

(502) 852-1572

http://louisville.edu/micronano/<http://louisville.edu/micronano>

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Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:23:53 PM
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Subject: [labnetwork] Information request: Core Facilities

Hi Lab-network members,

I am part of a group of people at the University of Colorado, Boulder,(CUB) who are researching how we may work on a variety of ways to increase the sustainability of our core facilities at CUB, in particular, by finding new ways to be more effective and develop new revenue streams.

I am reaching out to obtain your perspectives on the following:

  1.  Have you seen any financial benefit or a significant uptake on the usage of your Core if it is on a shared website and perhaps, with an online database?

If not, do you see any importance of having your Core on a campus wide shared network and website?

  1.  Do you have structure or a mechanism where data that are generated by your Core/(s) are shared among themselves and monetized to generate any revenue, both internally and with external partners. If not, do you see any potential in centralizing data sharing among Cores that could be financially beneficial.

Any relevant information or advice on the above would be helpful.

Thank you,

Regards,

Aju

Aju Jugessur Ph.D. IEEE Sr. Member

Director, Colorado Nanofabrication and Characterization Center

Discovery Learning Center

University of Colorado Boulder | College of Engineering & Applied Science

1111 Engineering Drive – 1B09 DLC | Boulder, CO 80309-0422 | P: 303.735.5019| F: 303.492.2199

E-mail: aju.jugessur at colorado.edu<mailto:aju.jugessur at colorado.edu>

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