[labnetwork] High footfall in the cleanroom

[Mark K Mondol]

Savitha:

Having visited your facility in Bengalaru I kind of doubt OSHA regulations apply to you, but they may help others on this email.

I agree that if it is possible to increase the nominal maximum capacity and still be confident that users are safe that would be a good option.

When I ran the NanoStructures Lab we had 200 sq meters of lab space that would get very crowded starting in mid-afternoon through early evening. Part of our issue was that most students were not qualified to work during non-staff hours. One of our solutions was for our staff to start later in the day, more in line with the hours students worked. We also considered qualifying post-docs to supervise the lab. We also considered reducing the rate for early morning use. The most useful idea was having the supervising Prof. tell their students to get up earlier.

I believe your facility is open 24 hours a day and sees quite a bit of use even late night so none of my advice may be useful.  Thanks so much for hosting me in 2019, great memories.

Regards,

Mark K Mondol



Mark K Mondol

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And

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Subject: Re: [labnetwork] High footfall in the cleanroom

Hi Savitha,

I would start by recalling where the maximum capacity of 50 came from. If it was determined based on a code (fire, building) you have to stick to it and look into strategies to spread out the work in the cleanroom. If it was not based on a code, I think you have flexibility in allowing 70 users in at a given time if they do not "bump into each other".

Cheers,

Iulian


iulian Codreanu, Ph.D.
Director, Nanofabrication Facility
University of Delaware
Harker ISE Lab, Room 163
221 Academy Street
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-2784
https://udnf.udel.edu

On 12/22/2023 3:57 AM, Savitha P wrote:

Hi!

We are experiencing a high number of people in our cleanroom, with 50-70 users at a time against a maximum capacity of 50. I would appreciate it if you could share strategies used in your facilities to reduce the number of people in the cleanroom. Do you have any restrictions on students during the day or any incentives for working after office hours, for both startups and industry?

Thanks,
Savitha

Dr. Savitha P
Chief Operating Officer
National Nanofabrication Centre
Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560012
India.
Ph. +91 80 2293 3319
www.cense.iisc.ac.in<http://www.cense.iisc.ac.in>



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