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As with most of our labs, most activity on behalf of users is done by the
users themselves, with support from Staff. And , obviously, process
development for the "general good" is done by staff as part of
their duties.<br><br>
Requests for processing on behalf of a user are handled in several ways.
Such requests range broadly from simple mask fabrication or single film
deposition done in a few hours to complex product development and process
integration over the course of many months or years. These result from
cases where the user has neither the time, desire , or skill to do the
processing themselves.<br><br>
In such cases:<br>
Small tasks are handled by staff through the CNF user program as part of
their regular duties. These are generally straight forward, single step
processes requiring less than 4 hours staff time. This covers simple
single step processes (e.g. mask or cvd) or maybe even simple 2 step
processes (litho and simple etch). This is not for complex projects
requiring process integration. This is just regular staff activity as
part of their employment.<br><br>
Large projects are generally referred to an array of "independent
contractors", who are primarily ex-users who conduct this as their
business. There are a few of these available in Ithaca. These are not
Cornell staff. They are hired privately by the end user on a per hour or
lump sum basis and act as independent users of the CNF facility. They
require insurance, etc, and bill the end user directly for their time,
while the equipment use is billed directly from CNF to the end user. The
modality is more appropriate for major device development bordering on
research.<br><br>
Those two modalities cover the vast majority of outside
"remote" processing.<br><br>
CNF does allow staff to act as private independent contractors under
limited circumstances. 1) The project/task must be outside the
scope or capacity of the user program (see above), 2) Prior management
approval (written form) on a per project basis, 3) outside normal work
hours , 4) less than the equivalent of 2 days per month ( 4 hours per
week), 5) insurance, etc. Essentially they are acting as independent
contractors, not staff, for that activity. This has not
caused any difficulty, but it is a rather minor part of the overall
activity.<br><br>
Lynn Rathbun<br><br>
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<dd><font size=3>On 12/31/2013 7:26 AM, Weaver, John R wrote:<br>
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<dd>I know that a number of facilities allow their staff to do outside
“consulting” or “processing” using lab equipment. If you have such a
program, could you tell me how it works? We do some of that, but it is
not an organized program and we would like to put a little more structure
to it.<br>
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<dd>Thanks,<br>
<dd>John<br>
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