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Jacob:<br>
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We maintain a stockroom that is not a campus-wide stockroom but
should be for the use of our lab members. We tend to charge for
things are more or less our cost that would be abused rather than
used if we didn't charge for them. So, we charge for test and prime
wafers (that includes a variety of n- and p-type wafers in vary
background concentrations, some double polished wafers, quartz
wafers, and Pyrex 7740). We charge for tweezers, scribers, clean
room notebooks, individual wafer containers, anti-static chip
containers, dicing saw blades, AFM tips ... and probably a few
things that I'm forgetting. We also charge for precious metal use
(in our case, gold, platinum, palladium, and iridium). We tend to
charge approximately what we pay for things with a modest "rounding
error" in our favor to cover our cost of ordering and receiving
these things. In other words, we don't make money on any of this
... but we try also not to subsidize them too heavily.<br>
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In terms of storage, we also charge for either small, medium, or
large storage containers at the rate of $5, $10, and $15 per month,
respectively. That isn't terribly expensive, but is enough that
folks release them when they are done and don't sign up for more
than they need. Because we only have a finite number of racks for
storage we do have an upper limit on the the total in-lab storage we
can offer.<br>
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Let me know if you have any further questions,<br>
<br>
John<br>
<br>
On 1/23/2014 7:47 AM, Jacob Trevino wrote:
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cite="mid:CE5644D7A52EF64DB2ED11AA427827ED049F3511@EXPM5702.enterpriseapps.cuny.adlan"
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year everyone.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was curious to hear your opinions on
supplying cleanroom users materials, such as tweezers,
containers, glassware, timers, notebooks, etc., verses having
them provide these items themselves. I have seen several
variations on this in my travels. I am curious what you might
implement at your own facility. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally and related, what kind of
storage do you provide your users (boxes, racks, containers)? I
know this is can become a logistical issue quickly as users
store and forget items over time, leading to the consumption of
valuable cleanroom space. What kind of restrictions do you place
on storage? As always, thank you for any insight you might be
able to provide.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jacob<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Jacob Trevino, PhD</i></b><br>
Scientific Cleanroom Director<br>
The City University of New York (CUNY)<br>
Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)<br>
Tel. (646) 664-8914<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax. (646) 664-2965<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Jacob.Trevino@asrc.cuny.edu">Jacob.Trevino@asrc.cuny.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Web: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://asrc.cuny.edu/">http://asrc.cuny.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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