<html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
      http-equiv="Content-Type">
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    We are looking to hire an Associate Director of Operations to
    oversee our cleanroom operations and equipment. Of course we are
    flexible, but I envision the ideal candidate to be a US citizen,
    maybe 5 years out of a M.S. degree in some engineering field, and
    currently working as a cleanroom technician/engineer in industry or
    a larger university facility. The link to the job listing is:
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.tinytechjobs.com/cgi-bin/details?job_id=1703">https://www.tinytechjobs.com/cgi-bin/details?job_id=1703</a>. I also
    take email inquiries directly at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ncrews@latech.edu">ncrews@latech.edu</a><br>
    <br>
    Thanks,<br>
    Niel Crews<br>
    Director, Institute for Micromanufacturing<br>
    Louisiana Tech University<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/23/2015 12:52 PM,
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:julia.aebersold@louisville.edu">julia.aebersold@louisville.edu</a> wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:D84411B2FA8CBA42BC4868D5382CA1BB0137145330@EXMBX09.ad.louisville.edu"
      type="cite">
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
        charset=windows-1252">
      <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered
        medium)">
      <style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:"Cambria Math";
        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Consolas;
        panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
        color:black;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:purple;
        text-decoration:underline;}
pre
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        mso-style-link:"HTML Preformatted Char";
        margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Courier New";
        color:black;}
span.apple-style-span
        {mso-style-name:apple-style-span;}
span.HTMLPreformattedChar
        {mso-style-name:"HTML Preformatted Char";
        mso-style-priority:99;
        mso-style-link:"HTML Preformatted";
        font-family:Consolas;
        color:black;}
span.EmailStyle20
        {mso-style-type:personal;
        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
        color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle21
        {mso-style-type:personal-reply;
        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
        color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
      <div class="WordSection1">
        <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
            name="_MailEndCompose"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I
              really like this idea for we have cracking crucibles all
              the time.  Running without a crucible scares me if the
              beam were to melt the hearth and puncture the water
              jacket.  Nathan, what was your price difference between
              Tungsten and
            </span></a><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Al2O3
            crucibles</span><span
            style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <div>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Julia
              Aebersold, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cleanroom
              Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Micro/Nano
              Technology Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">University
              of Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Shumaker
              Research Building, Room 233<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">2210
              South Brook Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Louisville,
              KY  40292<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">502-852-1572<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://louisville.edu/micronano/"><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://louisville.edu/micronano/</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <div>
          <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1
            1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu</a>
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu">mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Nelson - Fitzpatrick<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 23, 2015 9:19 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Nava Ariel- Sternberg; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] Ni evaporation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi
                Nava,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We
                have also experienced problems in our lab with Ni e-beam
                evaporation in VC or Al2O3 crucibles.  We found that the
                VC crucibles would break down after a few deposition
                cycles (and would “tarnish” the Ni melt) and the one
                time we tried Al2O3 as a crucible liner it broke
                immediately upon removal from our E-beam hearth.  We
                have settled on using Tungsten crucibles for our Ni
                e-beam evaporation.  We have not observed any notable
                problems with this process and our first W crucible
                lasted for over two years before we needed to retire it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best
                regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
                -Nathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nathan
                  Nelson-Fitzpatrick  PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nanofabrication
                  Process Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Quantum
                  NanoFab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University
                  of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">200
                  University Avenue West<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Waterloo,
                  ON   Canada  N2L 3G1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ph:
                  +1 519-888-4567 ext. 31796<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"
                style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#500050"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span
                    style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"
                style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                  style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
              style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        </div>
        <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF
          1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:
              </span></b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Nava
              Ariel- Sternberg <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:anava@tauex.tau.ac.il">anava@tauex.tau.ac.il</a>><br>
              <b>Date: </b>Monday, March 23, 2015 at 5:30 AM<br>
              <b>To: </b>"<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a>"
              <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a>><br>
              <b>Subject: </b>[labnetwork] Ni evaporation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        </div>
        <div>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
              style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        </div>
        <div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi
                all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We've
                came across some issues with Ni e-beam evaporation and
                thought of consulting the network:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Which
                crucible are you using for Ni e-beam evaporation? We've
                tried Al2O3 and Vitreous carbon, both recommended by the
                material/crucible suppliers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Any
                tips with respect to melting the material or the
                evaporation process itself?
              </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Nava</span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Nava
                  Ariel-Sternberg, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tel-Aviv
                  University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
                  Managing Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">MNCF
                  Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Phone:
                  03-640-5619</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Mobile:
                  054-9984959</span><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Email:
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:anava@tauex.tau.ac.il">anava@tauex.tau.ac.il</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
            </div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <br>
      <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
      <br>
      <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
labnetwork mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www-mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork">https://www-mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork</a>
</pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
  </body>
</html>