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Colleagues:<br>
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As you may recall, the University of Utah has graciously volunteered
to host the 2016 installment of the UGIM Symposium in June of this
year. Ian Harvey (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:irharvey@eng.utah.edu">irharvey@eng.utah.edu</a>) is serving as the General
Chair and Amy VanRoosendaal (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:amy.van@utah.edu">amy.van@utah.edu</a>) is serving as the
Conference Coordinator. Ian has asked me to serve as Program
Chair. You can reach me at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jdshott@earthlink.net">jdshott@earthlink.net</a>.<br>
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Following this preamble is the UGIM 2016 Call for Abstracts.
However, I wanted to highlight a few elements of this year's
conference:<br>
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The afternoon prior to the start of the "real" conference (Sunday
afternoon, June 12, 2015) , we will be holding another Bootie Camp.
In addition to presentations and discussion that we hope will be of
interest to those new to running laboratories of this type, we are
going to allow time for those from new labs attending UGIM for the
first time to introduce themselves and tell us a bit about their
operational strengths and concerns. There is a place on the Bootie
Camp registration form where you can indicate a desire to be
included in this. While we don't know how many new labs we will
attract this year, we hope to allow an hour for those introductions
so that we can more formally introduce, welcome, and get to know
new members of this community.<br>
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The two main days of the Symposium (Monday, June 13 and Tuesday,
June 14) will have keynote and invited talks, submitted talks, panel
sessions, and topic-specific working lunches. There will also be
exhibit space for vendors and contractors running during both days.<br>
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Finally, on Wednesday, June 15 we hope to have an interesting lineup
of technical workshops given by a number of the vendors and
contractors that have supported our laboratories over the years.
This day if optional, but free!<br>
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Following is the official Call for Abstracts and more details can b
e found at the University of Utah UGIM site:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ugim.nanofab.utah.edu">http://ugim.nanofab.utah.edu</a>.<br>
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Finally, Ian has prepared an Excel file that is attached that
includes the questions that Tom Ferraguto is asking as a part of his
Survey Monkey poll. The link to that poll is also included below.<br>
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The deadline for online abstract submissions will be February 29,
2016.<br>
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We look forward to seeing you all at UGIM 2016 in Salt Lake City.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
John<br>
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style="font-family: Arial; ">UGIM2016 Call for Abstracts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; margin-bottom:
16pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">The UGIM 2016
Symposium will be held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City, UT on June 12-15, 2016. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; margin-bottom:
16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
Arial; ">June 12: Introduction of new labs, Bootie camp, NNCI
coordinating meeting, dinner reception and tours at the Utah
Nanofab</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; margin-bottom:
16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
Arial; ">June 13-14: Conference and symposium</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; margin-bottom:
16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
Arial; ">June 15: Educational workshops (2 tracks repeated so
you can hit the topics of interest)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; margin-bottom:
16pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
Arial; ">The goal of this symposium is to bring together
educators and researchers involved in micro/nanotechnology
management around the world and to provide a forum for
exchanging information and presenting new lab operations and
educational concepts. Representatives of micro/nano
fabrication facilities, ranging from new labs to nationally
recognized facilities, have found this symposium an excellent
forum for exchanging information. Industry/university
interactions, including technology transfer, collaborative
research, and training efforts are included. New this year:
50-min detailed, non-commercial, educational workshops by
topical experts and vendors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Helvetica; margin-bottom:
16pt; "><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Abstract
Submission Deadline: Leap Day! Feb 29, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
</span><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Upload Abstracts
here (including proposals for vendor workshops): </span></i></b><b><i><span
style="font-family: Arial; "><a
href="http://ugim.nanofab.utah.edu/call-for-participation/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ugim.nanofab.utah.edu/call-for-participation/">http://ugim.nanofab.utah.edu/call-for-participation/</a></a></span></i></b>
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margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: Arial; "><b><i>Please fill out the survey
sent previously from Tom Ferraguto, by JANUARY 29: </i></b></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
color: black; "> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.surveymonkey.com_r_96BFZZP&d=CwMFaQ&c=lqHimbpwJeF7VTDNof4ddnO1LTp7jTaMHJ2UAxZwrfY&r=Nr-bN4Md6RTcDsx-pCbyQFkpRpOBT-uDXKAUJUpg_zc&m=x_JqxjZCXnUZsUABOf3HmvTbmXd4LZpvGb3QtnwBw7g&s=F2qmkpe0z6JDRAGqEEcrr0vRzU2wzWiykGsMgHH-Dao&e="
target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; "><span style="color: blue; "><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/96BFZZP">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/96BFZZP</a></span></a></span></div>
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questions attached in .xls format if you wish to preview the
questions prior to opening the surveymonkey)</i></b></span></div>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px; font-size: 14pt; ">Short
(~12 minutes) presentations including but not
limited to the following topics:</h3>
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px; font-size: 14pt; ">Equipment
advances and tool selection (Looking for best
practices here from facilities managers, not for a
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<li>Acquiring and managing mission-critical tools</li>
<li>How to fill the gap: nanolith technologies
between EBL and UV contact litho</li>
<li>How to bring in tools when they are not sexy
anymore, but badly needed for capacity</li>
<li>Case studies in evaluating and acquiring tools</li>
<li>How to extend the life of aging tools and
operating systems</li>
<li>How to handle tools with a small user base
(one PI for example)</li>
<li>Tools with small user base but very expensive
infrastructure (WF6 CVD for example):
acquire/install or give PI money to have the
work somewhere else?</li>
<li>Renting space inside the cleanroom to
individual groups? How do you collect rent and
who maintains the tools?</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px; font-size: 14pt; ">Some
call it marketing, we call it Outreach, education
and shared training media session</h3>
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<li>How to use lab facilities to support
educational programs?</li>
<li>Student MEMS design competitions</li>
<li>Teaching scaling engineering</li>
<li>Filling the experiential gaps left by formal
coursework</li>
<li>Teaching DOE/SPC</li>
<li>Media: marketing and outreach materials
available for others to use • Media: safety
training materials available for others to use</li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px; font-size: 14pt; ">Managing
exotic materials: safely enabling new devices
beyond simple scaling and design tricks</h3>
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<li>Handling PDMS for microfluidics without
contaminating the fab with oils</li>
<li>Managing VO2, PZT and other materials whose
properties of interest also raise risk for
cross-contamination or toxic exposure</li>
<li>Full-flow management schemes for segregating
difficult materials and mitigating cost</li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px; font-size: 14pt; ">Fab
efficiency and continuous improvement</h3>
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<li>Communication: pass downs, staff meetings: how
often, how to track projects and firefighting,
best practices for interacting with faculty and
researchers</li>
<li>Telepresence robotics for 24/7 operations:
non-hazardous safety buddy roles and
facilitating remote communication between staff
and researchers</li>
<li>Navigating the transition to paperless
billing: best practices</li>
<li>Managing 24/7 operations</li>
<li>Managing integrated cleanroom + analytical
microscopy facilities</li>
<li>Management peculiarities associated with
international and remote facilities</li>
<li>Managing multiple processes on a couple of
etch tools: user responsibility for monitoring
and conditioning or scheduled, staff-driven
configuration changes?</li>
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