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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Hi Aju. We have seen an increase from being a part of the NNCI network, but most of our growth has occurred from word of mouth references from external clients. Being a center that is easy to work with, business oriented,
protection of client IP, competitive rates and responsive to clients have been key ingredients to our growth. If we could hire a marketing director then I think it would take off even more, but that is beyond our current budget.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Being part of the NNCI network has structured our operations to collect and report data to the NNCI, but we have not monetized the data.</p>
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<p>Cheers!</p>
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<p>Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.</p>
<p>MNTC Cleanroom Manager</p>
<p>University of Louisville</p>
<p>2210 South Brook Street</p>
<p>Shumaker Research Building, Room 233</p>
<p>Louisville, KY 40292</p>
<p>(502) 852-1572</p>
<p><a tabindex="0" href="http://louisville.edu/micronano" id="LPNoLP">http://louisville.edu/micronano/</a></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu <labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu> on behalf of Aju Jugessur <Aju.Jugessur@Colorado.EDU><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:23:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Information request: Core Facilities</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Hi Lab-network members,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">I am part of a group of people at the University of Colorado, Boulder,(CUB) who are researching how we may work on a variety of ways to increase the sustainability of our core facilities at
CUB, in particular, by finding new ways to be more effective and develop new revenue streams.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">I am reaching out to obtain your perspectives on the following:</span></p>
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<li class="x_MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have you seen any financial benefit or a significant uptake on the usage of your Core if it is on a shared website and perhaps, with an online database?</span></li></ol>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">If not, do you see any importance of having your Core on a campus wide shared network and website?</span></p>
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partners. If not, do you see any potential in centralizing data sharing among Cores that could be financially beneficial. </span></li></ol>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Any relevant information or advice on the above would be helpful.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aju</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Aju Jugessur Ph.D. IEEE Sr. Member</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Director, Colorado Nanofabrication and Characterization Center</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Discovery Learning Center</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D">University of Colorado Boulder | </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#B39C11">College of Engineering & Applied Science</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D">1111 Engineering Drive – 1B09 DLC <b>|</b> Boulder, CO 80309-0422 <b>|</b> <b>P:</b> 303.735.5019<b>| F:</b> 303.492.2199</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1F497D">E-mail: <a href="mailto:aju.jugessur@colorado.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">aju.jugessur@colorado.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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