<div dir="ltr">Hi SamanthaL:<div> The organization is called IEST.Org</div><div> Here is the link to the class</div><div> <a href="https://www.iest.org/Training-Certs/Contamination-Control-Training">https://www.iest.org/Training-Certs/Contamination-Control-Training</a></div><div> These are the Certs I would recommend.</div><div> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700">IEST Cleanroom Fundamentals Certificate</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700">IEST ISO 14644 Fundamentals Certificate</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700">IEST Cleanroom Operations Certificate</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I have combined the microcontamination and lab</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> stockroom (I buy most of the material for the lab for </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> many reasons including using high quality materials).</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> By merging these two process, I was able to save </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> $2.76-$3.76 million over eight years. Which is immediately</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> passed on to the users in lower cost, which attracts more</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> customers.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Charlie</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Trebuchet MS1","Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700"><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 10:50 AM Samantha Roberts <<a href="mailto:spr26@cornell.edu">spr26@cornell.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Hello Charles - </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My name is Samantha Robert's, I am the new director at the CUNY ASRC Nanofab facility. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Could you tell me what 3-day class you were recommending to learn the proper protocols? I would love to register for something similar myself.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best</div><div dir="auto">Sam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 23, 2023, 8:32 AM Charles Veith <<a href="mailto:cveith@seas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">cveith@seas.upenn.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Joe<div> I might be wrong but the ISO Standards are primarily for manufacturing facilities. As for a </div><div>research lab, I do not believe extra spending and huge increase in paperwork can not be </div><div>justified.</div><div> My recommendation would be to take the 3 day class clean room protocols and then </div><div>implement them. At one point our former Technical Director Noah Clay was reporting that our</div><div>iso quals in the lithography was .5 ISO higher than the room was rated(There was no adjustment</div><div>of air flow to accomplish this). This was totally done through proper daily/weekly/month cleaning </div><div>procedures.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 3:51 PM Joseph Losby <<a href="mailto:joseph.losby@ucalgary.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">joseph.losby@ucalgary.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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Is your cleanroom facility ISO certified? <span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">What are your reasons for having or not having ISO certification? Are there any particular changes you have had to make to your facility
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The costs appear to be substantial, and we are still deciding whether or not we should go this route.</div>
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Cheers and thanks for your replies,</div>
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