[labnetwork] Complimentary Journal of the IEST Articles on Micro/Nano Facilities

[Heather Wooden]

The latest issue of the Journal of the IEST features Tech Talk articles
based on presentations given at the 2012 University/Government/Industry
Micro-Nano (UGIM) Symposium. This special edition also provides a sneak
preview of a half-day conference session on Fabrication Facility
Operations<http://www.iest.org/Meetings/ESTECH/OperationsConferenceSession2013/tabid/14118/Default.aspx?CID=M1gkhgklmkmglh>at
ESTECH 2013, April 29-May 2 in San Diego.

Accessible at no charge, the March 2013 Journal articles include the
following:


   - IEST and UGIM Working Together, an editorial by IEST Executive Board
   member John Weaver, explores potential synergies between these two
   organizations.
   - Case Study: Design and Construction of the Draper Laboratory
   Microfabrication Center describes the renovation of a 30-year-old lab into
   a state-of-the-art processing facility using the latest cleanroom
   technology, and includes design specifications, construction and
   commissioning aspects, and data on temperature, relative humidity, and
   particle counts.
   - Facilities Planning for Safety and Emergency Response describes safety
   considerations for micro/nano facilities and applicable building code
   provisions with a focus on the two key elements: engineered features
   incorporated into building construction and administrative features that
   deal with how people work within the facility.
   - Financial and Operational Survey of 12 Major University
   Nanofabrication Facilities reports on a subset of metrics based on an
   extensive survey of the laboratories, and presents data relating to such
   factors as laboratory staffing, operating costs, subsidies, cost recovery,
   tuition, comparative tool rates, hours of use, and populations.


The issue also offers an IEST 60th Anniversary Retrospective and a tribute
to the late Willis J. Whitfield, “Father of the Modern Cleanroom.”

Tech Talk articles such as these are accessible to all readers. IEST
members also enjoy unrestricted access to peer-reviewed technical papers in
each issue of theJournal of the IEST, as well as a 25-year archive of
technical papers. If you are not a member, consider joining today.

View the March Special Edition of the Journal of the
IEST<http://www.iest.org/Journal/tabid/10076/Default.aspx?CID=M1gkhgklmkmglh>

Heather Wooden
IEST Meetings and Education Manager
Phone: 847-981-0100 ext. 20
E-mail: hwooden at iest.org

Please note our new mailing address starting October 1, 2012:

Arlington Place One
2340 S. Arlington Heights Road
Suite 620
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

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