[labnetwork] Fee Structure - New Cleanroom (CUNY ASRC)

[Craig Cheney]

Jacob,

 

   Here is the link to the Berkeley paper that Ms. Voros published, there is
a lot of good information on how they did fee structuring and how they
managed lab costs, it is a very good read and a  lot of insightful thinking
and problem resolution also.

 

http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2013/EECS-2013-158.html

 

Thanks,

 

Craig Cheney

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From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu]
On Behalf Of Jacob Trevino
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:18 PM
To: 'labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu'
Subject: [labnetwork] Fee Structure - New Cleanroom (CUNY ASRC)

 

Greetings Everyone,

 

My name is Jacob Trevino and I am the scientific cleanroom director at a new
cleanroom that is going up at the City University of New York (CUNY). The
cleanroom is part of a new larger facility known as the Advanced Science
Research Center (ASRC) opening fall 2014 in Upper Manhattan. Anyone who is
interested can get more information at this site http://asrc.cuny.edu/or
contact me anytime.  We are starting from scratch, purchasing all new
equipment to fill a plasma/etch, deposition, lithography, and metrology bay.
Several people and neighboring institutions have already been very helpful
in this process.

 

We are now in the process of setting up a fee and billing structure, which
is the main topic of this post. The facility will be open to all CUNY
schools, other Universities, as well as external users. Being that we have
no prior data for costs (consumables, repairs, utilities, etc) and an
unknown user base size, coming up with a fee structure is proving to be a
bit challenging. 

 

Any advice on this process would be greatly appreciated.  A couple specific
areas of feedback that might be useful are:

 

Is there any literature you have found to be helpful in this matter?

 

Does anyone have any suggestions on key items to consider, possibly items
that often go unaccounted for?

 

Does anyone have an algorithm or model of sorts they find produces a
reasonable fee?

 

As of now we are thinking of charging a rate for cleanroom entry and then an
additional fee depending on the tool being used. There will also be an
industrial user fee that is higher than the university user rate.
Additionally, any questions about the new center are always welcome. 

 

Cheers,

 

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Jacob Trevino, PhD
Scientific Cleanroom Director
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)
Tel.  (646) 664-8914

Fax. (646) 664-2965

Email: Jacob.Trevino at asrc.cuny.edu

Web: http://asrc.cuny.edu/

 

 

 

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