[labnetwork] Staff Consulting

[Lynn Rathbun]

As with most of our labs, most activity on behalf of users is done by 
the users themselves, with support from Staff. And , obviously, 
process development for the "general good" is done by staff as part 
of their duties.

Requests for processing on behalf of a user are handled in several 
ways. Such requests range broadly from simple mask fabrication or 
single film deposition done in a few hours to complex product 
development and process integration over the course of many months or 
years. These result from cases where the user has neither the time, 
desire , or skill to do the processing themselves.

In such cases:
Small tasks are handled by staff through the CNF user program as part 
of their regular duties. These are generally straight forward, single 
step processes requiring less than 4 hours staff time. This covers 
simple single step processes (e.g. mask or cvd) or maybe even simple 
2 step processes (litho and simple etch). This is not for complex 
projects requiring process integration. This is just regular staff 
activity as part of their employment.

Large projects are generally referred to an array of "independent 
contractors", who are primarily ex-users who conduct this as their 
business. There are a few of these available in Ithaca. These are not 
Cornell staff. They are hired privately by the end user on a per hour 
or lump sum basis and act as independent users of the CNF facility. 
They require insurance, etc, and bill the end user directly for their 
time, while the equipment use is billed directly from CNF to the end 
user. The modality is more appropriate for major device development 
bordering on research.

Those two modalities cover the vast majority of outside "remote" processing.

CNF does allow staff to act as private independent contractors under 
limited circumstances.  1) The project/task must be outside the scope 
or capacity of the user program (see above), 2) Prior management 
approval (written form) on a per project basis, 3) outside normal 
work hours , 4) less than the equivalent of 2 days per month ( 4 
hours per week), 5) insurance, etc. Essentially they are acting as 
independent contractors, not staff,  for that activity.  This has not 
caused any difficulty, but it is a rather minor part of the overall activity.

Lynn Rathbun






>>On 12/31/2013 7:26 AM, Weaver, John R wrote:
>>>I know that a number of facilities allow their staff to do outside 
>>>"consulting" or "processing" using lab equipment. If you have such 
>>>a program, could you tell me how it works? We do some of that, but 
>>>it is not an organized program and we would like to put a little 
>>>more structure to it.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>John
>>>
>>>John R. Weaver
>>>Facility Manager
>>>Birck Nanotechnology Center
>>>1205 West State Street
>>>West Lafayette IN 47907
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