From jeffmckay at ucla.edu Wed Apr 1 13:08:50 2020 From: jeffmckay at ucla.edu (JEFFREY MATTHEW NICOLAS MC KAY) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:08:50 -0700 Subject: [labnetwork] Any Facilities in the US still open? Message-ID: Hi All, I am currently looking for a cleanroom that would be able to process a small job for us now that our cleanroom has been indefinitely shut down. We have some 1" square magnetic samples that we would like to deposit ~8-10 um of either BCB or SU-8 type material and cure it. After that we have one lithography step for patterning a deposition of 2 um of Al. We would also like 2 um deposition on the backside (no patterning). Any leads to a cleanroom that is still available and able to perform these processes for us would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gloria.qiu at sydney.edu.au Sun Apr 5 19:23:24 2020 From: gloria.qiu at sydney.edu.au (Gloria Qiu) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 23:23:24 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] [ICP-RIE] low temperature pseudo-Bosch process Message-ID: Dear all, We have received requests to run the pseudo-Bosch (SF6+C4F8) process at -5C to -50C on Oxford ICP-RIE 100s and I am very concerned because: * Oxford suggests to run it at >5C since condensation might affect pumping speed; * The C4F8 in the process might condense on the sample in low temperature; * As I understand the cryogenic Si etch uses SF6+O2, not the C4F8. I am wondering if you have any experience running this process in low temperatures, below zero degree in particular. Any comment is appreciated. Thank you & stay safe. Best, Gloria Wenlan (Gloria) Qiu Senior Process Engineer | Research & Prototype Foundry Core Research Facilities | Research Portfolio THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Level 4, Sydney Nanoscience Hub A31 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 M +61 452 493328 E gloria.qiu at sydney.edu.au | W Research and Prototype Foundry CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. Please think of our environment and only print this e-mail if necessary. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wjkiethe at ncsu.edu Mon Apr 6 12:50:47 2020 From: wjkiethe at ncsu.edu (Bill Kiether) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 12:50:47 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] Installation of CHA Mark 40 Evaporator Message-ID: Hi, We are looking into adding a used CHA Mark 40 E-Beam Evaporator to one of our cleanrooms. Does anybody still have the System Utilities Checklist or Installation Footprint documents for a similar system at your institution. Since it is coming used, we won't be getting the CHA team for the installation. Bill Kiether NCSU Research Engineer wjkiethe at ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From saad_m_hassan at hotmail.com Mon Apr 6 13:58:37 2020 From: saad_m_hassan at hotmail.com (Sa'ad H) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 17:58:37 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Etching GaP with PhotoResist as a etch stop Message-ID: I'm currently working on a process to etch GaP in BCl3. I know Zep works as an etch stop for BCl3, but I want to move away from Zep so I can use optical litho instead of ebeam. Does anyone know if standard photoresists (s1805) or SPR-220 (these are just examples) would work as etch stops? 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Selectivity will likely be even better with low or no Ar flow if your devices can be etched in pure BCl3. -Dave Dave Hollingshead Senior Research Associate - Nanotech West Lab The Ohio State University Suite 100, 1381 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212 614.292.1355 Office hollingshead.19 at osu.edu osu.edu From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu On Behalf Of Sa'ad H Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 13:59 To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Etching GaP with PhotoResist as a etch stop I'm currently working on a process to etch GaP in BCl3. I know Zep works as an etch stop for BCl3, but I want to move away from Zep so I can use optical litho instead of ebeam. Does anyone know if standard photoresists (s1805) or SPR-220 (these are just examples) would work as etch stops? Alternately, are there any hard masks or oxides that anyone could suggest? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ethan.morse97 at gmail.com Mon Apr 6 17:52:48 2020 From: ethan.morse97 at gmail.com (Ethan Morse) Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:52:48 -0500 Subject: [labnetwork] [ICP-RIE] low temperature pseudo-Bosch process In-Reply-To: <489557735.1065298.1586208282131@mail.yahoo.com> References: <489557735.1065298.1586208282131@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Hi Gloria, I recently completed an undergraduate thesis on developing a cryogenic DRIE process using SF6 + O2 at -100 ?C chamber temperature on an Oxford Plasmalab 100 ICP-RIE. I achieved aspect ratios up to 18:1 for a 20:00 min etch, meaning it would likely be >20:1 if I increased the etch time. Because my test samples were <4 in., I had to use a thermal grease between the 4 in. carrier wafer and my test sample. This has potential for chamber contamination, but is easily controlled by careful preparation. Otherwise, the process seems quite safe for the chamber and user. Attached is my thesis for you to read through, along with relevant cryogenic DRIE literature. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Ethan Morse Texas A&M AggieFab Nanofabrication Facility ethan.morse97 at gmail.com From: Larry Rehn Date: Monday, April 6, 2020 at 16:24 To: Ethan Morse Subject: Fw: [labnetwork] [ICP-RIE] low temperature pseudo-Bosch process Hey Ethan, Do you want to share your experience (and maybe report) for the benefit of the university lab network? See question below from Sydney, Australia, using Oxford RIE tool. Larry ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Gloria Qiu To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020, 06:36:38 PM CDT Subject: [labnetwork] [ICP-RIE] low temperature pseudo-Bosch process Dear all, We have received requests to run the pseudo-Bosch (SF6+C4F8) process at -5C to -50C on Oxford ICP-RIE 100s and I am very concerned because: Oxford suggests to run it at >5C since condensation might affect pumping speed; The C4F8 in the process might condense on the sample in low temperature; As I understand the cryogenic Si etch uses SF6+O2, not the C4F8. I am wondering if you have any experience running this process in low temperatures, below zero degree in particular. Any comment is appreciated. Thank you & stay safe. Best, Gloria Wenlan (Gloria) Qiu Senior Process Engineer | Research & Prototype Foundry Core Research Facilities | Research Portfolio THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Level 4, Sydney Nanoscience Hub A31 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 M +61 452 493328 E gloria.qiu at sydney.edu.au | W Research and Prototype Foundry CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. Please think of our environment and only print this e-mail if necessary. _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Steve Paolini Equipment Dood Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Bill Kiether Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 1:50 PM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Installation of CHA Mark 40 Evaporator Hi, We are looking into adding a used CHA Mark 40 E-Beam Evaporator to one of our cleanrooms. Does anybody still have the System Utilities Checklist or Installation Footprint documents for a similar system at your institution. Since it is coming used, we won't be getting the CHA team for the installation. Bill Kiether NCSU Research Engineer wjkiethe at ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From rmorrison at draper.com Tue Apr 14 19:48:41 2020 From: rmorrison at draper.com (Morrison, Richard H., Jr) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:48:41 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Ruthenium evaporation In-Reply-To: <336C828C-6E9C-4104-9D69-C6FDBDD95613@gatech.edu> References: <336C828C-6E9C-4104-9D69-C6FDBDD95613@gatech.edu> Message-ID: Hi,, Here at Draper we have used an E-Beam evaporator to deposit Ru. We clean our source chamber weekly by peeling large flakes and use an HEPA vacuum to remove small particles and other flakes. We did not have a big problem with dust. Our chamber is lined with foil and changed out on a regular basis. When we remove the foil we are very careful about removing it to not start a fire, we evaporate a lot of Ti and we have had a fire before cleaning out a sputter tool. Just be careful. Rick Richard H. Morrison Principal Member of the Technical Staff Draper 555 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139-3573 Work 617-258-3420 Cell 508-930-3461 www.draper.com From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Chen, Hang Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 4:44 PM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Ruthenium evaporation Hi, Everyone I hope you are safe at home. A user needs to evaporator Ruthenium in our cleanroom, the SDS states that the dust is combustible. Does anyone has experience with the process? What would be the best way to run it safely. Thanks Hang -- Hang Chen, Ph.D. Process Support Manager The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech 345 Ferst Drive, Atlanta GA, 30332 | 1152 404.894.3360 | hang.chen at ien.gatech.edu https://sums.gatech.edu ________________________________ Notice: This email and any attachments may contain proprietary (Draper non-public) and/or export-controlled information of Draper. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately destroy all copies of this email. ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rreger at purdue.edu Wed Apr 15 08:09:43 2020 From: rreger at purdue.edu (Reger, Ronald K) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:09:43 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We're anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We're just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we're wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. Thanks very much, Ron Ron Reger Engineering Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ ______________________________________________________________ [Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300?-66)] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Social distancing will be maintained, meaning split shifts for some folks Microscopes cleaned after each use Keyboards cleaned after every use Tools wiped down after every use Everyone takes their temperature before coming to work Our clean bays are 13 x 24 feet so we allow one person in each bay at a time We expect to work like this through the end of June Regards Rick Richard H. Morrison Principal Member of the Technical Staff Draper 555 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139-3573 Work 617-258-3420 Cell 508-930-3461 www.draper.com From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Reger, Ronald K Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 8:10 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We're anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We're just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we're wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. Thanks very much, Ron Ron Reger Engineering Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ ______________________________________________________________ [Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300?-66)] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps ________________________________ Notice: This email and any attachments may contain proprietary (Draper non-public) and/or export-controlled information of Draper. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately destroy all copies of this email. ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 11196 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From carsen at stanford.edu Wed Apr 15 12:30:39 2020 From: carsen at stanford.edu (Carsen Kline) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:30:39 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ron and all, SNF has been in hibernation since March 16th, and many of our team members have had a lot of time to work on "New Normal" procedures. It's clear that social distancing is going to be with us for many months to come, so we need to rethink our operations in these terms if we're to convince the administration to let us start up again after the shelter-in-place order is lifted. Using door entry and equipment login data, we've identified high traffic flow times and areas. This has led us to create a second gowning entrance to thin out traffic in/out of the the main door. We are going to ease our gowning protocol slightly to speed up the process and get people into the lab faster. For us this means no cleanroom boots, just shoe covers. Garments will have to be in individual bags so they don't touch each other. We're also establishing max capacity in various areas and satellite labs. Control will be visual and will rely on lab members' awareness and thoughtfulness since we don't have a way to meter occupancy with our key card system. As for lab consumables, we are going to be in the same boat as everyone else. We donated nearly all of our masks and nitrile gloves to local hospitals, so we're down to latex (which they didn't want) and the prospect of making our own masks until supplies are available again. We have a couple of options, both of which use cleanroom wipes and either snaps (to attach to the hood) or rubber bands to go around ears. Remote learning tools will be key to our training programs, including Zoom and TeamViewer where possible. Getting any of our tool computers on the network is a challenge since they can't be encrypted or modernized. We have an extra challenge with tool computers that can't accommodate networked remote access, such as our furnaces and older etchers. Installing the infrastructure and redesigning the training materials will take a long time, but some of this work could justifiably be done during our lab patrols as it enables remote learning. Eager to hear more of your plans. Carsen Carsen Kline Lab Operations Manager Stanford Nanofabrication Facility https://snf.stanford.edu ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Reger, Ronald K Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 5:09 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. Thanks very much, Ron Ron Reger Engineering Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ ______________________________________________________________ [Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300??66)] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 11196 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From julia.aebersold at louisville.edu Wed Apr 15 16:22:03 2020 From: julia.aebersold at louisville.edu (Aebersold,Julia W.) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:22:03 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: <581e02bfadc2498a9be44e20de08f7d7@draper.com> References: , <581e02bfadc2498a9be44e20de08f7d7@draper.com> Message-ID: Any additional PPE provided to clients working in the facility? Cheers! Julia Aebersold, Ph.D. Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center University of Louisville 2210 South Brook Street Shumaker Research Building, Room 233 Louisville, KY 40292 (502) 852-1572 http://louisville.edu/micronano/ ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Morrison, Richard H., Jr Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 12:08 PM To: Reger, Ronald K ; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up CAUTION: This email originated from outside of our organization. Do not click links, open attachments, or respond unless you recognize the sender's email address and know the contents are safe. Hi everyone, Draper started backup this week. Coveralls are hung on hangers with 2 blank spaces between hangers No sharing of garments In our class 10000 areas where we use just a smock, we purchased plastic bins to store the smocks. Clean the bin weekly with IPA/DI water solution. Social distancing will be maintained, meaning split shifts for some folks Microscopes cleaned after each use Keyboards cleaned after every use Tools wiped down after every use Everyone takes their temperature before coming to work Our clean bays are 13 x 24 feet so we allow one person in each bay at a time We expect to work like this through the end of June Regards Rick Richard H. Morrison Principal Member of the Technical Staff Draper 555 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139-3573 Work 617-258-3420 Cell 508-930-3461 www.draper.com From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Reger, Ronald K Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 8:10 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. Thanks very much, Ron Ron Reger Engineering Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ ______________________________________________________________ [Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300??66)] www.purdue.edu/giantleaps ________________________________ Notice: This email and any attachments may contain proprietary (Draper non-public) and/or export-controlled information of Draper. 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We're looking at different sequential stages: 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) 4- all users During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model. - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area . - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you! Thanks Sandrine On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > > > Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our > research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to > the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects > deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are > preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this > ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential > delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social > distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need > to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to > a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing > similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas > in our community. > > > > Thanks very much, > > > Ron > > > > *Ron Reger* > > *Engineering Manager* > > Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | > > *Office:* 765.494.6667 | *Email:* rreger at purdue.edu > > Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki > > iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > [image: Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300??66)] > > > > *www.purdue.edu/giantleaps * > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -- Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. University of Michigan LNF Managing Director 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Cell 734-277-2365 Fax 734-647-1781 www.LNF.umich.edu @LurieNanofab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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No more than 4-5 per bay (we have 60ft long bays, 13 ft. wide) at any one time (depends on bay). 4. One person per bench maximum. 5. 6 ft. distancing at all times. 6. Wipe down of all areas worked at, paying special attention to benches, chairs, sashes, scopes, keyboards, work benches, etc. 7. Masks and double gloves at all times in CR 8. Masks and single layer gloves at all times in building (rack outside building entrance for users) 9. Gowning room is large. No more than 4 at a time, maintain distancing, separation between gowns, wipe all benches and tables where user worked after gowned, wipe all phones/laptops/boxes brought in. 10. One staff member per office can be on site. Shifts are strict, no cross-overs. 11. Temperature taken before allowed to enter building. 12. Acid aprons not shared, bagged and stored when not being used. 13. Between shift and at end of second shift cleaning: All surfaces, benches, scopes, keyboards, etc. inside and outside lab in hallway, all door handles 14. Users cannot enter staff office areas for any reason. Interactions are all outside of office areas. 15. Shifted some scopes around to make spacing work better. 16. Signs and markers everywhere to remind users of protocols. 17. Staff in CR at all times to monitor users for protocols and help with machine issues. 18. No tool training. Well, that is a lot of what we are doing. Users are behaving well and have gotten used to the protocols. We have not hit max occupancy levels yet with the critical work (mostly DOD-DX or DO rated, COVID-related, Medical supply related) that we have allowed in. Best to you all, Brian -- Brian Thibeault, Ph.D. Technical/Operational Director UCSB Nanofabrication Facility www.nanotech.ucsb.edu (805) 893-2268 On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 8:44 AM Reger, Ronald K wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > > > Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our > research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to > the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects > deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are > preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this > ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential > delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social > distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need > to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to > a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing > similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas > in our community. > > > > Thanks very much, > > > Ron > > > > *Ron Reger* > > *Engineering Manager* > > Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | > > *Office:* 765.494.6667 | *Email:* rreger at purdue.edu > > Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki > > iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > [image: Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300??66)] > > > > *www.purdue.edu/giantleaps * > > > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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V/R Jim James "Jim" Marsh Contractor - Technical Spaces Manager Parsons (Formerly EOIR Technologies) C5ISR Center, Office of Director, Science and Technology Division NVESD U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Office: (703) 704-1778 Cell: (571) 459-8289 James.Marsh at Parsons.com james.e.marsh14.ctr at mail.mil -----Original Message----- From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Morrison, Richard H., Jr Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 12:08 PM To: Reger, Ronald K ; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [Non-DoD Source] [EXTERNAL] Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up All active links contained in this email were disabled. Please verify the identity of the sender, and confirm the authenticity of all links contained within the message prior to copying and pasting the address to a Web browser. ________________________________ Hi everyone, Draper started backup this week. Coveralls are hung on hangers with 2 blank spaces between hangers No sharing of garments In our class 10000 areas where we use just a smock, we purchased plastic bins to store the smocks. Clean the bin weekly with IPA/DI water solution. Social distancing will be maintained, meaning split shifts for some folks Microscopes cleaned after each use Keyboards cleaned after every use Tools wiped down after every use Everyone takes their temperature before coming to work Our clean bays are 13 x 24 feet so we allow one person in each bay at a time We expect to work like this through the end of June Regards Rick Richard H. Morrison Principal Member of the Technical Staff Draper 555 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139-3573 Work 617-258-3420 Cell 508-930-3461 Caution-www.draper.com [draper.com] < Caution-https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Caution-www.draper.com&d=DwMFAg&c=Nwf-pp4xtYRe0sCRVM8_LWH54joYF7EKmrYIdfxIq10&r=HPRolqcHEi8ndnjYCdL5Gw&m=K4ZYcPyVsB9aTbUZopNGFoogO1uQWlojJlqRSySk_9E&s=iHxIeU9APkhOlnng_opRMMNWICkBECHqcbY8qGYpc2U&e= > From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [Caution-mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu]On Behalf Of Reger, Ronald K Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 8:10 AM To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We're anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We're just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we're wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. 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If you have PPE to donate, you can contact directly Tina Baboyan:- From:Tina Baboyan Subject:URGENT: Doctors Without Borders needs protective equipment Date:Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:42:57 +0000 (04/17/2020 08:42:57 PM) Hi, I hope this email finds you and your loved ones safe and well. I?m reaching out today to seek your advice and support. Doctors Without Borders, operating in 70 countries worldwide and responding to the global COVID-19 pandemic, is in desperate need of protective equipment for its patients and front-line health workers. We need 3.6M respirator masks (N95 or FFP2 or higher) and millions of surgical masks (Type IIR or higher) over the next six months to ramp up our life-saving medical work. Would you or someone in your network have access to this type of protective equipment? We will accept donations or would be willing to sign a long-term purchase agreement. Please let me know if you can help with this request. Thank you for your consideration and stay safe, Tina Tina Baboyan Development Officer, Corporate Relations Doctors Without Borders / M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) Cell: (646) 477-0404 Curious about MSF?s response to COVID-19? Read more here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J_Hagopian at comcast.net Sun Apr 19 11:12:20 2020 From: J_Hagopian at comcast.net (John Hagopian) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:12:20 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] Looking for Keyence Vk-Viewer and Vk-Analyzer for a legacy system Message-ID: Keyence has wiped all legacy software out. If anyone has this software, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks John H. From bill_flounders at berkeley.edu Tue Apr 21 18:13:52 2020 From: bill_flounders at berkeley.edu (Albert William (Bill) Flounders) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:13:52 -0700 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Colleagues, I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry. The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them. We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations. Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc. I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered. Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return to operations quite constructive and similar to our evolving strategy. Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage. This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations, and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time. We will get through this. My best to all, Bill Bill Flounders, Ph.D. Executive Director Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory http://nanolab.berkeley.edu/ On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin wrote: > Hello Ron, and all, > > We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and > likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials > (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're > looking at different sequential stages: > 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, > so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) > 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online > 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) > 4- all users > > During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that > will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time > ago....) operation model. > - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and > inside of the lab > - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class > 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses > not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) > - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in > gowning area . > - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) > * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time > * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity > and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area > - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather > than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). > * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close > proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online > quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and > including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). > * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation > between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. > > It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing > about other ideas from the rest of you! > > Thanks > Sandrine > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K > wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> >> >> Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our >> research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to >> the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects >> deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are >> preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this >> ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential >> delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social >> distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need >> to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to >> a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing >> similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas >> in our community. >> >> >> >> Thanks very much, >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> *Ron Reger* >> >> *Engineering Manager* >> >> Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | >> >> *Office:* 765.494.6667 | *Email:* rreger at purdue.edu >> >> Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki >> >> iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> [image: Purdue_University-150_Years_of_Giant_Leaps.png (300??66)] >> >> >> >> *www.purdue.edu/giantleaps * >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> labnetwork mailing list >> labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu >> https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork >> > > > -- > > Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. > > University of Michigan > > LNF Managing Director > > 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave > > Ann Arbor, MI 48109 > > Cell 734-277-2365 > > Fax 734-647-1781 > > www.LNF.umich.edu > > @LurieNanofab > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From robert.j.macdon at gmail.com Mon Apr 27 17:42:35 2020 From: robert.j.macdon at gmail.com (Robert MacDonald) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:42:35 -0400 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3241FF85-CF79-4F9C-97D2-E17637CD009F@gmail.com> We are running a short staff. Only two engineers. Split shift on maintenance. Only technicians. In total about 25% normal personnel. A few obvious things similar t what has been said. Physical distance where possible such as gowning area enforced. Great care around shared spaces such as SEM for disinfection. One key is face mask use. Making sure disposable face mask handled with great care. No PPE sharing particularly face shields. Face shield disinfection. Thanks, Rob Sent from my iDidntspellcheckit > On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders wrote: > > Colleagues, > I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry. > The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some > of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them. > We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations. > > Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc. > I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered. > Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, > I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return > to operations quite constructive and similar to our evolving strategy. > > Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage. > This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations, > and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time. > > We will get through this. > My best to all, > Bill > > Bill Flounders, Ph.D. > Executive Director > Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory > http://nanolab.berkeley.edu/ > >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin wrote: >> Hello Ron, and all, >> >> We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're looking at different sequential stages: >> 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) >> 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online >> 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) >> 4- all users >> >> During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model. >> - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab >> - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) >> - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area . >> - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) >> * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time >> * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). >> * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). >> * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. >> >> It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you! >> >> Thanks >> Sandrine >> >>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K wrote: >>> Dear Colleagues, >>> >>> >>> >>> Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks very much, >>> >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> >>> Ron Reger >>> >>> Engineering Manager >>> >>> Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | >>> >>> Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu >>> >>> Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki >>> >>> iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> www.purdue.edu/giantleaps >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> labnetwork mailing list >>> labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu >>> https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork >> >> >> -- >> Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. >> University of Michigan >> LNF Managing Director >> 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave >> Ann Arbor, MI 48109 >> Cell 734-277-2365 >> Fax 734-647-1781 >> www.LNF.umich.edu >> @LurieNanofab >> _______________________________________________ >> labnetwork mailing list >> labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu >> https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork > _______________________________________________ > labnetwork mailing list > labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu > https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, MH ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Robert MacDonald Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 2:42:35 PM To: Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up We are running a short staff. Only two engineers. Split shift on maintenance. Only technicians. In total about 25% normal personnel. A few obvious things similar t what has been said. Physical distance where possible such as gowning area enforced. Great care around shared spaces such as SEM for disinfection. One key is face mask use. Making sure disposable face mask handled with great care. No PPE sharing particularly face shields. Face shield disinfection. Thanks, Rob Sent from my iDidntspellcheckit On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders > wrote: Colleagues, I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry. The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them. We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations. Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc. I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered. Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return to operations quite constructive and similar to our evolving strategy. Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage. This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations, and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time. We will get through this. My best to all, Bill Bill Flounders, Ph.D. Executive Director Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory http://nanolab.berkeley.edu/ On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin > wrote: Hello Ron, and all, We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're looking at different sequential stages: 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) 4- all users During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model. - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area . - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you! Thanks Sandrine On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K > wrote: Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. Thanks very much, Ron Ron Reger Engineering Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ ______________________________________________________________ www.purdue.edu/giantleaps _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -- Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. University of Michigan LNF Managing Director 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Cell 734-277-2365 Fax 734-647-1781 www.LNF.umich.edu @LurieNanofab _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spb1699 at rit.edu Tue Apr 28 15:21:49 2020 From: spb1699 at rit.edu (Scott Blondell) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:21:49 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: References: , <3241FF85-CF79-4F9C-97D2-E17637CD009F@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5e0122840d3a4936b15c716bd694a9df@ex04mail01d.ad.rit.edu> All, I inquired to our EH&S about proper handling of used gear, and the response was "treat it as regular waste. It becomes a bio-hazard when in contact with an infected person." Of course, we don't really know who amongst us is asymptomatic now, do we? So, closed waste cans and smart handling is the path we're taking. We rely on work-study students - there are a few still around - to sanitize 2x daily, and have filled many spray bottles with IPA to be used with lab wipes, and have ample pre-soaked wipes available. IPA by the gallon is inexpensive and residue free. Who knew this pandemic stuff could be so hard?!? Scott Blondell RIT SMFL From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Heiden Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 11:24 AM To: Robert MacDonald ; Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Hi Rob, What type of smocks are you using? Cloth or disposable? Also how are you handling waste gloves, smocks, hats, shoecovers etc. Is it now considered bio- waste and if so was special training required? Thanks, MH ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu > on behalf of Robert MacDonald > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 2:42:35 PM To: Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up We are running a short staff. Only two engineers. Split shift on maintenance. Only technicians. In total about 25% normal personnel. A few obvious things similar t what has been said. Physical distance where possible such as gowning area enforced. Great care around shared spaces such as SEM for disinfection. One key is face mask use. Making sure disposable face mask handled with great care. No PPE sharing particularly face shields. Face shield disinfection. Thanks, Rob Sent from my iDidntspellcheckit On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders > wrote: Colleagues, I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry. The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them. We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations. Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc. I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered. Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return to operations quite constructive and similar to our evolving strategy. Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage. This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations, and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time. We will get through this. My best to all, Bill Bill Flounders, Ph.D. Executive Director Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory http://nanolab.berkeley.edu/ On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin > wrote: Hello Ron, and all, We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're looking at different sequential stages: 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) 4- all users During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model. - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area . - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you! Thanks Sandrine On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K > wrote: Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We're anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We're just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we're wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. Thanks very much, Ron Ron Reger Engineering Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ ______________________________________________________________ www.purdue.edu/giantleaps _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -- Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. University of Michigan LNF Managing Director 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Cell 734-277-2365 Fax 734-647-1781 www.LNF.umich.edu @LurieNanofab _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mheiden at engr.ucr.edu Tue Apr 28 15:34:18 2020 From: mheiden at engr.ucr.edu (Mark Heiden) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:34:18 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: <5e0122840d3a4936b15c716bd694a9df@ex04mail01d.ad.rit.edu> References: , <3241FF85-CF79-4F9C-97D2-E17637CD009F@gmail.com> , <5e0122840d3a4936b15c716bd694a9df@ex04mail01d.ad.rit.edu> Message-ID: <565e33dcf25449eba667444cffdaa56c@engr.ucr.edu> Thank you Scott, How are you handling smock usage? MH ________________________________ From: Scott Blondell Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 12:21:49 PM To: Mark Heiden; Robert MacDonald; Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: RE: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up All, I inquired to our EH&S about proper handling of used gear, and the response was ?treat it as regular waste. It becomes a bio-hazard when in contact with an infected person.? Of course, we don?t really know who amongst us is asymptomatic now, do we? So, closed waste cans and smart handling is the path we?re taking. We rely on work-study students ? there are a few still around ? to sanitize 2x daily, and have filled many spray bottles with IPA to be used with lab wipes, and have ample pre-soaked wipes available. IPA by the gallon is inexpensive and residue free. Who knew this pandemic stuff could be so hard?!? Scott Blondell RIT SMFL From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Heiden Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 11:24 AM To: Robert MacDonald ; Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Hi Rob, What type of smocks are you using? Cloth or disposable? Also how are you handling waste gloves, smocks, hats, shoecovers etc. Is it now considered bio- waste and if so was special training required? Thanks, MH ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu > on behalf of Robert MacDonald > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 2:42:35 PM To: Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up We are running a short staff. Only two engineers. Split shift on maintenance. Only technicians. In total about 25% normal personnel. A few obvious things similar t what has been said. Physical distance where possible such as gowning area enforced. Great care around shared spaces such as SEM for disinfection. One key is face mask use. Making sure disposable face mask handled with great care. No PPE sharing particularly face shields. Face shield disinfection. Thanks, Rob Sent from my iDidntspellcheckit On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders > wrote: Colleagues, I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry. The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them. We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations. Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc. I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered. Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return to operations quite constructive and similar to our evolving strategy. Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage. This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations, and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time. We will get through this. My best to all, Bill Bill Flounders, Ph.D. Executive Director Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory http://nanolab.berkeley.edu/ On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin > wrote: Hello Ron, and all, We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're looking at different sequential stages: 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) 4- all users During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model. - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area . - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you! Thanks Sandrine On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K > wrote: Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. Thanks very much, Ron Ron Reger Engineering Manager Birck Nanotechnology Center | Room 2289 | Office: 765.494.6667 | Email: rreger at purdue.edu Wiki: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/BNCWiki iLabs: https://purdue.ilabsolutions.com/homepage/ ______________________________________________________________ www.purdue.edu/giantleaps _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -- Sandrine Martin, Ph.D. University of Michigan LNF Managing Director 1246D EECS, 1301 Beal Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Cell 734-277-2365 Fax 734-647-1781 www.LNF.umich.edu @LurieNanofab _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork _______________________________________________ labnetwork mailing list labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu https://mtl.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo.cgi/labnetwork -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spb1699 at rit.edu Tue Apr 28 15:51:29 2020 From: spb1699 at rit.edu (Scott Blondell) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:51:29 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: <565e33dcf25449eba667444cffdaa56c@engr.ucr.edu> References: , <3241FF85-CF79-4F9C-97D2-E17637CD009F@gmail.com> , <5e0122840d3a4936b15c716bd694a9df@ex04mail01d.ad.rit.edu> <565e33dcf25449eba667444cffdaa56c@engr.ucr.edu> Message-ID: We're still in NYS lockdown. While we don't use smocks specifically, here's the plan - a work in progress - upon reopening: we have a SS cubby wall system. Each wearer has their own gear - suit, hood/mask, over-boots. They will use non-adjacent cubbies, with their suit/hood/mask stowed in plastic bags. Boots on bottom of cubby. As I mentioned, providing ample IPA in spray bottles and wipes to sanitize often. We're still remoting classes thru the summer. Lab use will be limited to researchers and externals at first. In the fall we may or may not be open for face-to-face classes. Then it'll be strict limits on bay occupancy, limited chairs to reduce traffic flow squeeze points and discourage using adjacent tools, and constant "preaching", because we're all human. Scott Blondell From: Mark Heiden [mailto:mheiden at engr.ucr.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 3:34 PM To: Scott Blondell ; Robert MacDonald ; Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Thank you Scott, How are you handling smock usage? MH ________________________________ From: Scott Blondell > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 12:21:49 PM To: Mark Heiden; Robert MacDonald; Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: RE: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up All, I inquired to our EH&S about proper handling of used gear, and the response was "treat it as regular waste. It becomes a bio-hazard when in contact with an infected person." Of course, we don't really know who amongst us is asymptomatic now, do we? So, closed waste cans and smart handling is the path we're taking. We rely on work-study students - there are a few still around - to sanitize 2x daily, and have filled many spray bottles with IPA to be used with lab wipes, and have ample pre-soaked wipes available. IPA by the gallon is inexpensive and residue free. Who knew this pandemic stuff could be so hard?!? Scott Blondell RIT SMFL From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Heiden Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 11:24 AM To: Robert MacDonald >; Albert William (Bill) Flounders > Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up Hi Rob, What type of smocks are you using? Cloth or disposable? Also how are you handling waste gloves, smocks, hats, shoecovers etc. Is it now considered bio- waste and if so was special training required? Thanks, MH ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu > on behalf of Robert MacDonald > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 2:42:35 PM To: Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up We are running a short staff. Only two engineers. Split shift on maintenance. Only technicians. In total about 25% normal personnel. A few obvious things similar t what has been said. Physical distance where possible such as gowning area enforced. Great care around shared spaces such as SEM for disinfection. One key is face mask use. Making sure disposable face mask handled with great care. No PPE sharing particularly face shields. Face shield disinfection. Thanks, Rob Sent from my iDidntspellcheckit On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders > wrote: Colleagues, I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry. The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them. We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations. Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc. I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered. Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return to operations quite constructive and similar to our evolving strategy. Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage. This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations, and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time. We will get through this. My best to all, Bill Bill Flounders, Ph.D. Executive Director Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory http://nanolab.berkeley.edu/ On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin > wrote: Hello Ron, and all, We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're looking at different sequential stages: 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) 4- all users During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model. - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area . - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you! Thanks Sandrine On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K > wrote: Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We're anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We're just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we're wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. 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URL: From sean.rinehart at yale.edu Thu Apr 30 11:24:34 2020 From: sean.rinehart at yale.edu (Rinehart, Sean) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:24:34 +0000 Subject: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up In-Reply-To: <3241FF85-CF79-4F9C-97D2-E17637CD009F@gmail.com> References: , <3241FF85-CF79-4F9C-97D2-E17637CD009F@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi all, I wanted to thank everyone for the great suggestions. You've given us a lot to work with here. What face covers are facilities using going forward. Are any moving from veils to something with higher filtration? Additionally, has anyone found Also, on top of bay limits, are any facilities planning on implementing capacity limits? It could be feasible to leave a set of laminated cards/tokens near the gowning room. A user would ideally take a card upon entry, and replace it when they leave. Our gowning room has transparent walls, so a user could see if there were any cards available before entering. Also, any user seen without a card could be asked to leave the cleanroom. Speaking of, are any amendments being made to discipline policies? How do you plan on reacting to users who fail to maintain social distance? Best regards, Sean Rinehart (he, him, his) Assistant Director, Cleanroom Operations Yale University 203 432 4303 ________________________________ From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu on behalf of Robert MacDonald Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 5:42 PM To: Albert William (Bill) Flounders Cc: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu Subject: Re: [labnetwork] Starting Back Up We are running a short staff. Only two engineers. Split shift on maintenance. Only technicians. In total about 25% normal personnel. A few obvious things similar t what has been said. Physical distance where possible such as gowning area enforced. Great care around shared spaces such as SEM for disinfection. One key is face mask use. Making sure disposable face mask handled with great care. No PPE sharing particularly face shields. Face shield disinfection. Thanks, Rob Sent from my iDidntspellcheckit On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Albert William (Bill) Flounders > wrote: Colleagues, I have been intentionally slow to respond to this inquiry. The Berkeley NanoLab's present stance is that our city, county, and state imposed some of the earliest shelter in place orders in the country, and we continue to follow them. We do not yet have a schedule or standard defined for return to research operations. Split shifts, alternate days, maintain distance, caution with shared PPE, etc. I do not have any bullet points to share that haven't already been considered. Though I don't have a unique insight to the common challenges we face, I found Sandrine Martin's (U Michigan) reply with a plan for staged return to operations quite constructive and similar to our evolving strategy. Each of us needs to define our stages and what the measures and timing are associated with each stage. This will be a thoughtful and gradual process, with some components unique to our specific operations, and with the possibility of having to come to full stop again, at any time. We will get through this. My best to all, Bill Bill Flounders, Ph.D. Executive Director Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory http://nanolab.berkeley.edu/ On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 4:39 PM Sandrine Martin > wrote: Hello Ron, and all, We are also in planning mode at Michigan and waiting for the go ahead and likely recommendations/restrictions from our state and university officials (as of now, our current stay at home order is effective until 4/30). We're looking at different sequential stages: 1- replenishing our stock of supplies (most were donated to the hospital, so we need to make sure we have enough before we move to the next phase) 2- staff only, bringing facilities and tools back online 3- authorized/independent users only (no training) 4- all users During all of these phases, we are planning for updated protocols that will be different from our "old" (pre-COVID - which feels such a long time ago....) operation model. - additional cleaning, both outside of the lab (where no PPE is worn) and inside of the lab - updated gowning protocols (face masks required even in our "class 10,000" space, double gloving mandatory, garment bags and safety glasses not shared among lab users, or heavily cleaned between usage) - increased air exchanges and prefilters added before our HEPA filters in gowning area . - social distancing protocols (hence the "no training" in phase 3) * limiting the number of people in the gowning area at the same time * showing our users the schedule for tools that are in close proximity and having guidelines about maximum number of people for each physical area - for now, we are looking at relying on users following protocols (rather than hard restrictions from our lab management or access control system). * enhancing our training methods so that they rely less on close proximity (we already have wiki pages and SOPs for all tools, and online quizzes for a few, but we're looking at developing this further, and including video training if possible - we don't yet have any of these). * limiting onsite staff presence (at least initially) with rotation between two teams, possibly increasing air exchanges in office areas too. It's definitely still a work in progress - looking forward to hearing about other ideas from the rest of you! Thanks Sandrine On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 11:50 AM Reger, Ronald K > wrote: Dear Colleagues, Here at Purdue for the last 3 weeks we have severely curtailed our research efforts at the Birck Nanotechnology Center due to the pandemic, to the point that only a fraction of our facility is being used for projects deemed critical (related to COVID-19 or national interest). We are preparing to ramp back up once the stay-at-home orders are lifted and this ramp-up presents some unique challenges. We?re anticipating potential delays in orders from suppliers as they ramp up and we expect that social distancing will still be the norm so process & equipment training will need to be handled differently. We?re just now starting to plan for returning to a full research operation and we?re wondering if you all are developing similar plans? It would be great if we could share some thoughts and ideas in our community. 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