[labnetwork] High footfall in the cleanroom

[Prashant Srinivasan]

Savitha,

While I don't deal with research/industry users (we have a dedicated 
research Nanofab for that), here are a few strategies we use (primarily 
instituted by my excellent predecessor) in the teaching cleanroom (~50 
students per quarter):

 1. Users who have not gone through the training process are not allowed
    access. This cuts down on the footfall due to casual observers.
 2. Each piece of equipment needs to be reserved prior to use, for a
    specific duration (1-2 hr windows).  This would limit folks from
    showing up and waiting in the cleanroom.

In the research Nanofab, users have 24x7 access and it is heavily 
leveraged. Once you realize the process node you want is reserved during 
the day, you don't have a choice but to choose evening hours!


Hope this helps,


Prashant




On 12/22/2023 12:57 AM, Savitha P wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> We are experiencing a high number of people in our cleanroom, with 
> 50-70 users at a time against a maximum capacity of 50. I would 
> appreciate it if you could share strategies used in your facilities to 
> reduce the number of people in the cleanroom. Do you have any 
> restrictions on students during the day or any incentives for working 
> after office hours, for both startups and industry?
>
> Thanks,
> Savitha
>
> Dr. Savitha P
> Chief Operating Officer
> National Nanofabrication Centre
> Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering
> Indian Institute of Science
> Bangalore - 560012
> India.
> Ph. +91 80 2293 3319
> www.cense.iisc.ac.in
>
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-- 
Prashant Srinivasan,
Teaching Cleanroom Manager, Department of ECE
Project Scientist, Experimental Cosmology, Deptartment of Physics
University of California Santa Barbara,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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