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Proceedings of the
MRFN Shared Research Facilities Management Workshop
Nov 1-2, 2011
Hosted at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
The Workshop was the first of its kind for MRSEC Shared Facilities, bringing together the
technical personnel from 29 institutions to exchange expertise and identify common challenges associated with
operating high-tech shared facilities for materials research.
This page outlines the proceedings of the 1.5-day workshop, and provides access to the
presentation materials which were presented there.
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Tuesday, November 1
1:00 PM
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Welcome Session
Craig Hawker, UCSB, MRSEC Director, Moderator
Tom Rieker, NSF Program Manager
Amorette Getty, UCSB, MRFN Director
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MRSEC Program Overview - 2401
kB
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1:30 PM
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Session 1: Alternate/New Facility Models
Amorette Getty, UCSB, MRFN Director, Moderator
Ian Harvey, University of Utah
Kathleen Carrado Gregar, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Labs
Sandrine Martin, University of Michigan
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Utah's New MRSEC Shared Facility - 2524
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Argonne's CNM and the National Lab Model - 18480 kB
The NNIN and the Michigan NNIN Node - 1637
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2:30 PM
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Session 2: Recharge Models and User Fees
Greg Haugstad, University of Minnesota, Moderator
Tom Rieker, NSF Program Officer
Jurriaan Gerretsen, Cornell Center for Materials Research, Cornell University
Robert Cornwall, Pennsylvania State University
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Charging Fees for Gov't-Funded Equipment - 53
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Cornell's CCMR Shared Facilities Facility Rates - 4935 kB
Penn State User Facility Recharge Models - 243 kB
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3:30 PM
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Session 3: Equipment Maintenance
Jurriaan Gerretsen, CCMR, Cornell University, Moderator
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Open Discussion Format, no presentations
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4:30 PM
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Tour of Northwestern’s Shared Facilities
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5:30 PM
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Networking Dinner
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November 2
9:00 AM
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Session 4: Training Users
Mary Raven, UC Santa Barbara, Moderator
Gerald Poirier, Princeton University
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User Training - 324
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Education and Training at Princeton's IAC - 228
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10:00 AM
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Session 5: Logging/Tracking/Billing Solutions
Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania, Moderator
John Shott, Stanford University
Ryan Taylor, University of Utah
Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania
Mary Raven, UC Santa Barbara, and Qiti Guo, The University of Chicago
Robert Cornwall, Pennsylvania State Univeristy
Shuyou Li, Northwestern University
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OpenCoral Project - 710
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University of Utah’s Coral implementation
Brown Bear’s Calcium Software
OpenSchedulerPHP
Versatile Software
Facility Online Manager (FOM) - 487
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11:15 AM
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Session 6: Working with Outside Users
Alexander Ribbe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Moderator
Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania
Jon McCarthy, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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Penn Regional Nanotechnology Facility - 146
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UWM's 'Collaborative Membership' Model - 162 kB
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12:15 PM
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Lunch
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1:15 PM
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Session 7: Remote Instrument Operation
Joe Doyle, University of California, Santa Barbara, Moderator
Michael Rooks, Yale University
Doug Yates, University of Pennsylvania
Vinayak Dravid and Shuyou Li, Northwestern University
Jon McCarthy, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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Yale's Remote Instrument Access Setup - 478
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Remote Access for Education and Collaboration - 852
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NUANCE Remote Access Control and Sharing - 628
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UWM's Live Demo of Remote Access - 573 kB
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2:15 PM
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Session 8: Grants and Proposals
William Kung, Northwestern University, Amherst, Moderator
Randy Phelps, NSF Staff Associate OD/OIA
Tom Rieker, NSF Program Manager
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MRI Grant Proposals - 224
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NSF DMR Funding Opportunities - 1069
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3:30 PM
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Session 9: Keeping Relevant; What’s Next?
Craig Hawker, UC Santa Barbara, Moderator
Greg Haugstad, University of Minnesota
Jurriaan Gerretsen, Cornell University
Alexander Ribbe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amorette Getty, UC Santa Barbara, MRFN Director
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Panel Review of UMN's Shared Facility - 651 kB
Keeping Facilities Relevant - 4935 kB
Personnel - 23
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5:00 PM
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Workshop End
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A report summarizing the key findings of the workshop is being drafted, and will also be made
available on this website when published in early February, 2012.
The Workshop organizers would like to thank the NSF, Northwestern University, and the University
of California, Santa Barbara, for their support in the planning and funding of this event.
Please send any inquiries to mrfn@mrl.ucsb.edu.
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