Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility

Jake will be holding his weekly User Meeting tomorrow at 1:30 pm in EG rm 3311.

A reminder:

• Full Time Users: Users that use the lab on a daily/weekly basis. You will have a hanger w/ name-tag, coveralls, hood & shoe covers assigned to you. You are responsible for putting the items in the laundry bag when dirty and checking with the front desk to be issued a new set/item. Do not take the Shared gowns/hoods to replace a dirty gown. Please let the front desk know if you plan on not using the lab on a regular basis so we can make those items available for other users.
• Part Time Users (Shared Gowns): Users that use the lab on a bi-weekly/monthly basis. We have set up hangers of shared coveralls (sizes are labeled on the hanger). The hoods will be in a bin above the coveralls. Please use the disposable shoes covers. Return the coveralls and hoods to the correct hanger/bin when finished. If you plan on using the lab on a daily/weekly basis, contact the front desk.

As a reminder, Do not use gowns assigned to another staff member or cleanroom user. Do not take the Shared gowns/hoods to replace a Full Time User gown.

Please see Ryan (x-2819) to issue you a new one.

Earthquake Drill Tomorrow!

The INRF will participate in the Great California Shakeout tomorrow at 10:15 AM. This is good practice for users to go through emergency shut down for equipment and safety procedures during an Earthquake. Don’t forget to practice the following tomorrow:

1. Simulated Equipment Emergency Shutdown/ Safe chemical handling (Review Equipment Emergency Shutdown Procedures)
2. Exit the facility safely (since this is a drill you may take off your gown)
3. Find a good location to drop, cover and hold on (once out of the cleanroom)
4. Meet at the Evacuation Assembly Point (outside between the two Engineering Gateway buildings)

Good Luck!

INRF Staff

Jake will be holding his User Meeting today at 1:30 pm in EG rm 3311.

All equipment training will now take place every Wednesday in order for staff to focus on other duties during the week. You will still need to fill out the Training Request Form in advance. Once we review the request we will then contact you for scheduling.

Message from Calit2:

“Due to the current Calit2 construction project, access to Calit2 clean room load-in entry 1451 will be limited. Temporary walled door structures will be built at both ends of the Calit2 east corridor in order to better control the construction zone – (see below). All access to the 1451 clean room load-in door will need to be coordinated through Gregory Gallardo (Ext 4-4488) in advance until further notice and/or at least through February 2016. This will also temporarily change the emergency exiting procedure for clean room bays facing the south corridor. The Fire Marshall will be posting all appropriate signage.”

Emergency Water Shutdown – UPDATE

The domestic water to Engineering Gateway has been repaired and is currently available for use.
Please be advised that the Industrial Water is still undergoing repairs.

Location: Engineering Gateway, Building #321

Disruption/Outage: Emergency Water Shutdown, Entire Building
Date(s): Thursday, September 10, 2015

Details: This outage is to perform emergency repairs to the buildings Backflow System. Repairs are in progress and will to take approximately 3 hours, ending at approximately 11:00am.

From Facilities:

This morning’s repair work on the industrial water system at Engineering Gateway revealed the immediate need to replace a main water valve.  As a result, all water will be shutdown to Engineering Gateway until approximately 11am this morning.  I will provide additional updates as I receive them.

Rooms 1421, 1422, 1431 & 1432 will closed Tuesday 9/8/2015 and Friday 9/11/2015 from 5am – 3pm due to Facilities work upstairs. They will be X-raying and coring the concrete above so be aware that there will be loud noises as well. Areas affected are highlighted in black on the below map (Click map to enlarge).

A new training video on Trion ICP / RIE Dry Etch has been posted to the INRF website. You can view the video by visiting the videos page at:

https://www.inrf.uci.edu/facility/videos/

You can also view the video directly on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/dkMeB3CE7L8

You may also visit the INRF Youtube Channel for additional training videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Inrfucirvine/

INRF Staff