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Advanced Energy Systems originally manufactured |
the controller and PlasmaTherm called it a ?PC5000?. |
Please contact me if you are interested. |
Dan Christensen |
dan at engr.wisc.edu |
Laboratory Manager |
Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
From rfmcdermott at wisc.edu Tue Aug 5 13:27:13 2008 |
From: rfmcdermott at wisc.edu (Robert McDermott) |
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:27:13 -0500 |
Subject: [labnetwork] budget data |
Message-ID: <e4c1f6702f27.48984721@wiscmail.wisc.edu> |
Hi, |
I am on the Executive Committee at the Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Recently the Dean of the College of Engineering has decided to cut all support to this facility, so that we are required to support ourselves entirely through user fees. As a result, the rates have gone through the roof, usage has dropped, and the facility is struggling. |
The Executive Committee wants to make a case to the Dean that we need some amount of internal support to grow the facility (or even to survive). I am interested in learning whether a totally self-supporting university cleanroom is the norm, or whether this is an anomaly. |
If university cleanroom managers out there are willing to help, could you please provide the following information: |
1. Approximate total yearly budget for your cleanroom. |
2. Approx. yearly user fee income (broken out into internal and external users, if possible). |
3. Approx. funding from within the university (including staff salaries and support for facilities). |
4. Approx. funding from external grants. |
Any information you can provide is helpful. |
Thanks in advance, |
Robert |
Robert McDermott |
Department of Physics |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Chamberlin Hall |
1150 University Ave. |
Madison, WI 53706 |
608-263-4476 |
From mberman at ece.arizona.edu Tue Aug 5 16:53:08 2008 |
From: mberman at ece.arizona.edu (Michael J. Berman) |
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:53:08 -0700 (MST) |
Subject: [labnetwork] budget data |
In-Reply-To: <e4c1f6702f27.48984721@wiscmail.wisc.edu> |
References: <e4c1f6702f27.48984721@wiscmail.wisc.edu> |
Message-ID: <3033.150.135.217.48.1217969588.squirrel@secure.ece.arizona.edu> |
Hello, |
This is Michael Berman, I am the Manager of the Micro/Nano Fab COE |
University of Arizona. |
We have had the same problem. We are on the last year of a 5 year program |
to pay our own way. It has not worked out very well. With the latest cuts, |
the four staff members are now: |
An Administrative Assistant: Got a 30 notice and is now out |
The lab manager got 90 days notice and will be out |
The staff engineer got a 6 month contact with ?and then we will see? |
The Maintenance Technician got the ?normal? 12 month |
The plan to charge faculty for use that was put into plan about one year |
into the 5 year program only worked on ?new? users, the older users who |
are >60% will not pay in full, therefore the model did not work, in year |
#5, the college support is at $35,000 for the year. |
So the lab is in major difficulty, and with the state being $2 Billion in |
the hole, there is now not any extra help from State/University/College |
This year the ballpark numbers look like this: |
Income: |
Outside Users $50,000 |
Inside Users $35,000 |
College $35,000 (this year only) |
Inside Un-paid $60,000 (money they will not pay) |
Spending: |
Expenses $50,000 (LN2, Gases, Chemicals small repairs) |
$10,000 (two major repairs TBD) |
Maintenance Tech $45K (with ERE) |
Eng. $85K (with ERE) |
Savings going forward: |
Manager $90K (with ERE) |
Adm Asst. $30K (with ERE) |
The lab?s director has not gotten any grants in 3 years. |
I do not think any ?small clean room? can support its users, and can pay |
its way unless there is some major financial support, from the College, |
Grant, Endowment or the outside (private sector). |
Good luck to all of us |
Michael Berman |
Manager of the Micro/Nano Fabrication Center (Till Aug. 29, 2008) |
> Hi, |
> |
> I am on the Executive Committee at the Wisconsin Center for Applied |
> Microelectronics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Recently the Dean |
> of the College of Engineering has decided to cut all support to this |
> facility, so that we are required to support ourselves entirely through |
> user fees. As a result, the rates have gone through the roof, usage has |
> dropped, and the facility is struggling. |
> |
> The Executive Committee wants to make a case to the Dean that we need some |
> amount of internal support to grow the facility (or even to survive). I am |
> interested in learning whether a totally self-supporting university |
> cleanroom is the norm, or whether this is an anomaly. |
> |
> If university cleanroom managers out there are willing to help, could you |
> please provide the following information: |
> |
> 1. Approximate total yearly budget for your cleanroom. |
> 2. Approx. yearly user fee income (broken out into internal and external |
> users, if possible). |
> 3. Approx. funding from within the university (including staff salaries |
> and support for facilities). |
> 4. Approx. funding from external grants. |
> |
> Any information you can provide is helpful. |
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