Technical information

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Supervisor: Christine Ortiz, Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE)
Room 13-4022, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Phone : [phone] Fax : [phone]
Email : [e-mail] WWW : http://web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/
Assistant : Tim Doyle Office : Room 12-006
Phone : [phone] Fax: [phone] Email : [e-mail]
Labs: Chemistry: RM 12-065, Phone : [phone]
Mechanics : RM 13-5037, Phone : [phone]
General Policy: The lab welcomes collaborators participating in research projects of mutual
interest, but can not be employed in any way as a standard service facility (i.e. the DMSE
Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) and Center for Biomedical
Engineering (CBE) can provide equipment for such work). Hence, to avoid conflicts
collaborating students are expected to adhere to the following guidelines.
Specific Policies:
1. The collaborating student / post-doc should write up a one-page plan of experiments to
be done in the lab and have them approved by C. Ortiz before beginning work. An
additional one-page research plan is expected at the beginning of each semester.
2. Ortiz graduate students have priority on all equipment.
3. Collaborating students / post-docs should be initially trained by an Ortiz graduate student.
The collaborator should provide the trainer with the one-page summary of work he or she
would like to accomplish prior to the training. Observation of experiments performed by
another experienced user multiple times is strongly suggested.
4. Safety precaution sheets should be read carefully and adhered to before starting any
experiments.
5. Any problems with the equipment should be reported immediately to Prof. Ortiz.
6. The collaborating student / post-doc and their doctoral / post-doctoral advisor are
responsible for any damage to the equipment which is found to be at the fault of the
student. The student is responsible for arranging quick repair of any damage they may have
caused.
7. Researchers should reserve time on the equipment by signing the appropriate schedule. It
is suggested to sign out either morning/ afternoon/or evening block, not more than one full
day at a time.
8. All students must sign and date the log-books for the equipment each time they use it.
Prof. Ortiz will review the log books on a weekly basis.
9. Collaborators should keep track of and pay for all of the supplies they use, i.e. cantilever /
probe tips. The collaborating students advisors are expected to take care of the costs for
chemicals, materials, and supplies related to the project.
10. Joint publication is expected for research conducted in the laboratory. If an Ortiz
graduate student is integrally involved with the research, it is expected that they will maintain
coauthorship on the publication as well.
11. If a collaborating student / post-doc has performed experiments during a particular
week, it is expected that they attend the following week's Ortiz group meeting (Monday
5pm, MIT 12-009) and informally present what they have done.
ORTIZ POLYMER MECHANICS LABORATORY
COLLABORATOR USER AGREEMENT & POLICIES