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MRFN Shared Facilities Workshop

The Materials Research Facilities Network hosted a Shared Facilities Workshop, held at Northwestern University, Nov 1-2, 2011. 
The event brought together technical staff from 24 MRSEC and PREM institutions for 1.5 days to discuss day-to-day operations of Shared Experimental Facilities. 
The workshop created a venue for sharing best practices, identifying challenges common to many facilities, and enabled valuable networking among colleagues.  A major outcome of the workshop is the development of ongoing relationships among technical peers at MRFN institutions.

Items on agenda included

  • Facility Overviews   
  • Logging/Tracking/Billing Strategies
  • Training Users   
  • Working with Outside Users
  • Equipment Maintenance   
  • Remote Access
  • Recharge Models & User Fees   
  • Grants and Proposals
  • Keeping Relevant/What's Next