Fixed Fee-For-Service

The following lists some of the instruments available to current members of our Fixed Fee-For-Service facilities at a flat-rate of $500 per academic year.

• Covid-19 Protocols for Renewed Access to Facilities

  1. MSE Fee-For-Service facilities are reopened and will be following the latest campus guidelines on the return to campus website.

• Current Members

• Becoming a Fixed Fee-For-Service Member

  1. Send the facilities manager, Perry Cheung (pcheung@engr.ucr.edu), an email indicating interest in becoming a member or request a tour for your research group

  2. Have the PI complete the COA Authorization Form and send to facilities manager, Perry Cheung (pcheung@engr.ucr.edu)

  3. Upon confirmation of membership, an email with a COA acknowledgement will be sent to the PI facilities manager, FA, or FAO to be charged a flat-rate of $500 per academic year

  4. Billing period will begin 7/1 and end 6/30 (billing will be processed in first two weeks of April); rates may be pro-rated for any late or early memberships

• Access to Fixed Fee-For-Service Facilities

  1. Complete the following 3 (or 4) training modules via UC Learning

     1. Laboratory Safety Fundamentals

     2. Hazardous Waste Management

     3. Compressed Gas Safety

     4. Radiation Safety For Users of Radiation Producing Machines (for MSE 309 only)

  2. Review the MSE 150 250 309 Policies and Regulations

  3. Access to any facility computer requires logging in with your ENGR account

  4. Follow the instructions here to request an ENGR account from Systems for non-BCOE users

  5. Wait for an email from Systems, then proceed to create an ENGR account via their webpage.  If you have issues, send an email to Systems (systems@engr.ucr.edu) or visit them (Bourns Hall A344/308).

  6. Fill out the MSE 150 250 309 Authorization Form with PI signature

  7. Email a copy of your training transcript and signed Authorization Form to facilities manager Perry Cheung (pcheung@engr.ucr.edu)

  8. Send a recent headshot photo of yourself to the facilities manager (a simple JPEG using your phone will suffice)

  9. Send the facilities manager, Perry Cheung (pcheung@engr.ucr.edu), an email indicating interest in specific instruments

  10. You will receive an email in a few days with your username and temporary password to reserve time on our Faces scheduling system (Group: ucr_mse_ffs) for reserving instrument time

  11. Meet outside lab manager’s office (MSE 311) on agreed training day and time.  

  12. Upon completion of training, you may request card key access to the desired room by selecting MSE - Fee For Service (MSE 150), MSE - Fee For Service (MSE 250), or MSE - SEM (MSE 309).

• Training on Fixed Fee-For-Service Instruments

  1. Once you have been given access to a Faces account and access to the facilities, you may request training on any instrument by sending an email to the facilities manager

  2. Trained users are NOT ALLOWED to train anyone else on any equipment

  3. Trained users are NOT ALLOWED to bring in any unauthorized visitors even if the visitors are observing the trained user without prior notification to the lab manager

  4. All visitors MUST complete the following 3 (or 4) training modules via UC Learning and inform the lab manager prior to entering the lab as an EH&S requirement

     • Laboratory Safety Fundamentals [previously Laboratory Safety Orientation (Fundamentals) 2013]

     • Hazardous Waste Management

     • Compressed Gas Safety

     • Radiation Safety For Users of Radiation Producing Machines (for MSE 309 only)

  5. E-mail a copy of your visitor's training transcript to facilities manager Perry Cheung (pcheung@engr.ucr.edu)
• Non-ENGR Student Account Issues

  1. If you cannot log-in to a computer with your ENGR account, your account may be expired (needs to be renewed yearly if non-ENGR student)

  2. Send an email to facilities manager, Perry Cheung (pcheung@engr.ucr.edu), an email with your ENGR login indicating expired ENGR account

• Visitors and Guests

  1. All visitors MUST complete the following 3 (or 4) training modules via UC Learning and inform the lab manager prior to entering the lab as an EH&S requirement

     • Laboratory Safety Fundamentals [previously Laboratory Safety Orientation (Fundamentals) 2013]

     • Hazardous Waste Management

     • Compressed Gas Safety

     • Radiation Safety For Users of Radiation Producing Machines (for MSE 309 only)

  2. E-mail a copy of your visitor's training transcript to facilities manager Perry Cheung (pcheung@engr.ucr.edu)
• Acknowledge MSE Fee-For-Service Facilities
  1. Please acknowledge the use of our instrumentation and services in any form of publication or presentation.
      
  2. Send references of published work that has utilized MSE Fee-For-Service Facility resources to the Lab Manager: pcheung@engr.ucr.edu
      

  3. Suggested acknowledgement text:

     "<Specific testing or characterization or analysis (e.g. Scanning electron microscopy)> was performed on <cite specific instrument type and model> in the MSE Fee-For-Service Facilities at UC Riverside."