Welcome to the Group! Here's how to get going...

IDs and Transportation

• Get an ID card with the HID chip (proximity chip) at Flawn Academic Center

  • http://www.utexas.edu/its/idcenter/index.php

• Get a parking pass

  • http://www.utexas.edu/parking/

  • Any parking pass should be okay for Pickle

    • Make sure to register your license plate in the parking permit portal

• Bus Route 803 (a metrorapid route) also runs between campus and Pickle.

  • Students with a UT ID Card can use the bus (just a swipe on the card reader)

  • Travel time will be 5-10 minutes longer

  • Generally reliable. Use the CapMetro app for best bus stop time estimates etc

    • https://www.capmetro.org/fares-passes/app

Get access to cleanroom/labs

• Contact mertrain@mer.utexas.edu for MER Safety Training

  • You can also try williamveith@utexas.edu

  • You should also request afterhours keycard access to MRC

1. PL Lab - room 1.804

   1. You should have Laser Safety Training completed

2. DAS (Design and Simulation) - room 1.820

3. Terry's office/lab - room 1.712A

Get LASE'd

• Introduce yourself to our admin Christine Wood (christine.wood@austin.utexas.edu)

  • She works from home on some days of the week

• Add your contact info to the Group Contact Info page:

  • Group Contact InfoPreview

• Get added to:

  • Group Slack: ask Seth and give him your UT email

  • Group email list: lase@mer.utexas.edu (send request to James Hitzfelder (jameshitz@mer.utexas.edu), CC both Seth and Christine)

  • merall email list to receive MER updates (https://utlists.utexas.edu/sympa/info/merall )

  • Group Wiki:

    • Log into UT Confluence

    • Request access to the space (ask an existing member to add you)

    • Additionally, you can download a mobile app for easy access to the space:

      • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/confluence-cloud/id1006971684

      • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.confluence.core&hl=en&pli=1

      • Log in using your your_eid@eid.utexas.edu email (it should redirect you to the regular UT log in)

• Read up on Group Meeting

Training

• Get safety training: https://ehs.utexas.edu/training/training-courses.php#oh101

  • X-ray safety (306) is probably the most important to get first, followed by lab safety, etc.

  • OH 101, 201, 202, 304, 306; maybe 204

• If you will be doing cleanroom/fabrication work, start getting trained. Most tool training can be requested throughout the year, but the sooner you get some done the better

  • Some tools to consider getting first:

    • Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Xray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), solvent hoods in photolithography bay

      • XRD training is usually handled by a group member

      • SEM training can be a bit difficult

  • First ask group members to see if you can shadows them while they use the tool first

  • Send a request to mertrain@mer.utexas.edu

    • In your subject line include the tool name

    • In the email include:

      • Group name/PI

      • Purpose of request (i.e. why you need the tool)

      • Availability (give specific days and times, this will help schedule it faster)

    • Different tools require different training, always ask before using

• Read the page on the LASE Group on this wiki. The link is on the front page.

General checklists for new employees/students:

• New postdoc checklist:

  • http://www.utexas.edu/hr/current/new/checklist.html

• New student employee checklist:

  • http://www.utexas.edu/hr/student/new_student_employee_checklist.html

Suggested reading material:

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