If approved the student receives a key after faculty approval. This is a problem as the work he is turning away are income producing projects. This shop is appox. Tom works approx 4hrs in the morning on project work and 4 hrs in the pm onconsultant work. Tom reminded us that the ME shop used to be a 5 person shop.
Unfunded research performed in the shop is supported by the dept.
Materials are stock that came over from Hanford a long time ago and leaves the shop for free. If a project requires stock that is not on hand he will firstly seek out stock from other shops. The shop technician does circuit design and fabrication. He also performs computer system repair and diagnostics. The visit was hosted by Russel Noe, a Scientific Instructional Technician II, and attended by Ken Knowlan, Dennis Peterson, and David Rice.