Direct use - Investigator is responsible for unsupervised operation of the machine. Indirect use - Investigator instructs a member of the facility staff with both present during the session. Contract - Investigators provide the samples and instructs a microprobe staff member regarding the information they want or the problem they want solved. Each of these three categories have different rates for University versus industrial customers. Priority is given to budgeted in-house and University research.
Work is scheduled in the order received unless special handling is requested.
Priority Scheduling is available when results are needed rapidly. The cost for Priority Service is 50 percent above the usual fee. Data produced for clients and all client information of a proprietary nature are treated with strictest confidentiality. Charges OSU's present policy requires campus services to recover their operating costs through charges to projects using the services. Therefore, this laboratory will charge for use of its equipment and supplies and for the services of its staff.