About JAFCI
The Jonathan Amy
Facility for Chemical Instrumentation (JAFCI) provides support services to
the research staff in the Department of Chemistry. This assistance includes
repair of electronic instrumentation, design of specialized circuits for
research applications, and consulting services to faculty and graduate
students. The staff are able to deal with all hardware, software and
interface problems in data path of modern laboratory instrumentation. A
request for service by the facility is initiated with a
service request form.
The staff includes 16
members with a wide variety of
professional skills. The professional staff comprises five members with
advanced degrees in the physical sciences. The technical staff have college
level qualifications in electronic engineering technology. The staff is
engaged in a continuous process of retraining to master new technologies.
The facility also provides specialized services in support
of departmental networking and microcomputer operations. There is a
precision machine shop attached to the facility. This shop is used for the
design and non-routine fabrication of high precision laboratory apparatus.
Support of the departmental NMR spectrometers is provided through the
facility.
There are no service charges to people within the Department
of Chemistry. Repair and construction parts are billed at cost. (Any work
that is presented from outside the Department is evaluated on a case by case
basis.) The operating philosophy of the facility includes a commitment to
distribute its efforts equitably in all areas of departmental research and
teaching activities as guided by the faculty. All projects and repairs are
completed on a first come first served basis. The facility's policy is
reviewed by a Faculty Advisory Committee on a continuing basis.
Maintained by Phil Wyss
Last updated 12-15-2005
