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Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research (2006)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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Description and Analysis of Questionnaires

To better inform its deliberations, the Committee on Smaller Facilities (COSF) determined that a pair of questionnaires should be distributed broadly to the community. One questionnaire solicited feedback from facility managers, the other from facility users. Because of biases introduced by the self-selected population that responded to the questionnaire, the committee does not believe that these results are statistically significant; rather, they are intended to give a flavor of the population. The questionnaires are reproduced in this appendix.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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FIGURE C.1 Sites in the continental United States targeted for dissemination of the committee’s facilities’ and users’ questionnaire.

DISTRIBUTION

The questionnaires were distributed to the community (see Figure C.1) by a variety of techniques:

  • Direct e-mail to facilities identified by committee members and staff, as indicated below in the list of 275 facilities;

  • Electronic posting on the committee’s public Web site;

  • Paper distribution at the American Physical Society’s March 2004 meeting in Montreal, Canada, and the Materials Research Society’s April 2004 meeting in San Francisco, California; and

  • E-mail solicitation to subscribed members of the American Physical Society’s Division of Materials Physics and Division of Condensed Matter Physics.

Following is the list of facilities specifically targeted to receive the facilities’ and users’ questionnaires by direct e-mail solicitation.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Active Materials Laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles

  2. Advanced Analysis Facility, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

  3. Advanced Coatings and Surface Engineering Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines

  4. Advanced Materials Characterization Laboratory, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  5. Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, University of Central Florida

  6. Advanced Materials Research Center, University of Florida

  7. Alabama Microelectronics Science and Technology Center, Auburn University

  8. Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University

  9. Analytic Instrumentation Facility, North Carolina State University

  10. Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy Center, North Carolina State University

  11. Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney

  12. Basic Plasma Science Facility, University of California at Los Angeles

  13. Biofilm Research Center, Stanford University

  14. Biological and Biomaterials Preparation, Imaging, and Characterization Laboratory, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  15. Biological Imaging Resource Center, California Institute of Technology

  16. Biological Science Division Core Facilities, University of Chicago

  17. Biology Imaging Center, University of California at San Diego

  18. Biomolecular Research Facility, University of Virginia Health System

  19. Butler Polymer Laboratory, University of Florida

  20. California Nanosystems Institute, University of California at Los Angeles

  21. Campus Chemical Instrumentation Center, Ohio State University

  22. Campus Microscopy and Imaging Facility, Ohio State University

  23. Carnegie Mellon Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon University

  24. Center for Accelerated Maturation of Materials, Ohio State University

  25. Center for Adaptive Optics, University of California at Santa Cruz

  26. Center for Advanced Electron Microscopy, Brookhaven National Laboratory

  27. Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Lehigh University

  28. Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures, North Carolina State University

  29. Center for Advanced Materials Immiscible Polymer Processing, Rutgers University

  30. Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Center for Advanced Materials Research, Brown University

  2. Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering, Ohio State University

  3. Center for Advanced Thin Film Technology, State University of New York at Albany

  4. Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia

  5. Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University

  6. Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Materials Systems, Duke University

  7. Center for Biologically Inspired Nanocomposite Materials, University of California at Santa Barbara

  8. Center for Composite Materials, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

  9. Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware

  10. Center for Composite Materials, University of Southern California

  11. Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia

  12. Center for Computational Materials Science, Georgia Institute of Technology

  13. Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering, University of Virginia

  14. Center for Electron Microscope and Microanalysis, University of Southern California

  15. Center for Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems, Texas A&M University

  16. Center for Electronic Materials and Devices, San Jose State University

  17. Center for Excellence in Nanoelectronics, State University of New York at Albany

  18. Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory

  19. Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Arizona State University

  20. Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico

  21. Center for High-Resolution Neutron Scatter, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  22. Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories

  23. Center for Interface and Materials Science, University of California at San Diego

  24. Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California at San Diego

  25. Center for Materials Chemistry, University of Houston

  26. Center for Materials for Information Technology, University of Alabama

  27. Center for Materials Processing, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

  28. Center for Materials Research, Ohio State University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  2. Center for Materials Simulation, University of Connecticut

  3. Center for Micro Analysis and Reaction Chemistry, University of Utah

  4. Center for Micro and Nano Processing, Case Western Reserve University

  5. Center for Microelectronic Materials and Structures, Yale University

  6. Center for Micro-engineered Materials, University of New Mexico

  7. Center for Micromagnetics and Information Storage Technologies, University of Minnesota

  8. Center for Molecular and Atomic Studies at Surfaces, Vanderbilt University

  9. Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  10. Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory

  11. Center for Nanoscale Science, Pennsylvania State University

  12. Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University

  13. Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Notre Dame

  14. Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design, University of Virginia

  15. Center for Nanostructured Materials, Columbia University

  16. Center for Nanotechnology, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  17. Center for NMR Spectroscopy, Washington State University

  18. Center for Polymer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University

  19. Center for Polymer Studies, Boston University

  20. Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface, University of Florida

  21. Center for Response-Driven Polymeric Films, University of Southern Mississippi

  22. Center for Self-Assembled Nanostructures and Devices, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  23. Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures, University of Arkansas and University of Oklahoma

  24. Center for Sensor Materials, Michigan State University

  25. Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University

  26. Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University

  27. Center for Surface Analysis of Materials, Case Western Reserve University

  28. Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials, California Institute of Technology

  29. Center for Thermal Spray Research, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  30. Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan

  31. Center of Excellence in Polymer Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

  32. Center on Hierarchical Structures, Case Western Reserve University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Center on Polymeric Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies, Stanford University

  2. Central Analytical Facility, University of Alabama

  3. Ceramic Materials Laboratory, Princeton University

  4. Certificate Program in Microscopy, San Joaquin Delta College

  5. Chemistry Magnetic Resonance Facility; X-ray Crystallography Facility, University of California at San Diego

  6. Chicago Materials Research Center, University of Chicago

  7. Colorado Advanced Materials Institute, Colorado School of Mines

  8. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia

  9. Composite Materials and Structures Center, Michigan State University

  10. Composites Education and Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology

  11. Compound Semiconductor Device Laboratory, Simon Fraser University

  12. Compound Semiconductor Laboratory, University of Southern California

  13. Computing Recharge Facility, University of California at San Diego

  14. Cornell Center for Materials Research, Cornell University

  15. Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University

  16. Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University

  17. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota

  18. Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton

  19. Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University

  20. Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester

  21. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University

  22. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

  23. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at San Diego

  24. E-Beam Facility, University of California at San Diego

  25. Electron Microprobe Laboratory, Yale University

  26. Electron Microscope and X-Ray Diffraction Facilities, Michigan State University

  27. Electron Microscope Facility, University of California at San Diego

  28. Electron Microscope Unit, University of New South Wales

  29. Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Oxford

  30. Electron Microscopy Center, University of South Carolina

  31. Electron Microscopy Center, Washington State University

  32. Electron Microscopy Center; Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Georgia Institute of Technology

  33. Electron Microscopy Facility, University of Texas at Austin

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Electron Spin Resonance, University of California at San Diego

  2. Electronic Materials Synthesis and Plasma Processing Laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles

  3. Electronic-Photonic Materials Group, University of Toronto

  4. Engineering Research Center for Advanced Electronic Materials Processing, North Carolina State University

  5. Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

  6. Fluid Dynamics Research Center, Illinois Institute of Technology

  7. Free-Electron Laser Center, Vanderbilt University

  8. Free-Electron Laser Laboratory, Duke University

  9. Garcia Materials Research Science and Engineering Center-Polymers at Engineered Interfaces, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  10. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution

  11. Goldwater Materials Visualization Facility, Arizona State University

  12. Harvard Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Harvard University

  13. Hatch Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Columbia University

  14. Helium Recharge Facility, University of California at San Diego

  15. High Density Electronics Center, University of Arkansas

  16. High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory

  17. Highly Filled Materials Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology

  18. Institute for Biological Research and Technology, University of South Carolina

  19. Institute for Materials Research, State University of New York at Binghamton

  20. Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland

  21. Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut

  22. Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

  23. Integrated Microelectronics Laboratory, Brigham Young University

  24. Integrated Technologies Laboratory, University of California at San Diego

  25. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida

  26. Ion Beam Laboratory, State University of New York at Albany

  27. Jack Maddox Laboratory, Texas Tech University

  28. Johns Hopkins Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University

  29. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory, Arizona State University

  30. Keck Center for the Design of Nanoscale Materials for Molecular Recognition, Howard University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Laboratory for Electronic Materials and Device Technology, University of Alabama

  2. Laboratory for Micro and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institute

  3. Laboratory for Nanometer Scale Engineering, Boston University

  4. Laboratory for Nanostructured Materials Research, Rutgers University

  5. Laboratory for Plasma Processing of Materials, University of Maryland at College Park

  6. Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania

  7. Laboratory for Surface Studies, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

  8. Life Sciences Electron Microscopy Facility, Arizona State University

  9. Lizzadro Magnetic Resonance Research Center, University of Notre Dame

  10. Long Island Laboratory for Crystal Growth, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  11. Los Alamos Center for Materials Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  12. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility, University of Chicago

  13. Major Analytical Instrumentation Center, University of Florida

  14. Maryland Infrared Free Electron Laser, University of Maryland at College Park

  15. Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Notre Dame

  16. Mass Spectrometry Resource Center, California Institute of Technology

  17. Mass Spectrometry Resource for Biology and Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

  18. Materials Analysis User Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  19. Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology

  20. Materials Characterization Facility, University of Houston

  21. Materials Characterization Laboratory, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  22. Materials Research Center, University of Missouri-Rolla

  23. Materials Research Laboratory, University of California at Santa Barbara

  24. Materials Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  25. Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart

  26. Medical School Electron Microscope Facility, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  27. Metals-Processing Laboratory Users Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  28. Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory for Surface Modification and Analysis, University of Michigan

  29. Micro Fabrication Laboratory, University of Missouri at Columbia

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University

  2. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles

  3. Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Purdue University

  4. Microelectronics Fabrication Laboratory, Carleton University

  5. Microelectronics Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology

  6. Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University

  7. Microelectronics Research Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology

  8. Microelectronics Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

  9. Microfabrication Facility, University of California at Davis

  10. Microfabrication Facility, University of Pennsylvania

  11. Microfabrication Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University

  12. Microfabritech, University of Florida

  13. Micromachine and Nanofabrication Facility, University of Alberta

  14. Micromanufacturing Laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles

  15. Microscopy and Imaging Resource, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  16. Microscopy Resource, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  17. Microstructure Laboratory, University of Wuerzburg

  18. Microsystems Laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles

  19. Microtechnology Laboratory, University of Louisville

  20. Microtechnology-Based Energy, Chemical and Biological Systems, Oregon State University

  21. Microwave Processing Laboratory for Advanced Materials, University of Maryland at College Park

  22. Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center, Carnegie Mellon University

  23. Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  24. Molecular Materials Research Center, California Institute of Technology

  25. Molecular Resource Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

  26. Nanoelectronics Laboratory, University of Cincinnati

  27. Nanoelectronics Research Facility, University of California at Los Angeles

  28. Nanofab, University of Texas at Arlington

  29. Nanofabrication Facility, Carnegie Mellon University

  30. Nanoscale Solid and Molecular Structures Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines

  31. Nanoscience and Technology Center, University of Central Florida

  32. Nanostructures Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  33. Nanostructures Laboratory, Princeton University

  34. Nanotech, University of California at Santa Barbara

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas

  2. National Center for Microgravity Research, Case Western Reserve University

  3. National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California at San Diego

  4. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University

  5. National Magnetic Resonance Facility, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  6. National Nanofabrication User Network (NNUN), Howard University

  7. National Nanofabrication User Network (NNUN), Pennsylvania State University

  8. National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, Scripps Research Institute

  9. New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

  10. New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

  11. New York Structural Biology Center, Consortium of New York Universities

  12. North Carolina Center for Nanoscale Materials, University of North Carolina

  13. Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Northwestern University

  14. NSF Center for Low-Cost, High-Speed Polymer Composites, Michigan State University

  15. NSF Center for Molecular and Microstructure of Composites, Case Western Reserve University

  16. Nuclear Radiation Center, Washington State University

  17. Optical Analysis Facility, University of Alabama

  18. Optoelectronics Technology Center, University of California at Santa Barbara

  19. Particle Beam Physics Laboratory, University of California at Los Angeles

  20. Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research, Carnegie Mellon University

  21. Plasma Applications Laboratory, University of Texas at Dallas

  22. Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton University

  23. Quantitative Microscopy Laboratory, University of California at San Diego

  24. Radiation Center, Oregon State University

  25. Resource Center for Advanced Characterization and Metrology, State University of New York at Albany

  26. Resource for Biomedical and Bio-organic Mass Spectrometry, Washington University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Resource for the Visualization of Biological Complexity, N.Y. State Department of Health; Wadsworth Center

  2. Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope, Brookhaven National Laboratory

  3. School of Engineering, Alfred University

  4. Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas at Galveston

  5. Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility, Duke University

  6. Shared Research Equipment User Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  7. Silicon Wafer Engineering and Defect Science Center, North Carolina State University

  8. Silvio O Conte National Center for Polymer Research, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  9. Solid State Electronics Laboratory, University of Michigan

  10. Southwestern Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Facility, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  11. Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota

  12. Surface Analysis Facility, University of Notre Dame

  13. Surface Analysis Facility, University of Texas at Austin

  14. Surface Analysis Laboratory, University of Alabama

  15. Surface Science Center, University of Virginia

  16. Synchrotron Radiation Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  17. Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials, University of Houston

  18. The Photonics Center, Boston University

  19. Thermal Analysis Center, University of Minnesota

  20. Thermal Processing Technology Center, Illinois Institute of Technology

  21. Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Cells, University of Colorado

  22. Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Macromolecules, Baylor Medical College

  23. University of Maryland Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Maryland at College Park

  24. University of Massachusetts Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  25. University of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Minnesota

  26. University of Nebraska Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

  27. University of Wisconsin Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  28. USC Nanocenter, University of South Carolina

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Vanderbilt University

  2. W.M. Keck Center for Microelectronics, Syracuse University

  3. W.M. Keck Laboratory for Biological Imaging, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  4. X-Ray Crystallography Center, Caltech

  5. X-Ray Physics Facility, Columbia University

RESPONSES

Responses to the facility users’ and facility managers’ questionnaires were received by e-mail, postal mail, and fax and were entered into a small database for organization and primitive analysis. The following 10 facility users and 65 facility managers responded to the committee’s questionnaires:

  1. Campus Microscopy and Imaging Facility, Ohio State University

  2. Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  3. Center for Advanced Imaging and Micromanipulation, University of Pennsylvania, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter

  4. Center for Advanced Materials Research, Central Electron Microscope Facility, Brown University

  5. Center for Advanced Materials Research, Central Microelectronics Facility, Brown University

  6. Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing, Northeastern University

  7. Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware

  8. Center for Imaging and Mesoscale Structures, Harvard University

  9. Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Central Facility for Crystallography, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

  10. Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

  11. Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Central Facility for Materials Preparation, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

  12. Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Central Facility for Metallurgical and Mechanical Characterization, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

  13. Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Central Facility for X-Ray Materials Characterization, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

  14. Center for Materials Research and Analysis, Scanning Probe Microscopy, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Center for Materials Science and Engineering Shared Experimental Facilities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  2. Center for Microanalysis of Materials, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  3. Center for Nanoscale Systems, Cornell University

  4. Center for Response-Driven Polymeric Films, University of Southern Mississippi

  5. Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University

  6. Center for Thermal Spray Research, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  7. Chicago Materials Research Center, University of Chicago

  8. Colorado Advanced Materials Institute, Colorado School of Mines

  9. Columbia Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Shared Instrument Facility, Columbia University

  10. Composite Materials and Structures Center, Michigan State University

  11. Cornell Center for Materials Research Shared Experimental Facilities, Cornell University

  12. Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell University

  13. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California at Irvine

  14. Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University

  15. Department of Materials Science, Washington State University

  16. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook

  17. Department of Physics, Colgate University

  18. Department of Physics, University of Delaware

  19. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University

  20. Electron Microscope Unit, University of New South Wales, Australia

  21. Electron Microscopy Center, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

  22. Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, Shared X-Ray Diffraction Facility, University of Colorado at Boulder

  23. High Temperature Materials Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  24. Institute of Technology Characterization Facility, University of Minnesota

  25. Intense Pulsed Neutron Source, Argonne National Laboratory

  26. Interfacial and Nanoscale Science Facility, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  27. J.B. Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility, Northwestern University

  28. J. Earle and Mary Roberts Materials Characterization Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Johns Hopkins Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University

  2. Keck Microfabrication Facility, Michigan State University

  3. Lizzadro Magnetic Resonance Research Center, University of Notre Dame

  4. Major Analytic Instrumentation Center, University of Florida

  5. Materials Characterization Facility, University of Central Florida

  6. Materials Characterization Laboratory of the Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University

  7. Microfabrication Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley

  8. Microfabrication Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, School of Electrical Engineering

  9. Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Maryland at College Park

  10. Nanoscale Surface Characterization Facility, Washington State University

  11. Nanostructures Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  12. Nanotechnology User Facility at the Center for Nanotechnology, University of Washington at Seattle

  13. National Center for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  14. National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems, University of Washington at Seattle

  15. National High Magnetic Field Facility, Florida State University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Florida

  16. National Magnetic Resonance Facility, University of Wisconsin at Madison

  17. New York Structural Biology Center, Consortium of New York Universities

  18. NIST Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  19. Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center, Northwestern University

  20. Optical Analysis Facility, University of Alabama

  21. Oregon State University Radiation Center, Oregon State University

  22. Pennsylvania Regional Nanotechnology Facility, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Materials, University of Pennsylvania

  23. Princeton Center for Complex Materials Shared Experimental Facilities Imaging and Analysis Center, Princeton University

  24. Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System, University of Pennsylvania

  25. Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  26. Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope User Facility, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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  1. Shared Equipment Authority, Rice University

  2. Shared Experimental Facilities of the University of Massachusetts Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  3. Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility, Duke University

  4. Shared Research Equipment User Center (SHaRE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  5. Stanford Nanofabrication Facility, Stanford University

  6. Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas at Austin

  7. University of Wisconsin Materials Science Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison

ANALYSIS

Quantitative analysis of the responses to the facility managers’ questionnaire is inappropriate, of course, because of sample bias and size, but several figures (Figures C.2 through C.6) are presented here to provide information, based on responses to the facilities questionnaire, regarding sources of support for and distribution of annual operating budgets, numbers of users and makeup of the user base, and full-time-equivalent staff supporting midsize facilities.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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FIGURE C.2 Comparison of sources of support for individual facilities’ annual operating budgets. The dominant sources of support are from federal research programs (35 percent) and user fees (35 percent), followed by contributions from the host institutions (27 percent). Data based on responses to the committee’s survey.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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FIGURE C.3 Distribution of midsize facility annual operating budgets. Data based on responses to the committee’s survey.

FIGURE C.4 Spectrum of reported number of distinct annual users for midsize facilities. The reporting facilities were used by a total of more than 9,800 persons, with an average of 180 annual users (median 100). Data based on responses to the committee’s survey.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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FIGURE C.5 Distribution of the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff supporting midsize facilities. Each bar represents the number of facilities that have the indicated number of FTE staff or fewer; for instance, the leftmost bar indicates that about 15 facilities have one staff member or fewer. Data based on responses to the committee’s survey.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Description and Analysis of Questionnaires." National Research Council. 2006. Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11336.
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FIGURE C.6 Makeup of the user base for midsize facilities. On average, 77 percent of users are from within the same institution, an additional 10 percent are from the immediate local area, and 5 percent are regionally based (within 1 day’s travel). Finally, about 8 percent of midsize facility users have traveled from another region of the United States to use the facility.

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Most of the instruments now used for materials research are too complex and expensive for individual investigators to own, operate, and maintain them. Consequently, they have become increasingly consolidated into multi-user, small to midsized research facilities, located at many sites around the country. The proliferation of these facilities, however, has drawn calls for a careful assessment of best principles for their operation. With support from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, the NRC carried out a study to characterize and discuss ways to optimize investments in materials research facility infrastructure with attention to midsize facilities. This report provides an assessment of the nature and importance of mid-sized facilities, their capabilities, challenges they face, current investment, and optimizing their effectiveness.

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