2024 CNF REU ORIENTATION DAY & WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
(Updated May 29)
ORIENTATION DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024
9:00 a.m., Brunch and Welcome for ALL CNF REUs with Melanie-Claire Mallison (Mattin's Café)
Meet me at 9:00 a.m. in the Mattin's Café, Duffield Hall. I'll provide meal tickets so that we can get breakfast. Then we'll head up to 340 Duffield Hall for our orientation discussions.
9:45-10:30 a.m., Getting to Know Each Other! (340 Duffield Hall)
(Short break before we go for a walk....)
10:45 a.m., "Walk About" (Duffield Hall, Cornell Campus & Collegetown)
First, Melanie-Claire will show you around Duffield Hall, including her office, the CNF main office, second floor labs, and the cleanroom. We'll end up in the Duffield Hall Atrium for a PHOTO OP! Then we will take you for a "walk about" of Cornell campus and Collegetown.
12:30-1:45 p.m., Welcome Lunch for all the CNF and PARADIM REU Communities (Baum Atrium)
I'll ask each summer student to introduce themselves, so we can start getting to know faces!
(Note the Butcher Research Group is released after lunch!)
2:00-4:30 p.m., First Check Ins, 340 Duffield Hall
Generally, we will discuss individual research project goals and the many paths to success via the First Assignments and the summer calendar. Note your group's time!
2:00-3:30 p.m., CNF REU 7 + Xing AEOP 4 = River Chen, Siyi Cathy Chen, Gannon Lemaster, Fabiana Mayol López, Elizabeth Quansah, Richard Remias, and Hunter Saylor + Sarah Levine, Daniel Teleshevsky, Tim Walsh, and Hajo Wise
We'll meet with your mentors and CNF staff hosts (and your CNF REU PIs if they can make it). We'll reiterate the CNF REU Cleanroom Restrictions & Dress Code, the CNF REU Summer Calendar, and the New User Training schedule.
3:30-4:00 p.m., 2024 CCMR NC A&T = Brooklyn Jenkins and Jaden Watt
We'll meet with your CCMR PIs, mentors, and staff to go over the CNF REU Summer Calendar and the plans with your research group, especially any safety training needed to work in your PI's and CCMR's labs.
4:00-4:30 p.m., 2024 CBE FMRG: Cyber = Michael Batavia and Imrie Ross
We'll meet with your mentors, and CNF staff hosts (and your CBE FMRG: Cyber if they can make it). For Imrie, we'll reiterate the CNF REU Cleanroom Restrictions & Dress Code and the New User Training schedule, and for both, we go over the CNF REU Summer Calendar and the plans with your research group, especially any safety training needed to work in your PI's labs.
5:00 p.m., CNF Short Course: Technology & Characterization at the Nanoscale (CNF TCN) Orientation = The CNF TCN 12; Cathy, Daniel, Elizabeth, Fabiana, Gannon, Hajo, Hunter, Imrie, Richard, River, Sarah, and Tim. (340 Duffield Hall)
REMEMBER! You must be dressed to enter the cleanroom during the TCN Orientation and all three days of the short course. Also, keep an eye on the CNF TCN communications for the exact schedule. Links below....
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 5-7, 2024
CNF TCN SHORT COURSE for the CNF TCN 12
Mandatory Dress Code for CNF Lab Spaces