Department of Physics Electronics Shop 
Location
The electronic shop occupies two adjacent rooms on the second floor of
the Chemistry & Physics building: CP 273A (476 sq. ft.) and CP 273B
(284 sq. ft.).
The purpose of the Electronics Shop is to design and manufacture high-quality electronic equipment and components in support of scientific research. The shop provides electronics engineering services to faculty, students and research staff
throughout the College of Arts & Sciences and the University.
The department chairperson (Walter Van Hamme, vanhamme at fiu.edu, telephone (305) 348-3670 is the direct supervisor of shop personnel and activities.
E-mail Name (@fiu.edu) |
Telephone |
|
| Wenlue "Norman" Huang | huangw | (305) 348-3952 |
Shop policies and procedures are overseen by the Department of Physics Shop Committee which has a representative from each of the experimental research groups in the department.
E-mail Name (@fiu.edu) |
Telephone |
|
| Caroline Simpson (committee chairperson) | simpsonc | (305) 348-1565 |
| Richard Bone | bone | (305) 348-3082 |
| Werzhi Li | liwenzhi | (305) 348-7252 |
| Werner Boeglin | boeglinw | (305) 348-1711 |
| Yifu Zhu | yifuzhu | (305) 348-4075 |
For FY 2008--09 and FY 2009-10 the fee for shop work is set at $35/hour.
When writing grant proposals, researchers are encouraged to request sufficient funds to cover the costs of any anticipated electronics shop time. Any such work will then be charged to the grant. For College of Arts & Sciences faculty without grant support, hourly shop charges will be entered in a ledger for bookkeeping and reporting purposes. The shop welcomes jobs from outside the College of Arts & Sciences. Non-CAS jobs will be charged the set shop fee, either from a C&G account or the requester's department E&G account.
When discussing a possible job for the shop, our electronical engineer will make a rough initial estimate of how much time the job is expected to require and of the materials needed. If the requester gives the go-ahead, the job will be entered in the shop's queue. If needed, the estimate will be adjusted as the job progresses or is finished. When applicable, a requisition or inter-departmental transfer form needs to be completed and processed. A partially filled-out form including the shop account number is linked here.