Practical Ref

This page contains practical reference info for the Jimenez Group.

General Reference Info

Introduction to the Group

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Jimenez Group
• Group Restricted Website
• General CIRES information Telephone numbers and purchasing procedures.
• Whitesides: How to Write a Paper, Advanced Materials, 16(15), 1375 - 1377, 2004.
• To order business cards talk to Sarah Gutherie in the CIRES message center.
• Printer Preferences These settings need to be default on your computer before printing on the shared group printer.
• Subscribe: Research Associate (Postdoc) Email List
• Long Distance Telephone Rates.
• Instructions for printing a poster through the chemistry dept.

Logistical References

• Directions to Chemistry Loading Dock
  • NOTE: For most/all of 2012 major construction at 16th & Euclid - direct driver to enter at 18th instead.
  • Physical address is: 1606 Central Campus Mall; Univ.CO, Boulder, 80309 (sidewalk below CIRES bridge)
  • Can also have driver Google Map "Euclid Auto Park, Boulder CO"
• Location of East Campus Storage
• Visiting the Jimenez Group

Lab

• Jimenez Lab Troubleshooting

Purchasing

• Tax Exempt Certificate If a vendor asks for proof our tax exempt status.
• Tax exempt certificate hosted by the university of colorado.
• Varian: Exchange a turbo pump or controller
  • Fill out RMA form and email to william.ray@agilent.com
  • Agilent will ship the new pump to you and email an RMA label
  • Return the old pump in the same packing that was sent and attach RMA label.
• Vacuubrand: Returning an MD1-Vario-SP diaphragm pump for repair or repair estimate
• Procurement Card Policy, $5000.00 single purchase limit. October, 2011
• Part numbers for http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/practical_reference/swagelok_pn.pdf Swagelok]
• Chem purchasing system All chemicals should be purchased through here ask ask Michael for Log in info.

Instrument References

• Gas cylinders: sizes and fittings

Group Instruments

• Aerodyne AMSs
• TSI SMPSs and influence on their sizing considering inlet pressure drops.
• TSI CPC 3010 (Butanol)
• TSI CPC 3786 (Ultrafine water CPC)
• Grimm 1.109 OPC
• TSI DustTrak: FAQs, Manual and specs
• URG Cyclones : Cut-off chart for PM2.5 1-Lpm
• Noise Reduction Checklist
• Picarro CRDS (G2401); Evaluation for CO; CO Accuracy
• BMT Ozone Generator (802n) Datasheet

Software

• AMS Analysis Template, download the latest directly from James.
• Instructions to print a poster on the CIRES plotter. Qi also recommends using the following ACS Job Options, which needs to be placed on the appropriate directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\ADOBE\ACROBAT 4.0\DISTLLR\SETTINGS.
• Microsoft Office Online
• University License Agreements for software
• Free university sponsored microsoft software
• Numerical Recipes in C & in FORTRAN (note that FORTRAN may be easier to translate into Igor)
• Programming in Igor: Getting Started, General Igor Tricks, and Regrid Functions.
• Software and Procedures for keeping your computer virus and spyware free.
• Working up AMS Data A ppt file from Qi on using James Allan's Code.
• Recovering lost or damaged files using Test Disk
• Useful IGOR Code
• PMF-AMS Analysis Guide
• Field Software Download
• Instruction for CU Email Lists
• Various analysis software for non-AMS instruments
• OFR ppt, OFR code, extra OFR code for non-Squirrel/Pika experiments

User Manuals for Lab Equipment

Field Software and instrumentation manuals

Training Requirements

• Hazardous Waste Training Required for working in the lab and must be renewed yearly. Please complete as soon as possible.
• Required Radiation Training (i.e. DMA work), and Online Quiz
• Sharps Disposal and Glass Disposal
• SMPS Training Material

Travel and Moving Equipment

CU Distribution Services -- Moving and Hauling

• Travel Authorization (TA) Request Form
• New Travel Expense Report (updated 1/07 for trips paid by CU)
• Info for Travel to Aerodyne Research, Billerica, MA
• Instructions to get rid of CU-tagged equipment - One method Or contact Rob Schubert our building manager and he will handle disposal.
• Contact Michelle Law (michelle.law@colorado.edu) if you want to move the radioactive sources anywhere outside the lab (CU Radioactive Materials Website)
• University Risk Management Traveling with University property (laptops, instrumentation, field supplies, etc.).
• US Bank - Use to pay your University travel card online (organization short name: stofco).
• Application for CU Travel card Click on Cardholder Application (2011).

Rental Trucks and Cars

• Rental Trucks are NOT covered by the insurance on your travel card you must take out supplemental insurance from the rental truck agency.
• Rental Cars are only covered by the travel card insurance policy for 31 consecutive days. It is a primary policy and not in supplement to your personal auto insurance.
• When renting a car ALL authorized drivers must be on the rental contract in order to be covered by the insurance policy

Traveling Abroad

• CU employees who will work abroad for >6months - need to contact risk management (workers comp, etc.)
Health Insurance
• In general, Risk Management recommends taking out personal travel insurance when traveling abroad since only accidents arising out of the scope of employment would be covered. If someone falls seriously ill, this is not insured. They've recommended the company HTH which is also used for CU student excursions (http://www.hthtravelinsurance.com). This plan also covers repatriation and starts at 1 USD per day and then gets successively more expensive for periods longer than 2 weeks. You should first check with your private health insurance carrier. You may or may not be already be covered. For example, Hilke says that Kaiser Permanente only covers emergencies abroad (ER) but probably not non-emergency doctor visits.

Assistance Abroad

• When we travel on University business, we can use the 'International SOS' plan (www.internationalsos.com). This is not a health insurance, but an organization that would help with locating doctors abroad, help finding someone to translate in a medical emergency or even help with organizing repatriation also in the case of political unrest. Before you travel abroad, you should copy the details: https://www.cu.edu/content/internationaltravel.

Travel Insurance

• HTH also provides separate policies for travel insurance. This may be useful in cases where there is a high likelihood of needing to change airplane tickets.
• HTH Travel Insurance Rates and Coverage Table

Charging/Reimbursement for International-specific Fees

e.g. Visa fees, immumnizations, malaria prophylaxis, etc.
• Charge to Travel Card or personal credit card (no PCard)
• Submit/Allocate with travel voucher (TV); Use Expense Type 700300 = "International Travel".
• Travel card charges needs to be allocated within 90 days (submit additional TV before end of trip if needed)

Insurance: On-Campus/Shipping/Off-Campus

Key Links

• Risk Management - Insurance Information
• CU Property Insurance Information

Key Contacts

CIRES:
• Ted DeMaria (demaria_at_colorado.edu, 303-735-3739) -CIRES Property accounting and Inventory.

CU Risk Management

• Tara Lindsay (tara.lindsay_at_cu.edu, 303-492-1906) - Director of University Risk Management, Boulder Campus Operations
• Gary Longfellow (gary.longfellow_at_cu.edu, 303-860-5676) - Director, Insurance and Claims Administration
• Frank Hammitt (frank.hammitt_at_cu.edu, 719-255-3525) - Risk Analyst

CU's Insurance Policy

• The University is mostly self-insured. That means everything under the value of 500,000 USD will be replaced by the University itself and only for larger amounts, a claim is made with an external insurance company (FM Global). For smaller losses, our group may be expected to pay, and the university may ask CIRES to cover moderate/small losses. The rules seem generally complicated/vague, Risk Management informed us that if we demonstrate due diligence, the university will probably cover it in the end; however, when in doubt contact the appropriate admin.
• There is a CU deductible: $2500 (CIRES generally pays that out of pooled funds). However, often when shipping with a commercial shipping company you can take insurance for just $2500 to cover that deductible (it will generally only be a few dollars).
• CU will cover destroyed/stolen items at their replacement costs. In the event that we need to replace one or many items, we would probably need to demonstrate the replacement costs, for example with quotes for larger items
• Power surges are covered.
• Car Rental: Use US Bank Travel Card. If abroad may be different: contact US Bank and/or Risk managements. Also be sure to use CU-approved rental companies (see CIRES Travel).

Shipping and Deployment in the Field

• When shipping items off-campus you need to fill out an "OFF-CAMPUS USE OF UNIVERSITY EQUIPMENT Form" for "equipment" which are items of value >$5k. See further details and example here under "Property". Additionally you should report the total value of the items being shipped since non-equipment items may likely be a significant portion of the total.
• For shipping, coverage only exists when transported by a regular carrier or a commercial airline. Open ocean/offshore is excluded (unless by inland waters or by coastal shipments). Open ocean, off-shore policies have to be taken out separately. This would include transport on a cargo ship as well as deployment on a ship. Also, URM has created an ”Ocean Cargo and Off-shore MOU” which allows for CU departments to pay a premium for a specific shipment (See form here.). Premiums start at $2500 for up to $500K then for >$500K up to $1M it's 0.15cents/$100 (if <$1M, consult Tara et al.; may need different arrangements). In the case of GVAX it was cheaper to go with a 3rd party insurance carrier (that ARI arranged); although may be more reliable to stick with CU. In the case of international shipping, once the equipment is in the foreign country, it is covered by CU property insurance.
• Is flying equipment in research aircraft during field experiments covered by CU's insurance? Both in the continental US, over the ocean, and overseas are covered. A recently updated MOU (Jan. 2012) now includes the research property flown in research aircraft. Unlike the Ocean Cargo, there is no additional premium for this coverage. The limit is $1 mil (with $2500 deductible).
• Flying cargo on a military aircraft: for now CU will temporarily self-insur cargo on military aircraft, for values up to $1 million in one shipment. If you have any such shipment valued at $1mil or over, be sure and contact Tara et al. well ahead of time to discuss alternative methods of insuring over the $1mil value. Please keep in mind that this is a temporary solution—they’re working on a long-term solution for cargo on military aircraft. Tara will keep us informed on that progress (13 April, 2012).
• Driving equipment in rental or private cars is covered by the CU insurance. Tara specifies that: "I would like to know in advance of any equipment being delivered by CU personnel that has a value of $1mil or more. But again, that’s not a requirement for coverage, it’s to ask and discuss what loss prevention techniques that the person doing the transport will have in place to help prevent a loss".
• Given the uncertainty and inability of Risk Management to provide us with specific documented or "hard-and-fast" rules, the general approach is to talk to Sarah Guthrie (CIRES message center) or Ted Demaria and they would contact the Risk Management Department discussing the details of the journey and the deployment. The threshold for contacting Risk Management is ~100,000 USD and also for everything that is a bit more unusual which would include deployment on a research aircraft. In such cases, likely Risk Management would contact NCAR/NOAA/NASA etc. See link of "CU Property Insurance Information" above for specific exceptions to CU coverage (such as open-ocean or blacked-out countries).
• If we use equipment on loan (sans visiting researcher), i.e. it is in our care the CU insurance covers that equipment. Moreover, if we bring loaner equipment off-campus, we need to include that in our insurance/off-campus reporting. Conversely, if we loan equipment to another institution or company (and are not there ourselves using it), CU expects THEIR policy to cover it. So in such cases ask Ted to contact his counterpart at that institution. An example of the above is the HAIS-ToF-AMS, which belongs to NCAR but is in our custody and thus is covered by our insurance.
• Customs declarations do not count for insurance. CU will cover destroyed/stolen items at their replacement value.
• Mobile Road Laboratories (such as ARI's): CU’s property coverage applies to equipment in mobile road laboratories.
• Attaching/Installing equipment on ships and aircrafts: What is our liability coverage in case we damage an aircraft with our installation? Tara's response: "The University of Colorado’s General Liability insurance affords coverage to defend the University and its employees acting within the course and scope of their University employment against claims brought by third-party claimants, in the event of alleged acts of negligence or omission. For further information, see our website at: https://www.cu.edu/content/generalliability. Am I correct in assuming that ship and aircraft owners’ personal would be providing instruction on how to safely attach the instruments? If so, as long as you follow their direction, that should avoid most, if not all, liability to CU."
• See Insurance Q&A document from Tara Lindsay for further details on some of the above items here.

Pending questions about insurance of importance to our group:

• None at this time (28 June, 2012)

Usual Suppliers

• Brechtel for flow splitters, Y's, laminar flow elements, control valves, etc.

Guest Internet Access

• Guest internet access for university wireless ITS website
• Guest Identi-Key (for access to non-public facing webpages ie: library resources) ITS website

Poster Printing

• Megaprint Email them the file and they will fedex the poster to any location.
• Poster Session
• Also, Nate or the office workers in chemistry can print a poster.

Group Meeting

• Group Research and Journal Presentations (Password Required)
• J-Group Meetings

Local Seminars

• NCAR Atmospheric Chemistry Division Seminars
• NOAA Aeronomy Lab Seminars
• CU Analytical Chem
• Methods In Chemistry

Science and Publication References

• Journals of Interest
• Important Reference Papers
• Mass Spec. Reference Resources (for CHEM-5181)
• Funding Agency Logos

Conferences

• How to Enjoy a Conference

Info for Field Campaigns

• Field Check List
• (HIAPER-)AMS Startup and Operation Check List

Packing lists for field campaigns

• Field Spreadsheet (Pre SOAR-1 version). Large spreadsheet with field items, and their locations (put together by Alex the great)
• Paperwork from MCMA-2003 field campaign to Mexico City: Packing lists in English, in Spanish, and AMS Proforma Invoice
• List of startup purchases for Jose (Summer 2002). Has the suppliers and part numbers of many items that we'll keep ordering over and over.
• Spare List for AMS for ACE-Asia 2001 field campaign (Jose)
• Milagro 2006 Shipping Lists for Mexico City, Veracruz Land and Veracruz Air

Information Regarding Specific Campaigns

• BEACHON RoMBAS Plumbing Diagram

Group Restricted Pages

• General
• ToF-AMS Web Page (including software downloads)
• Resources for ToF-AMS Software Development
• Resources for Aircraft Campaigns
• Group Meeting Presentations

Group Activities

• (Fun Pictures)
• Group Hike in Indian Peaks Wilderness 2005 With Rainer and Carmen
• Social Activities