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Battery backups were recently installed on some of the instruments in room 140; we have learned over the years that a UPS is a prudent insurance policy. Sadly, the one for the DSC appears to have failed this morning, and failed in a way that suggests that replacement will be needed. In the short term…

The Cary 5000 UV-vis spectrometer is temporarily out of service, awaiting a source replacement and alignment. Anyone needing UV-vis analysis of liquid samples can use the Cary 50, of course. We hope to have the Cary 5000 back in service in a few days (assuming parts come in promptly). UPDATE: it was promptly back in…

Campus facilities personnel will be doing some electrical work on Monday, June 19th – they have scheduled it for that official holiday in order to minimize disruption to the campus community. Power to the entire campus is expected to be off twice – once at the commencement of the work and again when it has…

The TGA is out of service as of this morning; the Windows 10 operating system is refusing to run the instrument control software due to an administrative policy change that apparently was rolled out over the weekend. We are working with IT to try and find a compromise (and are quite concerned about which instrument…

The GCMS has been back in service since the afternoon of February 21st; I forgot to note that here. (Even I am still getting used to having this website, see?)…

The QP-2020 GCMS is out of service with an error in the automatic flow controller for the carrier gas. We’ve seen this error before and have been able to resolve it – but what has been done in the past hasn’t worked today. Hopefully Shimadzu technical support will suggest something that will solve the problem….

The new website for the Shared Instrument Lab is sufficiently complete that it is ready for the world! Look around and see what there is to see; if you have feedback (positive or negative, provided it is constructive) do send it in – surely there is room for improvement. The Instrument Details page will be…

The reservation script just gave an erroneous result, denying a reservation for reasons which were demonstrably wrong. I will look into this and see if I can figure out why this happened and what corrective action may be needed. If you submit a reservation request and it isn’t honored, I will handle it manually. As…

In today’s college-wide meeting (for the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education), Dean Boroujerdi highlighted the availability of web space at sites.mst.edu and encouraged faculty and entities to avail themselves of this new university service. I didn’t jump up and shout “we’re already on it!” but I wanted to do that. OK, so the new…

Automation of the instrument reservation request system is now live; upon submission of a reservation request, you should promptly receive an email indicating whether or not your request has been approved; if approved, the reservation will be added to the calendar automatically. Your feedback – either singing the praises of the new system, or constructively…