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The following policies pertain to all Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Instructional labs.

Lab Access and PC Account Requests

Individuals

To obtain card access and computer accounts, please read the rules thoroughly and then submit your request via email to Matt Ulinski at mu25@cornell.edu. The email should contain the following information (in this order):

last name, first name, student status (UG, MEng, PhD, Staff, Faculty), CUID number, access ending date (mm/dd/yyyy), team/group name, NetID, lab room number (114 Rhodes, 245 Upson, 265 Upson, B30 Rhodes, B84 Rhodes).

Groups

Student project teams, who require access for more than 6 people, should submit an Excel spreadsheet, or comma delimited file, to Matt Ulinski by e-mail at mu25@cornell.edu. The file should contain the following information (in this order):

last name, first name, student status (UG, MEng, PhD, Staff, Faculty), CUID number, access ending date (mm/dd/yyyy), team/group name, NetID, lab room number (114 Rhodes, 245 Upson, 265 Upson, B30 Rhodes, B84 Rhodes)

Student project teams will be assigned a group PC account, with shared server storage space. Under special circumstances individual accounts can be set up. A separate request should be sent to Matt Ulinski by e-mail at mu25@cornell.edu to set up PC accounts.

General Lab Use

Users

• Access to the studio is strictly limited to designated classes, approved projects and students on a term-by-term basis.
  
• At the end of each term users are removed from the electronic lock and PC accounts, unless previous arrangements have been made.
  
• Access is provided 24/7.

Rules 

During classes or labs permission must be obtained from the TA/supervisor to work in the lab. This should be worked out prior to the class/lab and not during the class/lab.

• No food or drink is allowed in any of the labs at any time.
  
• Clean up any mess and return equipment and supplies and furniture to their original location.
  
• Don’t mess with anything that isn’t yours.
  
• When working in any of the labs without windowed doors, leave the door open.
  
• When you leave, close the door.
  
• Never work alone in the lab after normal lab hours.

Resources

A wide range of equipment and supplies are available for instruction lab use. Resources – equipment, software and supplies – for the labs can be found on the Instructional Facilities page.

Problems/Help

Report any problems immediately to the TA or staff member on duty.

Any other concerns should be reported to Matt Ulinski in Grumman 284A or by e-mail at mu25@cornell.edu.

Approved Design Studio (265 Upson) Activities 

The Studio supports general design activities including computing and fabrication. Because of the computer equipment, no excessive dust making activities are permitted in the Studio. During fabrication activities, any dust or other mess must be cleaned up immediately to protect the computers.

Approved Mechatronics/System/Controls (245 Upson) Activities 

The Mechantronics/System/Controls lab supports general activities for MAE 326, MAE 378 and MAE 428. including computing and fabrication. Because of the computer equipment, no excessive dust making activities are permitted in the Studio. During fabrication activities, any dust or other mess must be cleaned up immediately to protect the computers.

Computer Use

Computers 

Accounts for the Windows NT machines will be provided to all registered users and class sections.

If you have been issued your own PC account, you will have data storage available on the server H drive. You can locate this in the My Computer Folder, YourNetID$ on H. This space will be available for you as long as you have a valid PC account. These accounts typically last the entire academic year, unless arranged otherwise.

There is no private or secure local data storage. The local drives are routinely upgraded and any data stored on the drives will be lost.

Zip drives, floppy and CD R/W are provided for additional backup.

The Sibley School adheres to the Cornell University policy on the use of computers. This can be found at: http:/www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/responsible-use/.

Log off when done using a computer. Never use the lock out feature to save a computer for later use – violation of this rule will result in loss of computer privileges.