Instrumentation

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Instrumentation Model FacilityTurning Ideas
Into Instruments
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History and Role

• Established in 1967 as a centralized UVM campus
  source for research instrumentation
• Norm Alpert, Biotek/Vermont Technology Council
• Under UVMs research umbrella
• Services to UVM research community
• From Archeology to Zoology
• Work closely with the Office of Technology
  Transfer
• Private sector
• University affiliated groups e.g. VCET and
  unaffiliated
• Design from ideas or fabricate based on CADD file
• Not a job shop, we work closely with customers to
  produce a working instrument or device
• Service to inventors state wide part of our
  mission

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Attributes

• Mechanical design and fabrication
• Metal, plastics/composites, wood, ceramic
• CADD/CAM
• Electronics design and fabrication
• Analog , digital and computer based
• Measurement and control systems
• Wireless sensor systems
• Embedded systems, e.g. Basic Stamp, PIC
  microcontrollers
• NI Labview-based development
• Custom printed circuit boards
• Optical systems development
• Nano scale measurement systems
• Combination of the above
• Small volume fabrication of instruments and parts
• Consultation and resource referral

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Access to Services

• Services available to UVM campus and affiliates,
  government, healthcare, and innovative companies
  enhancing Vermonts economic future
• Department structure
• Income/expense limited UVM general funding
• Charge structure
• Hourly charge based on sector
• Quotations provided for work if requested
• Six month new customer grace period for outside
  businesses to receive lowest rate
• Free initial consultation
• Contact information provided on the final slide

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Resources
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Staff
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IMF PROJECTS
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Nano Measurement Instrumentation
Molecular Manipulation with Nanometer resolution,
pico Newton force measurements, and Single
molecule fluorescence Laser optical
tweezers/Total Internal Reflectance (TIRF)
Microscope combination
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Wireless Devices to Monitor Vacuum Level in
Maple Sap Tubing Systems
Receiver and transmitter with vacuum sensor
Basic Stamp-based multi-channel receiver,
measurement system, and control/display unit
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Electronic VT Syrup Grading SystemUVM Ventures
Pre-Seed Development 10 units
Uniform backlight created by high intensity white
LEDs and diffuser
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Electronic and Computer-based
Below Apparatus for neonatal olfactory response
flow measurement and automated control
Above Tissue culture chamber with control of
CO2, pressure, and temperature
Above Automobile simulator for alcohol
impairment studies the drunk car
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Dr. Helene Langevin, Neurology Acupuncture
Electrical Impedance Measurement Device
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Acupuncture Studies Tissue Strength Measurement
Device
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Electromechanical systems
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Mechanical systems
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Small Volume Production
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Machine Shop Fabrication Parts
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Area of Expertise Myographs and Arteriographs
Dr. Ishiguro, Sapporo, Japan
Dr. Eric Thorin U. of Montreal
Dr. Reese Vanderbilt Univ.
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Area of Expertise Antibiotic Bead molds
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Contact information
Instrumentation Model Facility (IMF) University
of Vermont 280 East Avenue, ST2 Burlington, VT
05401 [phone] Fax [phone] Tobey
Clark, Director Tobey.clark_at_uvm.edu http//Its.uvm
.edu