ABOUT MINES SHARED INSTRUMENTATION FACILITY
Launched in July 2021, Mines’ Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF) provides centralized access to Mines world-class equipment and technical experts to Mines faculty & students as well as to external academic and industry partners.
Mines’ Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF) provides centralized oversight for the stewardship of key shared research instrumentation. Launched by the Office of Research & Technology Transfer in 2021 in response to the growing number of valuable shared instruments on campus, SIF provides a clear framework to support and sustain operation of and access to existing and future shared capabilities. This centralized framework seeks to address challenges in five key areas for large multi-user instrumentation: administration, staffing, maintenance and operations, awareness, and planning.
Specifically, SIF will
- provide a stable support structure, both for the instrument operation and for the instrument managers
- provide centralized administrative support to manage the instruments
- create awareness of the instrumentation through a common website and other marketing to maximize the impact of the instruments
- decrease overall maintenance costs by pooling the risk and negotiating lower-cost service agreements
- providing an organized campus-wide approach to acquisition of new high-cost, multi-user capabilities and replacement/upgrading of such existing instruments as they age.
To download a copy of the SIF Policy document, click here: SIF BYLAWS PDF

Peter Aaen
Electrical Engineering

Steven DeCaluwe
Mechanical Engineering

Michael Kaufman
Research & Tech Transfer

Craig Brice
Mechanical Engineering

Christopher Higgins
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Meenakshi Singh
Physics

Tzahi Cath
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Megan Holtz
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Colin Wolden
Chemical & Biological Engineering