Payment

CRF services are paid up front.

Prepayment for CRF subscriptions and assisted usage by External academic users and Company users must be made by checks payable to "Drexel University" or by credit card. Please contact the respective CRF manager for credit card payments.

Instrument Downtime Extensions

If a CRF instrument, which is included in a prepaid subscription, has been down for more than 20% of the time during the subscription period, CRF will automatically extend the subscription on this instrument by the amount of downtime with no additional cost.

Negligent Use of Equipment

Any costs incurred for repair or replacement of parts and equipment caused by improper or negligent use will be born by the faculty advisor, and will be automatically charged to the Acc # provided by the user on the CRF access form.

Accompanying Person and Visitor Policies

Bringing along collaborators and/or colleagues to accompany authorized users during the work on the CRF instruments is allowed provided the following rules are complied with:

• The accompanying person is not involved in ANY direct work with the instruments and sample preparation. The subscribed student /user MUST always be the only operator of the instrument for which s/he has been trained to work with. The accompanying person must be in the role of an observer only and needs to have completed Drexel’s safety-on line training as explained above.
• Training of the accompanying person by the subscribed student/user how to operate the instrument is not allowed.
• Leaving the accompanying person with no supervison at the instrument or providing access for her/him in the CRF labs when the subscribed student is not present is not allowed. 
• If the accompanying person is an External (non-Drexel) visitor his presence in the CRF labs must always be known in advance by the respective manager, who at his discretion could request the visitor to fill in and sign Visitor Authorization Form as per Drexel Department of Safety and Health regulations.
• No individual under the age of 16 may enter CRF labs unless he/she is participating in an organized educational program sponsored by his/her school and approved by the Vice Provost for Research Compliance, the Department of Safety and Health, and the Chair of the Department where the program will take place. For more details see Drexel's Visitor Policies for Minors
• No individual between the ages of 16 and 18 may enter CRF labs which are work areas with potentially hazardous conditions unless the minor complies with the regulations in Drexel's Visitor Policies for Minors

Subscribers to CRF instruments regularly violating these policies will lose their privileges for a certain period of time.

CRF Acknowledgements

When publishing results obtained in the CRF labs, we kindly request you to acknowledge the use of the CRF in the College of Engineering at Drexel University, and the contribution or assistance of any relevant staff member. Please send us reprints of any published papers or conference proceedings where CRF equipment has been used to obtain all or part of the experimental results.

Safety Regulations and Forms

Drexel Safety Training

All subscribed users and visitors must complete Drexel Lab Safety Training on-line at www.drexelehstraining.com. The confirmation page of successful completion of Drexel Lab Safety Training on-line must be submitted electronically or as a hard copy to the respective manager by all users and visitors of CRF. There will be no exceptions to this policy.