<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div> Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div> I wanted to give you a quick update on developments with the Physics Machine Shop. Rapid progress has been made over the last several days. The Joint Chem-Physics Shops committee has put together a recommendation for how to proceed given the critical shortage of manpower in the Physics Department Machine Shop. This tentative plan was presented to Dean Hadad on Friday and his response was very positive. </div><div><br></div><div> While the plan still requires some understanding of details, it will make additional manpower available for Physics projects. The plan has this manpower coming from a combination of Chemistry department machinists and a new hire. As the plan comes into final focus I will update you with those details.</div><div><br></div><div> As we go through this transition, I urge you to coordinate your projects and their timelines with Phil.</div><div><br></div><div>I want to thank Phil Davids and the Joint Committee (Phys reps: Durkin, Gupta, and Schumacher) for their efforts. I will also mention that our colleagues in Chemistry have been very receptive to our needs.</div><div><br></div><div> -Brian<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img width="280" height="56" src="cid:image003.png@01D1D83E.4EB98C90" alt="The Ohio State University"></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(187,0,0)">Brian L. Winer<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Chair, Department of Physics</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>Professor of Physics<br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Department of Physics</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>1040R Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210<br><a href="tel:614-292-2653" value="+16142922653" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">614-292-2653</a> Office<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:winer@physics.osu.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">winer@physics.osu.edu</span></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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