NDLI: A laboratory information management system (LIMS) for an academic microchip fabrication facility

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hendricks, R.W. Learn, M.R.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA (Hendricks, R.W.; Learn, M.R.)
Abstract	A relational database laboratory information management system for managing the personnel, facilities, equipment, and instruments associated with a university microelectronics facility is described. Emphasis has been placed on assuring personnel safety. The system includes capabilities for managing training and access to facilities, instruments and tools, for monitoring task assignments to personnel, for tracking inventories of supplies and capital property, and for handling maintenance of both facilities and equipment. There is a built-in mail system that allows communications with personnel based on a wide range of sorting choices including user classification and facility and instrument access rights. As is unique to university facilities, the system is also capable of tracking courses that may be taught in different laboratories. The LIMS gathers data from an unlimited number of computers in an unlimited number of widely separated facilities over a distributed computer network using TCP/IP communications over the University LAN and a Microsoft SQL 2000 Server. We have used coding technologies that allow LIMS administrators to add and delete an unlimited number of users, facilities, instruments, inventory items, and courses. The system is thus expansible and capable of handling the smallest to the largest facilities without any recoding. User access is via several custom programs coded in VB and via protected WWW access on pages generated in HTML and with active server pages (ASP) from a Microsoft IIS server. Both the VB programs and the ASP pages are developed in a highly modular form with security controls that allow the laboratory administrators to control access to each module at three levels-none, read only, and read/write. The code makes use of a large number (currently over 100) SQL 2000 stored procedures. These procedures make it easy to perform complex SQL operations. Data integrity is maintained using a strategy of using multiple servers to separate various server functions (FTP, HTTP, and SQL) and by using multiple levels of backup. The SQL 2000 database is backed up dynamically and daily to a separate PC, and the other servers (FTP and HTTP) are backed up daily over the University LAN using Tivoli.
Sponsorship	IEEE Electron Devices Soc. Micron Found. IEEE EDS Boise Chapter Boise State Univ
Starting Page	88
Ending Page	93
File Size	404063
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780379721
ISSN	07496877
DOI	10.1109/UGIM.2003.1225703
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-07-02
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Laboratories Information management Fabrication Personnel Instruments Web server Management training Computer networks Local area networks Application specific processors
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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