Policies and Manuals

Lab Safety and Compliance

All undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff are required to complete Lab Safety Training before beginning work in a research laboratory. The primary component to this can be satisfied by watching the appropriate lab safety compliance video be low. You are also required to read the appropriate Chemical Hygiene Plan & Safety Manual below. If you will be working with biohazard materials, blood or needles, then you are also required to watch the Blood Borne Pathogen Training video.

• Physics Lab Safety Training
• Faculty and Principal Investigator Safety Compliance Training
• Blood Borne Pathogen Training

Manuals

• Chemical Hygiene Plan & Safety Manual of the Physics Department (pdf)
• Chemical Hygiene Plan & Safety Manual of the Nano Technology Center (pdf)
• Hazardous Waste Management Plan (.doc)

Biosafety

• Biohazard Waste Management Plan (pdf)
• Biohazard Waste Disposal Chart (pdf)
• Biohazard Wall Chart for Liquids
• Biohazard Wall Chart for Sharps

Department Procedures

• Disposal of Broken Glass
• Laser Safety Manual
• Machine Shop Safety Requirements

Chemical Inventory

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS): SIRI Online Database
• Online Chemical Inventory Database (Requires WFU login)
• Interpreting Chemical Hazard HMIS Ratings
• Bowman Gray Chemical Hazards Doc (.doc)

Tenure and Promotion Policies

Tenure Policy

Materials to be included in the Tenure and Promotion Dossier (.doc)

Promotion to Full Professor

Evaluation of the chair

Graduate Students

Graduate Students Unsatisfactory Progress Guidelines (Requires WFU login)

Graduate Student Travel Fund Requests

New Faculty and Staff Reference Manual (pdf)