Student Resources
Building Use Permits
After hours building permits are available to any ME or IE
student with a current student ID. These cards are filled out
by request in MEB 132 and authorized by the Administrator. The
permit will work only in conjunction with a student ID. If you
are in the building after normal hours and do not have a pass,
the UW Police will eject you from the building.
Copy Machine
The use of the Xerox machine (located in MEB 140) is limited
to faculty, staff and Teaching Assistants only. Public use
machines are located in the Engineering Library. Faculty, staff
and TAs must have a user code. TAs should ask the faculty with whom
they are working for the code. The machine will not work without entering
a user code and there is no department general use code.
Fax Machine
Instructions for placing a fax are posted beside the machine.
The fax log is for the purpose of charging the user's budget,
and should be filled out by the sender regardless of whether
the calls are local or long-distance. To send a long distance
fax you must have a U-Watts number.
Keys
Mechanical Engineering keys are given out to faculty, staff,
graduate students and some undergraduate students. Students should
obtain a key request card from either MEB 143A or 132, fill out
the card and give it to their advisor, supervisor or professor
for signature. Turn in the completed card to either 143A or 132.
The key will be ready either on Tuesday or Thursday depending on
the time schedules of the shipping and receiving clerks. Keys may
not be transferred to another person. Keys being used by any unauthorized
person will be confiscated. See Building Permits for information on
after hours building access.
Lockers
You may register for lockers during the first two weeks of an
academic quarter. After locating a vacant locker, come to room 132,
or 143A, to fill out a locker request form and receive a lock combination.
Lockers are issued to ME / IE students on first come, first served basis.
Locker fee is $5.00, exactly, as we cannot make change!
Lockers are rented per academic quarter. You may register in advance, up to maximum of four academic quarters, beginning autumn quarter. Lockers must be cleared out after summer quarter ends. If your locker is not renewed by the renewal date, we will remove your belongings and charge you a $5.00 storage fee. Confiscated items will be held in roon 132 until discard date. If you remove a lock, and lose it, you will be charged $5.00.
Faculty, Staff and Graduate Student Mail
The mail room is open to faculty and staff only. Incoming mail for faculty or staff can be placed in the "Faculty Mail" box located in MEB 143. Please be sure to put the recipient's name on all incoming mail. Graduate student mail and outgoing on- and off-campus mail can also be placed in the boxes located in MEB 143.
Paychecks
Paychecks for all faculty, staff, TAs and RAs on the ME payroll are
placed in the mailboxes after 11:30 am on the 10th and 25th of each month.
Students receiving a check must come to the box in MEB 143A. If the 10th or
25th falls on a Saturday, paychecks will be distributed on the preceding
Friday. If the 10th or 25th falls on a Sunday, paychecks will be distributed
on the following Monday.
If you wish to have your paycheck deposited directly in your bank account, please obtain a Direct Deposit form from the payroll coordinator (MEB 143A). The completed form will then be submitted to the UW payroll office. It will take about two pay periods before your paycheck will begin to be directly deposited. When it goes into effect, instead of receiving a check you will be issued a white Direct Deposit "Advice" slip which has printed on it all the information that would have appeared on your check (gross/net amounts, itemized deductions, etc.). The Direct Deposit slip will then be put into your mailbox. Direct Deposit slips for all students are put in the graduate student mailboxes in MEB 143.
Recycling
The Mechanical Engineering Building is supplied with recycling stations
on the first and second floors which are emptied by the custodians. In
addition to these stands there are recycling bags located in the following
areas by floor: Ground: G7; First: 123B, 119; Second: 225, 226, 251, faculty
and student lounges; Third: across the hall from the elevator. White paper is
placed in the white bags. Colored and mixed paper, or paper with any kind of
sticky substance (envelopes, things with labels on them, etc.), and anything
other than white paper (magazines, cards, etc.) is placed into the green bags.
Newspapers are placed in the blue bags. Ream wrappers for copier paper have been
chemically treated and are not recyclable. Cardboard boxes are flattened and placed
in between the aluminum and newspaper stands on the first floor. When recycling bags
are full, please remove them from the rack and close the top for pickup by
custodians; they should contain no more than 35 lbs of paper.
Room Assignments
TAs are assigned rooms and desks through the Graduate Program Coordinator
in MEB 143C on a space-available basis. RAs are assigned rooms and desks
largely through their faculty sponsors, also depending on the availability
of space.
Shipping and Receiving
Because most orders need to be checked, all packages are taken to MEB 132
for processing. We need the information to insure we only pay for what we
have received.
Faculty and Staff
Upon receipt of a package you will be notified with an email. If there are
questions we need answered for inventory, we do need a response to the email.
Your package will be put under or above the mailboxes, with your name on it.
Your help in removing these will be appreciated. Larger boxes will be left in
132 or G32.
Graduate Students
If the order has been made by your RA, they will get an email, but the
package will be left in room 132 for pickup during their posted hours.
Supplies
Supplies stored in the main office (MEB 143) and copy room (MEB 140) are
expressly for instructional purposes and not for personal, private, or research
use. Cupboards and drawers with supplies are labeled for easy access. If
supplies appear to be low or are missing, please notify the receptionist.
Staplers, scissors, tape, pens, white-out, paper, etc. are available for use.
Transparencies
Transparencies (for use with overhead projectors) are kept in MEB 140 on
the table and are especially for use in the copier machine. These are provided
for instructional and research purposes only and must be signed out in the
"Transparency Log." Use the correct budget number (e.g. "63-9999") assigned
by the professor with whom you are working. Transparencies used for research
must be charged to a 6-digit research number. Transparencies are charged to
budgets at 60 cents each.
Travel
Contact Sue Chen in MEB 143A about UW travel policies before making any
arrangements for travel. If UW travel policies are not complied with, it
is difficult to get travel expenses properly reimbursed.