====== When You Start ======

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The [[http://msbe.mcmaster.ca/student_resources.html|BME Student Resources]] is a good place to start, even you are not in the BME program. \\ 
Engineering Physics also has a [[http://engphys.mcmaster.ca/graduate-studies/information-for-new-grad-students/|new graduate student guide]] as well as [[http://engphys.mcmaster.ca/graduate-studies/|general graduate student resources]]. 
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  - Your first point of contact:  
     * Engineering Physics Graduate Secretary Ms. Nicole MacDonald
      * Office: JHE/A315
      * Phone: 905-525-9140, extension: 24545
      * Email: [[macdonne@mcmaster.ca]]
     * Biomedical Engineering administrator: Ms. Jane Mah, 
      * Office: ETB 406
      * Phone: 905-525-9140, extension: 23486
      * Email: [[jane@mcmaster.ca]]
  - Obtain Student ID + bus pass + Direct Deposit + UHIP card 
  - Enable MacID and Activate Student Email account 
     * [[https://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/students/gettingstarted/VPN.html|University IT Service Guide]]
  - Get Keys for Lab and/or the Graduate Student Office ETB 303 
     * Contact Person: Qiyin
     * ETB: ETB exterior, ETB 431, ETB 307, and the BME student office ETB 303   
     * ABB: ABB exterior, ABB B105, ABB B105A
  - Apply Scholarships (NSERC, OGS, OGSST, etc.) 
     * Contact persons: BME or Engineering Physics (see #1)
  - Your Personal Contact Information 
     * Use your MacID (#4) to access our lab's wiki page;  
     * McMaster E-mail is the main channel of electronics communication for our group. 
     * In addition, we use MS Teams through the McMaster Office 365 Services using MacID. 
       * for accounts, file your information under both of the following locations
          * [[http://wiki.mcmaster.ca/Biophotonics/contacts|Contact Information]]
          * [[http://wiki.mcmaster.ca/Biophotonics/computer|Computer Resources]]
  - Create your personal profile page in this Wiki Site 
     * Upload personal profile picture, select from left hand panel, under **toolbox** heading
      * Upload File > Profile (make sure your file is uploaded correctly into this folder)
      * Save uploaded file as: **last name and first initial**.jpg
         * "Bob Smith" would be saved as **smithb.jpg**
     * Use another person's page as a template, and fill in necessary information, which should include:
       * Education, McMaster e-mail address, Research / Project Description, Schedule, and Safety Training
  - Safety Training 
      * For more information, please check with [[http://www.workingatmcmaster.ca/eohss/index.php|EOHSS]]
      * You need to contact Ms. Marilyn Marlow to attend the Engineering Physics/CEDT safety training/orientation 
      * Everybody working in our lab should take: 
        * Engineering Physics/CEDT safety training/orientation (contact Ms. Marilyn Marlow)
        * WHIMS core 
        * Asbestos Awareness, Chemical Handling and Spills, Ergonomics, Fire Safety, Slips, Trips & Falls 
        * Laser Safety 
        * Biosafety 
        * AODA Training
        * Basic Electrical Safety 
      * Everyone is **required** to list their up-to-date safety training record in their own personal profile page. Please use the table available [[http://wiki.mcmaster.ca/Biophotonics/lab_safety|here]] on the Lab safety page, as a template.
      * After going over your Job Hazard Analysis Form (from the Eng Phys safety orientation) with your supervisor, you are required to complete a Engineering Physics/ C.E.D.T. Research Hazards Safety Report;{{:people:job_hazard_awareness_report:job_hazard_awareness_report_hirmizn.pdf|Example by Nehad}}, and put it in your own profile as well as on the [[:research:safety:safety|Lab Safety Page]] 
  - McMaster Biophotonics Facility (MBF) Access 
     * To obtain access to MBF please follow the attached instructions: {{:public:gettingaccesstombf.pdf|}}
  - FHS Biomedical Waste Procedure in the HSC 
     * Please read over the following procedure before working in the HSC: {{:public:fhs.biomedical.waste.procedure.in.hsc.pdf|}}
  - Sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA) 
     * To be determined based on your project
  - NSERC Disclosure information: 
     * Your position is funded in part by NSERC grants, which requires us to describe all trainees (aka. You).  Please read the NSERC consent form [[http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/OnlineServices-ServicesEnLigne/pdf/F100D_e.pdf|here]].  This information is for the University and funding agency statistics purposes.  You don’t need to physically sign the form but need to respond to this e-mail to state 
          * Whether we have your consent to list the rest of the information (condition of the employment/funding) and 
          * Whether you consent to list your name (“no” means we do not list your name.  Not a condition of the employment). 
  - SPIE Student chapter 
     * All students are recommended to join a professional organization related to their research.  The [[http://spie.org/x1742.xml?chapter_id=1049934#StudentRoster|SPIE McMaster Student Chapter]] is one of the choices.  Many of the lab's learning activities (e.g. group journal clubs) are co-hosted by the SPIE student chapter. 


===== For More Information =====
   * please check [[https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/engphys|Engineering Physics]] and/or [[https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/msbe|McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering]]