Announcements
This page displays recent announcements and updates for the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility. Links to archived announcements and updates are available at the end of the page.
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Strobic Fan Shutdown Fall 2025, week of October 13th
Update: LNF reopening delayed to 12:30pm on 10/15/25.
The scope of the maintenance tasks has been updated and the LNF shutdown will be much shorter: LNF spaces will only be closed to processing on Wednesday October 15th, 4am to noon. Please check the scheduler for tool-specific up to date information
Announcements October 2025
- LNF News and Events
- LNF Closure on 10/15/25
- LNF User Communication Meeting on 10/14/25
- LNF PVD Tech Talk on 10/15/25
- EECS 423 beginning on 10/27/25
- 2025 LNF Photo Contest - Voting Now Open!
- Announcements
- Job Openings
- Defenses
- Tool Updates
- Angstrom Engineering Furnace
- Tempress Stack 1 Tube 2 - LTO
- EVG Bonders
- IT Updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
Announcements September 2025
- LNF News and Events
- LNF Closure the Week of 10/13/25
- LNF Smart Start in the clean room beginning 9/26/25
- Staffing Updates
- Free PDA Bags and Belts available
- EECS 423 beginning on 10/27/25
- LNF PVD Tech Talk on 10/15/25
- Announcements
- Job Openings
- Defenses
- Facility Updates
- September 2025 Tri-Annual Purge
- Tool Updates
- SU-8 transition to 3000 series
- Solvent 94 SOP binder has been streamlined
- Acid Bench 12 & Mask Bench 13 Nanostrip Schedule Change
- Angstrom Engineering Furnace Tube Change Reminder
- IT Updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
- Lunch with the LNF User Committee
Announcements August 2025
- LNF News and Events
- 2025 LNF Photo Contest
- LNF User Communication Meeting on 8/21/25
- LNF User Committee BBQ on August 22nd
- Labor Day Schedule Reminder
- LNF Tech Talk on PVD - Fall 2025
- Announcements
- Job Openings
- Defenses
- Facility Updates
- Strobic Fan Shutdown Fall 2025
- Tool Updates
- Heidelberg DWL66+ Laser Lithography System Supported Processes
- Heidelberg DWL66+ Laser Lithography Write Head Rotation Schedule
- SEM Maintenance Update
- New Nikon L200N and Keyence VHX-7000 Microscopes
- YES Plasma Stripper
- Olympus BX 51 Fluorescent Microscope
- IT Updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
- Lunch with the LNF User Committee
Announcements July 2025
- LNF News and Events
- 2025 LNF Photo Contest
- Dress Code Reminder
- Strobic Fan Shutdown Fall 2025
- Lab Supply Item - Oval Head Foam Tip Swab Discontinued
- Job Openings
- Defenses
- Facility Updates
- Parking Updates: Permits, License Plate Recognition
- Tool Updates
- Hotplates
- Glen 1000P Asher Now Plumbed with Nitrogen
- CEE Apogee ROBIN
- Heidelberg DWL66+ Laser Lithography System is Online
- New Nikon L200N and Keyence VHX-7000 Microscopes
- YES Plasma Stripper
- IT Updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
- Lunch with the LNF User Committee
Announcements June 2025
- LNF News and Events
- Nanocamp in the clean room June 16 - 26, 2025
- Fourth of July Schedule Reminder
- Dress Code Reminder
- Strobic Fan Shutdown Fall 2025
- Job Openings
- Defenses
- Facility Updates
- Parking Updates: Permits, License Plate Recognition
- Tool Updates
- Heidelberg DWL66+ Laser Lithography System is Online
- AE Evaporator Palladium
- Advanced PEC for JEOL EBL
- ADT Dicing Saw
- IT Updates
- CAD computer updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
- Lunch with the LNF User Committee