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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Contents
Announcements January 2026
- LNF News and Events
- CAD Room Computer Etiquette
- LNF Closed for Strobic Fan Shutdown 2/5/26
- LNF Smart Start beginning 1/30/26
- EECS 425 Class Sessions in the LNF
- LNF Community Day on 3/4/26
- Announcements
- Job Openings
- Previous Defenses
- Facility Updates
- January 2026 Tri-Annual Purge
- Tool Updates
- P5000 PECVD Carrier Wafer Policy Change
- CEE Spinner Apogee ROBIN
- IT Updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
Announcements December 2025
- LNF News and Events
- 2025 LNF Golden Tweezers Award Winners
- LNF Schedule during Winter Break
- New Staff Member Paul McKeighan
- KLA SPTS SynapsEtch Vendor Tech Talk on 12/03/25
- Announcements
- Defenses
- Facility Updates
- January 2026 Tri-Annual Purge
- Strobic Fan Shutdown in January 2026
- Tool Updates
- New AFM probes for Scanasyst mode
- Laser Lithography Heidelberg DWL66+
- LAM 9400
- Nanoquest Ion Mill
- IT Updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
Announcements November 2025
- LNF News and Events
- 2025 LNF Photo Contest Winners
- KLA SynapsEtch Vendor Talk on 12/3/25
- LNF User Communication Meeting on 10/14/25
- LNF PVD Tech Talk on 10/15/25
- LNF Schedule during Thanksgiving break
- Announcements
- Job Openings
- Defenses
- Tool Updates
- Lab 18 Super User Access Change
- MA/BA 6 Bond Setting
- Furnaces
- Angstrom Engineering Furnace and Xactix XeF2 Etcher
- Writing Mode calendars for JEOL and DWL66+ posted on LNF Wiki
- Furnace Oxide Limits
- EVG Bonder Bond Chuck Access Changes
- IT Updates
- Input Needed: Upgrade of Lab Management System (Online Services)
- LNF User Committee
- LNF User Committee Meeting
- LNF Community Potlock on 12/9/25
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