One of the largest university-based facilities - working at the intersection of biology and engineering.
Research Facilities
MNTL is one of the country's largest and most sophisticated university facilities for conducting photonics, microelectronics, biotechnology, and nanotechnology research. Our 15 class 100 and 1000 cleanrooms, 46 general purpose labs, and 2,500 square foot biosafety level-2 bionanotechnology complex contain all the tools researchers need to conduct their work.
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COVID-19
All University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign visits have been suspended indefinitely in response to proactive policies instituted by our university to protect the health and welfare of all participants and attendees amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. All cleanroom new user training is canceled until further notice as well.
- U Of I Researchers Developing Smartphone App For Coronavirus Testing
A team of University of Illinois researchers, including Holonyak Lab's Brian Cunningham, is working on a smartphone application that would detect the novel coronavirus within 30 minutes, without the need for a diagnostic lab.
- The Grainger College of Engineering and Carle Health demonstrate working prototype of emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients
The United States is expecting a severe shortage of ventilators to help people suffering from COVID-19. On March 16, 2020, a team of more than 40 engineers, doctors, medical professionals, designers, and manufacturing experts launched an Apollo 13-style project to help address that need.
- Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector
Illinois researchers, including Holonyak Lab's Rashid Bashir, found that crumpling graphene makes it more than ten thousand times more sensitive to DNA by creating electrical “hot spots."
- Cunningham named a Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow
Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab Professor Brian Cunningham has been selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Chen and Zhao receive Google Faculty Research Award
Holonyak Lab Research Assistant Professor Yun-Sheng Chen and Assistant Professor Yang Zhao recently received a Google Faculty Research Award. The award will support their research aimed at improving disease prevention, through their team’s unique innovative photoacoustic imaging technique.
- Holonyak Lab Professor elected to IEEE EDS Board of Governors
Holonyak Lab Professor John Dallesasse was recently elected to the IEEE Electron Devices Society Board of Governors, and as Vice President of the society's technical committee.