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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- A $1.2 million NSF grant will help Illinois researchers implement and study a three-pillar STEM program for state middle and high school students
New NSF-supported program encourages and supports middle and high school students in STEM disciplines
- Director's Message Spring 2019
Resilience is key to achieving success
- Songbin Gong earns Dean's Award for Excellence in Research
Songbin Gong to be honored for research excellence at College of Engineering spring awards ceremony
- Arend van der Zande earns NSF CAREER Award to explore mechanics of 2D material heterostructures
National Science Foundation recognizes van der Zande with CAREER Award
- Narayana Aluru among newest members of AAAS
AAAS elects Aluru as 2018 Fellow, to be honored at 2019 annual meeting
- Two MNTL researchers, Nie and Van der Zande, rank among most influential in world
Shuming Nie and Arend van der Zande included among 11 UI researchers ranked "most influential" by Clarivate Analytics