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Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab: The hub for semiconductor research and training in the Grainger College of Engineering

Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab: A jewel in The Grainger College of Engineering crown.

One of the largest university-based facilities working at the intersection of biology and engineering.

HMNTL 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.

Device characterization lab (image of microscope)
Device Characterization Labs

Offers a variety of ultra-high-speed optical and electrical measurement and test equipment.

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A person conducts research in an HMNTL cleanroom.
Cleanroom Labs

Contains crystal growth capabilities and semiconductor fabrication tools.

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BioNanotechnology Laboratory

Allows interdisciplinary biological and micro and nanotechnology research experiments to be carried out simultaneously—all under the same roof.

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How To Use HMNTL Facilities

RESERVE ATRIUM/SEMINAR
Reserve space in the seminar room or atrium for an event.

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SCHEDULE TOOL USE
Find and schedule times to use the labs.

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LAB SAFETY TRAINING
Sign up for safety training from the Division of Research Safety.

Safety Training

RATES & FEES
Review rates and fees for each lab.

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2030 STRATEGIC PLAN

Looking into the 10-year horizon, we envision that HMNTL, building on a legendary cross-disciplinary legacy, can become a national and world leader in several emerging research areas with the highest societal and technological impact.

The major research thrusts are envisioned in high-speed electronics, photonics, quantum technologies, nanoscale low-power computing devices, power electronics, translational biotechnologies and neurotechnologies.

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Upcoming Events

Mar 23, 2023 - Mar 30, 2023

Halliburton Corporate Day and Tech Talk in ECEB on March 23

Halliburton Corporate Day and Tech Talk in ECEB on March 23

Electrical and Computer Engineering Building

IGB Lunchbox Series: Breaking Bread and Barriers: Addressing Health Disparities in the U.S.

IGB Lunchbox Series: Breaking Bread and Barriers: Addressing Health Disparities in the U.S.

The IGB Lunchbox Series lectures are paired with food prepared by Bevier Cafe and held in-person at the Spice Box Cafe. “Breaking Bread and Barriers: Addressing Health Disparities in the U.S.” Zeynep Madak-Erdogan Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer Food Science and Human Nutrition March 23, 2023, 12:00pm Buffet-style lunch opens at 11:45

Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD; Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer, Food Science and Human Nutrition

Spice Box Cafe, 2nd Floor Bevier Hall, 905 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL, 61801

Deloitte Consulting 2023 Case Competition

Deloitte Consulting 2023 Case Competition

I Hotel and Conference Center

Final Defense: Phase relations, single crystal growth, and characterization of metallic antiferromagnets

Final Defense: "Phase relations, single crystal growth, and characterization of metallic antiferromagnets"

Mebatsion Gebre, Doctoral Student (MatSE)

Loomis Lab 222 (zoom link below, please contact presenter for questions regarding zoom link)

Prelim Examination: Jiaming Wang

Prelim Examination: Jiaming Wang

Prelim Examination: Jiaming Wang, March 24, 2023 @ 1:00 PM, https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81617325303?pwd=dUROV04yWTdoYllUOXVraldacnJhUT09, Exam Topic: Efficient Protocols for Molecular Communication

https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81617325303?pwd=dUROV04yWTdoYllUOXVraldacnJhUT09

Center for Artificial Intelligence and Modeling working group

Center for Artificial Intelligence and Modeling working group

The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Modeling (CAIM) monthly working group facilitates the matching of biological problems to quantitative methods, covering such topics as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, biomolecular networks in space and time explored using single-cell biophysics, microbiome dynamics and methods for control, and cancer genomics.

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

A journey through diffusions in control, inference, and learning

A journey through diffusions in control, inference, and learning

Professor Yongxin Chen, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

4100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

ECE Faculty Candidate Seminar by Dr. Charalampos Avraam
Identification of structural model of mammalian meiotic synaptonemal complex with super-resolution scope (MINFLUX)

Identification of structural model of mammalian meiotic synaptonemal complex with super-resolution scope (MINFLUX)

"Identification of structural model of mammalian meiotic synaptonemal complex with super-resolution scope (MINFLUX)" Reza Rajabi Toustani, Postdoc Research Associate, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine

Reza Rajabi Toustani, Postdoc Research Associate, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine

612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Tour the Bio and Nanotechnology Lab

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