Eligibility For Academic Membership.

Any graduate student, post-doc, visiting scholar, faculty, staff, or LBNL researcher is eligible for Academic membership. If the funding is through a UC source, no additional overhead is charged. If funding is through a non-UC institution, a 10% UC Berkeley AFC (Administrative Full Costing) fee is charged on all external funds. If funding is through an industry source, researcher is eligible for Affiliate membership. Undergraduates are eligible only under the mentorship of an active member, who must directly supervise and physically accompany the undergraduate while in the lab.

To become a NanoLab member, complete the steps below. Your lab membership begins once you pass the NanoLab Safety Test. You will then be automatically qualified to access the NanoLab. Your official campus ID (Cal 1 Card) will be set up for card-key access to the Sutardja Dai Hall building and the Nanofabrication Laboratory 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. If you are an external academic member, or an LBNL employee, a separate card-key will be provided.

 

 

Discuss proposed research and laboratory needs with your faculty advisor, project supervisor, or other members of your research group. If your advisor has not used the NanoLab previously, discuss your research needs with NanoLab Executive Director Bill Flounders bill at eecs.berkeley.edu, who will review the compatibility of your project with the NanoLab's capabilities. Once it is determined your research project is compatible with NanoLab's capabilities, apply for lab membership.

Complete and sign the New Member Form. The form must include the billing information by a UC Berkeley campus chartstring (aka: Chart of Account (COA)) or an Intra University Transfer (IUT) for LNBL, or a Purchase Order (PO) for any learning institution that is not a University of California campus (non-UC University). The form must be signed by your research faculty/Principal Investigator's authorized administrator. NanoLab Financial Analyst Eric Chu (echu711 at berkeley.edu) is the point of contact for campus chartstring, IUTs and POs.

Submit the completed form to adminstaff@silicon.eecs.berkeley.edu.

Once you have submitted your New Member Form and your information has been verified by Admin Staff, you will receive an email invitation to set up your password.

All new members are required to complete the following training courses:

Be sure to screen grab and save (in pdf, jpg, or png format) completion certificate. You will be asked to upload these certificates in Mercury to advance through Nanolab Onboarding.

Members must also watch the five Nanolab Orientation Videos:

  • Nanolab Introduction
  • Safety 1
  • Safety 2
  • Computers
  • Processing

Material covered in the Nanolab orientation videos will be on the Safety Test at the end of Onboarding.

Once you have submitted your New Member Form and your information has been verified by Admin staff in the system, you will receive an email invitation to set up your password.

All new members are required to complete the following training courses:

Members must also watch the five Nanolab Orientation Videos:

  • Nanolab Introduction
  • Safety 1
  • Safety 2
  • Computers
  • Processing

Material covered in the Nanolab orientation videos will be on the Safety Test at the end of Onboarding

Once you have completed the online training, you will be able to schedule your in-person safety tour. Safety tours take approximately 1 hour, and are offered by process staff weekly.

All tours start from the NanoLab Front Office in 520 Sutardja Dai Hall. Please wear long pants and closed toe shoes for your tour.

If the available tour dates do not work with your schedule, please contact process_staff@silicon.eecs.berkeley.edu to discuss your needs.

After you attend a safety tour, you will be able to take the NanoLab Safety Test. You must first read the NanoLab Chemical Hygiene Plan (chp) - Chapter 1.1 of the NanoLab Equipment Manual.

The test takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

Once you have passed the Safety Test, your NanoLab Membership is Active and you may begin to work in the lab. Billing is on a 30-day cycle and begins on the 25th of each month.

IMPORTANT: All new occupants of Sutardja Dai Hall must be familiar with the Sutardja Dai Hall Building Emergency Plan (BEP).

As a new member of the NanoLab, part of on-boarding is to meet with NanoLab's Executive Director, Bill Flounders. This is a brief (approx. 15 minutes) introductory meeting about NanoLab's best practices and protocols. You may work in the lab prior to attending a Director's Welcome Meeting. However, you must attend a session at the soonest possible.


The Director's Welcome is typically offered on the 4th Thursday of each month however, day/times may vary. To check when the next Director's Welcome is offered, and to register to attend, please use the following Google Form.


*Due to holidays, no meeting will be held in November.



 

Academic Lab Recharge Rates

Effective December 25, 2024

Lab Use and Equipment Use Fees

FY 2025

Lab Access Fee/Month

$101.00

General Laboratory Rate Use/Hour

(Includes sinks, microscopes, probe stations)

General Lab Rate Max/Month

$55.20

 

$1,600

Tier 1 Equipment Rate Use/Hour

(Simple metrology, cpd, wire bond)

Tier 1 Max/Month

$28.20

 

$400.00

Tier 2 Equipment Rate Use/Hour

(Advanced metrology, CVD, DRIE, contact litho)

Tier 2 Max/Month

Use Rate/Hour Over Max/Month

$58.20

 

$1,700

$6.60/hour

Tier 3 Equipment Rate Use//Hour

(SEM, epi SiGe, DUV and ebeam litho

Tier 3 Max/Month

Use Rate/Hour Over Max/Month

$70.80

 

$1,700

$21.60/hour

Staff Services/Hour

$122.40

 


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