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 5 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.

1. Complete the NanoLab Virtual Orientation. NOTE: You may save your progress as you complete each section of the orientation. After you have completed all sections, at the very end you must ‘Submit’ the google form for the system to successfully record (date and time stamp) your completion.

2. All researchers are required to complete the following training courses via the UC Learning Center

Be sure to screen grab and save (in pdf, jpg, or png format) completion certificate. Once your NanoLab membership is active, you will need to upload certificate to Mercury as proof of training compliance and for facility access.

How to upload completion certificate:

  • Log into Mercury
  • From the Menu select 'Member' then 'Online Tests'
  • Click 'Available Tests & Quizzes' tab
  • Type 'ehs101', 'ehs207', or 'uc_conduct' into the Resource field, depending on which certificate you are uploading
  • Click 'Start' then upload completion certificate (PNG, PDF or JPG format accepted)

1. Complete the NanoLab Virtual Orientation. NOTE: You may save your progress as you complete each section of the orientation. After you have completed all sections, at the very end you must ‘Submit’ the google form for the system to successfully record (date and time stamp) your completion.

2. All non-UC Berkeley (external) academic researchers are required to complete the following training courses:

Be sure to screen grab and save (in pdf, jpg, or png format) completion certificate. Once your NanoLab membership is active, you will need to upload certificate to Mercury as proof of training compliance and for facility access.

How to upload completion certificate:

  • Log into Mercury
  • From the Menu select 'Member' then 'Online Tests'
  • Click 'Available Tests & Quizzes' tab
  • Type 'ehs101', 'ehs207, or 'uc_conduct' into the Resource field, depending on which certificate you are uploading
  • Click 'Start' then upload completion certificate (PNG, PDF or JPG format accepted)

Once you've submitted your new member form and you have completed the NanoLab Virtual Orientation you will receive an email inviting you to come to the NanoLab Front Office at 520 Sutardja Dai Hall to finalize account activation. You must bring valid photo identification. Once identity is verified, the Computer Systems Manager, Olek Proskurowski will assist you to set up password and initial log in. The front office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00-12:00PM and 1:00-5:00PM (closed during the lunch hour).

You will also need to complete a 1-hour in-person Safety Tour with a NanoLab Process Engineer. A staff member from the Process Engineering team will be in touch to set up a time. To minimize trips to the office you are encouraged to finalize your account activation and arrange for the safety tour on the same day.

Along with the UC Berkeley’s Office of Environment, Health & Safety requirements, all new members are required to pass the online NanoLab Safety Test.

    1. NanoLab Safety Test - Read the NanoLab Chemical Hygiene Plan- Chapter 1.1 of the NanoLab Equipment Manual. This online test takes approximately 1-hour. You can take the test right after setting up your password, by using one of the available computer terminals at the front office or any time by logging into Mercury from any computer. Once you pass the NanoLab Safety Test, your NanoLab Membership will be active. 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).

Academic researchers, whose home campus is UC Berkeley, are also expected to have completed EHS 502 Workplace Safety Training (code: BEEHS502-181207). The NanoLab does not track this.

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. To check when the next Director's Welcome is offered, and to register to attend, please use the following s Google Form.


*Due to holidays, no meeting will be held in November, and December's meeting will be held on the 2nd Thursday of the month.



 

Academic Lab Recharge Rates

Effective June 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

 

$1,500

Tier 1 Equipment Rate Use/Hour

(Simple metrology, cpd, wire bond)

Tier 1 Max/Month

$28.20

 

$300.00

Tier 2 Equipment Rate Use/Hour

(Advanced metrology, CVD, DRIE, contact litho)

Tier 2 Max/Month

Use Rate/Hour Over Max/Month

$58.20

 

$1,600

$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

 

$1,600

$21.60/hour

Staff Services/Hour

$122.40

 


09/05/24