For more discussion on this style of lab management, please see Opportunistic Laboratory Management . See also the NSF Microfab Manual . The workshop attendees used the IC Labs. Projects Projects are a key activity in the IC Labs. Some projects use existing equipment and facilities in the IC Labs.
Most projects add equipment and facilities as required, or plan the use of equipment elsewhere.
Again, the opportunistic style works very well in our Silicon Valley setting. See Research and Projects and Faculty . The Microscope Room, in addition to providing inspection facilities, has a collection of display items, such as silicon crystal ingots, bare wafers of many sizes, finished IC wafers, decapsulated chips, etc. The Furnace Room has a Class 10 Corner with a row of HEPA filters and with a wet clean station. An 8110 Applied Materials etcher is used for RIE oxide etch.