Upgrade and Renovation of Drexel Microfabrication Facility (MFF)

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该项目涉及德雷克塞尔大学微加工设施（MFF）的翻新。 部分设施将按照100级和1000级洁净室的标准进行翻新。 虽然MFF容纳了一些通过最近的重大研究仪器奖和其他来源获得的微加工和纳米加工仪器，但现有的MFF是一个低尘环境，而不是真正的洁净室，这限制了可以在那里进行的研究类型。翻新后的设施将用于微和纳米流体领域的研究，微机电系统和纳米机电系统，生物反应器，组织工程，生物力学和生物物理学，生物传感器，芯片实验室技术，外科工程，神经工程，光电子学，太阳能电池和替代能源，胶体悬浮动力学，和新型纳米电子器件，所有这些都需要微型和纳米纤维。该设施提供了研究基础设施。该设施将由德雷克塞尔和更广泛的费城地区的研究人员使用。 该项目将支持来自几个不同工程系的一些年轻教师的研究。 翻新后的设施的用户将包括本科生、研究生和博士后研究助理。 MFF还将用于一些推广项目，包括培训和指导来自特拉华州山谷地区的K-12教师和学生。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This project involves the renovation of the Drexel University Microfabrication Facility (MFF). Parts of the facility will be renovated to the standards of Class 100 and Class 1000 clean rooms. While the MFF houses a number of micro-fabrication and nano-fabrication instruments acquired through recent Major Research Instrumentation awards and other sources, the existing MFF is a low-dust environment rather than a true cleanroom and this limits the types of research that can be done there.The renovated facility will be used for research in the areas of micro- and nanofluidics, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems, bioreactors, tissue engineering, biomechanics and biophysics, biosensors, lab-on-a-chip technology, surgical engineering, neuroengineering, optoelectronics, solar cells and alternative energy, colloidal suspension dynamics, and novel nanoelectronic devices, all of which require micro- and nanofabrication.The facility provides research infrastructure. The facility will be used by researchers from both Drexel and the wider Philadelphia region. The project will support the research of a number of young faculty members from several different engineering departments. The users of the renovated facility will include undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral research associates. The MFF will be also be used in a number of outreach programs, including training and mentoring K-12 teachers and students from the Delaware Valley region.