Tools for the CRPuO Nanofab - an open access user facility

该提案旨在为渥太华大学的核心纳米制造设施CRPuO Nanofab增加几种工具。该Nanofab是广泛访问，并在uOttawa光子学研究中心（CRPuO）的管理下，该中心有24名教授，指导200多名研究人员和学生。该设施由几个内部和外部用户访问-目前有55个PDF和研究生-用于制造光子学，微流体，MEMS（微机电系统）和电子学的感兴趣的设备和结构，用于生物医学工程，生物物理学，替代能源以及信息和通信技术等不同领域的应用。这是安大略东部唯一一个非圈养可访问的纳米工厂-其用户群主要由学生和博士后研究员组成，跨越该地区，延伸到蒙特利尔。来自渥太华大学，卡尔顿大学和国家研究理事会的几个部门的研究人员依赖于他们工作的关键方面的这个设施。该设施还支持几个国际研究项目和大学-工业研究伙伴关系。

This proposal seeks funding to add several tools to the CRPuO Nanofab, a core nanofabrication facility at the University of Ottawa. The Nanofab is broadly accessible and under the management of the Centre for Research in Photonics at uOttawa (CRPuO), which has a membership of 24 professors directing over 200 research personnel and students. The facility is accessed by several internal and external users - currently 55 PDFs and graduate students - to fabricate devices and structures of interest in photonics, microfluidics, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) and electronics for applications across varied fields such as biomedical engineering, biophysics, alternative energy, and information and communications technologies. This is the only non-captive accessible nanofabrication facility in Eastern Ontario - its user base, which consists mostly of students and post-doctoral fellows, spans the region, reaching into Montreal. Researchers from several departments within the University of Ottawa, from Carleton Universities, and from the National Research Council depend on this facility for critical aspects of their work. The facility also supports several international research projects and university-industry research partnerships.