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A JEWEL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING CROWN, THE MICRO + NANOTECHNOLOGY LAB PROVIDES 300 STUDENTS AND DOZENS OF FACULTY RESEARCHERS WITH ALL THE ADVANCED TOOLS THEY NEED FOR CONDUCTING PHOTONICS, MICROELECTRONICS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. MNTL IS ONE OF THE ONLY UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCH FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE STATE-OF-THE-ART CLEANROOMS AND A BIOSAFETY LEVEL-2 COMPLEX ALL UNDER ONE ROOF, ENABLING OUR RESEARCHERS TO CONDUCT GROUNDBREAKING WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGY. MNTL RESEARCHERS DESIGN, BUILD, AND TEST INNOVATIVE NANOSCALE TECHNOLOGIES, SPANNING SIZES FROM ATOMS TO ENTIRE SYSTEMS. E 6