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Cleanroom: Operational
SEM-2: Maintenance (ETA 2:00 PM)
Lithography: 98% Yield
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Operational Snapshot UPDATED: JAN 2026
54 Active Instruments
100% Operational
12 New Publications
Fall 2025 Semester
250 Students Trained
Year to Date
100 Cleanroom Class
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450 Wafer Throughput
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3 Industry Partners
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Intro to Photolithography Workshop | 2:00 PM
15 JAN
Guest Lecture: Intel Rep Lecture Hall B | 4:00 PM
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Capstone Project Kickoff Engineering Bldg | 9:00 AM

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New SEM Installation Complete

The new Scanning Electron Microscope offers 10x better resolution for nano-scale characterization.

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STEM Day at NAU

Faculty welcomed 200 local high school students to tour the MPCT facilities and learn about chips.

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Partnership with Microchip Tech

A new internship pipeline guarantees summer positions for top performing MPCT students.

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