Located on the ground floor of FIU’s Engineering Center, a 36-acre research facility approximately one-half mile from the university’s main campus, the $15 million Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility is an integral part of the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute (AMERI), FIU’s broader materials research program.
Harnessing the synergy inherent in the study and development of nanoscale technologies, the
facility boasts:

• specialized equipment required to develop new and novel fabrication techniques unique
to the creation of functional materials and devices that are no greater than 100 nanometers (1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair);
• a full complement of standard semiconductor processing equipment to leverage the capabilities of robust and proven techniques;
• state-of-the-art analytical tools to study and characterize these nano-sized devices, as well as the materials and processes used to make them.

Motorola’s donation of fully-functional nanofabrication research laboratories enabled FIU to build this facility.