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(hide this warning on this page)Commissioned in 2012, the University at Buffalo’s 7-bay, 5,000 sq. ft. Davis Hall Cleanroom is the most advanced in the Buffalo Niagara region. It features Class 1,000 space with Class 100 working areas – well-equipped for electronic device research, processing and development, materials characterization, micro- and nanofabrication and other processes. It is one of several Shared Instrumentation Laboratories (SIL) operated by UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
The facility offers a variety of scientific tools and instruments with capabilities for deposition, e-beam and focused-ion-beam lithography, etching, metrology & microscopy, photolithography, sample preparation, and thermal processing and analysis.
A searchable online equipment database (see http://www.buffalo.edu/shared-facilities-equip/facilities-equipment/SearchEquipment.html) helps link users to the state-of-the-art tools that best meet their research, development, testing and evaluation needs.
The Davis Hall Cleanroom is available for shared use by: UB students, UB faculty, Researchers at other academic institutions, as well as Government and Industry researchers and scientists.
Access and hand-on equipment use require completion of an onboarding process; information is available at the following link (Getting started in the Davis Hall Cleanroom - Science & Engineering Shared Facilities – University at Buffalo - University at Buffalo)
New users will also be required to register with iLab at Shared Instrumentation Laboratories - Davis Hall Clean Room
Jeff Salzmann, Assistant Professor of Research, Cleanroom Manager
Jonathan McMahon, SIL Technician
| Hours | Hours Staffed | Location |
| UB Users - 24/7 | Monday - Friday | 114 Davis Hall |
| External Users - 9 am - 5 pm | 9 am - 5 pm | University at Buffalo |
| Buffalo, NY 14620 |
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Salzmann |
Cleanroom Manager
|
716-645-2584
|
jks7@buffalo.edu
|
114 Davis Hall
|
| Yueling Qin |
FIB-SEM, EBL Manager
|
716-645-8698
|
yqin@buffalo.edu
|
109 Fronczak Hall
|
| Associated costs for services and instrument use |
| ► One Time Orientation and Training Fee (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Time Orientation and Training Fee | Inquire | ||
| ► Full Service Technical Support (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Full Service Technical Support |
Full-service technical support / sample processing |
Inquire | |
| ► Consumables (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Gold Precious Metal Surcharge |
Please record amount nm of gold (Au) Price as of 11/6/2025 |
Inquire | |
| ► Focused Ion Beam Sanning Electron Microscope (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| FIB Milling |
Charged hourly after 1st session. |
Inquire | |
| ► General Use Fee (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| General Use Fee (charged per minute) | Inquire | ||
