Alex Echols

Weekly Updates for Alex Echols (ALD Project)

Update 0

Progress Updates

• Reviewed documentation from the Fall 2024 semester

• Had initial group meeting with ALD team to delegate roles and discuss next steps

• Began planning for ALD chamber passthroughs and substrate heater thermal characterization

Roadblocks

• No major roadblocks to report

Plans

• Review literature on material compatibility with precursor chemicals and vacuum design

• Detail experimental procedure for substrate heater characterization

  • Understand the relationship between input voltage/current and output temperature/temperature rate

  • Ensure heater uniformity

• Draft project proposal