# University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ### **Hacker Fab @ UIUC** **The Hacker Fab @ UIUC** is a student club aimed at introducing microtechnology and cleanroom fabrication tools to students on campus. Our goal is to help undergrads get a hands-on feel for the field and to grow interested in the tools behind the sensors. Throughout the year, we run industry/research panels, social events, and workshops to help grow the community. ### **Current Fab Capabilities:** * DIY Lithography Stepper V2 * Future Work — Spin Coater ### **Key Impact Points:** * **Dry Photoresist:** Working on defining timing and processes for using the V2 stepper with Dry Photoresist. The goal is to increase access to fabrication at schools that may not have access to fume hoods needed to handle traditional photoresist * **Modular Vertical Stand:** Developing a new vertical stand similar to V2.1. This version has slots that allow for modular changes in height as the system evolves * **Additional Application:** applying the tool beyond transistors * Electronic Sensing: Copper PCB patterning for LED activation * Biomedical Sensing: Microfluidic devices for fluid monitoring ### **Core Team:** * Nathan Bartlett — Founding Donor * Justin Pan — Founding Member & 2024-25 President * Meghan Blomberg — Founding Member & 2025-26 President * Adelyn Smith — Founding Member & Current President * Mudit Mehta — Technical Lead * Patrick Kolcan — Organizational & Management Lead * Joe Maduzia — Faculty Sponsor * Placid Ferreira — Lab Space Donor, Faculty Sponsor ### **Contact:** * Meghan Blomberg: * [website -- work in progress](https://microtech-website-eta.vercel.app/) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.hackerfab.org/home/individual-fab-information/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.