Facilities
Multidisciplinary Research Building
The Buzz Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry is located in the newly constructed Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB) on the West Campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The $40 million, 106,000-ft2 building was completed in December, 2005 and is the latest addition to KU’s growing research complex on west campus. The MRB is a state-of-the-art, three-story research facility designed with research labs, support space and interaction areas to promote collaborative research. More than 200 scientists, students and other research staff will work in the building when it is fully occupied.
University of Kansas Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB)
The Adams Institute was dedicated on October 21, 2006. Click here for a photo gallery of the dedication ceremony. Research takes place within and among research groups under the direction of faculty affiliated with the Institute. Most are located in the MRB, and some are within buildings which house their home departments.
Research Group Pages
Research Group Instrumentation
The Adams Institute Microfabrication Facility
The Buzz Adams Microfabrication Facility, located on the first floor of MRB, contains 2,400 ft2 of cleanroom space, 900 ft2 for a machining room, 400 ft2 of wet lab space and offices. This facility is under the direction of Drs. Susan Lunte and Karen Nordheden. The facility is available to KU researchers in all departments and provides training to new investigators and graduate students in the use of microfabrication procedures and equipment. In the long-term, the center will evolve into a self-supporting facility of service to the wider University of Kansas community.
The Microfabrication Facility cleanrooms consist of a gowning vestibule (200 ft2, room 1C6); a class 100 cleanroom for imaging (190 ft2, room 169); a class 100 area for photolithography (200 ft2, room 163); a class 1000 space for metal deposition (280 ft2, room 165); a class 1000 space for plasma etching (280 ft2, room 166); and a class 1000 wet lab for substrate etching, bonding, and device inspection (575 ft2, room 168). The facility has access corridors for gas tanks, house nitrogen, specialized hoods and lighting, and built in desiccators. The facility provides capabilities for photolithography, plasma etching of high surface ratio elements, glass etching, laser ablation, metal deposition, dielectric material deposition and microchip characterization.
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