Accommodation of Characterization Tools: Understanding Building Vibration, Stray Electromagnetic Fields and Acoustic Interference to Avoid Catastrophic Inferences in New Building Construction or Building Renovations
Vince Miller, Abbie Gregg, Inc.
Characterization tools are the cornerstone to nanoscale research. These include microscopy (transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and aberration-corrected electron microscopy), spectroscopy/spectrometry (nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Acoustic), and advanced nano mechanical (nano scale manipulations) tools.
Characterization tools are highly sensitive and require that the installation environment be free of electromagnetic fields, vibration, and noise. A recent high-profile, new construction university center found that a third of its laboratories may be unusable for the intended research tools because of problems with excessive building vibration, electromagnetic fields, and acoustic interference.
AGI will share how a construction or renovation project planning process can help identify tool requirements that can be converted to construction requirements. AGI will review options to mitigate potential catastrophic interferences. AGI will review particular challenges of placing advanced instrumentation facilities in urban settings, including impact of light rail, roadway, and airplane traffic. Lessons learned in construction of facilities for advanced electron microscopy and electron beam lithography for research will be discussed.
AGI will use real world examples from recent imaging and characterization center designs constructed at the Southwest Regional Aberration Corrected Electron Microscope Center at Arizona State University (ASU), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, Duke University Fitzgerald Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering and Medial Applied Sciences (characterization laboratories), Harvard University Laboratory for Interface Science and Engineering (imaging/metrology center), ASU (Biodesign Institute laboratories and light rail) and University of Arizona (existing tool set and a future modern street car) to highlight the challenges and best methods of accommodating characterization tools in state-of-the-art facilities.
Biography:
Vince Miller is responsible for Revit Architecture project coordination and organization on AGI design projects, as well as development of tool models in Revit for use in cleanroom, laboratory, and imaging space design and tool hookup. Mr. Miller has been a key contributor to AGI projects including the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Advanced Fab Cleanroom, Thin Films, and Photovoltaic Laboratories; UMass Lowell ETIC cleanroom; and the University of Chicago WERC. His work includes inputs on the cleanroom, imaging, laboratory, and HPM storage and dispense areas.