Fee Structure

1. Equipment use hourly rate: We charge an hourly rate for each instrument. See the charge rates in the table below.

2. Basic semester fee: Additionally, there is a basic student user fee of $300 per semester that covers general consumables and  access to basic characterization tools. This includes:

-Lab supplies: tweezers, cleanroom wipes, gloves, glassware.

-Photolithography materials: Photoresist AZ5214, developer, and DI water.

-Basic e-beam evaporation target materials: aluminum, titanium, and nickel.

-Characterization equipment: surface profiler, Filmetrics (thin film thickness measurement), optical microscope, and stereo microscopes.

3. Training Session: The fee for training is approximately $55 per hour, subject to annual adjustments. All training sessions must be conducted by Facility staff before access to the facility and equipment is granted.

4. If you don’t have a student available to work at the MRC and require assistance with material deposition, etching, characterization, or microfabrication experiments, please reach out to Dr. Thoomatti Haridass (“Vignesh”; Email: vignesh@iastate.edu). We will send you a quote that includes estimates of equipment use, staff hours, and delivery time.