Jose L. Torres, research assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and member of the Nanosystem Manufacturing Center (NMC), inspects molecular-scale nanostructures with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
The mission of the NMC is to develop a suite of enabling technologies for integrating the new ultra-small, ultra-fast magnetic, electronic and molecular device families into powerful nanosystems whose capabilities far exceed the state-of-the-art in data processing, storage and communication.
Jack Wolfe, professor of electrical and computer engineering, serves as director of the Nanosystem Manufacturing Center. The NMC has received significant financial support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Security Agency, International-Sematech, the Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials, and the State of Texas Advanced Technology Program. Its industrial partners include EDTEK, Inc. (Kent, WA), Infineon Technologies (Germany), Axcelis Technologies (Rockville, MD), and Seagate Technologies (Pittsburg, PA). Funds for the SEM were provided by the Texas Higher Education Assistance Fund and Infineon Technologies.