University of Pennsylvania – Cleanroom Core Expansion

Precis provided architecture and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering services to support expansion of the cleanroom core at the University of Pennsylvania’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology in Philadelphia, Pa. The Singh Center provides an environment for nanoscale research, development, and collaboration, supporting programs at the University of Pennsylvania and through partner institutions and industry in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Designed to enhance the functionality of the Singh Center’s ISO 5/6 production core, the project scope included adding a new nanofabrication cleanroom and retrofitting the existing soft lithography space. The Precis approach was highly specialized and tailored to the client’s unique operations while striving to minimize impact to ongoing processes in the existing nanofabrication core. To achieve this, panelized cleanroom wall and ceiling modules were incorporated with finishes appropriate for nanofabrication operations. Precis also provided the necessary utilities for specialized equipment including scanning electron microscopes, dual beam nanopatterning devices, solvent wet benches, and soft lithography operations.