Clean Technology

The mitchell architectural group has developed significant expertise in the design and construction of highly technical laboratory facilities. Clean technology facility design must keep pace with the rapidly evolving technology in the biotech, computer and microchip industries. The building space should be considered as a shell with specialized flexible spaces within it. The primary flexibility is provided through the ability to change and reorganize the equipment within the context of an adaptable mechanical and electrical framework. This framework must accommodate the current and future configurations presented by the changes in research needs.

The design of clean technology laboratories, as advanced as Class 1 rooms, has been provided at the following research campuses:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

MIT was awarded the largest grant in their history, $90 million, for the development of the Microphotonics Institute. This ambitious project will create a world class, one of a kind research facility, which will develop computer based hardware at the nanophotonic and light emission level. The facility will be fully integrated with the academic campus and the research facilities.

University at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York

The redevelopment of the Engineering University has led to additions and renovations to the Engineering Research Building, which will contain extensive clean technology environments. The University has established close strategic partnerships with industrial and research corporations to develop sophisticated wafer and chip technologies. The crystal growth laboratory will allow for the manufacture of silicone wafers and experimental chip materials in a clean environment. The Clean Technologies Laboratory is designed for state of the art photo mask development and chip design in a Class 1 environment. This includes the development and manufacture of pellicles and plasma coating systems through short wavelength engineering systems. Additional space within the Clean Technologies Laboratory is designed for the MEMS Laboratory and biomechanics facility, where micro and molecular machines are designed and manufactured.