Our Staff
The UD Nanofabrication Facility (UDNF) is staffed by experienced professionals dedicated to serving the needs of our users. Please contact us to discuss how we can meet your needs.
Facility Specialist Scott McCracken and the UDNF team are here to support and train users of our nanofabrication facilities.
Iulian Codreanu
Director
Address: 163 ISE Lab
Phone: 302-831-2784
Email: codreanu@udel.edu
Iulian is responsible for all aspects of UDNF’s operation and serves as the primary interface between the facility and its users. Prior to joining UDNF, he directed the nanofabrication facility at the University of Pennsylvania. Iulian has worked in nanotechnology for over 25 years.
Paul Horng
Process Engineer
Address: 457 ISE Lab
Phone: 302-831-4827
Email: horng@udel.edu
Paul is responsible for managing the operation, maintenance and user training on the chemical vapor deposition and dry etch equipment housed in UDNF. Paul acts as a resource for process flow planning and optimization, develops and documents processes and techniques, and works closely with the users to advise and enable their research. Prior to joining UDNF, Paul was a process engineer at Triquint Semiconductor. Paul has worked in nanotechnology for over 30 years.
Seong Jang
Facility Specialist
Address: 120 DuPont Hall
Phone: 302-831-3900
Email: jjang@udel.edu
Seong is responsible for the Nanofabrication Teaching Lab in DuPont Hall. He works closely with faculty instructors to develop fabrication laboratory modules for classes offered by the following departments: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics. Prior to joining UD, Seong worked as a research scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Crystal Mabon
Administrative Assistant III
Address: 170 ISE Lab
Phone: 302-831-4325
Email: cmabon@udel.edu
Crystal is primarily responsible for Purchasing, monitoring Accounts Payable, and other administrative functions. Crystal has several years of experience handling financial and administrative transactions in corporate and higher education environments.
Scott McCracken
Facility Specialist
Address: 170 ISE Lab
Phone: 302-831-0166
Email: scottmcc@udel.edu
Scott is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the facility and for providing training and user support on wet etch and packaging equipment. Prior to joining UDNF, Scott was the facility coordinator at DuPont’s Micro Fabrication Facility at the Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. Scott has worked in nanotechnology for over 25 years.
Jeff Vass
Process Engineer
Phone: 302-831-2190
Email: rjvass@udel.edu
Jeff is responsible for managing the operation, maintenance, and user training on the physical vapor deposition and thermal processing equipment housed in UDNF. Jeff has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
Chao Wang
Lithography Engineer
Address: 170 ISE Lab
Phone: 302-831-4839
Email: zhichaow@udel.edu
Chao is responsible for managing the operation, maintenance and training on the lithography equipment housed in UDNF. With microfluidics/Lab-on-a-Chip device engineering and research background, Chao works closely with academic and industrial users to advise and enable their research, and acts as a resource for process flow planning and optimization. Prior to joining UDNF, Chao was an R&D engineer at MicroDevice Engineering, Inc.