EYP designed a 32,000 s.f. addition to RIT’s Microelectronics Building to house the NYSTAR IT Collaboratory and its various research laboratories. The project involved expansion of clean room research space and the addition of support spaces. The addition provides a new face for the expanding RIT campus. The laboratory creates a multi-disciplined, collaborative research environment and provides visible linkage with related industry partners.

Initially, the new laboratories will allow optimization of the existing Class 1000 semiconductor fabrication lab by providing support operations such as material analysis and characterization. The labs are convertible to clean rooms as demand requires. The Collaboratory also supports research efforts for remote sensing, nano-lithography and microsystems research and integrated microsystems.