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

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

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

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

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

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

Jeff Vass

Process Engineer

Address: 170 ISE Lab

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

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.