Dayrl P. Briggs

In 1986 I earned an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from RETS Electronics Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. I started working in my first cleanroom that summer as an Equipment Engineering Technician at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas. I’ve been working in cleanrooms ever since, in the semiconductor industry for 17 years as a Technician, Equipment Engineer, and Equipment Engineering Section Manager. I had the good fortune of being involved in four cleanroom startups. 

I joined ORNL in 2003 working in the Vacuum Group during construction of the Spallation Neutron Source, designing and using small modular, portable cleanrooms to make clean vacuum connections of many beamline sections between the front end and the accumulation ring. 

In 2005 I joined the CNMS as part of the start up team for the Nanofabrication Research Laboratory, AKA the cleanroom. I provide engineering support for all systems and equipment necessary to operate the cleanroom. With an emphasis on vacuum systems and in particular thin film growth and deposition, and plasma etch equipment and associated processes. 

As Laboratory Space Manager I oversee daily operations and safety in the cleanroom. And provide initial orientation and safety training as well as equipment training for users.