[labnetwork] AI Integration in Cleanroom Operations – Thoughts & Brainstorming

[Fubo Rao]

Hi Bahar,

We integrated an AI chat bot on our website. It is RAG (Retrieval-Augmented
Generation
<https://www.google.com/search?q=Retrieval-Augmented+Generation&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS1161US1162&oq=rag+ai&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyDQgBEAAYgwEYsQMYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQgyMTYwajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&ved=2ahUKEwihz8SvvoKUAxV6B7wBHfJFOSkQgK4QegYIAQgAEAM>)
AI bot that was specifically trained based on our website contents and
internal shareable documents.  We use it to answer questions related to our
facility to anyone who visits our site.


Thanks,

Fubo Rao, Ph.D.,
Nano3 Technical Director,
Qualcomm Institute/Atkinson Hall,
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive #0436
La Jolla, CA 92093-0436
Tel. (858)534-4518
Cell: (858)375-9190
E-mail: furao at ucsd.edu
https://nanofab.ucsd.edu/
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM Motlagh, Bahar <bmotlagh at miami.edu> wrote:

> Hi Cleanroom Crew,
>
>
> I wanted to ask whether AI is currently being implemented in your
> cleanroom operations such as recipe optimization, automated process
> control, predictive maintenance, or environmental/defect monitoring. Across
> the industry, AI is increasingly used to improve yield, optimize recipes,
> predict tool failures, and provide real-time decision support, with
> emerging ideas like self-learning recipes, digital twins, and AI copilots
> for operators.
>
> I’d love to hear your thoughts on what you already have in place, where
> you see opportunities, and whether it makes sense to brainstorm potential
> AI use cases.
>
> Looking forward to the discussion,
>
>
> Best regards,
> Bahar
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> Bahar Motlagh, Ph.D.
>
> Director, Nanofabrication Facility & 3D Printer Center
>
> Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute (BioNIUM)
>
> University of Miami
>
> 1951 NW 7th Ave, Suite 460
>
> Miami, FL 33136
>
> Phone: 305-243-0404
>
>
>
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