<div dir="auto"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif">Hello All,</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif">I am Nikhil, a Phd student in mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois in Chicago.</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif">I am currently participating in an NSF I-Corps program as a part of a team, which is performing a customer / market study on the current challenges and needs in the context of lithography tools for nano-patterning applications. As a part of this effort, I wanted to request a 10 minute conversation over the phone or Zoom call. </span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif">I would very much appreciate an opportunity to talk to cleanroom managers, directors or users on this topic and if you agree, please let me know of options for your availability during the next week. Please let me know if you need any additional information to consider this request.</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif">Thanks,</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif">Nikhil Rai</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-family:aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'arial',sans-serif">Laboratory for Integrated Nanosystems (LINS)</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE)</font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)</font></p></div>