Hey dreamtime, 
  
I'm interested in semiconductor device fabrication and characterization.  One of the professors there was actually a student of one of my advisors here at the University of Arizona back in the 80s lol.  He told me to get in touch with him, but I didn't want to come on too strong in the application process.  I probably should have   .  Good luck with Stanford!  There's a professor there who does a lot of atomic layer deposition work that I was really interested in.  I'll let you know if I hear anything from either.