American Vacuum Society
| Abbreviation | AVS |
|---|---|
| Formation | June 18, 1953 |
| Type | NPO[1] |
| Location | |
Membership | 4,500[2] |
Official language | English |
President | Dave Surman |
| Affiliations | American Institute of Physics |
| Website | www.avs.org |
AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing[3] (formerly American Vacuum Society[4]) is a not-for-profit learned society founded in 1953. AVS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics.[3] AVS has approximately 5000 members worldwide from academia, governmental laboratories and industry. AVS publishes through the American Institute of Physics the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (JVST A and B), Biointerphases, which are devoted to peer-reviewed articles, and Surface Science Spectra (SSS), which publishes peer-reviewed articles with reference spectra of technological and scientific interest. AVS has 10 technical divisions, 2 technical groups, 16 regional chapters, two international chapters and one international affiliate:
- Advanced Surface Engineering Division
- Applied Surface Science Division
- Biomaterial Interfaces Division
- Electronic Materials/Photonics Division
- Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division
- Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division
- Plasma Science and Technology Division
- Surface Science Division
- Thin Film Division
- Vacuum Technology Division
AVS Technical Groups Division
- Manufacturing Science & Technology Technical Group (MSTG)
- MEMS and NEMS Technical Group
AVS Awards
- Medard W. Welch Award
- John A. Thornton Memorial Award & Lecture
References
- ↑ Article I, Constitution, AVS.
- ↑ What is AVS?, AVS.
- 1 2 AIP: A Federation of the Physical Sciences, American Institute of Physics.
- ↑ The old name can still be found in Article I of the AVS constitution.