Introduction of the American Vacuum Society―Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing (AVS)

The American Vacuum Society (AVS), founded in 1953 is an interdisciplinary, scientific professional Society with 4000 members worldwide.AVS supports networking and camaraderie among academic, industrial, government, and consulting professionals involved in a variety of disciplines -chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, all engineering disciplines, business, sales, etc. through common interests related to the basic science, technology development, and commercialization of materials, interfaces, and processing.AVS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics (AIP).AVS is a member-driven organization governed by an elected Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Operating Officer.The technical structure is organized as a matrix.Members can participate in one or more Divisions or Technical Groups.The Divisions and Technical Groups encompass a range of established as well as emerging science and technology areas.The Divisions are Applied Surface Engineering ;