AVS National Short Courses are scheduled 3-4 times throughout the year in central and cost-effective locations. These courses not only facilitate student/instructor interactions, but provide networking opportunities with peers. In addition, several AVS Chapters host courses regionally.mmm

AVS National Short Course Schedule
AVS Chapter Short Course Schedule

AVS National Short Course Schedule

= Professional Development Certificate Series = Course Description = Instructor Biography St Louis, MO June 2-5, 2008 Portland, OR Sep 8-11, 2008 Boston, MA Oct 20-23, 2008 Vacuum and Equipment Technology Controlling Contamination in Vacuum  Systems       Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology 6/2-5   10/20-23 Mass Flow Controllers: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications 6/2     Operation and Maintenance of Vacuum Pumping Systems   9/8-9   Partial Pressure Analysis     10/23 Process Specific Pumping Requirements and Design  6/3 9/10   UHV Design and Practices     10/23 Vacuum Pumps    9/11   Vacuum System Design   9/11   Vacuum Vessel Engineering 6/2     Materials & Interface Characterization Focused Ion Beams: Principles and Applications   9/8   Full Wafer Particle and Defect Detection, Review, and Characterization   9/9   Surface Analysis, Interface and Thin Film Analysis: The Major Methods     10/23 Surface Characterization of Biomaterials     10/20 Materials Processing Atomic Layer Deposition 6/5   10/20 Photovoltaics: The Engineering, Technology and Application of Solar Cells     10/21-22 Plasma Etching and RIE: Fundamentals and Applications 6/4-5   10/21-22 Reactive Sputter Deposition     10/22 Sputter Deposition 6/3-4   10/20-21 Surface Preparation for Thin Film Deposition

AVS Chapter Short Course Schedule (updated as individual Chapters submit schedules)

= Professional Development Certificate Series   AVS Minnesota Chapter - Continuing Education and Conference Center, University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN - May 19-22, 2008 More Basic Vacuum Technology Helium Leak Detection Thin Film Deposition Introduction to Surface Analysis   New England Chapter - Burlington, MA - June 2-3, 2008   More Analysis of Residual Gas Analyzer Spectra An Introduction to Ion Beam Coating Deposition Techniques An Overview of Applied Vacuum Technology Photovoltaics: The Engineering, Technology and Application of Solar Cells   AVS Southern California Chapter - University of California, Riverside - June 23-24, 2008 More Analysis of Residual Gas Analyzer Spectra Operation and Maintenance of Production Vacuum System Sputter Deposition Surface Analysis, Interface, and Thin Film Analysis: The Major Methods

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Questions? Contact Heather Korff, heather@avs.org, 530-896-0477