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AVS is a nonprofit organization that promotes communication, education, networking, recommended practices, research, and the dissemination of knowledge on an international scale, in the application of vacuum and other controlled environments to understand and develop interfaces, new materials, processes, and devices through the interaction of science and technology.
 
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Taught by industry professionals, AVS Short Courses offer training for technicians, scientists, and engineers in three broad categories.

Short Course Catalog as a PDF

List of Short Course Instructors

Courses that are part of our regularly scheduled3-4 offerings a year are noted below . Alternatively, many AVS courses can be customized through our Onsite Short Coursesprogram  and taught at your facility. To help you strengthen your skills and reach your career goals, AVS also offers Professional Development Certificate Series .  Don’t see what you are looking for on our current schedule then use our Courses by Request  form to make a request. 

An Overview of Applied Vacuum Technology

 
Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology
Recent Advances in Vacuum Technology
 
 
Analysis of Residual Gas Analyzer Spectra
 
Mass Flow Controllers: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications
 
Partial Pressure Analysis
Total Pressure Gauging Techniques
 
 
 
UHV Design and Practices

 
Vacuum Sealing and Joining Techniques
 
 
Vacuum System Design
 
Vacuum Vessel Engineering
 
Controlling Contamination in Vacuum Systems

 

 
Cryopump Technology
 
 
Operation & Maintenance of Vacuum Pumping Systems
Process Specific Pumping Requirements and Design  
Vacuum Leak Detection
 
 
Vacuum Pumps
Comprehensive Course on Surface Analysis: AES, XPS/ESCA, and SIMS

 
A Comprehensive Course on Electron Spectroscopies: AES, XPS/ESCA, and Data Processing in AES and XPS/ESCA
 
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
 
 
Atomic Force and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

 
Auger Electron Spectroscopy - Comprehensive
 
Data Processing in XPS/ESCA and AES
 
Depth Profiling
 
Focused Ion Beams: Principles and Applications
 
 
High Resolution X-ray Reflection and Diffraction Methods for Thin Film Characterization
 
 
 
Materials and Surface Microcharacterization and Analysis
 
 
Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis
 
 
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS): The Basics and Advanced Approaches and Applications
 
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS/ESCA) - Comprehensive 
 
 
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS/ESCA) - The Fundamentals 
 
 
Full Wafer Particle and Defect Detection, Review, and Characterization
Fundamentals of Semiconductor Characterization: Electrical and Optical Techniques
 
Surface Analysis, Interface, and Thin Film Analysis: The Major Methods
 
 
Surface Characterization of Biomaterials
 
 
Thin and Ultra-thin Film Analysis, Characterization & Metrology for the Wafer Processing Industry
Hard Coatings by PVD Methods

 

 
Low-k and Other Interlayer Dielectrics
 
 
Nucleation, Growth and Microstructure Evolution
 
 
Transparent Conducting Oxides: Their Science, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications
 
 
An Introduction to Ion Beam Coating Deposition Techniques
 
An introduction to Ion Sources: Principles and Techniques
 
 
Application of Residual Gas Analysis in Thin Film Processes
 
Atomic Layer Deposition
Atomic Layer Deposition: Fundamentals, Chemistry and Applications
Basics of Radio Frequency Technology
 
Chemical Mechanical Planarization for Microelectronics Manufacturing
 
 
Cleaning and Surface Conditioning Techniques for Integrated Circuit Manufacturing
 
 
CVD for Microelectronics
 
Ion Implantation: Fundamentals, Process Controls and Advanced Applications
 
 
Ion Implantation Processing
 
Optical Diagnostic Techniques for Plasma Processing
 
 
Photolithography Process in IC Production
 
Physical and Chemical Vapor Deposition
 
 
Plasma and Ion Beam Diagnostics: Principles & Applications
 
Plasma-Enhanced CVD: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications
 
Plasma Etching and RIE: Fundamentals and Applications
Reactive Sputtering and Deposition
Sputter Deposition
Surface Preparation for Thin Film Deposition
 
Thin Film Deposition by Evaporation
 
Thin Film Deposition by Sputter Processes
 
 
An Introduction to Nanomanufacturing and Nanotechnology 

 
Copper Interconnect Technology  
 
Micro-electromechanical Systems
 
 

Nanotribology and Nanomechanics and Applications to MEMS/NEMS and BioMEMS/BioNEMS

 
 
Photovoltaics: The Engineering, Tech- nology and Application of Solar Cells
 
 
Semiconductor Contacts: Their Science, Fabrication, and Characterization
 
 
Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Overview