SVC Committees: Focus and Membership
Contact Committees Chairs if you are interested in contributing to the work of these Committees.
Executive Committee
The SVC Executive Committee comprises the elected officers, the past president, and other board members as deemed appropriate by the President of the Society. The committee exists to address specific financial issues and decisions that are put before the SVC as well as to provide specific direction and action interim to board meetings. The executive committee exists to supplement the activities of the Board of Directors and, as with all activities with the SVC, is accountable to the Board. The Executive Committee and Board of Directors oversee the operation and strategic direction of the SVC in-line with our mission statement.
SVC Mission Statement
The mission of the SVC is to foster technical excellence by providing a global forum to inform and educate the members, the technical community, and the public on all aspects of vacuum coating, surface engineering
and related technologies.
SVC Vision Statement
The vision for SVC is to be the global source for learning, applying and advancing vacuum coating, surface engineering,
and related technologies.
H. Angus Macleod
President
Thin Film Center, Inc.
520/322-6171 Fax 520/325-8721
E-mail: angus@thinfilmcenter.com
Peter Martin
Past President
Columbia Basin Thin Film Solutions, LLC
Hana Baránková
Secretary
Uppsala University
Frank T. Zimone
Vice President
Angstrom Sciences
Michael Andreasen
Treasurer
AGC Flat Glass North America
Wolfgang Diehl
Fraunhofer IST
Strategic Planning Committee
The SVC Strategic Planning Committee is charged with considering items of a long-term nature to enhance the Society and the benefits given to members. It works closely with the TAC Strategic Committee and other committees of the Society in reporting to the Board of Directors suggestions for to the long-term direction of the Society.
Paolo Raugei, Co-Chair
Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc.
860/653-5911 Fax 860/653-6540
E-mail praugei@worldnet.att.net
Frank Zimone, Co-Chair
Angstrom Sciences
856/938-9653
E-mail fzimone@angstromsciences.com
Nominations Committee
The SVC Nominations Committee consists of four SVC directors, normally with the Immediate Past President serving as chair. This committee is charged with putting forward a slate of candidates for Board and Officer vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors are filled by the voting members of the Society. Officer vacancies (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer) are filled by votes of the Board of Directors. The Nominations Committee welcomes suggestions of suitable candidates for both Board and Officer vacancies from the members. Nominees for Board positions have to be members of the Society in good standing; nominees for Officer positions have to be current or previous Board members.
Peter Martin, Chair
Past President
Columbia Basin Thin Film Solutions, LLC
509/783-5553
E-mail: totsmartin@aol.com
Frank T. Zimone
Angstrom Sciences
David A. Glocker
Isoflux Incorporated
Clark Bright
3M Company
Corporate Sponsor Committee
Frank T. Zimone
Vice President-Business Development
Angstrom Sciences
856/938-9653
E-mail fzimone@angstromsciences.com
Education Committee
Education is an important aspect of the mission of the Society of Vacuum Coaters and the Education Committee is charged by the Board of Directors with overseeing that function. Developing and overseeing courses obviously are an important activity, but the committee also is concerned with education and training in their widest sense.
S. Ismat Shah, Chair
University of Delaware
302/831-1618 Fax 302/831-4545
E-mail: ismat@udel.edu
Vasgen Shamamian, Assistant Chair
Dow Corning Corporation
989/496-6114 Fax 989/496-5121
E-mail: v.shamamian@dowcorning.com
Hana Baránková
Uppsala University
Clark Bright
3M Company
David A. Glocker
Isoflux Incorporated
Robert Langley
Oakridge Scientific Consultants
H. Angus Macleod
Thin Film Center, Inc.
James W. Seeser
Scott Walton
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Vivienne Harwood Mattox
SVC Executive Director ex officio
Media Committee
Communication with and among the vacuum coating community is central to the goals of the Society of Vacuum Coaters. The Media Committee oversees this important and vital process. Training, networking, education and the exchange of information are carried out through the SVC Web Site and publications such as the Proceedings of the annual SVC TechCon, News Bulletins, Educational Guides, Membership Directories, and Product and Services Directories, to name a few. Special SVC projects such as the Oral Histories and Historical Timeline are popular web-based features that continue to expand and evolve each year. Informative Society contributions to the vacuum community it serves are carried out via hardcopy, video, and the web.
Paolo Raugei, Co-Chair
Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc.
860/653-5911 Fax 860/653-6540
E-mail: praugei@worldnet.att.net
Frank T. Zimone, Co-Chair
Angstrom Sciences
856/938-9653
E-mail: fzimone@angstromsciences.com
Wolfgang Decker
VAST Films, Ltd.
724/827-8827 Fax 724/827-2020
E-mail: w.decker@vastfilm.com
S. Ismat Shah
University of Delaware
302/831-1618 Fax 302/831-4545
E-mail: ismat@udel.edu
Ric Shimshock
MLD Technologies LLC
650/938-3705 Fax 650/938-3113
E-mail: rshimshock@mldtech.com
Hana Baránková
Uppsala University
Ludvik Martinu
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Vivienne Harwood Mattox
SVC Executive Director ex officio
Equipment Exhibit Committee
The Exhibit Committee works closely with the Executive Director and follows the established guidelines to ensure fairness and equality to all exhibitors and exhibiting companies. Exhibitor's evaluation comments are always taken into consideration when planning for the next year's floor plan and functions designed to draw people to the exhibit area.
Cathi Baker
970/227-1723
E-mail: cathiacbaker@msn.com
Vivienne Harwood Mattox
SVC Executive Director ex officio
Future Sites Committee
The factors considered by the Future Sites Committee in choosing a conference site are many and diverse. The job is by nature almost impossible—meet a budget, specifications, dates, and make up to 1000 people happy with the choice. Because making all the people happy all of the time is an impossible task, the Future Sites Committee tries to make different people happy some of the time. The Committee knows what works and what doesn’t work. It continually searches for places that will not only meet SVC’s written specifications but that also will create a setting that will allow the “essence of SVC” to flourish.
Pamela Luecke, Chair
SAGE industrial sales, inc.
605/722-5570 Fax 605/722-0985
E-mail: pamluecke@aol.com
Vivienne Harwood Mattox
SVC Executive Director ex officio
Program Committee
The Program Committee is responsible for scheduling and chairing Program Committee meetings, interacting with the Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) to develop and organize the technical program of the annual conference, selecting the TechCon Plenary Speaker, organizing the Technology Forum Breakfast and Lunchtime Tutorials, and coordinating the overall operation of the Technical Conference. The chair works closely with the Technical Director and Executive Director to organize the technical program; provide program notes and descriptions for the News Bulletin, Call for Papers, Preliminary Program and Final Program; and keep the Board fully informed on the status of the Technical Program. The Program Chair has the ultimate responsibility for all Conference events.
Ladislav Bárdos, Program Chair and Heuréka! Co-Chair
Uppsala University
46/184 7130 34 Fax 46/18-4715810
E-mail: ladislav.bardos@angstrom.uu.se
Wolfgang Decker, Assistant Program Chair
VAST Films, Ltd.
724/827-8827 Fax 724/827-2020
E-mail: w.decker@vastfilm.com
Ludvik Martinu, Past Program Chair
École Polytechnique de Montréal
514/340-4099 Fax 514/340-3218
E-mail: lmartinu@polymtl.ca
Carl Lampert
Technical Director
Star Science
707/794-0333 Fax 707/794-0323
E-mail: cmlstar@sonic.net
Vivienne Harwood Mattox
SVC Executive Director ex officio
505/856-7188 Fax 505/856-6716
E-mail: viviennemattox@svc.org
TAC Strategic Planning Committee
The mission of the TAC Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) is to consider forming new TACs for emerging areas of interest, monitor the health of current TACs, look for strategic ways to enhance TechCon program presentations, and to perform a competitive analysis of our TechCon Program. The TAC SPC is a standing committee, chaired by the Director of TACs, with up to five members.
Carl Lampert
Technical Director
Star Science
707/794-0333 Fax 707/794-0323
E-mail: cmlstar@sonic.net
Peter Martin
Columbia Basin Thin Film Solutions, LLC
509/783-5553
E-mail: totsmartin@aol.com
Frank T. Zimone
Vice President-Business Development
Angstrom Sciences
856/938-9653
E-mail fzimone@angstromsciences.com
Ric Shimshock
MLD Technologies LLC
650/938-3705 Fax 650/938-3113
E-mail: rshimshock@mldtech.com
Awards Committee
The Awards Committee is charged with the annual selection of the Nathaniel H. Sugerman Award recipient for distinguished achievement. The committee also selects recipients of the SVC Mentors Award, given to those who have made significant contributions to the Society or the vacuum coating industry.
Jim Seeser, Chair
314/918-0160 Fax 314/918-0161
E-mail: jseeser@aol.com
John Davis
Veeco Instruments
Peter Martin
Columbia Basin Thin Film Solutions, LLC
Donald J. McClure
Acuity Consulting and Training
William D. Sproul
Reactive Sputtering, Inc.
Finance Committee
Michael Andreasen, Chair
AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.
707/455-7321 Fax 707/455-7310
E-mail: michael.andreasen@na.agc-flatglass.com
Edward J. Wegener
AGC Flat Glass NA
Clark Bright
3M Company
Investment Committee
The Investment Committee of the SVC was formed by the Board of Directors to develop investment policies and procedures and take actions to safeguard and oversee the SVC's investments. The Investment Committee is responsible for recommending a professional Investment Manager to the SVC Board of Directors. The Investment Committee recommends investment allocation guidelines annually to the Board and works with the outside Investment Manager. The Committee also tracks the performance of the Investment Manager relative to others in that field. It is important to note that the Investment Committee does not actively manage SVC's investments; it oversees the professional financial firm that manages SVC's assets.
Edward J. Wegener, Chair
AGC Flat Glass NA
423/229-7317
E-mail: ed.wegener@na.agc-flatglass.com
Michael Andreasen
AGC Flat Glass North America
Clark Bright
3M Company
Paolo Raugei
Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc.
Student Sponsorship Committee
The SSC was established in 2001 and it is composed of members from different countries. Every year the SSC selects the most promising students and financially supports their participation at the Technical Conference. This sponsorship is meant to stimulate interest among future young scientists in the subjects and activities of the SVC, helps to involve more personnel from academic institutions (such as the students’ professors), and also encourages new contacts that can lead to employment opportunities.
Ludvik Martinu, Chair
École Polytechnique de Montréal
514/340-4099 Fax 514/340-3218
E-mail: lmartinu@polymtl.ca
Hana Baránková
Uppsala University
H. Angus Macleod
Thin Film Center, Inc.
International Relations Committee
The International Relations Committee focuses on establishing and generating participation from other organizations, societies, and countries that help assist and support the SVC’s mission to be an international organization. Through collaboration or support of local meetings in other countries SVC hopes to generate greater participation and recognition as the leading global forum for vacuum technology.
Ric Shimshock, Co-Chair
MLD Technologies LLC
650/938-3705 Fax 650/938-3113
E-mail: rshimshock@mldtech.com
Wolfgang Diehl, Co-Chair
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST)
49/531 2155 515 Fax 49/531 215 5901
E-mail: wolfgang.diehl@ist.fraunhofer.de
Hana Baránková
Uppsala University
History Committee
The SVC History Committee is charged with developing and maintaining historical documentation of the science and industry of vacuum coating as well as of the Society. To that end they perform audio and video interviews with people who have been involved in the development of vacuum coating technology and the Society. These interviews are archived, and the interviews are transcribed and placed on the History section of the SVC Web Site. The web site also contains copies of difficult-to-obtain documents relative to the history of vacuum coating as well as selected articles on the history of vacuum coating.
John Madocks, Chair
General Plasma, Inc.
520/882-5100 Fax 520/882-5165
E-mail: jmadocks@generalplasma.com
Dale Morton
Denton Vacuum, LLC (retired)
Ric Shimshock
MLD Technologies LLC
Young Members Committee
The SVC Young Members Group is open to young people (up to the age of 30) with an interest in vacuum coating and related technologies. Members of the group may be students or young staff in industry; the common feature is that they should meet the age requirement and have a keen interest in any topics which sit under the umbrella of the SVC. We intend to offer members of this new group special conference rates and other benefits, in exchange for their input and ideas regarding the growth and development of the Society as it relates to the younger generation. We envision that the Young Members Group will establish, from its membership, a Committee and a Chair. The Chair will be invited to attend the SVC Board meetings and participate in developing future strategies for the Society, thereby giving the Young Members a voice at the highest levels within the Society. If you have questions regarding the Young Members Group, please contact the Chair or a Board Mentor.
James McShane, Chair
Avery Dennison
219/322-5030 Fax 219/865-4153
E-mail: james.mcshane@averydennison.com
Ludvik Martinu, Board Mentor
École Polytechnique de Montréal
514/340-4099 Fax 514/340-3218
E-mail: ludvik.martinu@polymtl.ca
Allan Matthews, Board Mentor
The University of Sheffield
44/114 222 5466 Fax 44/114 222 5943
E-mail: a.matthews@sheffield.ac.uk
Scott Walton, Board Mentor
U.S. Naval Research Laboratories
202/767-7531 Fax 202/767-3553
E-mail: scott.walton@nrl.navy.mil
Technical Advisory Committees
Vacuum Web Coating TAC
The Vacuum Web Coating TAC covers all aspects of established and emerging web technologies. The committee is loosely divided in the area of applications into two sub-groups: one focused on flexible displays and the other on packaging/industrial issues. These two types of applications frequently share common ground in the drive toward higher barrier requirements in both fields. The Committee is multinational, with great participation from Europe. This Committee is now particularly focused to encourage more involvement from members in Japan and Southeast Asia.
Geoffrey Ringer, Co-Chair
3M Touch Systems
414/365-6209, Fax 414/365-1133
E-mail: gringer@mmm.com
James McShane, Co-Chair
Avery Dennison
219/322-5030, Fax 219/322-3236
E-mail: james.mcshane@averydennison.com
Charles Bishop
C.A. Bishop Consulting Ltd.
Clark Bright
3M Company
David Bryant
Vacuum Depositing, Inc.
Robert L. Cormia
Joe P. Cruzen
Coating Materials, Division of Tico Titanium, Co.
Wolfgang Decker
VAST, LLC
Paul Diffendaffer
Venture Technology, Inc.
Ahmet Gun Erlat
General Electric Global Research Center
Pierre Fayet
Tetra Pak (Suisse) SA
John B. Fenn, Jr.
Fennagain
Claes G. Granqvist
Uppsala University
Bertrand Jaccoud
Tetra Pak (Suisse) SA
Andrew C. Jack
GENERAL Vacuum Equipment Ltd.
Elizabeth Josephson
Applied Materials
Frank Karnish
Silberline Manufacturing Company
Wilfred C. Kittler
Gnomic Group LLC
Reiner Kukla
Applied Films GmbH & Co. KG
Horst-Christian Langowski
Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging
Rainer Ludwig
Applied Films GmbH & Co. KG
Peter A. Maschwitz
AFG Development Corporation
Donald J. McClure
Acuity Consulting and Training
Hassan Memarian
CPFilms, Inc.
Michael Mikhael
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Eldridge M. Mount III
Emmount Technologies
Yoshinaga Murakami
Oike Laboratories Company, Ltd.
Holger Norenberg
Technolox Ltd.
Hisashi Ohsaki
The University of Tokyo
Peter Persoone
N.V. Bekaert S.A.
Gary Phillips
Bekaert Specialty Films, LLC
Paolo Raugei
Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc.
John D. Reading
Coating Materials, Division of Tico Titanium, Co.
Fabiano Rimediotti
Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc.
Mohtashim Saif
CPFilms, Inc.
Nicolas Schiller
Fraunhofer-Institut fur Elektronestrahl-und Plasmatechnik (FEP)
Andrew Skinner
Amcor Flexibles Camvac
Joseph Skorjanec
Imation Corporation
Alf W. Smith
ITI Energy
Richard Swisher
Swisher and Associates
Greg Tullo
SE Associates Inc.
J.P. Wang
Bekaert Specialty Films, LLC
Angelo Yializis
Sigma Technologies International Inc.
Heuréka! Committee
"Heuréka!" is the Post-deadline Recent Developments session providing authors an opportunity to present their late breaking results, disclosures, technological developments, and applications that would not be otherwise possible (e.g., due to patenting procedures, specific strategy reasons, etc.). The Heuréka! Committee stimulates dissemination of this new knowledge to promote new developments in vacuum deposition technology.
Ladislav Bárdos, Co-Chair
Uppsala University
46/184 7130 34 Fax 46/18-4715810
E-mail: ladislav.bardos@angstrom.uu.se
Hana Baránková, Co-Chair
Uppsala University
46/184 713 118 Fax 46/185 550 95
E-mail: hana.barankova@angstrom.uu.se
Innovators Showcase
The focus of the Innovators Showcase is to provide a forum to introduce new ideas, processes products, and services to the SVC TechCon and Exhibit participants. The Innovators Showcase is established as an unabashedly commercial venue that allows participants unbridled access to an audience that is there to hear what they have to say. This venue also serves as a vehicle for small organizations and individuals who are not represented through dedicated booth space to access the SVC commercial marketplace.
Frank T. Zimone, Co-Chair
Vice President-Business Development
Angstrom Sciences
856/938-9653
E-mail fzimone@angstromsciences.com
Dan Castilleja, Co-Chair
DHF Technical Products
800/331-6401
E-mail: dan@dhfco.com
Tribological and Decorative Coating TAC
The Tribological & Decorative Coating TAC promotes the dissemination of information on the latest advances in tribological, wear-resistant, and decorative coatings. Tribological coatings play critical roles in increasing the durability and improving the performance of tools and components by reducing wear and decreasing friction. New decorative coatings can play an essential role in enhancing the appearance of components. Often manufacturers take advantage of both improved durability and enhanced appearance provided by vacuum-deposited films in order to differentiate their products in the marketplace.
Roel Tietema, Chair
Hauzer Techno Coating Europe BV
31/77 3559 774 Fax 31/77 3969 798
E-mail: rtietema@hauzer.nl
Michael Drory, Assistant Chair
Timken Technology Center
330/471-2683
E-mail michael.drory@timken.com
Jolanta Klemberg-Sapieha, Assistant Chair
École Polytechnique de Montréal
514/340-5747 Fax 514/340-3218
E-mail: jsapieha@polymtl.ca
Juliano Avelar Araujo
Mahle Metal Leve S.A.
Wolfgang Diehl
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST)
Peter J. Kelly
Manchester Metropolitan University
Jim Lynema
Meridian Automotive Systems
Allan Matthews
University of Sheffield
Alan H. Plaisted
Soleras Ltd.
Hans-Joachim Scheibe
Fraunhofer IWS
Cor P.G. Schrauwen
TNO Science & Industry
Federico Sequeda
Universidad del Valle, Cali
William D. Sproul
Reactive Sputtering, Inc.
Vasco Teixeira
University of Minho
Gerrit-Jan van der Kolk
IonBond Netherlands BV
Optical Coating TAC
This TAC coordinates the technical program of the Optical Coating sessions at the TechCon while focusing on the advances in the area of optical films and coatings for new and novel applications in optics, optoelectronics, and photonics, and in the fields of telecommunication, displays, optical data processing, biomedicine, sensors, energy control, automobile, aerospace, architecture, and others. The Committee focuses on the latest developments in optical film systems and devices, optical coating materials, film fabrication techniques, optical film metrology, and process control and monitoring. Business aspects, experimental designs, industrial scaleup, and equipment concepts are considered very important topics also.
Bryant Hichwa, Co-Chair
Sonoma State University, Professor Emeritus
707/579-1182
E-mail: bhichwa@sbcglobal.net, bhichwa@earthlink.net, bryant.hichwa@sonoma.edu
Ulrike Schulz, Co-Chair
Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (IOF)
49/3641 807 344 Fax 49/3641 807 601
E-mail: ulrike.schulz@iof.fraunhofer.de
James N. Hilfiker, Co-Chair
J.A. Woollam Co., Inc.
402/477-7501 Fax 402/477-8214
E-mail: jhilfiker@jawoollam.com
Norman Boling
Boling Consulting
Clark Bright
3M Company
David Cushing
J.A. Dobrowolski
National Research Council of Canada (retired)
Ralf Faber
Vacuum Process Technology, LLC
Norbet Kaiser
Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (IOF)
H. Angus Macleod
Thin Film Center, Inc.
Peter Martin
Columbia Thin Film Solutions, LLC
Ludvik Martinu
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Dale E. Morton
Denton Vacuum, LLC (retired)
George Ockenfuss
JDSU
Robert Sargent
JDSU
Robert Schaffer
Evaporated Coatings, Inc.
Karin Scherer
Essilor International
Ian Seddon
JDSU (retired)
James W. Seeser
OCLI and JDSU (retired)
Ric P. Shimshock
MLD Technologies LLC
Douglas Smith
Plymouth Grating Laboratory, Inc.
Ian C. Stevenson
Quantum Coating, Inc.
Ronald R. Willey
Willey Optical, Consultants
Richard Willson
Imation Corporation
Jacek Wojcik
McMaster University
Large Area Coating TAC
The Large Area Coating TAC focuses in two areas. The first area is to provide informative, leading-edge presentations (oral or poster) for the annual SVC Technical Conference. The second focus is to serve as a source of advice in our areas of expertise to the community of SVC members. As the name suggests, the Large Area Coating TAC specializes in subject matter having to do with coatings, processes, materials, equipment, products, and technology involving coating large substrates (currently up to 3.21 x 6 meters in area) typically using in-line (air-to-air) physical and chemical vapor deposition systems.
Michael Andreasen, Chair
AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.
707/455-7321 Fax 707/455-7310
E-mail: michael.andreasen@na.agc-flatglass.com
Johannes Strümpfel, Assistant Chair
VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH
49/351 263 7350 Fax 49/351 263 7308
E-mail: struempfel.johannes@ardenne-at.de
Richard Blacker
Guardian Industries Corporation
Raymond L. Boxman
Tel Aviv University
Jochen Butz
Guardian Industries Corp.
Dan Castilleja
DHF Technical Products
John Davis
Wilmert De Bosscher
Bekaert Advanced Coatings N.V.
Scott Grubb
Soleras Ltd.
Klaus Hartig
Cardinal Glass Industries CG
Donald V. Jacobson
Guardian Industries Corp.
Peter Maschwitz
AFG Development Corporation
Jacques Matteau
Thermal Conductive Bonding, Inc.
Steve Nadel
Applied Materials
Richard Newcomb
Angstrom Sciences, Inc.
Janet O’Brien-O’Reilly
Pilkington PLC
Takuji Oyama
Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
Jim Ridout
Academy Precision Materials
E.S. Shidoji
Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
Edward J. Wegener
AGC Flat Glass North America
Hansjorg Weis
Interpane E+B GmbH & Company
Emerging Technologies TAC
The Emerging Technologies Technical Advisory Committee promotes new trends and approaches in surface processing and coating. It covers new developments in technology, method design, equipment, and innovative manufacturing processes. The members of the ET TAC represent various areas of coating technology, and they come from industry, applied research, and academia.
Clark Bright, Co-Chair
3M Company
520/746-7061 Fax 520/746-7070
E-mail: cibright@mmm.com
Carlo Misiano, Co-Chair
Romana Film Sottili S.r.l
39/064 423 0163 Fax 39/064 423 0163
E-mail: carlo.misiano@libero.it
Chris H. Stoessel, Co-Chair
Southwall Technologies Inc.
650/798-1242 Fax 650/798-1403
E-mail: cstoessel@southwall.com
Hana Baránková
Uppsala University
Ladislav Bárdos
Uppsala University
Wolfgang Decker
VAST FILMS, Ltd.
David A. Glocker
Isoflux Incorporated
Papken Hovsepian
Sheffield Hallam University
Marc G. Langlois
Daystar Technologies, Inc.
Peter Martin
Columbia Basin Thin Film Solutions, LLC
Roger W. Phillips
JDSU
George R. Thompson
Plasma Processing TAC
Plasma physics and plasma surface chemistry comprise the fundamental underpinnings of many dry coating process technologies abundant in the thin film industry. Sputter deposition, ion plating, reactive ion etching, and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition owe their place in the commercial and production world to the research and engineering efforts of the technical community. The SVC’s Plasma Processing Technical Advisory Committee’s ongoing mission is to intellectually broaden our horizons, continue our education, and challenge our current scientific paradigms by exposing ourselves to the most current science and engineering results through invited and contributed TechCon speakers from industrial, academic, and government laboratories.
Mariadriana Creatore, Chair
Eindhoven University of Technology
31/402 474 223 Fax 31/402 456 442
E-mail: m.creatore@tue.nl
Scott Walton, Assistant Chair
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
202/767-7531 Fax: 202/767-3553
E-mail: scott.walton@nrl.navy.mil
James Bradley, Assistant Chair
University of Liverpool
44/151 794 4545
E-Mail: j.w.bradley@liverpool.ac.uk
David J. Christie
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
Federico Sequeda
Universidad del Valle, Cali
Process Modeling and Control TAC
The Process Control & Instrumentation TAC provides a discussion forum for the instruments, controls, and techniques that make vacuum coatings possible. Theoretical and real-world results enabled by hardware, software, and/or control methodologies are the areas of focus. Lessons learned prove of interest and value to the vacuum coatings community.
Colin Quinn, Co-Chair
Veeco Instruments, Inc.
970/221-1807 Fax 970/493-1439
E-mail: cquinn@veeco.com
Dan Carter, Co-Chair
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
970/407-6699 Fax 970/407-5699
E-mail: dan.carter@aei.com
J. Grant Armstrong
Carberry Technologies
High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) TAC
Arutiun P. Ehiasarian, Chair
Sheffield Hallam University
44/114 225 3646
E-mail: a.ehiasarian@shu.ac.uk
Jolanta Klemberg-Sapieha, Assistant Chair
École Polytechnique de Montréal
514/340-5747 Fax 514/340-3218
E-mail: jsapieha@polymtl.ca
Ralf Bandorf
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST)
49/531 2155 602
E-Mail: ralf.bandorf@ist.fraunhofer.de
Cleantech Symposium on Energy Conversion Storage and Related Processes
Carl M. Lampert, Chair
Star Science
707/794-0333, Fax 707/794-0323
E-mail: cmlstar@sonic.net
Organizers of Clean Technologies Venture Forum:
Carl M. Lampert
Star Science
Ric Shimshock
MLD Technologies LLC
Organizers of Thin Film for Photovoltaics:
Wolfgang Diehl
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST)
Ludvik Martinu
École Polytechnique, Canada
Greg Smestad
Sol Ideas Technology Development
Organizers Large Area Coating Technology:
Michael Andreasen
AGC Flat Glass North America
Bernd Szyszka
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films, Germany
Organizers of Smart Glazing and Energy Efficient Coatings:
Claes G. Granqvist
Uppsala University, Sweden
Carl M. Lampert
Star Science