Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF)

?? Giving Tuesday is December 3rd, Your Generosity Can Go Twice as Far! ?? Please keep the SVC Foundation in mind with your year-end donations to support our Academic and Industry Scholarships. This year, every donation made to the SVC Foundation can be ?????????????? thanks to the generosity of Kathe and Gary Vergason, who are helping endow a scholarship to honor Michael Andreasen, who passed away earlier this year. With your support, we can continue to drive meaningful change in the vacuum coating industry by providing for the next generation of practitioners. Your contribution — no matter the size — will help us provide scholarships and training to students and early-career industry employees. ?? Here is how it works: 1. ???????????? on our website:?https://lnkd.in/epFE8-w or mail to the SVC Foundation, PO Box 10628, Albuquerque, NM 87184. 2. Select your favorite Fund. If you want every dollar of your donation matched, please select the “Kathe & Gary Vergason Endowed Scholarship Honoring Michael Andreasen” — doubling the impact of your generosity! Whether you have supported us in the past or are giving for the first time, your gift today will make a world of difference. Together, we can ensure the future of the vacuum coating industry and the great students that will significantly impact our lives. ?? https://lnkd.in/epFE8-w Thank you for being a part of this special day of giving! Your generosity helps create a brighter, better future for all. ??? #GivingTuesday #MatchYourGift #DoubleTheImpact #Philanthropy #MakeADifference #GivingBack #SVC #Scholarships?

There is one week left to apply for the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF) academic scholarships. One of those scholarships is the J.A. Woollam Company Scholarship. In 2017, the J.A. Woollam Company endowed a scholarship through the SVC Foundation to encourage young students in their path toward education in fields involving vacuum coating technologies.?Since inception, this Scholarship has been made available to 17 students and we look forward to continuing to help impact the lives of many students in the future! Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC), SVC Young Members Committee, #Ellipsometry, #ThinFilms, #VacuumCoatings, #Metrology, #Semiconductors Daniele Benetti, Shane Arlington, Ph.D., Niva Jayswal, PhD, Rachel Nye, Krishnanand Shukla (????????? ?????) CSci. MiMMM, Demetris Soukeras, Kamal Rudra, Sarah Nahar Chowdhury, Swetapadma Sahoo, Aleksandra Paj?k, Omer Yesilyurt, Gareth Bellinger, Lina Rojas, Rezoana Bente Arif, Julien Decker

There is still time to apply for Scholarships through the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF). One of the many scholarships available is the Bernard Henry AIMCAL-SVC Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 2009 by AIMCAL (now Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters) and Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) to honor the memory of Bernard Henry, who passed away in 2007 at the age of 42. Please apply today to be considered for a Scholarship awarded in early 2025. #Scholarship, #thinfilm, #rolltoroll, #vacuumcoating, #materialscience, #engineering, #condensedmatter, #physics, #sputtering, #GLAD, #PVD, #flexiblesubstrates, #CVD Zach Leuty, Jannatul Ferdous Mousumi, Ph.D., Greg Taylor, Henna Khosla, Abdullah Al Mamun, Soham Saha, Fabio Ferreira, Jeremy Miller, Alyssa Mock, Austin Brown, Wissal A., Zahra Khatami

Apply now for Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF) scholarships, including the Clark and Karen Bright Endowed Scholarship Honoring Angus Macleod. Clark Bright and Karen Bright have a strong commitment to the education of students pursuing science and engineering degrees.?This endowed scholarship was created?in honor of a great friend to them and the SVC, Angus Macleod, who passed away in 2021.??This scholarship endowment will provide $2,500 annually for students working with?Optical Thin Films?and/or?Transparent Conductive Thin Films, whether in the design, deposition and processing, thin film characterization, general study of these thin films or use in applications where a key or enabling feature is provided. Both Clark and Angus had extensive careers in industry and encouraged early career individuals working in industry to attend the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Techcon.?Thus, this scholarship is a natural extension of their on-going promotion of the SVC and the further education of those studying in similar fields. #Scholarship, #OpticalThinFilms, #TCO, #conductiveoxides, #TransparentConductiveThinFilms, #thinfilms, #vacuumcoatings, Thanh Tran, Michigan State University, Anton Zubayer, Link?ping University

The Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF) provides annual scholarships to students studying a field related to vacuum coating technology. The number of scholarships each year has grown through the generosity of our donors, who have helped establish various endowments to further our cause. Please encourage those you think could benefit from participating to apply. https://lnkd.in/ebMj_ETx Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC), #Scholarship, #VacuumTechnology, #thinfilms, #semiconductor

From 4 to 9 May I had the opportunity to participate in the 67th Annual SVC Technical Conference (TechCon) Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) in Chicago thanks to the scholarship I received from the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF). I would like to thank them for giving me the opportunity to show my work to a community full of experts in the field and to be able to share experiences and learn from them. Apart from the technical presentations, this conference gives us the opportunity to interact and create a community thanks to all the events that are organised. - I was able to learn and discuss in the breaksfast forum. - Run in the 5k race and enjoy the sport together with my colleagues. - Networking at the coffee breaks and dinners. - Getting to know the other young people in the SVC thanks to the new youth committee. - See what's new in the industry at the exhibition? - And, of course, to meet up with friends and spend some time with them! In summary, this conference has given me the opportunity to learn and show what I'm working on, but it also gives us much more and allows us to form a community where we can learn and move forward. Thanks to all of you who made it possible for me to be there and I hope we can meet again in future editions! Universidad Pública de Navarra UPNA ETSIIIT

Congratulations to Julien Decker, the latest recipient of a J.A. Woollam Company Scholarship through the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF). Julien is pursuing a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas Texas. Julien says, “My interest in vacuum coating technology comes from the fantastic capabilities of the technology that I have seen in my studies and the research being performed at my university. In the research I am performing with my university regarding tribological coatings for engines utilizing low-viscosity fuels, I have used a physical vapor deposition chamber to deposit thin films of copper and molybdenum many times to create sample testbeds. I hope to continue researching the applications of thin films wherever applicable. I wish to continue researching the technology and play my part in advancing it for future generations to come. Therefore, I wish to continue my studies past a bachelor’s and pursue a master’s and doctorate in materials science, specializing in the research of thin films and their deposition methods.” Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC), #vacuumcoating, #scholarships, #PVD, #tribology, #materialscience, #thinfilms, #deposition

Congratulations to Natalia ?ukaszkiewicz - a 2024 recipient of an Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF) Academic Scholarship. Natalia just finished her B.S. in Materials Engineering at Poznan University of Technology and will continue her studies at the graduate level at AGH University of Krakow. Natalia writes, “I played the role of the president of the Materials Science Club, where I could learn how to be a good leader. Science Club helped me start my journey into the scientific world, as I could join scientists in our university’s Materials Engineering Institute in their research work. For now, this has resulted in one published paper and another one under review, both focused on the topic of nanomaterials.” She continues, “I can’t wait to learn more in my field, especially nanomaterials, as I believe they hold great potential to contribute to the developments of future devices in a more sustainable way, thanks to the number of properties that can be designed in those materials, and numerous applications that result from that.” Congratulations Natalia! Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC), #Scholarship, #vacuumcoating, #thinfilms, #materialscience

Since 2013, the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF) has joined the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) to help support students that are traveling to the TechCon to present their research.?If you include this year’s students, the SVC Foundation has supported 60 students from over a dozen countries.?We are proud to introduce the 2024 recipients of the SVC Foundation Travel Sponsorship and hope you will attend their presentations in Chicago. One of our 2024 Travel Sponsorships goes to sabour un nisa, a graduate student at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research. Sabour received a B.Eng. degree from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan, a M.Sc. degree from Kiel University, Germany and is now pursuing a Ph.D. at the Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research (IPF), Germany.?Much of her recent research has focused on 3D structures and the dynamics of plasma treated polymer materials.?She will present her talk in the Plasma Processing and Diagnostics Session with a talk titled “Exploring shallow depth profiles of plasma-treated polymer surfaces.” This talk is scheduled for Monday, May 6th from 11:30 to 11:50AM. #IPF, #SVC, #Techcon, #Chicago, #Scholarship, #plasma, #vacuumcoatings

Takeru Omiya is a double-winner for 2024.?He won both an Academic Scholarship and an Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF) Travel Sponsorship to attend the Chicago TechCon (next week!).?This is a great achievement, as there are separate reviewers for each award type, and he impressed everyone!?He is truly a highly motivated and dedicated researcher. In addition to the standard presentation, Takeru also submitted a Poster for the Techcon. His presentation in Chicago will be on Thursday, May 9, from 1:00-1:20 as part of the Protective, Tribological, and Decorative Coatings session. This work is titled “Unlocking the Potential: Synergistic Tribological Performance of Gadolinium Doped DLC Coatings with Phosphorus Containing Ionic Liquids.”? His poster is titled "Pioneering Tribological Innovation with Gadolinium-Doped DLC Coatings and Ionic Liquids for Superior Wear Resistance and Corrosion Protection" and will be part of the Poster Session from 2:30 to 4:30 on Tuesday, May 7th. Since 2013, the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation (SVCF) has joined the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) to help support students that are traveling to the TechCon to present their research.?If you include this year’s students, the SVC Foundation has supported 60 students from over a dozen countries.?We are proud to introduce the 2024 recipients of the SVC Foundation Travel Sponsorship and hope you will attend their presentations in Chicago. #SVC, #Techcon, #Chicago, University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra), #Tribology, #Coatings, #ThinFilms, #Scholarship