CONTENTS |
6 |
Preface to the 3rd Edition |
5 |
01. Introduction |
8 |
02. The First International Congress on Vacuum Technology |
10 |
03. The International Organisation for Vacuum Science and Technology (IOVST) |
12 |
04. Formation of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA) |
13 |
05. Organisational Structure of the IUVSTA |
19 |
06. The Scientific and Technical Directorate (STD) |
29 |
07. The Secretariat |
33 |
08. IUVSTA Divisions |
37 |
09. International Vacuum Congresses |
45 |
10. National Membership of IUVSTA |
60 |
11. The IUVSTA News Bulletin |
62 |
12. Website and Electronic Communication |
64 |
13. IUVSTA Workshops, Schools, and Technical Training Courses |
67 |
14. The Visual Aids Program |
75 |
15. Student Awards and Scholarships |
77 |
16. The IUVSTA Prizes |
79 |
17. Persons Honoured by the IUVSTA |
81 |
18. Conclusion |
82 |
Short histories of the National Vacuum Societies |
84 |
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES |
7 |
Figure 1. Organisational Structure of the IUVSTA |
18 |
Table I. IUVSTA Member Societies |
17 |
Table II. IUVSTA Officers and Councillors, 1962-2016 |
21 |
Table III. IUVSTA Executive Council Meetings |
26 |
Table IV. IUVSTA Divisions |
39 |
Table V. European Conferences on Surface Science |
41 |
Table VI. Vacuum and Surface Science Conferences of Asia and Australia |
42 |
Table VII. International Conferences on Thin Films |
42 |
Table VIII. European Vacuum Conferences |
44 |
Table IX. IOVST and IUVSTA International Congresses and Conferences |
46 |
Table X. IUVSTA Workshops |
69 |
Table XI. IUVSTA Schools |
73 |
Table XII. IUVSTA Technical Training Courses |
73 |
Table XIII. Welch Scholars |
78 |
Table XIV. Recipients for the IUVSTA Prize of Science |
80 |
Table XV. Recipients for the IUVSTA Prize of Technology |
80 |
SHORT HISTORIES OF THE NATIONAL |
84 |
Argentina - Asociacion Física Argentina |
86 |
Australia - Vacuum Society of Australia |
88 |
Austria - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Vakuumtechnik |
90 |
Belgium - Société Belge de Vacuologie et de Vacuotechnique/Belgische Vereniging voor Vacuologie en Vacuumtechniek (BELVAC) |
92 |
Brazil - Sociedade Brasileria de Vácuo (SBV) |
94 |
Bulgaria - Union of Physicists in Bulgaria (UPB) |
96 |
Croatia - Hrvatsko Vakuumsko Drusto |
98 |
Czech Republic - Ceská vakuová spolecnost |
100 |
Finland - Suomen Tyhjioseura |
102 |
France - Société Francaise du Vide (SFV) |
104 |
Germany - Deutsch Vakuum-Gesellschaft (DVG) |
106 |
Great Britain - British Vacuum Council |
108 |
Hungary - Magyar Vákuumtársaság |
110 |
India - Indian Vacuum Society |
112 |
Iran - Iranian Vacuum Society |
114 |
Israel - Israeli Vacuum Society: Science, Technology and Applications (IVS) |
116 |
Italy - Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia (AIV) |
118 |
Japan - Nihon Shinkuu Kyokai |
120 |
Korea - Hankook Jinkong Hoakhoe |
122 |
Mexico - Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencia y Tecnología de Superficies y Materiales (SMCTSM) |
124 |
Netherlands - Nederlandse Vacuumvereniging (NEVAC) |
126 |
Pakistan - Pakistan Vacuum Society |
128 |
P.R. China - Chinese Vacuum Society |
130 |
Philippines - Vacuum Society of the Philippines |
132 |
Poland - Polskie Towarzystwo Pròzniowe |
134 |
Portugal - Sociedade Portuguesa de Vácuo (SOPORVAC) |
136 |
Romania - Societatea Romana de Vid |
138 |
Russian Federation - Russian Scientifi c & Technical Vacuum Society |
140 |
Slovakia - Slovenská vákuová spoloènost |
142 |
Slovenia - Drustvo za vakuumsko tehniko Slovenije |
144 |
Yougoslavia - Yugoslavia Union of Vacuum Societies - JUVAK |
146 |
Spain - Asociación Española del Vació y sus Aplicaciones (ASEVA) |
148 |
Sweden - Svenska Vakuum Sällskapet (SVS) |
150 |
Switzerland - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Vakuum-Physik und -Technik (SGV)/Societé Suisse pour la Science et la Technique du Vide (SSSTV) |
152 |
Ukraine - Ukrainske vacuumne tovaristvo |
154 |
USA - AVS Science & Technology Society |
156 |