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Some of participants in the 6th National Vacuum
Conference held from 5-6 February 2013 at Shahid
Chamran University, Ahwaz city, in the south-west of Iran.
VSI Founders:
Jalil Badraghi (Institute of Applied Sciences of
the Jahad Daneshgahi in the Shahid Beheshi
University in Tehran), Esmail Esmailzadeh (Tabriz
University), Late Aliasghar Hosseini (Mazendaran
University), Azam Irajizad (Sharif University of
Technology), Davood Kalhor (Jahad Danesh-
gahi Branch at Sharif University of Technology ),
Mohamad Khorasani (Shahid Beheshti Univer-
sity), Mohamad Rouzati (Gilan University), Ebra-
him Shirani (Isfahan University of Technology),
Mohamad Hossein Tayarani (Ferdowsi University
of Mashhad), Hadi Maleki (Nuclear Research
Institute), Ghazanfar Mirjalili (Yazd University)
and Alireza Z. Moshfegh (Sharif University of
Technology).
The First Board of Directors and Inspector
(2004-2007):
All members of the board of directors and
inspector were selected by general assembly
for a period of three years. The first members
were: Late Dr. Aliasghar Hosseini (vice
president, deceased in 2015), Dr. Mohamad
Hossein Tayarani (board member), Dr. Seyed
Hossein Keshmiri (board member), Dr. Morteza
Zargar Shoushtari (board member), Mr. Kuros
Hamzeh (inspector) and Dr. Alireza Z. Moshfegh
(President).
Types of VSI Membership:
Membership in the VSI is either individual
(Continuous, Associate, Student, and Honor-
ary Membership) or organisational/company
(supporting institutions). In 2017, the VSI counts
448 individual members, and 10 corporate
members.
IUVSTA membership:
The Vacuum Society of Iran officially was granted
a full membership in the 16th General Meeting
(GM16) of the International Union for Vacuum
Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA)
which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 4 July
2007.
VASSCAA membership:
To boost its international activities, the Vacuum
Society of Iran officially admitted to a big forum
called the Vacuum and Surface Science Confer-
ence of Asia and Australia (VASSCAA) in Febru-
ary 2009. It joined to other countries such as
Australia, China, India, Japan, Pakistan, and
South Korea. This conference is held bi-annually
in a member country and endorsed by IUVSTA.
Currently Philippines and Taiwan joined to this
organisation.
VSI Committees:
All activities of the VSI are planned and conducted
in the following committees:
a) Specialized groups including Thin films, Surface
physics, Vacuum science and technology,
Nanostructures, Plasma physics, Vacuum
metallurgy, Electronic materials and their fabri-
cation process
b)Education and Research Committee
c) Publications Committee
d)Public Relations and Admission Committee
e) Committee responsible for organizing scientific
and technological events
f) Committee responsible for establishing tie and
connections with industry
g)Standards Committee
VacuumTechnology Standard development:
The standard committee of VSI is active in devel-
opment and approval of national vacuum tech-
nology standards, with ISIRI (National Standard
Organisation of I.R. of Iran). This committee is
cooperating with International Standardization
Organisation (ISO) in developing new vacuum
standards. The standard committee is in charge
of the corresponding Vacuum Technology Tech-
nical Committee TC112 of ISO in the nation. Iran
as a participating member of ISO-TC112 actively
contributes to development of international
vacuum standards.
Conferences and Workshops:
In order to promote and advance the science
and technology of vacuum among scientists,
engineers and practitioners in Iran, the VSI
organizes bi-annual national conferences, work-
shops and exhibition. In addition, topical semi-
nars on science and technology of vacuum are
held in the year’s in-between. Moreover, every
year about 20 technical courses and workshops
are organised in different universities and relevant
industries across the nation.
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