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The Spanish Vacuum Society was created in
1963 as a specialised working group of the
Spanish Committee of the International Union of
Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and eventually
it became an independent society “Asociación
Española del Vacío y sus Aplicaciones” (ASEVA) in
1968. This first stage is credited to the work and
encouragement of Dr. L. Villena who promoted
meetings among specialists in the field with the
aim of creating a Society, or at least a Committee,
on Vacuum Science and Technology. Activities
were focused on the Vacuum Physics group at
the Institute of Applied Physics of the National
Research Council, CSIC, under the leadership of
Dr. C. S. Martín and Dr. J. L. de Segovia. Thanks
to the early activities of Drs. Villena and Martín, the
Spanish Committee joined the IOVST in Belgium,
which later became the IUVSTA. This gave ASEVA
the opportunity to become a Founder Member of
IUVSTA. The current governing board consists of
a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
and up to 16 vocal members. Each person serves
for four years, with half of the board renewed
every two years, although they can be renewed.
The board names representatives in the IUVSTA:
Councillor, Alternate Councillor and members of
the Electoral College of each IUVSTA Division.
Dr. C. S. Martín was President of ASEVA from
1964 until he retired in 1982 and he was assisted
by Pr. J.L. de Segovia as Secretary General. His
successor was Dr. F. Verdaguer (Atomic Energy
Commission) who unfortunately died in April
1984. Pr. F. Rueda (Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid) then held the Presidency until March
1985. Pr. J. L. de Segovia was promoted from
Secretary General to President in 1985 and he
served in that capacity until he retired in 2000,
being assisted by Dra E. Román as Secretary
General. Pr. J.M. Albella (Instituto de Ciencia
de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC) followed as
president until 2016. Professor J. L. de Segovia
was nominated Honorary President of the
THE SPANISH VACUUM SOCIETY
Asociación Española del Vacío y sus Aplicaciones (ASEVA)
Original (2001) by J.L. de Segovia Updated (2017)
by J.A. Martín-Gago.
National RIVA-X conference, October 2017, Bilbao.
From left to right: Javier Barriga: chairman, Lars Montelius,
President of IUVSTA, Jose Luis Martin, UPV vice-rector
(research), CarlosTavares: President of SOPORVAC, and
Jose A. Martin-Gago: President of ASEVA.