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The statutes of the Divisions define a
procedure for the election of the Divisional
Chair and Committee. As shown in Fig. 1,
each Division has an electoral college
composed of delegates nominated by the
Union’s national societies. A national society
can nominate only one delegate who is an
expert in the field relevant to the Division. If
the college exceeds 10 in number, it elects
from itself a fixed number of members
(usually seven) for the Division Committee.
In addition the Division Committee may co-
opt a fixed number of experts (not to exceed
one third of the initial Division Committee) in
the field relevant to the Division. The Division
Committee elects its own Chair, Vice-
Chair and Secretary from those committee
members who are not co-optees. These
officers serve both the Division Committee
and college. The Division officers and
members serve for a three year period.
The Chairs of the Divisions are members
of the STD. Originally, either the Vice-
Chair or Secretary served as Treasurer
for the Division and was responsible for
the preparation of a draft budget for the
Division which was submitted to the Union’s
Treasurer through the Scientific Director.
In current practice, there is no role for a
Division Treasurer. Divisions propose their
activities to the STD which then approves
the allocation of a fixed amount of its own
budget for use on that activity. This money
is paid by the IUVSTA Treasurer to the body
(perhaps a national society) which is running
the activity (such as a scientific workshop).
Unused funds are returned to the Treasurer
and remain in the STD budget.
Currently the Divisions have a number
of roles. One of these is to take a major
part in coordinating and organising
the technical program of the triennial
International Vacuum Congress (IVC).
The technical sessions of this Congress
are arranged on the basis of the Union’s
Divisional structure. The International
Program Committee (IPC) for each of
these sessions is composed of local
members of the host nation together
with members of the appropriate
IUVSTA Division. Accordingly, each
Division plays an important part in the
selection of scientific papers, invited
speakers, and session moderators.
SUMMARY
TABLE IV.
IUVSTA DIVISIONS
Division
Initials
Year Founded
Original Chairman
Surface Science
SS
1980
A. van Oostrom (NL)
Thin Film
TF
1980
F. Abeles (F)
Vacuum Science and Technology
(originally Vacuum Science)
VST
1980
K. Poulter (GB)
W. Bächler (D)
Electronic Materials and Processing
EMP
1980
M. Francombe (USA)
M. Croset (F)
Plasma Science and Technique
(originally Fusion)
PST
1983
M. Kaminsky (USA)
Surface Engineering
(originally Vacuum Metallurgy)
SE
1986
R. Bunshah (USA)
Applied Surface Science
ASS
1989
C. J. Powell (USA)
Nanometer Structures
NS
1995
J. S. Murday (USA)
Biointerfaces
BI
2013
G. Ceccone (I)