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Although the SBV did not originally grow as fast
as it is growing today, it is now keeping pace with
the scientific and development activities in our
country. The SBV is an active community, brin-
ging together Universities, Research Institutes
and Industries covering several areas of the
knowledge which involves vacuum technology.
Nowadays, the number of participants is
about 500. The SBV organizes its annual
Vacuum Congress (Congresso Brasileiro
de Aplicações de Vacuo na Industria e na
Ciência – CBRAVIC) and Vacuum Courses in a
period preceding the end of July or beginning
of September. The main point in this meeting
is to provide an opportunity for the students
to present their paper, discuss them in an
academic environment and have a direct
interaction with the invited speaker. CBRAVIC
extends over a three day period and typically
includes 10 invited plenary presentations and
200 contributed papers on original research
and development. In addition, it is traditional
that in the days before and after the congress
the SBV presents some courses on Basic and
Advanced Vacuum Technology and on related
topics such as Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin
Films, Characterization Techniques, Metrology,
Solar Cells, Plasma Applications and Atomic
and Molecular Physics.
Workshops on Liquid Crystal, Plasma Science,
Diamond and Related Materials and Nano­
structured Materials have been supported by
the SBV with both domestic and international
participation. Also, the SBV supports the
Brazilian Journal of Vacuum Application (Revista
Brasileira de Aplicações de Vácuo), which is a
periodical on Vacuum Science and Technology.
It has been edited for 36 years, without
interruption. It is issued three times per year
and is supported by national and international
referees and members of the editorial board.
A great effort is focused on expanding the
Brazilian Vacuum Society activities to the South
American regions. Articles can be submitted in
English, Portuguese and Spanish.
The SBV recognizes the extreme effort being
made by some researchers and engineers in
order to keep our society looking to the future.
Accordingly, in 1992 it introduced the grade of
The Brazilian Vacuum Society (SBV) is a nonprofit organization. It was founded on May 17,
1978 at a meeting of scientists, professors, engineers and technicians held at the Instituto
Militar de Engenharia (IME), Rio de Janeiro. In 1984 the headquarters was moved to UNICAMP
University, in Campinas, São Paulo.
THE BRAZILIAN VACUUM SOCIETY
Sociedade Brasileira de Vácuo (SBV)
Original (1986) by Neelkanth G. Dhere Updated (2001) by
Vladimir Jesus Trava Airoldi Updated (2017) Alvaro J. Damião,
Rogério P. Mota, and Pedro A. P. Nascente.
Visit to Integration andTests Lab. XXXVIII Brazilian
Congress VacuumAplications on Science and Industry -
October 2017.