| Abbreviation | AVS | 
|---|---|
| Formation | June 18, 1953 | 
| Type | NPO[1] | 
| Location | |
Membership    | 4,500[2] | 
Official language   | English | 
President  | Michael D. Williams Timothy A. Gessert (Past-President)  | 
| Affiliations | American Institute of Physics IUVSTA | 
| Website | www.avs.org | 
AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing[3] (formerly American Vacuum Society[4]) is a not-for-profit learned society founded in 1953 focused on disciplines related to materials, interfaces, and processing. AVS has approximately 4500 members worldwide from academia, governmental laboratories and industry.
AVS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics.[3] AVS publishes through the American Institute of Physics the journals Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (JVST A and B) and Biointerphases, which are devoted to peer-reviewed articles, and Surface Science Spectra (SSS), which publishes peer-reviewed articles with reference spectra of technological and scientific interest. In 2019 American Institute of Physics and AVS launched jointly a new journal AVS Quantum Science.
Organization
AVS is composed of 10 technical divisions, two technical groups, 16 regional chapters, two international chapters and one international affiliate:
- Advanced Surface Engineering Division[5]
 - Applied Surface Science Division[6]
 - Biomaterial Interfaces Division[7]
 - Electronic Materials/Photonics Division[8]
 - Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division[9]
 - Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division
 - Plasma Science and Technology Division[10]
 - Surface Science Division[11]
 - Thin Film Division (TF)[12]
 - Vacuum Technology Division[13]
 
AVS Technical Groups Division
- Manufacturing Science & Technology Technical Group (MSTG)
 - MEMS and NEMS Technical Group
 
Conferences
The AVS International Symposium and Exhibition is AVS's flagship conference. The symposium addresses cutting-edge issues associated with materials, processing, and interfaces in the research and manufacturing communities. AVS also sponsors a variety of topical conferences, including the International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition and the North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy.
AVS professional awards
- Dorothy Hoffman Award[14]
 - Medard W. Welch Award
 - John A. Thornton Memorial Award & Lecture
 
AVS graduate student awards
- Russell and Sigurd Varian Award
 - Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award
 - Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award
 - Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship
 - Graduate Research Award (GRA)
 
References
- ↑ Article I, Constitution, AVS.
 - ↑ About AVS? Archived 2020-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, AVS.
 - 1 2 AIP: A Federation of the Physical Sciences, American Institute of Physics.
 - ↑ The old name can still be found in Article I of the AVS constitution.
 - ↑ "Advanced Surface Engineering Division (ASED)". Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Division: Applied Surface Science (AS)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Division: Biomaterial Interfaces (BI)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Division: Electronic Materials and Photonics (EM)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "October News Letter 2003 - CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS". ieeemagnetics.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Division: Plasma Science & Technology (PS)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Division: Surface Science (SS)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Division: Thin Film (TF)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Division: Vacuum Technology (VT)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
 - ↑ "Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award". avs.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2017.