Michigan Chapter
The North Central Chapter was approved in 1973 with the primary geographical area including all of Michigan. It was part of the Great Lakes RAG, which covered Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. It became the Michigan Chapter in 1989.
Current activities of the Chapter are available on the Web page which is accessed through the AVS Web site. The Web page also contains a list of past events since 1990. The chapter sponsors from 2-6 dinner meetings per year, and a one-day Spring Symposium and vacuum equipment exhibition. In addition, the Michigan AVS sponsors a Michigan high school science teacher to attend the Science Educators' Workshop held each year at the AVS National Symposium.
The Chairs of the Michigan and North Central Chapters were:
Year |
Michigan Chapter |
North Central Chapter |
1973 |
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George G Kleiman |
1974 |
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George G Kleiman |
1975 |
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James M Burkstrand |
1976 |
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James M Burkstrand |
1977 |
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Edward N Sickafus |
1978 |
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David E Solomon |
1979 |
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Pieter K Rol |
1980-81 |
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Ronald J Baird |
1981-82 |
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Galen B Fisher |
1982-83 |
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Richard E Chase |
1983-84 |
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T Weston Capehart |
1984-85 |
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George W Graham |
1985-86 |
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George W Graham |
1986-87 |
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Shih-Chia Chang |
1987-88 |
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Galen B Fisher |
1989 |
T Weston Capehart |
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1990 |
John E Tyler |
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1991 |
Yang-Tee Chen |
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1992 |
Richard E Chase |
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1993-94 |
Steven M Yalisove |
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1994-95 |
Gregory Auner |
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1995-96 |
Peter Schmitz |
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1996-98 |
Steven J Simko |
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1997-98 |
Ratna Naik |
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1998-99 |
Rachel Goldman |
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1999-2000 |
Michael Wu |
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2000-01 |
Steven J Simko |
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2001-02 |
Steven M Yalisove |
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2002-03 |
Rosa Alejandra Lukasze |
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1974
May 21: First Symposium in Detroit with invited papers only
1975
May 6-7: Second Great Lakes Regional Symposium, Northland Inn, Detroit. Special session on “Application of thin films for energy conversion”. A 1-day course “Fundamentals of Evaporation Methods,” with a fee of $50.
1978
May 16: 5th Symposium on Vacuum Technology and Surface Science; Southfield, MI. There was a vacuum equipment display and a 1-day course on “Microcircuit Thin Film Technology” was taught by John Skok; registration fee $40., short course “Micro-circuit thin film technology”
1979
May 22: 6th Symposium on Vacuum Technology and Surface Science with “Surfaces and Interfaces” on May 23 , Southfield, MI. There was a vacuum equipment display and a 1-day course on “Properties of Vacuum System Materials” taught by Bill Brunner.
1980
May 8: 7th Annual Symposium. Northland Inn, Southfield. MI. Topics were “Advances in New Energy Sources” & “Advanced semiconductor processing”. The symposium registration fee was $25 for members, $30 for non-members and $5 for students.
1981
May 19: 8th Annual Symposium. “Surfaces & Interfaces”, Bloomfield, MI. There was a vacuum equipment display and a 1-day course on “Adhesion’ taught by Kash Mittal.
1982
9th Annual Symposium
1983
May 17: 10th Annual Symposium “Prospective Hydrogen Energy Cycles”; Botsford Inn, Southfield, MI. There was a vacuum equipment display and a 1-day course on “CVD for Electronics” taught by Werner Kern.
1984
May3: 11th Annual Symposium. Botsford Inn, Farmington Hills, MI “Surface Structure and Modification”
1985
May 30: 12th Annual Symposium, Airport Hilton, Detroit; “Microelectronics technology”, The course program included 3 courses “Thin Film processes”, “Vacuum Technology” and “Pumping Hazardous gases”.
1988
June 2: 15th Annual Symposium on “Surfaces and Interfaces”, Detroit
1989
May 3: Michigan Chapter 16th Annual Symposium “Plasma Processing of Materials”, Greater Detroit area,. There was a vacuum equipment display and 2 courses: ”Mechanical Properties of Thin Films” (Dick Hoffman), and “PECVD” ( Frank Jansen)
1990
May 8: 17th Annual Symposium: Ion-Solid Interactions: From Fundamentals to Applications, Dearborn Inn
chairs: Yang-Tse Cheng and Galen Fisher, General Motors
1991
May 15: 18th Annual Spring Symposium: Reactions at Surfaces: Dearborn Inn
chairs: Dave Belton, General Motors, and George Graham, Ford Motor
1992
June 10-12: 19th Annual Spring Symposium : Applied Surface Analysis, An AVS Topical Conference, Univ of Michigan
chairs: Stephen Gaarenstroom, General Motors, and Ron Baird, Ford Motor. Five courses were taught.
1993
May 18: 20th Annual Spring Symposium Growth and Characterization of Thin Films
chair: Steve Yalisove, U. Michigan
Two courses were given: “Overview of chemical and physical vapor coating technology” and “Introduction to ellipsometry”.
1994
21st Annual Spring Symposium: Sensor Technology
chair: Greg Auner, Wayne State U.
1995
May 18: 22nd Annual Spring Symposium: Polymer Systems: Surface Properties and Characterization , Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
chair: Pete Schmitz, Ford Motor
1996
23rd Annual Spring Symposium: Surface Analysis '96, An AVS Topical Conference
chairs: Steven Simko, General Motors, and Pete Schmitz, Ford Motor
1997
24th Annual Spring Symposium Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices
chair: Ratna Naik, Wayne State U.
1998
May 20: 25th Annual Spring Symposium: Scanning Probe Microscopies: Methods and Applications
chair: Rachel Goldman, U. Michigan
There was an invited session and 14 student poster papers, two of which were given awards.. The 63 attendees included 31 students. There were 7 vendors in the exhibit. A course on “Vacuum leak detection” was attended by 12 students. A summary of the anniversary symposium was given in the Jul/Aug 1998 of the AVS Newsletter.
Dinner Meeting: Leonard J. Brillson, Ohio State University
“Changing Roles of Researchers in Industry”
October 27: Dinner Meeting: Kevin Hoffman, United Solar Systems
“The Status of Roll-to-Roll Solar Cell Production using Thin-Film Amorphous Silicon Alloys”
November 17: Dinner Meeting :Robert S. Weber, Arthur D. Little Corp.
“On Board Fuel Processing for Transportation”
December 8: Dinner Meeting: Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology
“Engineering of Direct Band Gap Group IV Semiconductors: SixSn1-x and GexSn1-x Alloys”
1999
May 19: 26th Annual Spring Symposium: Sensor and Actuator Technologies for Automotive Applications, Wayne State Univ. There were 76 attendees.
chair: Michael Wu, Delphi Automotive Systems
February 4: Dinner Meeting: Judith C. Yang, University of Pittsburgh
“Heteroepitaxy: A Novel Way to See Metal Oxidation”
April 12: Dinner Meeting: Jose Rodriguez, Brookhaven National Laboratory
“Surface Science and Environmental Catalysis: Photoemission and XANES Studies on the Chemistry of SO2 on Model Metal and Oxide Catalysts”
2000
27th Annual Spring Symposium Meeting the Challenge of Low Automotive Emissions in the New Millennium
chair: Amer Samman, Ford Motor Company
February 9: Dinner Meeting Steven Yalisove, University of Michigan
“Using A Laboratory X-Ray Source For In-Situ Diffraction During Sputter Deposition Of Thin Films”
March 15: Dinner Meeting: Ching-Hwa Kiang, UCLA
“Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”
April 12: Dinner Meeting: John Gland, University of Michigan
“In-situ Studies of Catalytic C3 Oxidation”
2001
28th Annual Spring Symposium Nanostructures
chair: Gang-yu Liu, Wayne State University
March 6: Dinner Meeting: Sinil Sinha, Argonne National Laboratory
The Impact of Synchrotron Radiation on Nanoscience
April 19: Dinner Meeting: Hans-Joachim Freund, Fritz-Haber Institut: “Deposited Metal Particles as Models for Heterogeneous Catalysts: From Individual Clusters to Cluster Ensembles”
November 6: Dinner Meeting: Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan , “Morphological and Compositional Instabilities in Compound Semiconductor Films”
December 6: Dinner Meeting: Daniel E. Resasco, University of Oklahoma
“Highly Selective Catalysts for the Synthesis of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes by CO Disproportionation”
2002
29th Annual Spring Symposium: Thin Films and their Application to Devices
chair: Ale Lukaszew, University of Toledo
March 7: Dinner Meeting: E. W. Plummer, University of Tennessee
“An atomic view of the dynamic role of defects in determining physical and chemical properties of surfaces”
October 30: Dinner Meeting: Norman Birge, Michigan State University
A Tutorial Introduction to “Mesoscopic Physics”
December 11: Dinner Meeting: Mark Yeadon, National University of Singapore, “UHV in-situ TEM studies of the synthesis and processing of materials”
2003
February 27: Dinner Meeting: Harold Kung, Northwestern University
“Designing Heterogeneous Catalysts – How Far Are We?”