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Deadlines
Housing: September 18, 2007
Symposium: September 24, 2007

 

 

technical program

Housing Incentive Winners

AVS is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of our Housing Reservation Incentive program. Reserving a room in our convention block helped AVS meet its financial commitments to the host city and retain lower registration fees as well as a high quality conference with the features and services you are accustomed to.

Complimentary Hotel Accommodation Winners
All attendees who make a hotel reservation in the AVS block will be entered in drawings (2) for a free full week (6 nights) stay (1,500 value; one winner at each hotel). The winners are:

  • Dr. Hans-Olof Blom (Sheraton Hotel)

  • Dr. Chih-I Wu        (Westin Hotel)


Complimentary Symposium Registration Winners
All attendees who make a hotel reservation in the AVS block will be entered in drawings (2) for a free full week symposium registration ($550 value). The winners are:

  • Masaru Kinugawa

  • David Rampulla

Complimentary $25.00 Gift Certificate
All attendees who make a hotel reservation in the AVS block will be entered in drawings (8) for a gift $25 certificate good for room service or restaurants/lounges within the hotel (four winners at each hotel). The winners are:

Sheraton Seattle Westin Seattle
Brad Herner Theodore Madey
Charles Miller Hyeongtag Jeon
Gang-yu Liu Avi Kornblit
Bob Turkot Thomas Swain

AVS 2008 Complimentary Membership Winners
The first 25 attendees to make hotel reservations in the AVS block will receive free AVS membership dues for 2008 ($95 value). The winners are:

Leah Ackerson Scott Bryan Hisataka Hayashi David Ruzic Hiromu Ueba
Paul Arnold Malinda Corley Gilbert Katherine Sadasivan Shankar Gerald Walias
Duane Bingaman Randy Dellwo Enrico Keim Eiichi Soda Dan Wetterlin
Ken Bomben David Ferry Thomas Kropewnicki Nicholas Spencer Anthony Wynohrad
Paul Braun Lawrence Gochberg Stephen Pearton Carl Steinke Mingyao Zhu

 

Complimentary $10.00 Starbucks Gift Card Winners
 The first 100 attendees to make a reservation in the AVS block will receive a complimentary $10.00 Starbucks card. The winners are:

Leah Ackerson Alain Diebold Thomas Kropewnicki Martin Seah
Mark Armogida Lillyan Dylla Nyns Laura Sadasivan Shankar
Paul Arnold Donald Elbert Jeanne Lawson Renu Sharma
Arthur Baddorf David Ferry Laurent Lecordier Eiichi Soda
Don Baer Ellen Fisher Graham Leggett James Solomon
Marilyn Barger Ian Fletcher Jeff Lindemuth Nicholas Spencer
Darryl Barlett Robert Freeman Gabriel Lopez Carl Steinke
Manfred Beckers Calvin Gabriel Paul Lurrie Roger Stockbauer
Duane Bingaman Karen Gleason Christopher Malocsay Karen Sutera
Israel Boniche Lawrence Gochberg Manos Mavrikakis Charles Taylor
Paul Braun Vicki Grassian Thomas Mullen Jerry Tersoff
Leonard Brillson Kimberly Gray Randolph Nanna Emma Tevaarwerk
Susan Buckhout-White Naomi Halas Richard Osgood Nimel Theodore
Nancy Burnham William Hale Stella Pang Hiromu Ueba
James Callow John Hartnett Atul Parikh Sven Van Elshocht
Jane Chang Peter Hatton Gregory Parsons Viola Vogel
Ib Chorkendorff Hisataka Hayashi Stephen Pearton Gerald Walias
Mark Clement Dale Hensley Lisa Porter Yoshihisa Watanabe
Richard Colton Jan Hrbek Michael Postek John Wendelken
Michael Conklin Magdalena Hyra Cedric Powell Dan Wetterlin
Malinda Corley Gilbert Katherine Colin Robertson Lloyd Whitman
Alvin Czanderna Lawrence Kazmerski Ian Robertson James Wynne
Juan De Jesus Enrico Keim Richard Rosenberg Anthony Wynohrad
Randy Dellwo Klaus Kern Gary Rubloff Jie Xiao
Tom Dickinson Erwin Kessels David Ruzic mingyao zhu

Complimentary Tell-a-Friend Winner
An attendee who refers a colleague to attended the AVS Symposium by using the online Tell-a-friend method is automatically entered in the drawing (1) for a free full week symposium registration ($550 value). The 2007 winner is:

  • Stella Pang

Complimentary AVS-53 Post-Symposium Survey contest Winner
An attendee who responds by completing our online post symposium survey is automatically entered in the drawing to receive (1) for a free full week symposium registration ($550 value). The 2007 winner is:

  • TBA

 

MAJOR Symposium Sponsors
Ambios manufactures high performance, state-of-the-art, surface metrology equipment for industrial and academic researchers. Product line includes stylus profilometers, non-contact optical profilers, and AFM and SPM instruments. JEOL manufactures a full line of surface analysis instrumentation including ultra high resolution TEMs for elemental analysis in sub-micron areas; scanning Auger Microprobes; ultra high resolution, low voltage, field emission SEMs and UHV SEMs; and UHV-STM’s featuring a high temperature sample heating stage. Kratos Analytical will exhibit its line of high performance XPS multi-technique spectrometers designed for R&D applications. The AXIS Ultra provides the latest in spectroscopic and imaging capabilities with analytical flexibility. Also being exhibited is the AXIS Nova, an automated XPS instrument combining research level performance with automation and high throughput. NREL's mission and strategy are focused on advancing the U.S. Department of Energy's and our nation's energy goals. The laboratory's scientists and researchers support critical market objectives to accelerate research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions.
OMICRON NanoTechnology is the premier supplier of UHV instruments for nanoscience-related research. We invite you to visit our booth to see the latest results from the next generation Low Temperature (down to 4K) Atomic Force Microscope with enhanced LHe hold time. The Variable Temperature AFM/STM is now available with a non-optical force sensor. We will also be highlighting the ESCA+, NanoESCA and NanoSAM surface science systems. From thin film development to characterization, Omicron can help. Physical Electronics (PHI) is a subsidiary of ULVAC-PHI, the world's leading supplier of surface analysis instrumentation. PHI’s innovative AES, XPS, and SIMS instruments are used to accelerate the development of advanced materials for a broad range of high technology applications. Thermo Electron Corporation will display the new K-Alpha Materials Characterization instrument. Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), the K-Alpha enables rapid, accurate and cost-effective quantitative monitoring of the surface chemical composition of the top few nanometers of solid materials including insulators, semiconductors and metals for materials researchers as well as the emerging biotech, nanotech and pharmaceutical industries Vacuum Research Ltd: Manufacturer for 50 years of a broad line of high vacuum valves. Throttle valves, poppet style valves, rectangular port valves, and gate valves from ISO-63 to ISO-630. Valves with ANSI and JIS flanges in similar sizes.