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

 

 

technical program

Student Functions

“Interview Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls: Getting a Job without Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth”

Monday, October 15, 2007, 1:00 p.m.
Room 307/308, Washington State Convention Center

  • This lunchtime session is for students and post-docs getting ready to look for jobs.

  • What should you expect during a phone interview?

  • What should you absolutely never say?

  • What will make your interview standout?

Learning about some of the latest techniques and materials.

Hear from the people in industry and national labs that make technical hiring decisions.

This Session is open to all Symposium student and post-doc attendees. Invitations will be included in the student registration packets.

ATTENDANCE WILL BE LIMITED SO PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY
 

Job Information Forum

Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 12:20 p.m.
Cirrus Ballroom, Sheraton Seattle Hotel

The Job Information Forum is aimed at students and postdocs who have not yet decided what type of job they are looking for. It will include speakers from industry, academia and the national labs speaking on how they have developed their careers, including discussions of work-life balance.

The Forum is open to all Symposium student and post-doc attendees. Invitations will be included in the student registration packets.

A COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL ATTENDEES.
 

Outreach Workshop for Scientists
 K-12 Classroom Low Pressure Demonstrations

Monday, October 15, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Issaquah Room, Sheraton Seattle Hotel

We invite you to attend this workshop if interested in motivating the next generation of scientists and technologists. You could spark in our K-12 generation the same motivation that initiated you in science and technology.

Vacuum equipment is made available for hands-on opportunities to practice low pressure demonstrations for K-12 science outreach. Tips on presenting low pressure demonstrations in K-12 classrooms will be presented. Experiences in K-12 classroom science outreach are welcomed. Many of the demonstrations covered can be viewed at: http://www.avs.org/education.workshop.demo.aspx. This invitation is extended to all symposium attendees. Attendance is limited to the first 50 registered at the Membership/Education Center located on Monday in the Symposium Registration Area. If you have any questions, please contact Raul Caretta at raul_caretta@avs.org

 ATTENDANCE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 50 REGISTRANTS

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.