Mid-Atlantic States Chapter (and Section)

The Mid-Atlantic Section was formed in 1963.

Stanley Ruthberg, National Bureau of Standards, presented the feature address, "Vacuum Gage Calibration and Absolute Procedures," on November 19, 1969, at Varian Associates, 4701 Lydell Drive, Cheverly, Maryland.

Dr. William D. Gregory spoke on "Superconducting Tunneling into Bulk Single Crystals" on February 18, 1970 at:, Georgetown University, Physics Department , 37th and 0 streets N. W. ,Washington, D. C. 20007. Additional information was available from James Little, A 738 Admin, National Bureau of Standards , Washington, D. C. 20234, phone: 301-921-2137 or D.C. area Gov't code 164-2137

With the new AVS organizational structure in 1971, the Mid-Atlantic Section became the Mid-Atlantic Chapter within the Middle Atlantic RAG which covered Virginia, Washington D.C., Northern Carolina and part of Maryland (zips  207-214). The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the AVS covers Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North Carolina. Information on the current activities can be obtained from the web page.

The Chairs were:

In 1965, the Section held meetings on 15 September and 18 November; the latter was a tour of the Goddard Air Base.

In 1967, a meeting was held on 25 February at the National Bureau of Standards. On 22 March, H. Schleuning was the speaker at a meeting. A meeting on May 3 was the 24^th held by the Section.

A meeting was announced for 18 or 19 January 1972 at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC and another was announced for 23 February 1972 at Westinghouse Labs, Friendship Airport, Baltimore,  Md. ; the speakers were to be announced later.  

On April 16-18, 1975, a 2 1/2 day course “Basic Vacuum technology for scientists, engineers and technicians”, and two 1-day courses “Surface Analysis” and “UHV-Leak Detection” were held at the Univ. of Maryland. 

On May 12-14, 1980 a “Basic Vacuum Technology” course was given by Howard Patton at the  Ramada Inn, Lanham, MD; the fee was $240.

Seventeen courses were given on May 11-15, 1981, at the Marriott Twin Bridges, Arlington; they were almost fully subscribed. 

Sixteen courses were given on May 14-18, 1984, at the Marriott Twin Bridges, Arlington. 

Seventeen courses were given May 7-12, 1990 in Columbia. MD, and courses were again held there on May 6-9, 1991. 

On March 19, 1992, a joint dinner meeting with the local chapter of the Cryogenic Society of America was held in Hampton, VA; John Peterson gave a talk on “Cryo-pumping history and advances”. On May 11-14, courses were held at Research Triangle Park, NC. 

On May 10-13, 1993 courses were held at the North Raleigh Hilton.

Two courses were given on March 25-28, 1997 at Jefferson Lab, VA. 

A meeting was held May 10-12, 1999 at Jefferson Lab. The best student poster award was $500 to assist travel to the AVS symposium, There were tabletop exhibits, and courses were given; a 3-day “Fundamentals of Vacuum Science & Technology” by Paul Holloway,  “UHV Design” by Ron Outlaw, and a new course “Photon Processing of Materials”  was given by Mool Gupta. A joint meeting with North Carolina section of MRS was held on November 8 at Chapel Hill, NC. 

A symposium on “Extreme High Vacuum & Surface Conditioning” was held in Newport News, VA, June 5-7, 2000. 

On June 6-8, 2001 in Newport News, a “Materials Processing Workshop” was part of the chapter’s spring meeting. 

An “International Workshop on Hydrogen in Materials and Vacuum Systems” was held on November 11-13, 2002 at Jefferson Lab, as part of the chapter’s annual meeting; the registration fee was $200. A 1-day course “Contamination Control strategies in particulate free processing” was given by John O’Hanlon on November 14.

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