Ohio Chapter 

 The Ohio Chapter was founded in 1980 after the Board of Directors accepted a Petition at a meeting in Detroit. 

The inaugural meeting was held on December 10, 1980 at 3pm at the Univ of Dayton; there were about 30 attendees,  including members from Battelle Columbus, Bell Telephone Labs in Columbus, and the ARMCO Research Center in Middleton. Most of the early activities were held in the Dayton area.  

Current activities and the officers are listed on the Chapter web page, which is accessed through the AVS Web site.  

The Chapter Chairs were: 

Past Events 

1980:

December 10: The inaugural meeting of the Chapter was held in Room 212, Kennedy Union, University of Dayton. Coffee was served at 3pm and this was followed at 3.30pm with a presentation by Paul Holloway (University of Florida) on “Applications of Surface Analysis to Electronic Materials and Devices”. An informal reception followed at 4.30pm. 

1981

March 25: A letter was sent to Lynn Elfner at the Ohio Academy of Science to establish an annual award for the science fair at the state level. 

March 31: A joint meeting was held with the Ohio Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Burnaby Munson (University of Delaware) gave a talk on “Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Fundamentals and Applications”.  

June 12; Meeting at the University of Dayton. Neil Avery (CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia) gave a talk on “High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopic Studies of Surfaces”. 

September 10: Meeting at the University of Dayton. R. Tucker (Union Carbide, Indianapolis) gave a talk on “Plasma and Detonation Gun Coatings”. 

December 9: Dinner meeting at the University of Dayton. Robert Muggli (McCrone Associates) gave a talk on “Sleuthing with the Microscope”. 

1982

January 21: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Ken Purser (General Ionex) gave a talk on “MeV Ion Beams for Material Modification and Analysis”. 

May 6: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Perry Yaney from the Department of Physics gave a talk on “What Can Raman Spectroscopy Tell Us About the Nature of Surfaces”? 

July 21: Dinner meeting at the University of Dayton. Dave Clark (University of Durham, U.K.) gave a talk on “The Surface Science of Polymeric Systems as Revealed by ESCA”. 

September 23: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Kilbane (ARMCO, Middletown) gave a talk on “Surface Segregation Effects in Steel Processing”. 

December 14: Dinner meeting at the University of Dayton. John Wurst from the University gave a talk on “Science in China”. 

1983

April 25: Meeting at the University of Dayton on J. Kirschner (Institut für Grenzflächenforschung und Vakuumphysik, Jülich) gave a talk on “Threshold Spectroscopies of Surfaces – Applications and Prospects for Lateral Resolution”. 

May 16: North Coast Symposium at Case Western Reserve University was sponsored by NASA-Lewis. 

August 12: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Osanu Nishikawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology) gave a talk on “Atom Probe Study of Surfaces and Interfaces”. 

October 11: Meeting at Armco Research Center, Middletown. Steve Gaarenstroom (General Motors Research Laboratories) gave a talk on “Data Analysis Methods in Electron Spectroscopy for Characterizing Inhomogeneous Samples”. 

1984

February 17: Meeting at Universal Energy Systems in Dayton. Peter Pronko from UES gave a talk on “Applications of High Energy Ion Beams to the Modification of Material Surfaces”. A tour of the RBS/ion implantation facility at UES was held after the talk. 

March 30; Meeting at the University of Dayton. Martin Henzler (University of Hanover, Germany) gave a talk on “LEED Studies of Surface Defects on Semiconductor Surfaces”. 

May 11: Meeting at the University of Dayton on. Steve Kramer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) gave a talk on “Resonance Ionization Mass Spectroscopy”. 

June 6-8: 6^th Symposium on Applied Surface Analysis, University of Dayton. 

September 28: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Jim Williams (Microelectronics Technology Centre of Melbourne, Australia) gave a talk on Semiconductor Device Processing: Some Novel Ion Beam Processing Methods”. 

1985

The Chair reported that there had been nine technical meetings throughout the state; meetings had been held in Columbus and Cincinnati for the first time in the hope of attracting the interest and involvement of members in those areas. 

The Chapter issued its first quarterly Newsletter at the beginning of 1985. 

February 6: Meeting at the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus. Talks were given by John Grant (University of Dayton) on “Applications of AES and XPS”, Bruce Banks (NASA Lewis) on “Ion Beam Technology Applications”, and Dale Niese on “Research at Battelle”. Lunch was provided by Battelle and a tour of their facilities was also given. 

March 4; Meeting at the University of Dayton. Ralph Dawson (Sandia National Lab) gave a talk on “Strained Layer Superlattices”. 

June 4: 2^nd “North Coast” Symposium at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. 

July 18: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Dave Briggs (ICI, U.K.) gave a talk on “Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Studies of Organic Surfaces”. 

At the State Science Day activities, a plaque and $100 was awarded to Annalisa Macino for her scientific achievements. The Chapter was issuing a quarterly newsletter.  

October 25: Meeting at the University of Cincinnati. Talks were given by faculty members Kenneth Roenker on “An Overview of Microelectronics Research at the University of Cincinnati” and Peter Kosel on “Integrated Circuits and Devices in Gallium Arsenide”. A tour was also given of the Microelectronics Laboratory. 

December 16: Dinner meeting at Daniel’s Park Row in Dayton. Harrison Allen, Jr. from NASA Lewis gave a talk on “Benefits from Space”. 

1986

February 20: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Bill Moddeman (Monsanto Mound Laboratory) gave a talk on “Detection of Zero Valent Metals in Glass and Glass Ceramics”. 

June 2: 3^rd “North Coast” Symposium at Case Western Reserve University.

June 4-6: 8^th Symposium on Applied Surface Analysis, University of Dayton. 

June 26: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Brian Hoekstra (Materials Laboratory, US Air Force) gave a talk on “Materials Processing in Space”. 

Pilar Herrera-Fierron, a graduate student at Case Western, received the student travel award from the chapter to present a paper on “Spectroscopic Studies of Non-aqueous Solvents Adsorbed on Alkali Metals” at the 33^rd National Symposium in Baltimore. 

November 3: Meeting at the University of Dayton Ed Taglauer (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics) gave a talk on “Surface Investigations using Low Energy Ion Scattering”. 

November 21: Colloquium on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy at the Standard Oil Research Center. The speakers were R. Jaklevic (Ford), K. Wickramashinghe (IBM) and M. King (Standard Oil). 

December 11; James Grigsby (University of Toledo) gave a talk on “What Astronomers Do – A Brief Walk Through the Universe” at a dinner meeting at the University of Dayton. 

1987

February 5: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Dr. Y.S. Park from the Avionics Laboratory gave a talk on “Japan Science & Technology: An Overview”. 

February 17: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Len Brillson (Xerox) gave a talk on “Reactions, Interdiffusion and Defects at III-V Compound Semiconductor Interfaces”. 

March 9: Meeting at the University of Dayton. Chris Becker (SRI International) gave a talk on “Surface and Thin Film Analysis using Nonresonant Multiphoton Ionization”. 

March 13; Meeting at the University of Dayton. Prof. Goto from the Nagoya Institute of Technology gave a talk on “Dynamic Observations of (a) Cathode Activation, (b) Surface Modifications of Metals by Ion Sputtering, and (c) Morphological Changes of Sputter Deposited Solder on Si”. 

May 2: 39^th Annual Ohio State Science Fair. The Chapter presented 2 awards. The winner this year was Jay Brandt from Bloom Carroll High School, Carroll who received a plaque and $100.  Edward Vinarcik from St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland received a plaque and $50.  

October 27: Meeting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Keith Evans (Universal Energy Systems) gave a talk on “Molecular Beam Epitaxy of GaAs/Ga_xAl_1-xAs Heterostructures”. The talk was followed by a tour of the MBE facility at the Avionics Laboratory. 

The Chapter purchased the video (8hours) of the March APS Symposium on Superconductivity and made it available for loan. 

1988

January 11: Dinner meeting at the University of Dayton with Dick Harmer from the University giving a talk on “The Development of Planetary Atmospheres”. 

April 6: The chapter organized a one day symposium with the Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society on “Surface Characterization of Catalysts” at the Beechwood Marriott. The invited speakers were Charles Campbell (Indiana University) and John Yates (University of Pittsburgh). 

May 20: Meeting at Wright State University. Phil Yu from the University gave a talk on “Some Optical Properties of GaAs-AlGaAs Quantum Wells”. 

June 2: Fifth North Coast Symposium at Case Western Reserve University. There were three invited speakers, and seven contributed oral presentations. A poster session was also held. Registration was $20 and $5 for students. Two courses were given. 

Jim Solomon represented the chapter at the Town Hall Meeting in Dallas on 8 June.  

The chapter presented two awards at the Ohio State Science Day for students. Jason Metcalfe from Ottoville High School, Ottoville received a $100 award and a plaque, and Felina Dorr from Park Street High School, Grove City received a $50 award and a plaque. 

June 24: Meeting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Al Jackson (SRL) gave a talk on “Electron Microscopy and Crystallography”. 

October 26: Meeting at the University of Dayton. John Gill (EG&G Mound) gave a talk on “Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Investigating Hydrogen Isotope Interactions”. 

December 7: Meeting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Basewith John Coburn (IBM) giving a talk on “Some Issues in Plasma-Assisted Etching”.  

1989

May 31-June2: The 1-day annual technical meeting in Cleveland was combined with the 11^th Symposium on Applied Surface Analysis. There were 4 invited talks, 28 contributed talks and 25 posters but no student award was given this year. There were 25 vendors in the exhibit.  Four courses were given.  

The Chapter continued to support the annual State science day; a $100 award was made to Amy Wilson of Pataskala. 

April 13: Dinner meeting at the University of Dayton with Rex Berney (University of Dayton) talking on “Africa, Fulbright, and Physics”. Rex spent a year in Monrovia, Liberia at the University of Liberia. 

May 3: Meeting at Wright State University. Jim Boerio (University of Cincinnati) gave a talk on surface enhanced laser Raman spectroscopy. 

November 2: Meeting at Case Western Reserve University. Brian Berry (IBM) and Tom Dickinson (Washington State University) gave talks. 

November 3: Meeting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Bob Ellefson gave a talk. 

1990

January 19: Winter meeting at NASA Lewis Research Center. Matthew Mate (IBM) and Steve Granick (University of Illinois) were the two invited speakers.  

April 3: Spring meeting at B.P. America. Pat Thiel (Ames Lab) and Martin Moskovitz (University of Toronto) were the guest speakers. A dinner was held at James Tavern immediately after the meeting. 

May 30: 7^th North Coast Symposium at Case Western Reserve University. 

The chapter presented two awards at the Ohio State Science Day for students. Lisa Willett from Triway High School, Wooster received a $100 award and a certificate, and Christy Oakes from Newton High School, Pleasant Hill received a $50 award and a certificate. 

1991

April 19-20: The Ohio Chapter had a joint spring meeting with the Ohio Section of the APS and the Appalachian and Southern Ohio Sections of the AAPT at Ohio University in Athens. 

June 5: 8^th North Coast Symposium at Case Western Reserve University. There were six invited speakers. A best student paper award of $100 was given for the first time. 

The chapter presented two awards at the Ohio State Science Day for students. Jason Clark from Zane Trace High School, Chillicothe received a $100 award and a certificate, and Beverly Metcalfe from Ottoville High School, Ottoville received a $50 award and a certificate. 

The Chapter sponsored a Fall Seminar on C₆₀-based  superconductivity with the Case Western Reserve University Physics Department. The speakers were Jose Martins from the University of Minnesota and Thomas Palstra from AT&T Bell Labs.  

For the first time, the chapter sponsored an Ohio high school science teacher to attend the AVS Science Educator’s Workshop, 11-13 November. The teacher was Gene Ewald from Cuyahoga Falls High School. 

1992

June 4: 9^th North Coast Symposium at Case Western Reserve Univ. “Friction and adhesion at interfaces”. There were 6 invited poster papers. Over 120 attended the symposium, vendor exhibit and courses. The best student paper award of $100 went to David Krus,; the second place award was $50. 

April 6: John Grant presented the Chapter’s position on revenue sharing with the national AVS for Chapter-run short courses at the Town Hall Meeting of the AVS in San Diego. 

The chapter sponsored an Ohio high school science teacher to attend the AVS Science Educator’s Workshop in Chicago, 9-10 November. The teacher was Elizabeth Dabrowski from Magnificat High School in Rocky River. 

The chapter presented two awards at the Ohio State Science Day for students. Lisa Anderson from Edwards Middle School, Brunswick received a $100 award and a certificate, and Eric Hare from Meadowbrook Middle School, Byesville received a $50 award and a certificate. 

1993

June 7-8: Three courses were given at Case Western Reserve Univ.

June 9-11: 15^th Symposium  on Applied Surface Analysis at Case Western Reserve Univ.

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