AVS71: Fundamentals of Thin Films, Abstracts Due April 1

We are again organizing a session on fundamentals of thin film processing, characterization, and measurement at the annual AVS Symposium to be held in the charming southern city of Charlotte, North Carolina USA from September 21 to 26, 2025.

We encourage you and/or your students/postdocs to submit abstracts by the deadline of April 1, 2025: https://avs71.avs.org/division-tf/

When submitting an abstract, choose the session “THIN FILMS – TF5: Fundamentals of Thin Films and Thin Film Processing.

AWARDS:

We also encourage you to nominate your top students for various AVS student awards.  Student award nominations are due April 14, 2025.

We hope everyone is having a good year, and we look forward to seeing you in September in Charlotte, NC!

April Jewell, Lauren Garten, Joe Becker, and Richard Vanfleet

Happy New Year!

The Garten Group celebrated a successful Fall ’24 semester by dominating an escape room. The crew successfully completed an art heist (with several minutes to spare!) before heading off to celebrate the holidays. Wishing you a new year and spring semester with lots of fun, great science, and minimal art theft!

The victorious heroes posing in the escape room! (Left to right: John, Fariha, Ian, Marshall, Lauren, Kayla, and Bonnie)