Overview
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The American Vacuum Society (AVS) is excited to announce the AVS 2020 International Twitter Poster Competition, a new online venue to share your research with a global audience. We hope you will join us to disseminate your latest findings, connect with your research community, and meet new colleagues.
Who should attend? We welcome participation from scientists and engineers working in any country, in any of the core technical domains of the AVS, and at any career level – undergraduate through senior scientist. You do not need to be a member of the AVS to participate.
How does this benefit me professionally? While this online format is distinct from traditional, in-person poster sessions, and will require changes to standard poster designs (see tips and tricks here), the professional benefits are numerous. The audience for a well-crafted poster can be significant, potentially exceeding that at traditional conferences by orders-of-magnitude. This event is a great opportunity to hone your online “presentation” skills. As the world continues to leverage online communication tools, this skill will be increasingly crucial. Competition winners will also be promoted through AVS (see below).
Will there be awards? Yes! The first-place winner in each of the technical and career categories will be awarded $500. All winners will be recognized via: (1) Twitter and LinkedIn as well as (2) news stories on the AVS web page and in our monthly electronic newsletter Beneath the AVS Surface.
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Procedures
For complete guidelines on how to participate, including tips & tricks for preparing your Twitter poster, please click on the button below.
The poster competition will be held July 8, 2020. At the beginning, you will tweet a high-resolution image of your poster to your personal Twitter account. Your tweet must include the hashtag #AVSPosters2020 and one hashtag from each of the technical and career categories listed. Posters will be judged by at least 3 judges, who will collaboratively select first, second, and third place winners. Participants can only win in one category. Only categories receiving at least 10 posters will be eligible for prize money.
Organizing Committee
- Michael Filler, Chair AVS Divisions & Groups, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Vincent Smentkowski, Co-Chair AVS Chapters, General Electric - Research
- Kateryna Artyushkova, Co-Chair AVS Chapters, Physical Electronics Inc.
- Rachael Farber, The University of Chicago
- Ann Lii-Rosales, University of Colorado Boulder
Technical Categories
Technical Category/Hashtag |
Description |
|---|---|
Analytical #AVS_Analytical |
Techniques for surface analysis, including in situ, synchrotron, and extreme environments. |
Astrochemistry & Space Science #AVS_Astrochem |
Laboratory characterization of spectroscopic properties, kinetics and dynamics, abundances, and reactivities of molecules in astrophysical and planetary environments. |
Bio #AVS_Bio |
Fabrication, characterization and application of biomaterials, biointerfaces, biosensors, non-fouling materials, cells, tissues, and microbes. |
Coatings |
Fabrication, characterization, and modeling of coatings and thin films for science and applications. |
Functional Materials |
Materials, interfaces, and processing that advance electronic, photonic, optoelectronic, MEMS/NEMS, energy, and magnetic devices. |
Nanoscience & Nanomanufacturing |
Creation, characterization, and application of nanoscale structures and assemblies, which exploit the unique properties of low dimensionality and size. |
Plasma |
Plasma science and technology, from fundamental under-standing of plasma physics and chemistry to emerging and industrial applications of plasmas. |
Quantum Science #AVS_Quantum |
Research that uses the building blocks of quantum mechanics to engineer nano or microscale systems in a way that impacts experimental research, instrumentation, and applications |
Surface Science |
Fundamental gas-solid and liquid-solid interfaces, heterogeneous catalysis, photochemistry. |
Vacuum Technology |
Achieving, maintaining, analyzing, and measuring vacuum and low pressure gas dynamics across many applications. |
Career Stage/Professional Affiliation
Career Stage/Professional Affiliation |
Hashtag |
|---|---|
Undergraduate |
#AVS_Undergrad |
Graduate |
#AVS_Grad |
Postdoc |
#AVS_Postdoc |
Academic Faculty |
#AVS_Faculty |
Industry |
#AVS_Industry |
National Labs |
#AVS_Labs |
Vendors |
#AVS_Vendors |
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