AVS National Short Course Program (Sept. 2025)

REGISTER BY AUGUST 29, 2025

Cost Per Course:

AVS Platinum Member
$1,820 (4-day course)
Non-Member
$1,895 (4-day course)

Full-time Student/Requires Student I.D.
$800 (4-day course)
Group Discounts Available
Contact Heather Korff, heather@avs.org.

Course Includes: Course Notes and Lunch (Tuesday-Thursday in the Exhibit Hall - While Supplies Last; Monday Lunch is On Your Own)

Location:
Charlotte Convention Center
501 S College St.
Charlotte, NC 28202

Course Times: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (ET)

Hotel Information: Click the "Housing & Travel Information" button below the AVS 71st International Symposium & Exhibition.

"Engineering the Future: Collaborative Frontiers in Surface, Quantum, and Energy Sciences."

Featuring Presentation on Emerging Topics Related to Materials, Processing & Interfaces.

The AVS International Symposium and Exhibition addresses cutting edge issues associated with materials, processing and interfaces in both the research and manufacturing communities.

The weeklong Symposium fosters a multidisciplinary environment that cuts across traditional boundaries between disciplines, featuring papers from AVS Technical Division, Groups, Focus Topics on emerging technologies and more.

An extensive Exhibition of related equipment, tools, materials, supplies, chemicals, services, consulting, technical literature, and new technologies are showcased during the week.

Date: Monday-Thursday, September 22-25, 2025

Time: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (ET)

Course Objectives

Understand vacuum fundamentals essential to operating, maintaining, designing, or using vacuum systems.
Know the working principles and limitations of pumps, gauges, and other vacuum system components.
Understand the procedures for operating and performing preventive maintenance on vacuum systems, including analyzing and troubleshooting malfunctioning vacuum systems and leak detection.
Learn the design concepts involved in matching equipment and instrumentation to applications.

The International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) will host a series of Short Course Modules following four (4) tracks. The modules will be in two (2) hour increments.

Track 1 (T1) – Plasmas in PVD Deposition
Track 2 (T2) – Growth of Thin Films
Track 3 (T3) – Control of Film Properties
Track 4 (T4) – Toolbox for Coating Research

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AVS New Mexico Chapter Short Course Program
(in conjunction with the NMAVS Annual Symposium)
Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel, Albuquerque, NM
May 5-8, 2025
VIEW SCHEDULE & REGISTER

AVS Rocky Mountain Chapter Short Course Program
Denver-Westminster Double Tree Hotel, Westminster, CO
November 5-7, 2025

SCHEDULE COMING SOON!

AVS Courses by Request
If you are interested in seeing an AVS Short Course offered in 2025 please complete the AVS Courses by Request form. (Recommended for individual training)

AVS Onsite/Online Training
Do your employees need training now? Are budgets tight? Let AVS bring our short courses and qualified instructors to your organization either onsite at your facility or virtually via Zoom. Please complete the AVS Onsite/Online Training request form to receive a proposal. (Recommended for group training)