Tutorial Course Roster & Fees
Tutorial Classification
V – VACUUM TECHNOLOGY
C – VACUUM COATING DEPOSITION PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY
M – MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
The tutorial number indicates the level of topic specialization. Lower numbers are basic or introductory in nature, and higher numbers are a more specialized treatment of a specific topic.
Times
FULL-DAY COURSE TIMES: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
HALF-DAY COURSE TIMES: AM (9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) and PM (2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
All courses are full-day unless specified AM or PM.
Fees
Complimentary admission to the exhibition and to the morning keynote technical presentations is included with tutorial course fees. Tutorial registrants are eligible to receive a free one day pass to the technical conference on either Tuesday, May 4 or Wednesday, May 5. Advance registration for tutorial courses is required.
- Discounted tutorial course fees apply to Technical Conference attendees.
- Student fees apply to those enrolled as students in degree/certificate granting institutions.
Saturday, May 1
B-101 Creating a Business From Your Idea, Product, or Service New! John T. Felts
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-103 An Introduction to Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processes S. Ismat Shah
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-208 Sputter Deposition for Industrial Applications David Glocker
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-217 Practical Production of Optical Thin Films Ron Willey (includes text book)
Fee with Conference: $665 | No Conference: $790
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $330 | No Conference: $380
C-230 PVD Processing of Plastics for Better Protection, Reflection, and Decoration New! Gary Vergason
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-260 Organic Electronics – The Future is Bright New! Akhil Vohra
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-333 Practice and Applications of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering Arutiun Ehiasarian and Ralf Bandorf
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student Fee/Young Member with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
VT-220 Practical Guide to Vacuum System Operation Using a Trainer System Tom Johnson
Fee with Conference: $665 | No Conference: $790
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $490 | No Conference: $540
Not available to Sponsored Students.
Sunday, May 2
B-110 Getting the Most Value out of Marketing without Spinning your Wheels New! Jocelyne O. McGeever
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-204 Basics of Vacuum Web Coating Donald J. McClure
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-205 Introduction to Optical Coating Design Robert Sargent
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-270 Coatings, Thin Films and Surface Solutions for Biomedical Applications: An overview of market trends, synthesis and characterization PM New! Jeffrey D. Hettinger and Shahram Amini
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
C-323 Fundamentals of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) Arutiun Ehiasarian
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-337 ITO and Alternative TCO: From Fundamentals to Controlling Properties Clark Bright
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
M-130 Scanning Electron Microscopy Sample Preparation, Image Optimization, and Microanalysis New! Maja Koblar
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
VT-220 Practical Guide to Vacuum System Operation Using Using a Trainer System Tom Johnson
Fee with Conference: $665 | No Conference: $790
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $490 | No Conference: $540
Not available to Sponsored Students.
Monday, May 3
B-120 Introduction to Patents and Trademarks New! Pamela Boling
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
B-130 Doing Business Successfully in the U.S. New! Jocelyne O. McGeever
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-207 Evaporation as a Deposition Process Abe Belkind
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-212 Troubleshooting for Thin Film Deposition Processes Mike Miller
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-322 Characterization of Thick Films, Thin Films and Surfaces Tom Christensen
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
*VT-201 High Vacuum Systems and Operation John O’Hanlon (includes text book)
Fee with Conference: $690 | No Conference: $815
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $355 | No Conference: $405
*Register for both VT-201 and VT-203 and you will receive a $125 discount on the combined cost of both courses.
Tuesday, May 4
C-218 Advanced Design of Optical Thin Films Ron Willey (includes text book)
Fee with Conference: $665 | No Conference: $790
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $330 | No Conference: $380
C-316 Introduction to Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Processes, Chemistries, and Applications Brian Willis
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-320 Diamond-like Carbon Coatings – From Basics to Industrial Realization AM
George Savva, Lars Haubold, Martin Keunecke, Christian Stein
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-338 Application of Reactive Sputtering Ralf Bandorf
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
M-102 Introduction to Ellipsometry PM James Hilfiker
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
M-205 Craftsmanship of Ophthalmic Coatings Georg Mayer
Fee with Conference: $250 | No Conference: $250
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $190 | No Conference: $190
M-220 Thin Film Superconductor Tapes New! Venkat Selvamanickam
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
*VT-203 Residual Gas Analyzers and Analysis John O’Hanlon (includes text book)
Fee with Conference: $690 | No Conference: $815
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $355 | No Conference: $405
*Register for both VT-201 and VT-203 and you will receive a $125 discount on the combined cost of both courses.
VT-230 Design and Specification of Vacuum Deposition Systems Rob Belan
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
Wednesday, May 5
C-208 Sputter Deposition for Industrial Applications David Glocker
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-240 Fundamentals of Ion Beam Sputtering New! Brett Buchholtz
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-280 Thermal Spray Technology New! Christopher C. Berndt
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-341 Processing on Flexible Glass – Challenges and Opportunities PM Manuela Junghähnel
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
M-120 Design of Experiments for R&D Jeremy Grace
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
M-210 Introduction to Solid-State Thin Film Batteries AM New! J. R. Gaines
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
V-207 Operation and Maintenance of Production Vacuum Systems Robert Langley
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
Thursday, May 6
C-210 Introduction to Plasma Processing Technology AM Hana Baránková and Ladislav Bárdos
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
C-212 Troubleshooting for Thin Film Deposition Processes Mike Miller
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-220 Introduction to Two-Dimensional Materials PM Chris Muratore
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
C-250 Introduction to Pulsed Laser Deposition New! James A. Greer
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
C-306 Non-Conventional Plasma Sources and Methods in Processing Technology PM Hana Baránková and Ladislav Bárdos
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
M-110 Introduction to X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy New! Matthew Linford
Fee with Conference: $565 | No Conference: $690
Student /Young Member Fee with Conference: $230 | No Conference: $280
M-201 Flexible Electronics AM Chris Muratore
Fee with Conference: $410 | No Conference: $470
Student/Young Member Fee with Conference: $160 | No Conference: $180
Tutorial Course Cancellation Policy
Tutorial course cancellations received on or before March 20, 2021 will be refunded. Refunds will be made upon receipt of a written notice, less a $25 service fee for each cancelled tutorial course.
No refunds will be made after March 20, 2021. Please send your written cancellation request to svcinfo@svc.org.