The Vacuum Technology Division (VTD) provides a forum for research in achieving, maintaining, measuring, and analyzing vacuum across a wide range of pressures, gas compositions, and applications. The 2024 VT AVS70 program will open with an overview of the History of vacuum technology and will then go over a wide range of topics: Vacuum Measurement; Residual Gas Analysis, Novel instrumentations; Accelerators and Fusion Large Vacuum Systems; Aerospace and Semiconductor Applications of Vacuum Technology. VTD is participating in the Quantum Science mini-symposium, where vacuum considerations for quantum computing will be discussed. VTD will host the Ask the Experts (ATE) booth during exhibit hours: an informal forum—staffed by VT experts—where conference attendees may ask questions, participate in the exhibit raffle, and stop by for a vacuum-related chat.
VT1-MoA: History of Vacuum Technology
- Kurt Lesker IV, Kurt J. Lesker Company, “Advancements Through the Ages: The Evolution of Vacuum Technology”
VT2-MoA: Measurement, Partial Pressure, and Gas Analysis
- Henk Jan Bulten, Nikhef, Netherlands, “Vacrysim – Modeling Noise from Residual Gas for Cryogenic Interferometry”
- Brendan Quinlan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, “Analysis and Adaptability of the ITER Diagnostic Residual Gas Analyzer Vacuum System”
VT3-MoA: Leaks, Flows, and Material Outgassing
- Tim Swinney, MKS Instruments, Inc., Pressure and Vacuum Measurement Group, “Optimal Load Lock Pressure Measurement Technology?”
VT1-TuM: Vacuum Technology for Semiconductor
VT2-TuM: Sustainable Energy Production
- Moritz Eder, TU Wien, Austria, “Photochemistry and Photocatalysis of Alcohols – Vacuum Technology for Sustainable Chemistry”
VT3-TuM: Novel Vacuum Instrumentation
VT4-TuM: Accelerators and Large Vacuum Systems
VT1-TuA: Aerospace Research and Applications
- Andres Diaz, INFICON, “Gas Analysis and Vacuum Characterization for Space and Lunar Exploration”
VT2-TuA: Vacuum Technology for Fusion Energy
- Sophie Davies, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UK, “Exploring Vacuum Technology in Nuclear Fusion: Challenges and Opportunities within STEP Fuel Cycle”
VT-ThP: Vacuum Technology Poster Session