12/5/2003

Bachelor of Arts in Physics:
Thomas Bakane
Frank Ziglar

Bachelor of Science in Physics:
David Ennis
Chanhsay Sourisak
Samuel Thompson

Master of Science in Physics:
Da Jiang
Ji Lin
Joseph Tedesco
Richard Thomson
Matthew Zeman

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics:
Jason Messimore (Summer 2003)
Michael Owen
Brian Rodriguez
Steven Winder
Qingzhong Zhao

Physics Department Graduation Reception, Wednesday, December 17, 11:30 to 1:00 p.m., Cox Hall 209.

All faculty and graduate students are invited to meet the December BA, BS, MS, and PhD graduates and their families. Recognition of degree recipients will be at 12:00 noon.

Congratulations to our student receptionist, Amber Edwards, graduating B.S. in Biochemistry.

Congratulations to:
Karen H. S. Canne
Douglas D. Marks
William R. Robinson
Robert E. Todd

Physics majors eligible for election to Phi Beta Kappa.

Congratulations to Jack Rowe, elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Physics Department Holiday Party!

Sponsored by GPSA

Tuesday, December 11 , 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Patty Room. (Daniels 201)

A HoneyBaked ham will be provided along with drinks, plates, cups, and napkins. Please bring a side dish or any other food to share with everyone.

AVS Turns 50 - congratulations! And no, the letters do not stand for the American Vacuum Society.

(adapted from The Industrial Physicist Nov. 2003)

On June 18, 2003, AVS turned an energetic 50 ­ an international society whose focus has grown beyond vacuum science, production, and measurement to embrace some of industry's most advanced technologies.

Born at the Commodore Hotel in New York City in 1953 as the Committee on Vacuum Techniques, the society's first symposium, held in 1954 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, drew an attendance of 295. At the 1957 symposium, the Committee on Vacuum Techniques was renamed the American Vacuum Society, which came to be known by its initials. In 2001, it renamed itself using its initials alone. At that moment, AVS adopted a new logo that identified its scope: AVS- the science and technology society.

AVS is a full-service global professional organization that publishes three journals, holds two annual symposia and an array of topical conferences, provides an educational curriculum that includes a vibrant program of short courses, presents a wide array of awards, and has an active stable of local chapters. Its major journals­ the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A­Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films and Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B­Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures: Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena­are prepared by a four-person editorial office in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and published for AVS by AIP. AVS also publishes Surface Science Spectra, a reference journal of spectra of surface species, and the quarterly AVS Newsletter.

Q: What other famous North Carolina Company has initials that are no longer short for its original name?

Ans: SAS (no longer "Statistical Analysis System")