Mission Statement

One of the SVC's long-term goals has always been to support charitable, educational, and scientific activities. The SVC Foundation was established in July 2002 to help realize this goal.

As its first initiative, the Foundation created a scholarship program aimed at supporting enterprising students and practitioners who have an interest in furthering their education in the field of vacuum coating technology. Since its inception, this program has awarded over $40,000 in scholarships to students from the United States, Canada, China, Lithuania and Spain. In 2008 we expect to give out as many as five new scholarships.
We are striving to make a difference in the lives of our students; quoting a 2007 award recipient: "I receiving this scholarship is amazing; I thought I would never get it. Thank you for notifying me, and giving me this scholarship, which will allow me to continue doing research through next year".

Please continue reading about our activities in the following pages and learn how you can get involved in supporting the mission of the SVC Foundation.

Our Board of Directors

James W. Seeser, Chair. OCLI and JDS Uniphase (Retired) (Board Term 2010)
(314)918-0160 Fax(314)918-0161
email: jseeser@aol.com



John Felts, Vice Chair and Treasurer. Nano Scale Surface Systems, Inc. (Board Term 2011)
(510)814-0340 Fax(510)814-0345
email: jtfelts@earthlink.net



Steve Sedlak, Secretary, ESK Ceramics - A Ceradyne Company (Board Term 2014)
800/833-7608 Fax 714/675-6585
E-mail: ssedlak@ceradyne.com



Paolo Raugei, Scholarship Committee Chair. Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc. (Board Term 2012)
(678)513-0303 Fax(678)413-0608
email: praugei@worldnet.att.net



John B. Fenn, Jr., Fund Raising Chair. Fennagain (Board Term 2009)
(818)888-8649 Fax(818)888-3543
email: johnfenn@earthlink.net



Wolfgang Decker, 5K Run Organizer, SVC Board Representative. VAST FILMS, Ltd. (Board Term 2013)
(724)827-8827 Fax(724)827-2020
email: w.decker@vastfilm.com





PAST MEMBERS

John Marcantonio, Secretary. Singulus Technologies, Inc. (Retired) (Board Term 2008)
(860)480-4001
email: ChathamJRM@aol.com

A RECENT EMAIL FROM ONE OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:

Subject: Thank you SVC

Hi,
I am very thankful to SVC for the 2008 Scholarship award. This scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend such a wonderful technical conference which is not only a technical conference but a school where I learned a lot
from various talks and presentations. I took short courses/tutorials from the best experts in their fields. I congratulate SVC on organizing such a great conference. For a student, it's a blessing in the sense that not only it provides some financial support for the research but also provide the opportunities to meet with folks that are really expert in various fields. I have to say that I learned valuable knowledge in SVC conference2009 from the
discussions which one cannot find in books. Another thing that I noticed at the conference was the welcoming attitude of SVC folks and in particular to the students, which I appreciate, as a graduate student, very much. The exhibition at the conference was like a laboratory, where many experiments going on all the day and one can go to any stall of interest and learn. It was wonderful. I am impressed by the activity and will continue to keep contact with SVC in future.
Best regards
-Bakhtyar