|
|
 |
|
Scholarship Committee
|
|
|
This committee is responsible for the recruitment and selection of Scholarship Recipients.
Applications are evaluated using a blind process by a committee composed of renowned vacuum coating technology experts
selected from the industry and academia.
In addition, Scholarship Recipients are invited to attend the SVC Technical Conference and to present papers about their
work, rounding out their education through exposure in our industry. In the words of a recent scholarship winner: "Attending
the Technical Conference was an exceptional experience. It provided me with an opportunity to fully appreciate the depth and
breadth of vacuum coating technology as well as to meet some of the world experts in this field. In this respect, the Scholarship
Program of the SVC Foundation is much more than a check".
Click here to download the Powerpoint Presentation given at the 2012 SVC Techcon in Santa Clara.
The SVC Scholarship Funds
Scholarship Committee
Bryant Hichwa (Board Term 2015)
Scholarship
Committee Chair
Professor Emeritus, Sonoma State University
(707)785-1922; Fax (707)785-1922 bhichwa@earthlink.net
Hana Barankova
Uppsala University,
Sweden
James Dockendorf
Normandale Community College
John Felts
Nano Scale Surface Systems,
Inc.
John B. Fenn, Jr.
Fennagain
Erlat Ahmet Gun
GE Global Research Center
James
N. Hilfiker
J. A. Woollam Co., Inc.
H. Angus Macleod
Thin Film Center, Inc.
Donald J.
McClure
3M Corporation (Retired)
Peter Martin
PNNL Emeritus Fellow
Ludvik Martinu
Ècole
Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Paolo Raugei,
Galileo Vacuum Systems, Inc.
Suzanne Rohde
University
of Nebraska - Lincoln
Ulrike Schulz
Fraunhofer IOF, Jena, Germany
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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scholarship Application and Information
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM
SVC Foundation Privacy Policy
The SVC Foundation's Scholarship Fund is intended to further the education of people entering or already participating
in a course of study related to vacuum coating technology at an accredited institution. Anyone attending an accredited technical,
vocational, two-year, undergraduate or graduate school may apply, including students and practitioners already working in
the vacuum coating technology field. Scholarships provide a financial award to be used toward tuition, books and fees.
Preference will be given to practioners, undergraduate and graduate students
whose major is engineering, physics, materials science and other fields related to vacuum coating.
It is anticipated that three or more scholarship awards
will be made annually. However, the SVC Foundation and its Scholarship Committee may vary the number, amounts and types of
awards based on factors such as funds available as well as the number and quality of applications received.
Am I eligible to apply?
Any individual who is entering or is currently enrolled in a course of study related
to vacuum coating technology at an accredited educational institution may apply. Past scholarship winners are welcome to re-apply,
provided that they still meet the required criteria.
How do I apply?
You can apply between September
1 and January 31 of each calendar year. The guidelines and application materials may be revised from year to year. Please
bookmark this web page and return between September and January of each year to view the current application materials. To
be considered for the SVC Foundation scholarship you must:
- Complete and sign the application form after reading
the "Helpful Hints" paragraph below.
- Submit one current official certified educational transcript.
- Submit two scholarship recommendation forms, including at least one from a professor at your educational institution.
- Ensure that two original copies are received at the SVC Foundation office not later than January 31.
How are decisions made?
The SVC Foundation appoints a scholarship selection committee to review scholarship
applicant materials. The selection committee reviews all materials submitted and considers and weighs a variety of factors
such as:
- Relevance of applicant's field of study to vacuum coating technology and the goals of the Society
of Vacuum Coaters and its charitable and educational foundation;
- The applicant's academic achievement,
including grades, courses selected, interdisciplinary skills and interests;
- The applicant's personal qualities
including motivation, social values, maturity, and goals;
- Financial need.
What else
should I know?
Any number of students from a single institution may apply. However, SVC reserves the right to base
selections, in part, on achieving diversity among scholarship recipients and focusing on world-wide regions primarily served
by SVC.
Scholarship awards may only be used for tuition, books and other approved educational expenses in accordance
with IRS regulations.
Past Scholarship Winners
CLICK HERE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation, Inc.
8100 M-4 Wyoming Blvd. NE # 243
Albuquerque, NM 87113 USA.
Copyright 2007, Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation
|
|
|
|
