2025 SYMPOSIUM
Symposium
Student Posters and Awards
Vendor Exhibit
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Short Courses
Wednesday – Friday, November 5-7, 2025
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) covers Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah.
Our chapter is comprised of members who come from academia, national laboratories, and industry.
RMCAVS Annual Activities
Each year our chapter has an active vendor show, symposium and short course program in September. We participate in educational outreach through the Colorado Association of Science Teachers (CAST) to provide monetary awards to outstanding physical science teachers at the elementary, middle and high school levels. The Chapter sponsors one teacher each year to attend the Science Educators Workshop at the International AVS Symposium.
RMCAVS Board Members from left to right: Andrew Cavanagh, Steve Harvey, Cristian Ciobanu, Lorelle Mansfield, Rosine Ribelin, Tim Gessert, and Neil Peacock
Board Members 2025
Chair | Steve Harvey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Past-Chair | Cristian Ciobanu, Colorado School of Mines
Secretary | Lorelle Mansfield, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Treasurer | Andrew Cavanagh, University of Colorado, Boulder
Executive Committee Members
Nick Bedford, Colorado School of Mines, NREL
Tim Gessert, University of Illinois, Gessert Consulting, LLC
Neil Peacock, Pine Place Consulting
Rosine Ribelin, Ascent Solar
Michael Simmons, Intellivation LLC
Matt Weimer, Forge Nano
Jing Zhou, University of Wyoming Laramie
Get in touch
We are always interested in expanding our membership and finding candidates who would like to be more involved. If you are interested in serving in a chapter leadership position or participating in one or more of our activities please contact us.