
2025 SYMPOSIUM
Symposium
Student Posters and Awards
Vendor Exhibit
Friday, November 7th, 2025
Short Courses
Thursday – Saturday, November 6-8
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 | Cristian Ciobanu, Colorado School of Mines
Past-Chair | Steve Harvey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Secretary | Lorelle Mansfield, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Treasurer | Andrew Cavanagh, University of Colorado, Boulder
Executive Committee Members
Tim Gessert, University of Illinois, Gessert Consulting, LLC
Neil Peacock, Pine Place Consulting
Svitlana Pylypenko, Colorado School of Mines
Colin Quinn, Dynavac
Rosine Ribelin, Ascent Solar
Michael Simmons, Intellivation LLC
Matt Weimer, Forge Nano
Jing Zhou, University of Wyoming Laramie