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Jay Hendricks Named 2015 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society

For exceptional contributions to vacuum science and for developing new and revolutionary vacuum standards and methods through promoting excellence in vacuum measurement as well as being a mentor to early career scientists and engineers.

Fellow of the American Vacuum Society

This membership level designated "Fellow of the Society" is to recognize members who have made sustained and outstanding technical contributions in areas of interest to AVS.

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The AVS, a technical society formerly known as the American Vacuum Society, has 4500 members worldwide. Hendricks, a member of AVS Mid Atlantic Chapter, serves as chair of IUVSTA (International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications), which represents nearly 15,000 physicists, chemists, materials scientists, engineers, and technologists who are linked through their common use of vacuum.

For information about Hendricks' current project, click here.

Created August 30, 2017, Updated March 26, 2026
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