“The Surface Science Show of the Year” Interest. in vacuum technology has probably never been so well Some of the nation’s leading scientists in the field of vacuum Chapter of the American Vacuum than 200 attending the symposium, during which more than 40 technical papers were presented. Among 72 persons completing the short course on vacuum tech- plications for enrollment in the technicians from the Laboratory, an equal number from the Sandia Corporation and two students from Los Alamos High School. 35 classroom seats reserved for the demonstrated to the New Mexico Society (AVS) as it was recently in Los Alamos when the chapter, for the first time, combined its Annual Meeting and Technical Symposium with a short course. The event, co-sponsored by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, was “the surface science show of the year,” said Claude Winkleman, K.-3, chairman of the New Mexico chapter who was responsible for the technical part of the program. Surface science, as it applies to vacuum equipment, is now included as a division of the AVS. 14 technology were among the more nology were 35 staff members and The course, the most elementary of a series of three offered by the Society, was directed by L. C. Beavis, a recognized authority in vacuum technology from Sandia, who wasalso the principal lecturer. Karl Johnson, CMB-II, chatr- man of the New Mexico chapter’s Educational Committee, said ap- short course far exceeded expecta- tions. He noted that more than 250 personnel from LASL alone had applied for enrollment. To resolve the problem of who would fill the Laboratory, enrollment was limited to four employees from each di- vision, based on the recommenda- tions of division leaders. Winkleman and Johnson noted that the possibility of offering the course again later in the fall for LASL employees only is being investi- gated,