From Little Questions to "Real
Projects"
I have been developing vacuum related educational
products for over 15 years and I am always ready to assist educators with tools
to promote an understanding of this important technology. If you are an
educator, feel free to inquire about anything that is related to this topic
that I might be able to assist with. This might be as simple as a "how do
I.....?" or be a more involved request concerning curriculum or hardware
development.
Recently Completed Projects
Vacuum evaporation chamber (now manufactured and
sold by The Science Source). This had its origin in a request from Bob Decker
of Mohawk Valley Community College for "something that can demonstrate vacuum
evaporation." Details
here.
Demonstration RF/DC sputtering system. This highly
portable system is now in use by an industrial process equipment supplier for
both internal and customer training on plasma processes and RF principles.
Typical forward power is just a few 10s of watts making this very simple and
safe from a power supply standpoint.
 
In the Works
A combination sputter and etch (ion mill) chamber.
This will include some simple auxiliary equipment to permit patterning of the
sputtered film.
Simple PID closed loop pressure control
system.
Vacuum oriented Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs).
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