ABOUT

The VSA has a number of goals:

• To allow those involved or interested in the production of vacuum, or in vacuum science and techniques, or in applications of vacuum, to come together in a united body.
• To engage in and/or encourage the spread and advancement of knowledge on vacuum science and technology, and of the areas of vacuum applications, by means of:
  • teaching in educational institutions and short courses,
  • seminars, lectures, workshops, symposia and conferences,
  • equipment exhibitions,
  • literature circulation to society members.
• To represent Australia within the IUVSTA.
• To collaborate with other societies, if in the interests of the VSA, and to encourage the development of vacuum science, technique and application.

These goals are the basis of the four pillars on which the VSA conducts itself today.

The VSA educational program has remained the constant pillar of the VSA since its inception. In 1993 the courses that were run by VSA staff at the Footscray Institute pf Technology (FIT) had ceased due to the amalgamation of several Institutes in the area to create what is now the Victoria University (VU). Vacuum courses didn’t fit well within the University structure so it was decided to discontinue the VU courses, and hand over the responsibility for vacuum education in Australia to the newly formed Vacuum Society of Australia.