SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY

     Scope of the Annual Workshop on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)

History of the Annual Workshop on SIMS

     Until the start of the Annual SIMS Workshops, there was no regular forum for the U.S. SIMS community, other than the International Conference on SIMS. While the international conference is the premier international forum for SIMS, the meetings are held biannually and only visit the United States every 6-8 years. When the meeting is at an international venue it is often difficult for many members of the US SIMS community to travel. Recognizing these limitations, the founders of the SIMS workshop (Richard Lareau, Greg Gillen, and Steve Hues) wanted to provide a venue for an informal gathering of the local SIMS community for discussions relating to the fundamental aspects, instrumentation and applications of SIMS and organized the first East Coast SIMS Workshop which was held at the U.S. Army Research Lab in Fort Monmouth, NJ in 1988. Based on the interest generated by first meeting, the meeting has since been held each year. Attendance as increased from ~40 the first year to approximately 160 for the most recent meeting. 

     It was hoped that a similar organization would soon evolve on the West Coast. However, the East Coast Workshop started to attract attendees from across the US and abroad and in 1994, the name was changed to The Annual Workshop on SIMS to reflect this growing national and international flavor. The Annual Workshop on SIMS was also formally incorporated in 1996 as a not-for-profit educational, scientific society in the State of New Jersey.  A professional conference company handles all the details of each workshop and provides administrative support throughout the year.

 For more information about the SIMS Workshop, please contact: 

Greg Gillen
Scientific/Technical Program Co-Chair NIST
Phone: 301-975-2190
FAX: 301-417- 1321
Email: greg.gillen@nist.gov

Steve Hues
Scientific/Technical Program Co-Chair Micron Technology, Inc.
8000 S. Federal Way
PO Box 6
Mail Stop: 1-717
Boise, ID United States
83707-0006
(208) 363-3067 
Email: shues@micron.com

Discontinuing the Annual Workshop on SIMS in 2017

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This was the last screen capture before the "Annual Workshop on SIMS" workshops and domain name
became obsolete at the end of 2017.  Thus began a transition to the Scientific Workshops, a
USA 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 
The Scientific Workshops (https://scientificworkshops.org)
is the parent of the Trace Explosives & Drug Detection Workshop (TEDD) and the
Concealed Explosives & Drug Detection Workshop (CEDD).