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1st American Workshop on Ellipsometry

February 28 – March 3, 2027, in Lincoln, NE

Gold Sponsors

Prospectus

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Audience

The Prospectus above offers tailored opportunities for industry sponsors & exhibitors to reach highly relevant audiences of ellipsometry customers, ranging from first-time users to experts, including researchers, engineers, and developers—with the unique visibility and personal connections only this intimate, single-track workshop setting provides. Anticipated attendance is between 100 and 150 participants.

Website Statistics/Visibility

When AWE-1 was first announced in February 2026 via the NAEA LinkedIn Group and email newsletter, the website logged >2,200 total views from 645 unique visitors during that month.  When the Call for Abstracts was published on August 31, 2026, the website logged >3,200 views from 540 visitors on that single day, with ~70% originating from the United States and ~17% from Canada.  Typical traffic exceeds 1,500 views from 400 visitors per month.

Please refer to the Prospectus above for detailed information about sponsorship opportunities.

General Sponsorship Levels

General sponsorship provides flexible, broad support for this workshop at three tailored levels: Gold, Silver, Bronze.  Sponsors may also combine a general sponsorship with one or more itemized opportunities described in the next section.

Itemized Sponsorship Opportunities

In addition to (or instead of) a general sponsorship, sponsors and/or exhibitors may support specific elements of the workshop directly.  Priority items—in particular Social Events, Catering, and Awards—are essential to this workshop and offer unique opportunities for prominent, focused sponsor recognition.

Industry Exhibition

AWE-1 will feature a simultaneous Industry Exhibition on Monday and Tuesday, March 1–2, 2027, in the Banquet Hall of the Conference Center on the Nebraska Innovation Campus. Please find more information here.

The organizing Committees invite you to join a growing List of Sponsors & Exhibitors that make this inaugural workshop possible.  Please help us shape a new tradition of ellipsometry gatherings in North America—to be held prospectively every three years, in rotation with the International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE) and the European Workshop Ellipsometry (WSE) series.

To select a Sponsorship Level,
discuss a custom sponsorship package, or
reserve a Booth at the Industry Exhibition,
please contact us via email at awe1@ellipsometry.us.

We look forward to working with our sponsors & exhibitors, and to seeing you in Lincoln, Nebraska, in early 2027!

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  • Third Announcement—Call for Award Nominations

    As part of the upcoming 1st American Workshop on Ellipsometry (AWE-1), to be held February 28 – March 3, 2027, in Lincoln, NE, we are pleased to announce this Call for Award Nominations.  The following Awards will recognize and honor excellent achievements at different levels.

    Award Categories

    NAEA Fellow

    For the purpose of providing recognition to deserving Members of the North American Ellipsometry Association (NAEA) who have made sustained and outstanding technical contributions in areas of interest to the Association, one current Member may be elected as a “Fellow of the Association.”  The nominee to be inducted as NAEA Fellow shall have made outstanding contributions in research, engineering, technical or managerial leadership, and/or education for a period of 10 years or more.

    Rasheed M. A. Azzam Medal

    The Rasheed M. A. Azzam Medal is intended to celebrate an individual or a group of individuals for recent, groundbreaking contributions to the field of ellipsometry and related techniques, whether through instrument innovations;  through academic, technical, or industrial applications;  or through mentorship, education, and outreach.

    Student Awards

    Student Awards are intended to recognize undergraduate or graduate students for best oral presentations and for best posters.  Multiple awardees are anticipated.

    Students must identify their undergraduate or graduate student status upon Abstract Submission to participate in the Student Award competitions.  All presenting authors who have indicated student status at the time of abstract submission are automatically considered.

    Nomination Instructions

    Please submit Nominations for the NAEA Fellow and/or for the Rasheed M. A. Azzam Medal to the Awards Committee at awards@ellipsometry.us.  Nominations and self-nominations are permitted.  Please click the respective link above to find more information about each Award, including the required materials for Award Nominations.

    Please submit Award Nominations no later than December 31, 2026!

    Award winners will be informed by February 14, 2027.  Student Award winners will be determined based on evaluations during the workshop.

    Thank you for helping us celebrate excellence in ellipsometry.  We look forward to your Nominations!

    Best regards,
    AWE-1 Awards Committee

  • Second Announcement—Call for Abstracts

    The 1st American Workshop on Ellipsometry (AWE-1) will be held February 28 – March 3, 2027, at the Conference Center on the Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska.

    The workshop Committees invite students, early-career professionals, and experienced leaders across academic, public, and industrial sectors to contribute an abstract. International participants are welcome and expressly encouraged to attend.

    AWE-1 is especially dedicated to the participation of undergraduate and graduate students.  Accordingly, we aim to keep students’ attendance and lodging costs as affordable as possible—thanks to the generous support of our Sponsors. Workshop Registration will be $200 for Students and $400 for Regular attendees.

    The Technical Program will include a broad range of topics in ellipsometry, polarimetry, and related techniques that utilize polarized light to characterize bulk materials, thin films, surfaces, interfaces, and nanostructures under both static and dynamic conditions. Topics will cover theory, instrumentation & data analysis, and applications across physics, chemistry, materials science, and life sciences, as well as engineering and metrology.

    Please prepare abstracts according to the Author Instructions
    and submit via the Abstract Submission System
    before October 31, 226!

    Abstracts should cover work that has been published recently or is yet unpublished. Abstracts must contain sufficient information to allow for peer review by the Program Committee. Abstracts will be evaluated upon receipt. Acceptance notifications will be sent at the beginning of November 2026. Please submit early!

    In the abstract, please identify the corresponding and presenting authors. For student presenters who wish to participate in the Student Award competition, please identify the student status in the abstract. If the presenting author cannot attend the workshop, please arrange for another co-author to attend and present, and inform the workshop organizers as soon as possible.

    Contributed presentations will be included in a digital Abstract Booklet and scheduled into Oral or Poster Sessions with dates and times assigned as the Program Schedule is finalized. The Abstract Booklet & Program Schedule will be published on the workshop website. Oral Sessions are currently anticipated as single-track.

    The Technical Program includes complimentary Tutorials; Oral and Poster Sessions with a Keynote, 101 Lectures, and Invited Talks; and Social Events—providing ample opportunities for scientific and technical discussions and professional networking.  An Awards Ceremony will celebrate an inaugural NAEA Fellow, recipient of the Rasheed M. A. Azzam Medal, and multiple Student Awardees. A simultaneous Industry Exhibition will showcase the latest equipment developments.

    We look forward to seeing you in Lincoln, NE, in early 2027!
    Please direct any questions or inquiries to awe1@ellipsometry.us