Abbreviations and Acronyms

Here you can find abbreviations and acronyms that are frequency used within this collaborative research center.

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Term Definition

PVD (Physical vapor deposition)

Physical vapor deposition (PVD) is a vacuum-based fabrication method to deposit thin films and coatings from the vapor phase on various substrate materials. (Magnetron) Sputtering and evaporation are the most common PVD processes. During the PVD process the target material is transferred from the condensed phase to the vapor phase and from the vapor phase to a condensed phase at the substrate surface forming the thin film. This results in a line-of-sight growth of e.g. metal, ceramic, or polymer thin films, which are applied in various fields including MEMS devices, optical applications, food packaging and also the production of our ME sensors (piezoelectric and magnetostrictive thin films).

Text from Stefan Schröder

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term is typically used in the context of education policy or curriculum choices in schools. It has implications for workforce development, national security concerns (as a shortage of STEM-educated citizens can reduce effectiveness in this area), and immigration policy, with regard to admitting foreign students and tech workers.

There is no universal agreement on which disciplines are included in STEM; in particular, whether or not the science in STEM includes social sciences, such as psychology, sociology, economics, and political science. In the United States, these are typically included by organizations such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Labor's O*Net online database for job seekers, and the Department of Homeland Security. In the United Kingdom, the social sciences are categorized separately and are instead grouped with humanities and arts to form another counterpart acronym HASS (humanities, arts, and social sciences), rebranded in 2020 as SHAPE (social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy). Some sources also use HEAL (health, education, administration, and literacy) as the counterpart of STEM.

Text from Wikipedia