VAMAS

VAMAS

Versailles project on advanced materials and standards
Abbreviation	VAMAS
Formation	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Founded at	Versailles, France
Type	Nonprofit
Methods	International Interlaboratory Comparison (ILC)
Fields	Materials Science
Membership	16
Official language	English
Chair	Nicholas Barbosa (US)[1]
Secretary	Steve Freiman (US)
Affiliations	NMI-Australia, NPL-UK, BMTA-UK, NPL-India, NIST-US, NIMS-Japan, AIST-Japan, BAM-Germany, BIPM-France, INMETRO-Brazil, NRC-Canada, ITRI-Chinese Taipei, KRISS-Korea, and CINVESTAV-Mexico, CENAM-Mexico, NMISA-South Africa, UNIBS-Italy, ENEA-Italy, INRIM-Italy, NIM-China, APMP, BIPM, ISO, IEC
Website	www.vamas.org
Formerly called	Materials Research and Development Project

VAMAS stands for Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards. It is a collaborative project that was initiated at the 1982 G7 Economic Summit in Versailles to develop and promote standards for the characterisation of advanced materials, including surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and nanostructures. Using interlaboratory studies, the VAMAS project has developed a number of standard test methods and reference materials for a wide range of materials. These standards have been widely adopted by industry and academic researchers, and have contributed to the development of new materials and technologies.