6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology — PacRim6
American Ceramics Society
Electronics Division

Introduction & Overview:

PacRim 6, is the sixth in a series of international conferences that provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest scientific and technological developments in ceramic, glass and related materials. The conference series began in 1993 and was last held in the United States in 2001. PacRim Conferences have established a strong international reputation for information exchange on the state-of-the art, as well as future research directions in materials technology. PacRim 6 is no exception.

September 11-16, 2005
Marriott Wailea Resort
Maui, Hawaii

http://www.ceramics.org/meetings/pacrim6/technicalprog.asp#016

Electronics Division Symposium # 16
Thermoelectric and Energy Harvesting Materials for Solid State Power Conversion

Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2005

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This symposium focuses on the current state of the art and emerging thermoelectric materials for solid-state power generation applications. We are soliciting abstracts on thermoelectric, thermionic, and thermophotovoltaic applications and potential materials and needs. This symposium brings together scientists from the US, Europe, and Asia to present and discuss their results in this exciting field of research. Recently, a new class of ceramic oxide materials, based on NaCo2O4, has shown much promise as new high temperature thermoelectrics and a special session is planned for these materials. In addition, novel thermoelectric phenomena, nano-materials, engineered materials, and structure-property relationships of materials as applied to solid-state power conversion will be included. This session also solicits abstracts that detail materials for power conversion other than those presently being investigated in the thermoelectric community. This research offers a unique insight into the investigation of the basic properties of solid-state materials and electron-phonon interactions. A main goal will be to focus on the scientific capabilities required to provide new classes of "tunable" or "designer" materials and their subsequent properties for power conversion technologies. It will emphasize the combination of experiment with theory needed to advance the science and technology of the field and yield new and higher efficiency solid-state power conversion materials.

6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (cont.)

Proposed Session Topics

* Thermoelectric materials for power generation — Submit an Abstract
* Materials for thermionic and thermovoltaic applications — Submit an Abstract
* High temperature thermoelectrics — Submit an Abstract
* Structure-property relationships — Submit an Abstract
* New materials for power conversion including tunable materials — Submit an Abstract

Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2005
http://www.ceramics.org/meetings/pacrim6/technicalprog.asp#016

Invited Speakers
Thierry Callait, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Mas Subramanian, DuPont, USA
Kunihito Koumoto, Nagoya University, Japan
George Nolas, University of South Florida, USA
David Singh, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Naoki Shutoh, Toshiba, Japan
Qiang Li, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

Organizers
Terry Tritt, Clemson University, USA
Ryoji Funahashi, AIST, Japan
Jihui Yang, General Motors R & D Planning, USA

Contacts
Terry Tritt, ttritt [at] clemson [dot] edu>ttritt [at] clemson [dot] edu
Ryoshi Funahashi, funahashi-r [at] aist [dot] go [dot] jp>funahashi-r [at] aist [dot] go [dot] jp
Jihui Yang, jihui [dot] yang [at] gm [dot] com>jihui [dot] yang [at] gm [dot] com