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CONTENTS
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NEWS:
+- ICT2007 Abstract Deadline Extended to March 24, 2007
http://www.ict2007.net

+- Dresselhaus Wins 2007 "Women in Science" Award
http://www.zts.com/node/4939

+- Nominations now open for 2007 ITS Board Elections
http://www.zts.com/node/4948

+- International Symposium on Nano-Thermoelectrics
From: 2007-06-11 Through: 2007-06-13
http://www.zts.com/node/4924
http://staff.aist.go.jp/funahashi-r/sympo.htm

+- Solar (Thermoelectric) Energy Conversion
http://www.zts.com/node/4920

UPCOMING EVENTS UPDATES: (+-+- = New Info., Full list below.)
+-+- International Symposium on Nano-Thermoelectrics
From: 2007-06-11 Through: 2007-06-13
Location: Senri Life Science Center 1-4-2
Shinsenri-higashi - Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Contact: Ryoji Funahashi funahashi-r [at] aist [dot] go [dot] jp
Ph: +81-72-751-9485, FAX:
Abstract Due Date:
Higher Fees May Apply After: Free (Max. number 100 persons)
Website: http://staff.aist.go.jp/funahashi-r/sympo.htm
Info Last Updated: 2007-03-04

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NEWS:
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+- ICT2007 Abstract Deadline Extended to March 24, 2007
http://www.ict2007.net

OK, THIS is the last reminder: Abstracts are really due for ICT2007.
See the conference website for details.

It has been brought to my attention that emails sent to the conference
organizer at hwlee [at] keri [dot] re [dot] kr are bouncing at the keri.re.kr mail server
with a "Blocked for spam". I tested this today, and it is true. I've
not had a chance to reach the ICT2007 organizers by other means yet, but
hopefully this glitch will be repaired soon.

Spam is killing email

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+- Dresselhaus Wins 2007 "Women in Science" Award
http://www.zts.com/node/4939

MIT Professor Millie Dresselhaus has been awarded the 2007
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science

"For her research on solid state materials, including
conceptualizing the creation of carbon nanotubes."

The award ceremony was held Feb. 22, 2007 in Paris and each winner
received individual awards of $100,000.

The L'Oreal website has an excellent page on their Women in Science [1]
award program, including an excellent profile of Millie. The MIT
website [2]also reports this Award, and both sites include some nice
photos and videos of Millie. Neither site mentions her well known
contributions to thermoelectrics, including her papers on quantum wells
[1] and quantum wires [2] for thermoelectric applications. These two
papers must be among the most cited thermoelectric papers of all time,
but acknowledging her contributions to thermoelectrics may have to wait
for some future award.

Her advice for young women scientists:

"A scientific career is extremely rewarding, and if I had to do it
all over again I would follow the same course. The rewards are different
at every stage. I still have the same fascination for science that I
had when I was young."

[1]. Hicks, L.D. and M.S. Dresselhaus, Effect of quantum-well
structures on the thermoelectric figure of merit. Phys. Rev. B, 1993.
47(19): p. 12727-12731.
[2]. Hicks, L.D. and M.S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric Figure of Merit
of a One-Dimensional Quantum Wire. Phys. Rev. B, 1993. 47(24): p.
16631-16634.

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+- Nominations now open for 2007 ITS Board Elections
http://www.zts.com/node/4948

Up to five International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) Board Director
positions will be opened for election at the 26th International
Conference on Thermoelectrics [1], to be held in Jeju, Korea, June 3-7,
2007. The ITS Nomination and Election Committee invites you to nominate
your candidate(s) by clicking here [2].

[Webmaster's note: ITS Members must login before submitting a
nomination. Use your email address or userid (if you have one) to
login. Please contact the webmaster [2] if you have trouble.]

The Committee will make every effort to attract candidates from a
variety of geographic, technical fields, and institutions, to best serve
the Mission of the International Thermoelectric Society. The list of
current Board Directors can be found here [3].

Board Directors are elected for a three-year term and are expected to
play an active role in the international Thermoelectric Society business
and promotion. The major goals (objectives) of the Society, as stated in
the ITS Constitution [4], are to:

PROMOTE the advancement of the thermoelectric industry, science and
engineering;
PROMOTE collection and exchange of information and education which
will benefit the thermoelectric community;
PROMOTE systemization of measurements to and in comparison of
materials and devices;
PROMOTE awareness of the larger community to thermoelectric issues
and solicit wider involvement;
PROMOTE a forum of exchange of information and achievements.
-Newsletters;
PROMOTE a mechanism for coordinating and promoting conferences.

Nominations will be accepted until April 27, 2007. Short biographies and
information of the Nominees will be posted on the ITS web site at
(http://www.its.org [5]) shortly after.

The election of the new Board Director will be organized at the
Conference in Jeju and further details (including the final number of
positions opened) will be announced at the beginning of the conference
by the ITS President and the ITS Nomination and Election Committee.

Links:
[1] http://ict2007.its.org
[2] http://www.its.org/node/4947
[3] http://www.its.org/contactboard
[4] http://www.its.org/itscst99
[5] http://www.its.org

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+- International Symposium on Nano-Thermoelectrics
From: 2007-06-11 Through: 2007-06-12
http://www.zts.com/node/4924
http://staff.aist.go.jp/funahashi-r/sympo.htm

Ryoji Funahashi (AIST, Japan) is organizing the International Symposium
on Nano-Thermoelectrics in June, the week following ICT2007. So, you
can get two TE conferences back-to-back. This one has no registration
fee, but will admit only 100 people.

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+- Solar (Thermoelectric) Energy Conversion
http://www.zts.com/node/4920

The March 2007 issue of Physics Today (1) has an article on "Solar
Energy Conversion" by George Crabtree of Argonne and Nathan Lewis of
CalTech [1] (free: HTML [2], PDF [3]). Abundant, versitle and clean,
solar electricity contributes a miniscule 0.015% of the world's total
electricity production, mostly because solar energy remains too
expensive. Wouldn't it be great if we could figure otu a way (or ways)
to make soler energy more available and less expensive? Crabtree and
Lewis discuss a range of options to develop solar energy based largely
on ideas in a US Department of Energy workshop report.

One scheme would concentrate solar radiation to generate high
temperatures which can then be converted to electricity using
thermoelectric technology. (Well, strictly speaking the heat is
converted to electricity, not the temperatures, but I digress). And, of
course, this will require thermoelectric materials and devices much more
effiicient and less expesnsive than available today.

A recommended read for anyone interested in thermoelectrics.

(1). Crabtree, G.W. and N.S. Lewis, Solar Energy Conversion. Physics
Today, 2007. 60(3): p. 37-42. (free: HTML [4], PDF [5])

Links:
[1] http://www.physicstoday.org/
[2] http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_60/iss_3/37_1.shtml
[3] http://link.aip.org/link/PHTOAD/v60/i3/p37/s1/pdf
[4] http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_60/iss_3/37_1.shtml
[5] http://link.aip.org/link/PHTOAD/v60/i3/p37/s1/pdf

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UPCOMING EVENTS ( +-+- = New or Updated Information):
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+- IAR-2007: General Session of the
International Academy of Refrigeration
From: 2007-04-24 Through: 2007-04-25
Location: St. Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and
Food Engineering - St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
Contact: Lev Bulat LBulat [at] mail [dot] ru
Ph: +7 (812) 575-6244, FAX: +7 (812) 575-6244
Website: http://exp-tv.com/bulat/
Info Last Updated: 2007-03-02

+- ICT2007, Jeju Island, KOREA
From: 2007-06-03 Through: 2007-06-07
Location: Jeju Island - Jeju Island, South Korea
Contact: Secretariat of ICT2007 admin [at] ict2007 [dot] net
Ph:+82-02-3282-2496, FAX
Abstract Due Date: March 10, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: February 25, 2007
Website: http://ict2007.its.org
Info Last Updated: 2007-01-08

+-+- International Symposium on Nano-Thermoelectrics
From: 2007-06-11 Through: 2007-06-12
Location: Senri Life Science Center 1-4-2
Shinsenri-higashi - Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
Contact: Ryoji Funahashi funahashi-r [at] aist [dot] go [dot] jp
Ph: +81-72-751-9485, FAX:
Abstract Due Date:
Higher Fees May Apply After: Free (Max. number 100 persons)
Website: http://staff.aist.go.jp/funahashi-r/sympo.htm
Info Last Updated: 2007-03-04

+- 2007 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CONFERENCE
From: 2007-06-20 Through: 2007-06-22
Location: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Contact for Thermoelectrics & Thermionic Topic:
Jeff Snyder jsnyder [at] caltech [dot] edu
General: Ph:+1 (724) 776-9000, ext. 243, FAX+1 (724) 776-3770
Abstract Due Date: February 2, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: June 4, 2007
Website: http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Specialty/EMC07/
Info Last Updated: 2007-01-10

+- Space Nuclear Conference 2007 (SNC '07)
2007-06-24 Through: 2007-06-28 (check event website for times)
- Boston, MA, USA
Contact: Lynne Schreiber, Conference Administrator space [at] ans [dot] org
Ph:+1 352-392-9722, FAX+1 352-392-8656
Abstract Due Date: December 1, 2006
Higher Fees May Apply After:
http://www.ans.org/goto/space07
Info Last Updated: 2006-09-02

+- 5th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
and Exhibit (IECEC)
2007-06-25 Through: 2007-06-29 (check event website for times)
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark - St. Louis, MO, USA
Contact: Henry W. Brandhorst, Jr., Chair brandhh [at] auburn [dot] edu
Ph:+1 334/844-5894, FAX+1 334/844-5900
Abstract Due Date: January 8, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After:
http://www.aiaa.org/events/iecec
Info Last Updated: 2006-10-30

+- XIIth International Forum on Thermoelectricity
From: 2007-07-15 Through: 2007-07-20
Location: Institute of Thermoelectricity - Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Contact: Zibachynska Tetyana forum [at] inst [dot] cv [dot] ua
Ph:+(380 3722) 58 56 48, 4 19 17,
FAX(380 03722) 4 19 17; 7 68 30
Abstract Due Date: June 15, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: June 15, 2007
Website: http://ite.cv.ukrtel.net/forum/
Info Last Updated: 2006-11-17

+- ECT2007 - 5th European Conference on Thermoelectrics
From: 2007-09-09 Through: 2007-09-12
Location: - Odessa, Ukraine
Contact: Vladimir Semenyuk ect2007 [at] ets-thermion [dot] org
Ph:+380 (482) 63-8324, FAX+380 (48) 760-1834
Abstract Due Date: May 1, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: June 15, 2007
Website: http://ect2007.thermion-company.com
Info Last Updated: 2006-12-20

+- MS&T'07: Nano-Processing
From: 2007-09-16 Through: 2007-09-20
Location: COBE Center - Detroit, Michigan, USA
Contact: Biprodas Dutta biprod [at] vsl [dot] cua [dot] edu
Ph:+1 614-794-5868, FAX
Abstract Due Date: March 15, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After:
Website: http://www.matscitech.org/2007/
Info Last Updated: 2007-02-03

+- PacRim7
From: 2007-11-11 Through: 2007-11-14
Location: Shanghai International Convention Center
- Shanghai, CHINA
Contact: Wenqing Zhang wqzhang [at] mail [dot] sic [dot] ac [dot] cn
Ph:+86-21-5241-2416, FAX+86-21-5241-3122
Abstract Due Date: May 1, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: September 30, 2007
Website: http://www.sic.ac.cn/meeting/pacrim7/
Info Last Updated: 2007-01-10

+- ICT2008, Corvalis, Oregon USA
From: 2008-08-03 Through: 2008-08-07
Location: LaSells Stewart Conference - Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Contact: David Johnson davej [at] uoregon [dot] edu
Ph:+1 541-346-4612, FAX
Website: http://www.its.org
Info Last Updated: 2006-12-20

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That's all for today. Let me know if I forgot anything!

- Cronin

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