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CONTENTS
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NEWS:
+- 2007 ITS Board Candidates
http://www.its.org/node/5072

+- Call for Proposals to Host ECT2009
http://www.its.org/node/5074

+- Fall 2007 MRS Symposium U: Thermoelectric Power Generation
Website: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=8005&DID=192319

UPCOMING EVENTS UPDATES: (+-+- = New Info., Full list below.)
+-+- Fall 2007 MRS Symposium U: Thermoelectric Power Generation
From: 2007-11-26 Through: 2007-11-30
Location: Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, MA, USA
Contact: Timothy Hogan hogant [at] egr [dot] msu [dot] edu
Ph: +1 (517) 432-3176, FAX:
Abstract Due Date: June 20, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: TBD
Website: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=8005&DID=192319
Info Last Updated: 2007-05-02

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NEWS:
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+- 2007 ITS Board Candidates
http://www.its.org/node/5072

Up to five International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) Board Director
positions will be open 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). Further details and the nomination form are available at:

2007 ITS Board Nomination Form (ITS Meber login required) [2]

To date, two nominees have agreed to stand for election to the ITS Board
in 2007:

* Harald Boettner
* Ryoji Funahashi (biography pdf file [3])

Brief biographies, if available, may be downloaded using the link(s) below.

Links:
[1] http://ict2007.its.org/
[2] http://www.its.org/node/4947
[3] http://www.its.org/system/files/Biography_Funahashi_2007.pdf

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+- Call for Proposals to Host ECT2009
http://www.its.org/node/5074

The European Thermoelectric Society plans to host the 2009 European
Conference on Thermoelectrics, ECT2009, at the same place and in
combination with the 2009 International Conference on Thermoelectrics,
ICT2009.

A Call for Proposals to host ICT2009 was issued recently and may be
viewed here:

http://www.its.org/ict2009_cfp

Parties interested in also hosting ECT2009 are requested to contact:

Professor H. Scherrer
President of the European Thermoelectric Society
Phone : 33 (0)3.83.58.41.61
Fax : 33 (0)3.83.58.41.61
E-mail : Hubert [dot] Scherrer [at] mines [dot] u-nancy [dot] fr [1]
Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux ( CNRS UMR 7556)
ECOLE DES MINES, Parc de Saurupt, 54042 NANCY Cedex (France)

Links:
[1] mailto:Hubert [dot] Scherrer [at] mines [dot] u-nancy [dot] fr

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+-+- Fall 2007 MRS Symposium U: Thermoelectric Power Generation
From: 2007-11-26 Through: 2007-11-30
Location: Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, MA, USA
Contact: Timothy Hogan hogant [at] egr [dot] msu [dot] edu
Ph: +1 (517) 432-3176, FAX:
Abstract Due Date: June 20, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: TBD
Website: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=8005&DID=192319
Info Last Updated: 2007-05-02

Details:

Significant advances in thermal-to-electric energy conversion have
generated increasing interest in recent years. This symposium explores
novel materials, materials processing, and technologies for direct
thermal-to-electric energy conversion. The primary focus will be on
recent material and technological advances in the fields of
thermoelectrics, thermionics, and thermoacoustics. The symposium intends
to highlight material and device-design innovations that lead to
higher-efficiency thermal-to-electric energy-conversion technologies.
The symposium will be designed to emphasize the multidisciplinary nature
(materials science, physics, chemistry, and engineering) of the research
needed to advance the state-of-the-art technology. Thermal, electrical,
and mechanical properties of new material--and the processing of those
materials into device structures--will be emphasized. Theoretical
studies of transport properties, band structure and crystal chemistry of
materials, thermodynamic analysis, and energy transfer in ballistic
processes will also be included. Experimental efforts will include new
capabilities in solid-state synthesis, new bulk materials, thin films,
superlattices, and nanostructure materials. New developments in material
property and device performance measurements will also be emphasized in
this symposium.

Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Theoretical guidance to high-efficiency thermoelectric energy
conversion
* New and emerging technologies for thermoelectric power conversion
* High-efficiency bulk thermoelectric materials
* Composite thermoelectrics
* Synthetic strategies for preparing novel materials and compounds
* Processing of bulk and thin-film nanostructured materials
* Materials property measurement and new measurement techniques
* Design, performance testing, fabrication, and processing of
energy-conversion devices
* Device performance requirements for future applications
* Novel applications of thermoelectric generators

Invited speakers include (partial list): L. Chen (Shanghai Inst. of
Ceramics, P. R. China), M. S. Dresselhaus (Massachusetts Inst. of
Technology), J. He (Clemson Univ.), M. Kanatzidis (Northwestern Univ.),
H. Kleinke (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada), W. Koshibae (Tohoku Univ.,
Japan), Q. Li (Brookhaven National Lab), B. Mahanti (Michigan State
Univ.), G. Nolas (Univ. of S. Florida), A. Shakouri (Univ. of
California-Santa Cruz), D. Singh (Oak Ridge National Lab), and S.
Yamanaka (Osaka Univ., Japan). Other invited speakers may be added, some
chosen from contributed papers.

Partial graduate student support may be available. For information,
contact Dr. Tim Hogan (preferably at e-mail address below).

Symposium Organizers

Timothy P. Hogan
Michigan State University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
2120 Engineering Bldg., E. Lansing, MI 48824-1226
Tel 517-432-3176, Fax 517-353-1980, hogant [at] msu [dot] edu

Jihui Yang
General Motors R&D Center, Materials and Processes Laboratory, Warren,
MI 48090
Tel 586-986-9789, Fax 586-986-3091, jihui [dot] yang [at] gm [dot] com

Ryoji Funahashi
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,
Nanotechnology Research Institute, 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka
563-8577, Japan
Tel 81-72-751-9485, Fax 81-72-751-9622, funahashi-r [at] aist [dot] go [dot] jp

Terry Tritt
Clemson University, Dept. of Physics, 103 Kinard Laboratory, Clemson, SC
29634-1911
Tel 864-656-5319, Fax 864-656-0805, ttritt [at] clemson [dot] edu

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UPCOMING EVENTS ( +-+- = New or Updated Information):
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+- Thermopower Symposium TEP-CH
From: 2007-05-15 Through: 2007-05-15
Location: - Empa, Zürich, Switzerland
Contact: Karin Hanselmann karin [dot] hanselmann [at] empa [dot] ch
Abstract Due Date: 30. April, 2007
Fees: pay at the registration desk 50 CHF
Website: http://www.empa.ch/TEP-CH
Info Last Updated: 2007-04-19

+- 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

+-+- Fall 2007 MRS Symposium U: Thermoelectric Power Generation
From: 2007-11-26 Through: 2007-11-30
Location: Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, MA, USA
Contact: Timothy Hogan hogant [at] egr [dot] msu [dot] edu
Ph: +1 (517) 432-3176, FAX:
Abstract Due Date: June 20, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: TBD
Website: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=8005&DID=192319
Info Last Updated: 2007-05-02

+- 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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