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CONTENTS
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NEWS:
+- ICT2008 Abstract Deadline Extended to April 15, 2008
http://www.its.org/node/5420
http://ict2008.its.org
+- New Start-Up GMZ Brings 'Fine Grain' TE To Market
http://www.its.org/node/5416
+- Kansas Blocks New Coal Plants
http://www.its.org/node/5415
UPCOMING EVENTS UPDATES: (+-+- = New Info., Full list below.)
+-+- ICT2008, Corvalis, Oregon USA
From: 2008-08-03 Through: 2008-08-07
Location: LaSells Stewart Conference - Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Contact: David Johnson davejuoregon [dot] edu
Ph: +1 (541) 346-4612, FAX: +1 (541) 346-3422
>>>> Abstract Due Date (extended): April 15, 2008
Higher Fees May Apply After: May 1, 2008
Website: http://ict2008.its.org
Info Last Updated: 2008-03-31
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NEWS:
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+- ICT2008 Abstract Deadline Extended to April 15, 2008
http://www.its.org/node/5420
http://ict2008.its.org
The 2008 International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2008) will be
held in Corvalis, Oregon USA August 3-7, 2008.
Abstract deadline has been extended to April 15, 2008.
A webform to upload your abstract and all further details on ICT2008 are
available at the conference website:
http://ict2008.its.org
Contact: David Johnson davej
Ph: +1 (541) 346-4612, FAX: +1 (541) 346-3422
Abstract Instructions
(taken from the conference website http://ict2008.its.org on 20080331):
Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts to the 2008
International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Abstracts (300 word
maximum) must be submitted no later than April 15, 2008. Approximately
80 presentations and 100 posters (on display during special two-hour
receptions) will be included in the program. You will be notified of
acceptance no later than May 1, 2008.
If your abstract is accepted, the abstract will be distributed to all
conference attendees and posted on the conference website. You will also
be required to prepare/submit .ppt or poster presentation materials in
accordance with conference specifications. Details for manuscript
preparations are given below.
For consideration for conference awards for best paper, papers will be
due on July 1, 2008. Final deadline for all papers will be July 15th, 2008.
Manuscripts will need to be submitted to the Journal of Electronic
Materials. Details will be posted by March 15th, 2008.
ICT2008 Dates to Remember:
March 15, 2008
Manuscript Details
Details for manuscript submission will be posted by March 15.
April 15, 2008
Prospective Authors
Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts to the 2008
International Conference on Thermoelectrics.
May 1, 2008
Abstract Acceptance
Notification of Abstract acceptance will be sent via email to the
submitting author.
July 15, 2008
Final Deadline
Final deadline for all papers.
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+- New Start-Up GMZ Brings 'Fine Grain' TE To Market
http://www.its.org/node/5416
As early as 1978 Bhandari and Rowe [Bhandari, 1978] suggested improving
thermoelectrics by reducing the grain size. Back then 'fine grain'
meant maybe micron sized or slightly smaller. But today people are
learning to make nano-scale grain structures.
Starting thursday March 20, 2008 reports abound that GMZ Energy, Inc.
(no website yet, AFAIK), a startup with an undisclosed amount of seed
funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers [1], is gearing up to make
up to 7 tons/year of nano-scale Bi2Te3-type thermoelectric material with
a reported 40% increase in ZT.
The process, said to be based on technology developed at MIT and Boston
College, involves grinding a conventional Bi2Te3-type material to 20
nanometer particle size and pressing them back together again. Details
have just been published in Science Express [Poudel, 2008],
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1156446 [2].
According to one source they "predict that their technique will be
integrated into commercial manufacturing in several months".
A Google search on "GMZ Energy thermoelectric" will turn up many links,
including:
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/20448/ [3]
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/03/20/stealth-kleiner-perkins-compa...
[4]
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13512-reincarnated-material...
[5]
References:
Bhandari, C.M. and D.M. Rowe, Fine Grained Silicon Germanium Alloys as
Superior Thermoelectric Materials, in Proceedings of the Second
International Conference on Thermoelectrics, K.R. Rao, Editor. 1978,
IEEE. p. 32-35.
Poudel, B., et al., High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured
Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys. Science, 2008: p. 1156446.
Links:
[1] http://www.kpcb.com/
[2] http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1156446
[3] http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/20448/
[4]
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/03/20/stealth-kleiner-perkins-company-unveils-efficiency-boosting-material
[5]
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13512-reincarnated-material-turns-waste-heat-into-power.html
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+- Kansas Blocks New Coal Plants
http://www.its.org/node/5415
A Kansas state regulator denied permits to build two new coal-fired
thermoelectric power plants ('thermoelectric' because they convert heat
to electricity, but this type of plant does not involve Seebeck or
Peltier devices) based on their carbon emmisions. The Kansas
legislature passed a bill allowing the plants to go forward, then late
last week the Kansas Governor vetoed the bill and halting the project.
For now, at least. Here's a link with the full story:
http://www.kansascity.com/679/story/541098.html [1]
It is not clear if the legislature can override the veto, but they are
expected to try.
Banning new fossil fuel power plants is an important step. But let's
put this in a little perspective. By some estimates we need to
eliminate 80%, or even more, of the world's fossil fuel plants just to
have a chance of keeping climate change from getting out of hand. If
we replace a 1 gigawatt fossil-fuel power plant every day it will take
nearly three decades to get there. In the mean time, China alone is
adding a new coal plant every 3-4 days.
Daunting.
Links:
[1] http://www.kansascity.com/679/story/541098.html
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UPCOMING EVENTS ( +-+- = New or Updated Information)
COMPLETE LIST:
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+- Advanced Processing for Novel Functional Materials - APNFM 2008
From: 2008-01-23 Through: 2008-01-25
Location: International Congress Center - Dresden, Germany
Contact: Dr. Jürgen Schmidt info
Ph: +49 (0) 351 2537 324, FAX: +49 (0) 351 2554 462
Abstract Due Date: 31 July 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: 1 December 2007
Website: http://www.apnfm.de/
Info Last Updated: 2007-05-22
+- 2008 MRS Spring Meeting: Energy Harvesting
From: 2008-03-24 Through: 2008-03-28
Location: Moscone West and San Francisco Marriott
- San Francisco, CA, USA
Contact: Harry Radousky radousky1
Ph: +1 925-422-4478, FAX: +1 925-422-3519
Abstract Due Date: November 1, 2007
Website: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=9285&DID=197719
Info Last Updated: 2007-10-23
+- XV General Session of the International Academy of Refrigeration
(IAR) – 2008
From: 2008-04-22 Through: 2008-04-23
Location: - Saint Petersburg, Russia
Contact: Prof. Lev Bulat LBulat
Ph: +7 (812) 575-6244, FAX: +7 (812) 575-6244
Website: http://www.zts.com/node/5408
Info Last Updated: 2008-03-18
+- E-MRS 2008 Spring Meeting: Unconv. Thermoelectrics
From: 2008-05-26 Through: 2008-05-30
Location: Congress Center - Strasbourg, France
Contact: Anke WEIDENKAFF anke [dot] weidenkaff
Ph: +41 44 823 4131, FAX: +41 44 823 4034
Abstract Due Date: January 16, 2008
Higher Fees May Apply After: April 17, 2008
Web:
http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=232
Info Last Updated: 2007-10-23
+- ECT2008, European Conference on Thermoelectrics
From: 2008-07-02 Through: 2008-07-04
Location: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris
(ENSCP), 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
Contact: Prof. Claude Godart, Institut de Chimie et Matériaux
Paris-Est (ICMPE) Thiais, France ect2008
Ph: +33 1 49 78 12 47, FAX: +33 1 49 78 12 03
Abstract Due Date: March 15, 2008
Higher Fees May Apply After: May 30, 2008
Website: http://ect2008.its.org/
Info Last Updated: 2008-02-28
+-+- ICT2008, Corvalis, Oregon USA
From: 2008-08-03 Through: 2008-08-07
Location: LaSells Stewart Conference - Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Contact: David Johnson davej
Ph: +1 (541) 346-4612, FAX: +1 (541) 346-3422
>>>> Abstract Due Date (extended): April 15, 2008
Higher Fees May Apply After: May 1, 2008
Website: http://ict2008.its.org
Info Last Updated: 2008-03-31
+- MS&T’08 Conference and Exhibition: Thermoelectric Materials
From: 2008-10-05 Through: 2008-10-09
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center
- Pittsburg, PA, USA
Contact: Qiang Li qiangli
Ph: +1 631 344 4490, FAX: +1 631 344 4071
Abstract Due Date: March 17, 2008
Higher Fees May Apply After:
Website: http://www.matscitech.org/2008/techProg-Energy.html
Info Last Updated: 2008-02-28
+- ITS2009 & ETS2009
From: 2009-07-26 Through: 2009-07-30
Location: - Freiburg, Germany
Contact: Dr. Harald Böttner harald [dot] boettner
Ph: 0049/761/8857-121, FAX: 0049/761/8857-224
Abstract Due Date:
Higher Fees May Apply After:
Website: TBD
Info Last Updated: 2007-10-22--
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