This issue of ITSnews is mostly an encore of recent International
Thermoelectric Society
announcements. I am repeating these today because of reports of
delivery problems with the previous ZTnewszts [dot] com email newsletter
(now defunct).

There is a new Job posting below, however.

**Encore of Recent ITS Annoucements **

Call for Candidates to the 2009 Annual Goldsmid Award

The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) announces the 2009
Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a
Graduate Student.
The award is sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc. and carries a cash
prize of one thousand dollars ($1000) and a Descriptive Certificate
that will be presented at the Banquet of the 28th International
Conference on Thermoelectrics and the 7th European Conference on
Thermoelectrics (ICT & ECT 2009), in Freiburg, Germany.

In addition, the 2009 Award will include a US$1000 contribution to
the awardee to cover travel and fees for attending ICT & ECT 2009,
July 26 - 30, 2009 in Freiburg, Germany.

Eligibility:

Ph.D. candidate graduate student holding a Master Degree or its
equivalent who is actively engaged in theoretical, experimental,
synthesis or device research in the field of thermoelectrics.

Criteria for selection:

The winner will be chosen from among the applicants by a Selection
Panel who will consider the following items:

Journal Articles with publication dates, acceptance dates or
submission dates in the 24 months preceding the conference.
Presentations at local, national and international meetings as well
as invited seminars and colloquia in the same period.
Letters of reference.
Other recognition.

Selection Panel:

The 2009 Goldsmid Award Committee appointed by the ITS President will
nominate up to but not exceeding six other non-ITS Board members
representing various geographical regions to form the Selection Panel.
The Selection Panel will review the nominations and make the final
recommendation to the 2009 Goldsmid Award Committee.

Application:

Should be sent by email in a pdf file to the Committee Chair Dr.
Jihui Yang, jihui yang gm com, and include:

Letter of nomination from thesis advisor.
Resume.
Copies of publications, acceptances or submissions in the last 24
months. First authorship will be factored in.
Titles and locale of presentations given in the last 24 months.
Letters of reference (no more than 3)

The Committee Chair must receive applications by:

Applications Due: May 1, 2009

Each panelist will rank the applications using a standardized format
that will weigh in the different criteria, and will submit the results
to the Committee Chair by e-mail. Ties will be resolved by vote
organized by email or by conference call among all Panelists. If there
is any difficulty in the winner attending the conference the ITS will
endeavor to aid the winner in any way feasible in doing so.

Applications should be emailed to:

/Dr. Jihui Yang//

//Staff Research Scientist

Materials and Processes Lab

GM //R&D Center//

//30500// Mound Road

MC 480106224

//Warren//, //MI//48090//

Tel: 586-986-9789

Fax: 586-986-3091

jihui yang gm com (use Subject: Goldmid Award
Inquiry)/

Source URL (retrieved on 2009-02-17 20:49):
http://www.its.org/goldsmid_cfp_2009

Call for Candidates to the 2009 Annual Young Investigator Award

The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) announces the 2009 ITS
Young Investigator Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics
by a young investigator who holds a permanent position in either:
academia (tenure track), industry, government lab or scientific
institute (e.g. The Max Planck Institute). This award is to be given
to a young researcher who has exhibited a record of excellent original
work and significant results in the field of thermoelectrics or
thermoelectric materials. The recipient should have shown significant
research in the early stages of his/her career.

The award is sponsored by The International Thermoelectrics Society
(ITS) and carries a cash prize of two thousand dollars ($2000 in US
currency) and a Descriptive Certificate. The 2009 award will be
presented at the Banquet of the 28th International Conference on
Thermoelectrics and the 7th European Conference on Thermoelectrics
(ICT & ECT 2009), July 26 – 30, in Freiburg, Germany.

In addition, the recipient of the ITS Young Investigator Award will
be given an invited talk at the ICT & ECT 2009 in order to highlight
the research leading to the award.

*Eligibility:*
The candidates are expected to hold a Ph.D. Degree and be actively
engaged in theoretical, experimental, synthesis or device research in
the field of thermoelectrics. The candidates must be in a tenure track
faculty position or employed in a stable position in industry, a
government lab or scientific institute (e.g. The Max Planck
Institute). It is expected that they should have been in this position
at least two years. However, contributions and productivity for the
full five years will be considered. Postdoctoral researchers or
temporary industrial positions are not eligible. The candidates must
be within 5 years of receiving their Ph.D. as of June 1st of the year
of the nomination.

The ITS Young Investigator Award for Excellence in Research in
Thermoelectrics is intended for truly exceptional contributions to the
field for a five-year period following the nominee’s Ph.D. The ITS
Young Investigator Award is intended to be an annual award. However,
in the event of the lack of applications that the ITS Board or Award
Selection Committee views as meeting the expectations for this award,
then no award will be given that year.

*Criteria for selection:*
An Award Selection Panel who will consider the afore mentioned
eligibility criteria will choose the winner from among the applicants:

A nomination letter is required. A full resume of the candidate and
highlighting the contributions justifying the nomination is also
required. Three letters of reference are required in addition to the
nomination letter. None of the letters should exceed two pages.

The work will not be judged as part of their Ph.D. thesis but work
that occurred after their Ph.D. research. The work may be a
continuation of their Ph.D., but significant new contributions and
findings will be required. The selection committee will be considering
only original work and contributions.

Journal Articles with publication dates, acceptance dates or
submission dates within the 60 months preceding the June 1st cutoff
date. Therefore for the 2009 award the period of consideration is May
31st, 2004 through June 1st, 2009.

Presentations at local, national and international meetings as well
as invited seminars and colloquia in the same time period will be
considered.

Other awards or recognition will also be considered.

*Selection Panel:*
The Selection Panel will consist of the previous ITS conference chair
(i.e. ICT08 Chairman for the 2009 Award) or his designee and he/she
will serve as the Panel Chair. The Panel Deputy Chair will be
appointed by the ITS President. The Panel Chair with the help of the
Deputy Chair will nominate up to but not exceeding four other non-ITS
Board members representing various geographical regions. The panel
selection is accomplished through action of the ITS Board via whatever
means are most convenient, most likely via email exchange.

*Application:*
Should be sent to the current ITS President:

Dr. Thierry Caillat, President, International Thermoelectric Society

Principal Member of the Technical Staff
MS 277/207
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
Tel: (818) 354-0407
Cell: (818) 645-6372
Fax: (818) 393-6951
e-mail: thierry caillat jpl nasa gov
A letter of nomination and no more than three letters of
recommendation should be sent to the ITS President directly from the
references and nominator. (An email attachment as a word or pdf
document is preferred).

Full Resume & Highlights of the 5 years following the Ph.D.

Copies of 1st page of publications, acceptances, or submissions in
the last 60 months. (Manuscripts to be submitted or in progress will
not be considered.)

Titles and locale of contributed or invited presentations given in
the 5-year period under consideration.

The ITS President must receive applications by:

May 1, 2009
Each panelist will rank the applications using a standardized format
that will weigh in the different criteria, and will submit the results
to both the Panel Chair and Deputy Chair by e-mail. Ties will be
resolved by vote organized by email or by a conference call among all
Panelists. If there is any difficulty in the winner attending the
conference the organizing committee will endeavor to aid the winner in
a feasible and reasonable manner.

Source URL (retrieved on 2009-02-17 21:02):
http://www.its.org/young_call_2009

2009 ITS Board Nominations

Up to four International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) Board Director
positions will be opened for election at the 28h International
Conference on Thermoelectrics
, to be held in Freiburg, Germany, July 26-30, 2009. The ITS
Nomination and Election Committee invites you to nominate your
candidate(s) by clicking here. 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 below
.

Bold indicates term expires at ICT2009

Title

Username

Contact

Term Begins

Term Expires

ITS President
thierry.caillat

Caillat, Thierry

2009-01-01
2011-12-31

ITS Secretary
rowedm1

Rowe, D. M.

2006-08-11
2009-07-30

ITS Treasurer
harald.boettner

Böttner, Harald

2007-07-06
2010-12-31

ICT Organizer
chenlidong

Chen, Lidong

2008-08-08
2011-12-31

ICT Organizer
davej uoregon edu

Johnson, Dave

2006-12-20
2009-07-30

ITS Board Member
lbell bsst com

Bell, Lon

2008-08-08
2011-12-31

ITS Board Member
Ryoji Funahashi

Funahashi, Ryoji

2007-06-07
2010-12-31

ITS Board Member
koumoto

Koumoto, Kunihito

2006-08-11
2009-07-30

ITS Board Member
peter.franz.rogl

Rogl, Peter

2007-06-08
2010-12-31

ITS Board Member
jsnyder caltech edu

Snyder, Jeff

2007-06-07
2010-12-31

ITS Board Member
cuher

Uher, Ctirad

2009-01-01
2009-07-30

ITS Board Member
jzmc7g

Yang, Jihui

2008-08-08
2011-12-31

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
, are to:

PROMOTE an understanding of the role thermoelectric technology may
play in environmental impact and mitigating global climate change;
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 June 15, 2009. Short biographies
and information of the Nominees will be posted on the ITS web site at
(http://www.its.org
) shortly after.

The election of the new Board Director will be organized at the
Conference in Freiburg 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.

To make a nomination, login to http://www.its.org

and go here: http://www.its.org/nominations

Source URL (retrieved on 2009-02-17 20:25):
http://www.its.org/nominations

Call For Proposals To Host ICT2011, the 30th annual International
Conference on Thermoelectrics

The following is an announcement from the President of the
International Thermoelectric Society.

Dear Prospective Conference Organizer,

The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) is looking for
organizations interested in hosting its 30th annual *International
Conference on Thermoelectrics *(ICT) in the year 2011.

The ICT has been the most important annual meeting for scientists,
engineers and industry in the field of thermoelectric research and
development for application to power generation, thermal management
and sensing equipment. Thanks to a renewal in the field of
thermoelectrics, and a string of well-organized conferences, interest
in this conference has been steady in the last few years with
attendance between 200 and 300 “thermoelectricians".

ITS typically holds a three year rotation for conference sites
between Europe, Asia and the Americas, where most of the activities in
thermoelectrics are located. In 2011, the ICT is scheduled to return
to the Americas, where it was last held in 2008 in Corvallis, Oregon.
Thus, ITS's preference is for candidate organizations, especially
universities and national laboratories, located in the Americas to
host ICT2011. However, that does not preclude ITS from entertaining
strong proposals from other parts of the world and other types of
organizations.

Interested parties should first send, preferably by e-mail, a brief
notice of intent to propose to the ITS President. Upon receipt of the
notice, the ITS president will provide details relative to anticipated
conference organizers responsibilities, guidelines and other ITS
expectations. Full proposals should be sent, as early as possible but
no later than June 1st 2009, preferably by e-mail to the ITS
President, to the ITS treasurer, and to the ITS Secretary.

Proposals should include relevant details including host
organization, location, preliminary dates, Conference Chairperson,
projected sponsors and prospects for financial support, and
accessibility; briefly state the expected advantages to the ITS for
awarding the conference organization to you; describe accommodation
facilities, travel connections, plans for accompanying persons, the
possibility of holding short courses, evening events; last but not
least, the expected registration costs for regular participants,
students and accompanying persons.

The ITS Board plans on reviewing the proposals at the annual ITS
Board Meeting immediately prior to ICT2009
[1] and award organization of the conference at the 2009 ICT in
Freiburg, Germany
[1]. You may be invited to give a brief presentation on your
proposal to the ITS Board at the conference in Freiburg.

On behalf of the International Thermoelectric Society, I am looking
forward to your proposals.

Best regards,

Thierry Caillat
President, International Thermoelectric Society
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MS 277-207
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
USA
Phone: (818) 354-0407
thierry caillat jpl nasa gov

Please direct your responses to:

Dr. Thierry Caillat, ITS President
nasa gov>
Dr. Harald Böttner, ITS Treasurer fraunhofer de>
Prof. Michael Rowe, ITS Secretary uk

Source URL (retrieved on 2009-02-17 21:30):
http://www.its.org/cfp_to_host_2011

Links:

[1] http://ict2009.its.org

**ZTjobs
(One new postings this time. See link for past postings.)**

**Postdoc position for thermoelectric oxides processing and
characterization
**

The functional ceramics group at CRISMAT Laboratory (France) seeks
qualified applicants for a post-doc position. The research project
will be working on thermoelectric materials, which can convert heat
into electricity or vice versa. Series of oxides will be synthesized
and selected. Structural/microstructural modifications will be applied
to optimize the thermoelectric performance. The relationship between
properties and structures as well as doping levels will be examined.

Successful candidates shall have a PhD in the field of material
ceramic, solid state chemistry/physics, or related disciplines.
Applicants should also have profound knowledge in ceramics processing
and characterization, e.g. XRD, SEM, thermal analysis, transport
properties measurements. Experience with Seebeck and/or thermal
conductivity measurements will be beneficial for this project. The
project will be carried out in close collaboration with industry. Good
communication skills in English, both written and spoken, are
desirable.

The position is available now. For more information and also
applications, please contact Dr Emmanuel Guilmeau, email
emmanuel [dot] guilmeauensicaen [dot] fr emmanuel [dot] guilmeauensicaen [dot] fr>
, tel: 0033(0)231451367

**Upcoming Conferences**

**2009 MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium N: Materials and Devices for
Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion
**

+- *2009 MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium N: Materials and Devices for
Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion

*
*From: *2009-04-13* Through: *2009-04-17
*Location: *Moscone West | San Francisco Marriott - San Francisco,
CA , USA
*Contact: * Terry M. Tritt See MRS Website or attached PDF
Ph: , FAX:
*Abstract Due Date: *November 3, 2008
*Higher Fees May Apply After: *
*Website: *http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=10891&DID=201200

*Info Last Updated: *2008-10-24

Attachment
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2009SpringMRS.pdf

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**XVI General Session of the International Academy of Refrigeration
(IAR) – 2009
**

+- *XVI General Session of the International Academy of Refrigeration
(IAR) – 2009
*

*From: *2009-04-21* Through: *2009-04-21 (check event website for
times)
*Location: *St. Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and
Food Engineering - Saint Petersburg, Russia
*Contact: * Lev Bulat bulatgunipt [dot] spb [dot] ru
bulatgunipt [dot] spb [dot] ru>

Ph: 7 (812) 764-7149, FAX: 7 (812) 575-6244
*Abstract Due Date: *
*Higher Fees May Apply After: *
*Website: *
*Info Last Updated: *2009-03-17

PACRIM8 2009 Meeting

+- *PACRIM8 2009 Meeting
*
*From: *2009-05-31* Through: *2009-06-05
*Location: *Hyatt Regency, Vancouver - Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
*Contact: * Prof. Terry Tritt ttritt clemson edu
Ph: +1-864-656-5319, FAX: +1-864-656-0805
*Abstract Due Date: *November 3, 2008
*Higher Fees May Apply After: *
*Website: *http://www.ceramics.org/pacrim8.

*Info Last Updated: *2008-07-18

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894.46 KB

PACRIM8 TE Session -Tritt

96.13 KB

ICT2009 & ETS2009

+- *ICT2009 & ETS2009
*
*From: *2009-07-26* Through: *2009-07-30
*Location: * - Freiburg, Germany
*Contact: * Dr. Harald Böttner harald boettner ipm fraunhofer de
Ph: 0049/761/8857-121, FAX: 0049/761/8857-224
*Abstract Due Date: *
*Higher Fees May Apply After: *
*Website: *http://ict2009.its.org

*Info Last Updated: *2008-10-24

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