Nearly 400 abstracts from 38 different countries have been submitted to ICT/ECT2009.  Time to register and finalize travel plans. Regular updates on http://www.ict2009.its.org/deadlines .

 

 

From the announcement (Full announcement - http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC.html [1]):  

 

Synopses of the two centers related to thermoelectrics follow:

 

Objective: To discover and develop materials that control the interactions between light,
electricity, and heat at the nanoscale for improved solar energy conversion, solid-state lighting,
and conversion of heat into electricity.

 

The research in this EFRC is comprised of fundamental studies involving synthesis and
characterization of a variety of materials: organic, inorganic, nanostructured and bio-inspired
materials for solar energy conversion; nanostructured thermoelectric materials for heat transport;
and gallium-nitride-based materials for solid-state lighting. This EFRC includes planned
collaboration with scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, the University of California Santa Cruz, and the University of Michigan.

 

 

Objective: To create novel, solid-state materials for the conversion of sunlight and heat into
electricity.

 

This EFRC aims to advance our fundamental scientific understanding of thermoelectric and
thermo-photovoltaic materials and to develop novel materials and devices to harvest energy from
the sun and terrestrial heat sources. The multidisciplinary effort integrates theory and experiment
to study the fundamentals of photon, phonon and charge carrier interactions in thermoelectric
materials and will also utilize photonic crystals and metamaterials to convert the solar energy
spectrum, in an attempt to provide an ideal match to the bandgap of photovoltaic materials. This
EFRC includes planned collaborations with scientists at Boston College and Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, and will encompass novel materials synthesis, phonon and electron spectroscopies,
multi-scale modeling and simulation, and will utilize scanning transmission electron microscopy
imaging facilities, neutron spectrometers at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor and the Spallation
Neutron Source of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy
at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Links:
[1] http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC.html
[2] http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC_Award_List.pdf
[3] http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Fact-Sheet-A-Historic-Commitm...
[4] http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC_Synopses.pdf
[5] http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC_fact_sheet.pdf
[6] http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC_FOA.html
[7] http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/EFRC_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Reminder:

 

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

 

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:

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

 

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 1^st 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

 

Please direct your responses to:

Dr. Thierry Caillat, ITS President <thierry caillat jpl nasa gov>

Dr. Harald Böttner, ITS Treasurer <Harald Boettner ipm fraunhofer de>

Prof.  Michael Rowe, ITS Secretary <rowedm1 Cardiff ac uk

 

 

Dear Family and Friends:   Bill Whitmore lost his battle with congestive heart failure and lung cancer on Saturday, February 28th at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania. He will be remembered for his integrity, exceptaional intellect and unique sense of humor, along with his significant contributions to the NASA space program during his career at General Electric.   He will be deeply missed by his three children:  Linda, David and Carol, his four grandchildren:  Tommy, Mikey, Mia and Ethan, his sister Barbara, and his two nieces Bobbie and Leslie. In lieu of flowers we respectfully request that donations be made to:   The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center The Children's Art Project P.O. Box 4486 Houston, TX  77210-4486   Sincerely, Linda, David and Carol

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