Monday, January 3, 2011
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Opening Plenary Session
John Fairbanks, U.S. Department of Energy, Chair
Tom Avedisian, Cornell University, Co-Chair |
| Chairman's Overview - Vehicular Thermoelectrics: A New Green Technology |
John Fairbanks |
DOE, Washington, DC |
| Thermoelectrics: From Space Power Systems to Terrestrial Waste Heat Recovery Applications |
Jean-pierre Fluerial |
NASA-JPL, Pasadena, CA |
| Status of Segmented Element Thermoelectric Generator for Vehicle Waste Heat Recovery |
Doug Crane |
BSST,
Irwindale, CA |
| Overview of Ford-DOE Thermoelectric Programs: Waste Heat Recovery and Climate Control |
Clay Maranville |
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI |
| Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Generator Technology for Automotive Waste Heat at GM |
Gregory Meisner |
GM Global Research and Development, Warren, MI |
| Efficient and Dynamic - The BMW Group Roadmap for the Application of Thermoelectric Generators |
Andreas Eder |
BMW Group, Munich, Germany |
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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Overview of Worldwide Activities in Thermoelectrics
John Fairbanks, Department of Energy, Chair |
| Overview of Thermoelectric Power Generation Technologies in Japan |
Takenobu Kajikawa |
Shonan Institute of Technology, Fujisawa, Japan |
| Renoter Project |
Luc Aixala |
Renault Trucks Joint Company - Volvo Group, France |
| Review of Interests and Activities in Thermoelectrics |
Patrick Taylor |
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD |
| Overview of Fraunhofer IPM Activities in High Temperature Bulk Materials and Device Deployment |
Jan König |
Fraunhofer IPM, Freiburg, Germany |
Thermoelectric Applications I
Reynaldo Gonzalez, California Energy Commission, Chair |
| Benefits of Thermoelectric Technology for the Automobile |
Francis Stabler |
General Motors and Future Tech LLC, Warren, MI |
| NSF/DOE Thermoelectrics Partnership: Thermoelectrics for Automotive Waste Heat Recovery |
Xianfan Xu |
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN |
| Standardization of Transport Properties Measurements: Internal Energy Agency (IEA) Annex on Thermoelectrics |
Hsin Wang |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, IL |
Thermoelectric Materials I
Jerry Gibbs, Department of Energy, Chair |
| Electrical and Thermal Transport Optimization of High Efficient n-type Skutterudities |
Jihui Yang |
GM Research and Development Center, Warren, MI |
| Nanostructures in Skutterudities |
Ctirad Uher |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Solar Thermoelectric Energy Conversion |
Gang Chen |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
| Commercialization of Bulk Thermoelectric Materials for Power Generation Applications |
Dmitri Kossakovski |
ZT Plus, Azusa, CA |
| Integrated Design and Manufacturing of Cost-Effective & Industrial-Scalable TEG for Vehicle Applications |
Lei Zuo |
SUNY-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY |
NSF/DOE Thermoelectrics Partnership
Tom Avedisian, Cornell University, Chair |
| High Performance Zintl Phase TE Materials with Embedded Nanoparticles |
Ali Shakouri |
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA |
| Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Thermoelectrics |
Sreeram Vaddiraju |
Texas A&M, College Station, TX |
| Project SEEBECK Saving Energy Effectively By Engaging in Collaborative Research and Sharing Knowledge |
Joseph Heremans |
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
| Automotive Thermoelectric Modules with Scalable Thermo- and Electro-Mechanical Interfaces |
Kenneth Goodson |
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| An Integrated Approach Towards Efficient, Scalable, and Low Cost Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery Devices for Vehicles |
Scott Huxtable |
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA |
| High-Performance Thermoelectric Devices Based on Abundant Silicide Materials for Vehicle Waste Heat Recovery |
Li Shi |
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX |
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
Thermoelectric Materials II
Joseph Heremans, Ohio State University, Chair |
| Electronic Strategies for High Thermoelectric zT in Bulk Materials |
Jeff Snyder |
Caltech, Pasadena, CA |
| Correlation Between Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Bulk High Performance Mateials for Energy Conversion |
Quang Li |
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY |
| Large-dimension, High-ZT Thermoelectric Nanocomposites for High-Power High-efficiency Waste Heat Recovery for Electricy Generation |
Wei Lou |
Aegis Technology Inc., Santa Ana, CA |
| Recent Theoretical Results for Advanced Thermoelectric Materials |
David Singh |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN |
| Micro- and Nano-Technologies Enabling More Compact, Lightweight Thermoelectric Power Generation and Cooling Systems |
Terry Hendricks |
PNNL, Corvallis, OR |
| Proactive Design of n-Type (ln, Ce) Filled Skutterudities Enabling High-Temperature Waste Heat Recovery |
Mas Subramanian |
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR |
Thermoelectric Applications II
Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair |
| Performance, Market and Manufacturing Constraints relevant to the Industrialization of Thermoelectric Devices |
Andrew Miner |
Romny Scientific, Inc., Richmond, CA |
| Engineering Density of States of Earth Abundant Semiconductors for Enhanced Thermoelectric Power Factor |
Junqiao Wu |
University of California, Berkeley, CA |
| Development of Marine Thermoelectric Heat Recovery Systems |
Travis Wallace |
University of Maine, Orono, ME |
| ThermoElectric Power System Simulator (TEPSS) |
Robert Stevens |
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
| Thermoelectric Conversion of Waste Heat to Electricity in an IC Engine Powered Vehicle |
Harold Schock |
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
Thermoelectric Materials III
Terry Hendricks, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chair |
| The Bottom-Up Approach for Thermoelectric Nanocomposites, plus... |
George Nolas |
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| Mechanical and Elastic Property Evaluation of n-and p-type Skutterudites |
James Salvador |
GM Global Research and Development, Warren, MI |
| System Level Modeling of Thermoelectric Generators for Automotive Applications |
Peng Chen |
Corning Inc., Corning, NY |
| Glass-like Thermal Conductivity in High Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials |
Eric Toberer |
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO |
| Ferecrystals: Thermoelectric Materials Poised Between the Crystalline and Amorphous States |
David Johnson |
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR |
Thermoelectric Applications III
Lon Bell, BSST, Chair |
| The Tin Impurity in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Alloys |
Christopher Jaworski |
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
| Theoretical Study of Ag- and Au-filled Skutterudites |
Maria Stoica |
Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| Fabrication of a Quantum Well Based System for Truck HVAC |
Jack Bass |
Hi-Z Technology, Inc., San Diego, CA |
| Scaling Considerations for Thermoelectric Generators |
David Nemir |
TXL Group, Inc., El Paso, TX |
| Efficiency, Cost, and Weight Trade-Off in TE Power Generation System for Vehicle Exhaust Applications |
Kaz Yazawa |
University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA |
