U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Office

3rd Thermoelectrics Applications Workshop 2012

March 19-22, 2012
Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards
Baltimore, MD

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Opening Plenary Session
John Fairbanks, U.S. Department of Energy, Chair
Tom Avedisian, Cornell University, Co-Chair
Chairman's Overview John Fairbanks Office of Vehicle Technologies, US Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Overview of Progress in R&D for Thermoelectric Power Generation TechnologyTechnologies in Japan Takenobu Kajikawa Shonan Institute of Technology, Fujisawa, Japan
Innovative Nano-structuring Routes for Novel Thermoelectric Materials; Phonon Blocking & DOS Engineering Sangmock Lee Samsung, Yong-In, Korea
RENOTER Project Aixala Luc Renault Trucks-Volvo Group, Paris, France
Thermoelectric Activities of European Community within Framework Programme 7 and Additional Activities in Germany Harald Bottner Fraunhofer IPM, Freiburgh, Germany
Thermoelectric Applications I
Patrick Taylor, Army Research Laboratory, Chair
Thermoelectric Generator Performance for Passenger Vehicles Doug Crane Amerigon, Irwnidale, CA
Development of a Thermoelectric Device for an Automotive Zonal HVAC System Todd Barnhart Amerigon, Northville, MI
The Industrialization of Thermoelectric Power Generation Technology Andrew Miner Romny Scientific, San Bruno, CA
Integrated Design and Manufacturing of Thermoelectric Generator Using Thermal Spray Lei Zuo
Quang Li 		Stony Brook University
Brookhaven Lab
Thermoelectric Applications II
Gurpreet Singh, Department of Energy
DOE-BES Materials Sciences and Engineering Physical Behavior Program Activities in Thermoelectrics Refik Kortan Office of Basic Energy Sciences, DOE, Germantown, MD
Progress from DOE EFRC: Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) Gang Chen Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, MA
Nanostructured Thermoelectrics. The New Paradigm Mercouri Kanatzidis Northwestern University, Evanston,IL
Thermoelectric "Fabrics" Based on Carbon Nanotube Composites Corey Hewitt, David Carroll Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
ThermoelectricTechnologies
Sumanta Acharya, National Science Foundation, Chair
Purdue/GM Partnership on Thermoelectrics for Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Xianfan Xu Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
High Performance Zintl Phase TE Materials with Embedded Particles Ali Shakouri Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Organic Molecule Functionalized Inorganic ZN3P2 Nanowire Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Thermoelectrics Sreeram Vaddiraju Texas A&M, College Station, TX
Novel Nanostructured Interface Solutions for Automotive Thermoelectric Modules Application Mehdi Asheghi, 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
The Effective Thermoelectric Properties of Composite Materials Jiangyu Li University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Thermoelectric Applications II
Jean-Pierre Fleurial, NASA-JPL, Chair
Micro- and Nano-Technologies Enabling More Compact, Lightweight Thermoelectric Power Generation and Cooling Systems Terry Hendricks Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Corvallis, OR
Composite Thermoelectric Devices Minking K. Chyu University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Automotive Li-ion Battery Cooling Requirements Brian Cunningham US Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Advanced Thin Film Thermoelectric Systems for Efficient Air-Conditioners U. Ghoshal Sheetak Inc., Austin TX
Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) Fuel Displacement Potential using Engine-in-the-Loop and Simulation Ram Vijayagopal Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
Recent Device Developments with Advanced Bulk Thermoelectric Materials Rama Venkatasubramanian RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
Thermoelectric Applications III
Tom Avedisian, Cornell University, Chair
High Reliability, High Temperature Thermoelectric Power Generation Materials and Technologies Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Thierry Caillat Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Thermoelectric Opportunities for Light-Duty Vehicles Clay Maranville Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,MI
High Heat Flux Thermoelectric Module Using Standard Bulk Material Doug Crane & Dmitri Kossakovski Amerigon Inc., Irwindale, CA
State of the Art Prototype Vehicle with a Thermoelectric Generator Boris Mazar BMW, Munich, Germany
Skutterudite Thermoelectric Generator For Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Gregory Meisner GM Global R&D, Warren, MI
Thermoelectric Materials III
Terry Hendricks, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chair
Thermoelectric Couple Demonstration of (In, Ce)-based Skutterudite Materials for Automotive Energy Recovery Terry Hendricks PNNL, Corvallis, OR. Mas Subramanian, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR.
Trends in Thermoelectric Properties with Nanostructure: Ferecrystals with Designed Nanoarchitecture David C. Johnson University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
A New Class of High ZT Doped Bulk Nanothermoelectrics through Bottom-Up Synthesis Ganpati Ramanath Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
On Thermoelectric Properties of P-Type Skutterudites Jihui Yang University of Washington, Seattle, WA
High-Performance Thermoelectric Devices Based on Abundant Silicide Materials for Vehicle Waste Heat Recovery Li Shi University of Texas, Austin, TX
Thermoelectric Applications IV
John Fairbanks, Department of Energy, Chair
Thermoelectric Interests and Research: ARL and TARDEC Patrikck Taylor
Chris Spengler		 Army Research Lab, Adelphi, MD
TARDEC, Warren, MI
Thermoelectric Materials for Automotive Applications David Parker Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Materials Strategies for Improving the Overall Device ZT Jeff Snyder California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Investigations of Interfacial Structure in Thermoelectric Tellurides Douglas L. Medlin Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
International Round-Robin on Transport Properties of Bismuth Telluride Hsin Wang Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thermoelectric Applications V
Jihui Yang, University of Washington, Chair
Thermal Strategies for High Efficiency Thermoelectric Power Generation Ajay K. Agrawal University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Exploration of Melt Spinning as a Route to Large Volume Production of Skutterudite Thermoelectric Materials James Salvador GM Global R&D, Warren, MI
Quantum Well Thermoelectric Truck Air Conditioning Jack Bass Hi-Z Technology, Inc., San Diego CA
Nanostructured High Temperature Bulk Thermoelectric Energy Conversion for Efficient Waste Heat Recovery Chris Caylor GMZ Energy, Waltham, MA
Development of Marine Thermoelectric Heat Recovery Systems Travis Wallace Thermoelectric Power Systems, Orono, ME
Thermoelectric Applications VI
Mark Spector, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA
Enhancing the Figure-of-Merit in Half-Hesulers for Vehicle Waste Recovery Zhifeng Ren Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Analytical Modeling and Simulation of Thermomechanical Devices Jordan Chase NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Thermoelectric Bulk Materials from the Explosive Consolidation of Nanopowders David Nemir TXL Group, El Paso, TX
Automotive Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) Controls Francis Stabler GM Consultant, Troy, MI
Fuel-Induced System Responses: The Role Unconventional Fuels May Play in Altering Exhaust Conditions from Conventional and Low Temperature Modes of Combustion Timothy Jacobs Texas A&M, College,Station, TX