ZTspam: JPL Postdoc, DoE Workshop & The Moon

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CONTENTS
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NEWS:
      +-  Bush: The Moon and Mars on a budget

JOBS:
+- CalTech/JPL Thermoelectric Postdoc

UPCOMING EVENTS :
       details below for new and updated info only
       For previously published details: http://www.zts.com/

      +-  2004 Space Technology and Applications International Forum
            (STAIF-2004), February 8-12, 2004
            Albuquerque NM USA
            Contact Information:  505-277-0446,  isnps@unm.edu
            http://www.unm.edu/~isnps

+- 2004 USDoE High Efficiency Thermoelectrics Workshop
Loews Coronado Bay Resort (San Diego area)
February 17-20, 2004
            San Diego area CA, USA
            John Fairbanks, +1 (202) 586-8066, john.fairbanks@ee.doe.gov
Register: http://www.orau.gov/thermoelectrics2004/

      +-  USDoE High Efficiency Thermoelectrics Workshop
            Loews Coronado Bay Resort (San Diego area)
            February 17-20, 2004
            Loews Coronado Bay Resort
            http://www.orau.gov/thermoelectrics2004/

        +- 20th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division
            European Physical Society
            Prague, Czech Republic, July 19-23, 2004
            Details TBD:
            contact: HyettPA@Cardiff.ac.uk

      +-  The 23rd International Conference on Thermoelectrics
            ICT2004
            Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, July 25-29, 2004
            Details: http://www.its.org/ict2004/
            Contact:  ict2004@its.org

      +-  8th European Workshop on Thermoelectrics
           Kracow, Poland, September 16-17 2004
           Details:  http://galaxy.uci.agh.edu.pl/~ets2004/
           Contact:  ets2004@uci.agh.edu.pl

      +-  The 24th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
           ICT2005
           May or June, 2005 (precise dates TBD)
           Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
           Terry Tritt, +1 864-656-5319, ttritt@CLEMSON.EDU
           http://www.its.org/ict2005/

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NEWS :
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      +-  Bush: The Moon and Mars on a budget

Various wire services are reporting that US President G. W. Bush today called on Americans to go "forward into the Universe" by returning to the Moon as early as 2015, and from there onto Mars. Bush also called for the US to withdraw from the International Space Station by 2010 and retire the space shuttle fleet.

US$11 billion of existing funding and an additional US$1B of new funding will be directed to the new initiative over the next 5 years. According to the US President "only human beings are capable of adapting to the inevitable uncertainties posed by space flight."

One wonders if there will still be room in the budget for the much less expensive (but apparently less 'adaptable') robotic missions, such as the rover 'Spirit' successfully deployed on Mars earlier this month.

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JOBS :
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+- CalTech/JPL Thermoelectric Postdoc

This in from Jeff Snyder at JPL:

Please post or distribute to interested students

Postdoctoral Position Available
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Solid State Synthesis of Thermoelectric Materials

Thermoelectric Materials
A one-year post-doctoral position at the California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Lab is open immediately in the area of synthesis of thermoelectric materials. Under the auspices of NASA/JPL, materials that have demonstrated the combined properties (above 1000°C) of high Seebeck coefficient, high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity will be synthesized and developed for use on NASA spacecraft. The materials of interest are refractory, conducting chalcogenides, antimonides, arsenides and clathrates. The successful applicant will have experience in synthesis of air sensitive materials at high temperatures and several characterization methodologies including X-ray diffraction,  electron microscopy (SEM and microprobe), thermal analysis (TGA, DSC and DTA), and electrical and thermal transport measurements. Depending on progress and the funding situation, the position may be extended for a second year. 

Applicants should send
-CV
-three letters of recommendation
-two relevant publications

to:
Dr. G. Jeffrey Snyder
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of Technology
Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Mail Stop 277-207
Pasadena, CA  91109-8099
(818) 354-0988, 
jsnyder@jpl.nasa.gov
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jsnyder/thermoelectrics/

Fluent English is a requirement. For reasons of access to JPL, U.S. citizens or permanent residents are encouraged to apply. Salary will be ~ $38k/yr, depending on level of experience. Full benefits are included.  Applications will be accepted through February 28, 2004, or until the position is filled.

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UPCOMING EVENTS :
       details below for new and updated info only
       For previously published details: http://www.zts.com/
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+- 2004 USDoE High Efficiency Thermoelectrics Workshop
Loews Coronado Bay Resort (San Diego area)
February 17-20, 2004
            San Diego area CA, USA
            John Fairbanks, +1 (202) 586-8066, john.fairbanks@ee.doe.gov
Register: http://www.orau.gov/thermoelectrics2004/

This in from John Fairbanks at DoE:

Attached, please find a copy of the current version of the DRAFT Agenda for
the High Efficiency Thermoelectrics Workshop.

Please remember to book your  hotel rooms by January 17 in order to receive
the discounted rates for this event. For more information, please check the
website listed below and click on the "Lodging" button. Please also
register for the Workshop by selecting the "Registration" button.

http://www.orau.gov/thermoelectrics2004/

In case of any questions or problems, please call me (John Fairbanks) at 202-586-8066.

John Fairbanks
Chair, High Efficiency Thermoelectrics Workshop
U.S. Department of Energy
FCVT EE-2G
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
phone: (202) 586-8066
fax: (202) 586-1600
john.fairbanks@ee.doe.gov

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