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- ZTnews for 20070622 (That's June 22, 2007)
+ Cronin B. Vining, Listmaster
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CONTENTS
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NEWS:
+- ITS and Climate Change
http://www.its.org/node/5164

+- Amerigon Sells 3M units, Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell
http://www.zts.com/node/5154

+- ECT2007 Update
http://ect2007.thermion-company.com/node/46

+- Pei, Zide win 2007 Goldsmid Award
http://www.its.org/node/5160

+- 2007 ITS Board Election Results: Caillat ITS President-Elect
http://www.its.org/node/5145

+- Freiburg Selected to Host ICT2009
http://www.its.org/ict2009

+- Report on ICT2007 (in abstentia)
http://www.its.org/node/5163

UPCOMING EVENTS UPDATES: (+-+- = New Info., Full list below.)

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NEWS:
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+- ITS and Climate Change
http://www.its.org/node/5164

Among the agenda items facing the ITS Board at their annual meeting held
June 3, 2007 prior to ICT2007 was the following proposal:

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Proposal to Amend ITS Constitution to reflect Global Climate Change

WHEREAS Global Climate Change has emerged as the key challenge of the
modern age the Goals of the International Thermoelectric Society (ITS)
are hereby modified to include as the first goal:

"TO PROMOTE an understanding of the role thermoelectric technology may
play in environmental impact and mitigating global climate change."

Upon approval by the ITS Board, said goal is to be inserted in the ITS
immediately following the "Goals" section heading.
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I am pleased to report the proposal was approved unanimously and the ITS
Constitution [1] has been so modified.

Links:
[1] http://www.its.org/itscst99

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+- Amerigon Sells 3M units, Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell
http://www.zts.com/node/5154

Daniel Coker, President of Amerigon, presided over the closing bell
ceremony for the NASDAQ stock exchange yesterday, June 21, 2007.

Photos from the closing ceremony are available here:

http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/200706/market_close_062107.stm [1]

Amerigon, http://www.amerigon.com [2], produces thermoelectric products
including their Climate Control SeatTM and is a sponsor of ZTnews &
ZTlinks [3]. President Coker reports that Amerigon has shipped 3
million of these units since introducing them in late 1999 and shipped
720,000 units last year.

Amerigon (NASDAQ:ARGN [4]) is the only 'pure play' in thermoelectric
technology traded on the open stock exchanges. The Amerigon stock price
has nearly doubled (from 8.68 to 16.23) in the past year.

Links:
[1] http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/200706/market_close_062107.stm
[2] http://www.amerigon.com
[3] http://www.zts.com
[4]
http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?symbol=ARGN%60&selected=ARGN%60

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+- ECT2007 Update
V. Semenyuk, ECT2007 Chairman
http://ect2007.thermion-company.com/node/46

Dear Participants,

As I observe from ECT2007 mailing, the International money transfer
is often complicated for the participants from different countries.
For those who have difficulties with bank transfer, we give the Attached
file (http://ect2007.thermion-company.com/system/files/ect2007-bank.doc)
with detailed bank requisitions. Please consult with your bank what
details they need.

The current status of the registration and payment process has been
posted online:
http://ect2007.thermion-company.com/status
Please check your status.

I would want to inform you that Odessa is a resort city, so participants
are advised to make early hotel reservation. For some details, see:
http://ect2007.thermion-company.com/accomodation

Kind regards,

V. Semenyuk
ECT2007 Chairman
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Dr. V. Semenyuk
Conference Chairman
Phone/Fax: +380 (482) 63 8324
Phone/Fax: +380 (48) 760 1834
E-mail: ect2007 [at] ets-thermion [dot] org
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+- Pei, Zide win 2007 Goldsmid Award
http://www.its.org/node/5160

Two graduate students, Mr. Yanzhong Pei of the Shanghai Institute of
Ceramics (China) and Mr. Joshua Zide of UC Santa Barbara (US), met
demanding standard to win the 2007 Goldsmid Award for Excellence in
Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student. The Goldsmid Award,
announced at the ICT2007 banquet, seeks to identify exceptional Ph.D.
candidate graduate students who have made unusually notable
contributions to thermoelectrics.

The 2007 award was sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc [1]. and the ITS
[2] and carries a cash award of US$1000 as well as an additional US$1000
to be used for travel and fees related to attending the ICT.

Profiles of the winners:

* Yanzhong Pei
o For his work in novel alkaline-metal-filled skutterudites
o Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shanghai, China
o Thesis Advisor: Prof. Lidong Chen, Shanghai Institute of
Ceramics
o Selected publication:
+ Y. Z. Pei, L. D. Chen, W. Zhang, X. Shi, S. Q. Bai, X.
Y. Zhao, Z. G. Mei, and X. Y. Li, "Synthesis and
thermoelectric properties of
K[sub y]Co[sub 4]Sb[sub12]," Applied Physics Letters,
vol. 89, pp. 221107-3, 2006. [3]
o Plans for the immediate future:
+ Investigating the different electrical and thermal
transport properties for these new type skutterudite
compounds, searching for new thermoelectric compounds.

* Joshua M. Zide
o For his work on nanoscale engineering of novel semiconductor
and composite electronic materials and electronic devices
o UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
o Thesis Advisor: Art Gossard, UC Santa Barbara
o Selected publications:
+ J. M. Zide, D. O. Klenov, S. Stemmer, A. C. Gossard,
G. Zeng, J. E. Bowers, D. Vashaee, and A. Shakouri,
"Thermoelectric power factor in semiconductors with
buried epitaxial semimetallic nanoparticles," Applied
Physics Letters, vol. 87, pp. 112102-3, 2005. [4]
+ J. M. O. Zide, A. Kleiman-Shwarsctein, N. C.
Strandwitz, J. D. Zimmerman, T. Steenblock-Smith, A.
C. Gossard, A. Forman, A. Ivanovskaya, and G. D.
Stucky, "Increased efficiency in multijunction solar
cells through the incorporation of semimetallic ErAs
nanoparticles into the tunnel junction," Applied
Physics Letters, vol. 88, pp. 162103-3, 2006. [5]
+ W. Kim, J. Zide, A. Gossard, D. Klenov, S. Stemmer,
A. Shakouri, and A. Majumdar, "Thermal Conductivity
Reduction and Thermoelectric Figure of Merit Increase
by Embedding Nanoparticles in Crystalline
Semiconductors," Physical Review Letters, vol. 96, pp.
045901-4, 2006. [6]
o Plans for the immediate future:
+ Assistant Professor, EE Department, University of
Delaware, continued involvement in TE research

Links:
[1] http://www.marlow.com
[2] http://www.its.org
[3] http://www.its.org/node/5155
[4] http://www.its.org/node/5157
[5] http://www.its.org/node/5158
[6] http://www.its.org/node/5159

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+- 2007 ITS Board Election Results: Caillat ITS President-Elect
http://www.its.org/node/5145

Dr. Thierry Caillat of NASA/CalTech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in
Pasadena, California has been elected Vice President and President Elect
of the International Thermoelectric Society at the recent ICT2007 Board
Meeting held June 3-7, 2007 in Jeju Island, Korea. Dr. Caillat will be
the fourth person from JPL to serve as ITS President. As provided by
the ITS Constitution [1], Dr. Caillat immediately assumes the role of
ITS Vice President through the end of 2008 and begins a three year term
as ITS president January 1, 2009. Until then, Dr. Ctirad Uher continues
to serve as ITS President.

In other election results from ICT2007:

* Harald Boettner was re-elected as Treasurer for another three-year
term.
* Harald Boettner has also been selected to serve as Chair for
ICT2009, to be held in Freiburg, Germany.
* Dr. Peter Rogl of the University of Vienna (Austria) and Ryoji
Funahashi of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
& Technology (Osaka, Japan) were re-elected to the ITS Board
* Dr. Jeff Snyder of CalTech (Pasadena, USA) was elected as a new
ITS Board Member.

Congratulations to each of the winners of this year's elections.

Terms have expired for Dr. George Nolas (University of South Florida,
USA) and Dr. Ozdimer Gol (University of South Australia). Heartfelt
thanks to the service of these two men to the ITS.

A full list and contact information for the ITS Board members is
available here:

http://www.its.org/contactboard [2]

Links:
[1] http://www.its.org/itscst99
[2] http://www.its.org/contactboard

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+- Freiburg Selected to Host ICT2009
http://www.its.org/ict2009

A proposal from Freiburg, Germany to host the annual International
Conference on Thermoelectrics there in 2009 has been has been approved
by the ITS Board. Dr. Harald Böttner will be conference chairman:

Dr. Harald Böttner
Fraunhofer IPM
Heidenhofstr. 8
Freiburg 79110
Germany

Click here to contact Dr. Böttner [1]
Phone: +49/761/8857-121
FAX: +49/761/8857224

Further details will be announced here as they become available.

Links:
[1] http://www.its.org/user/1279/contact

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+- Report on ICT2007 (in abstentia)
http://www.its.org/node/5163

While I was unable to attend ICT2007 I have had news from several who
did. Here I shall attempt to summarize a few highlights. As usual, all
errors are my own.

243 scientists, engineers and business leaders from around the world
attended ICT2007 on Jeju Island, Korea June 3-7, 2007. By all accounts
the conference was a great success. The program (authors and titles) is
available online at:

http://www.ict2007.net/english/main.php?p=information&sp=p_schedule [1]

The program of about 221 papers, including 113 oral and 108 posters,
were presented in the 3½ day schedule and was supplemented by a
reception, tour and banquet. Reflecting popular trends in research,
the topics of nanotechnology, tellurides and oxides each had three
sessions devoted to them while only one session was specifically devoted
to cooling. Cooling remains the basis of almost all thermoelectric
industry today, but research presumably focuses on where we are going
(or wish to go), rather than where we are.

Ministers from Japan and Korea presented the following papers
discussing their respective nation's renewable energy policies:

T. Kashiwagi ( Tokyo University / Japan )
"Energy policy & new national energy strategy in Japan" (Invited)

J. k. Kim ( Minsrty of Commerece, Industry and Energy / Korea )
New and renewable energy in korea (Invited)

Both presentations reinforce the idea that we must recuperate waste heat
and that thermoelectrics appears to be the only technology suitable for
recuperating decentralized waste heat.

Goldsmid elaborates on the idea that ionized-impuriy may improve ZT.
The idea, which Goldsmid points out dates back to Ioffe, caught the
attention of several in attendance.

H. J. Goldsmid
"Improvement of the thermoelectric properties of a semimetal or
narrow-gap semiconductor by means of ionized-impurity scattering"

Of the papers on oxides, the paper

K. H. Lee, A. Ishizaki, H. Ohta, K. Koumoto
Thermoelectric properties of Nb-doped SrO(SrTiO3) 1 epitaxial films

seemed to indicate particularly promising thermoelectric properties.
This is interesting because it is not based on cobalt, as are most of
the oxide studies presented, and yet still has promising ZT values.

There was a report that Komatsu (Japan) is supporting work at the Ioffe
institute in St. Petersburg, Russia to develop
magnesium-silicide/manganese-silicide based modules for power
generation. The 2004 Best Applications [2]paper, presented by authors
from Komatsu, was on this topic.

Acknowledgments: For the preparation of this report and other news from
ICT2007 I would like to particularly thank J. Stockholm, D.M. Rowe, J.
Yang, C. Uher, J. Snyder, and of course H.W. Lee who chaired ICT2007.

Links:
[1] http://www.ict2007.net/english/main.php?p=information&sp=p_schedule
[2] http://www.its.org/node/4638

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UPCOMING EVENTS ( +-+- = New or Updated Information):
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+- Space Nuclear Conference 2007 (SNC '07)
2007-06-24 Through: 2007-06-28 (check event website for times)
- Boston, MA, USA
Contact: Lynne Schreiber, Conference Administrator
space [at] ans [dot] org
Ph:+1 352-392-9722, FAX+1 352-392-8656
Abstract Due Date: December 1, 2006
Higher Fees May Apply After:
http://www.ans.org/goto/space07
Info Last Updated: 2006-09-02

+- 5th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
and Exhibit (IECEC)
2007-06-25 Through: 2007-06-29
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark - St. Louis, MO, USA
Contact: Henry W. Brandhorst, Jr., Chair brandhh [at] auburn [dot] edu
Ph:+1 334/844-5894, FAX+1 334/844-5900
Abstract Due Date: January 8, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After:
http://www.aiaa.org/events/iecec
Info Last Updated: 2006-10-30

+- XIIth International Forum on Thermoelectricity
From: 2007-07-15 Through: 2007-07-20
Location: Institute of Thermoelectricity - Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Contact: Zibachynska Tetyana forum [at] inst [dot] cv [dot] ua
Ph:+(380 3722) 58 56 48, 4 19 17,
FAX(380 03722) 4 19 17; 7 68 30
Abstract Due Date: June 15, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: June 15, 2007
Website: http://ite.cv.ukrtel.net/forum/
Info Last Updated: 2006-11-17

+- ECT2007 - 5th European Conference on Thermoelectrics
From: 2007-09-09 Through: 2007-09-12
Location: - Odessa, Ukraine
Contact: Vladimir Semenyuk ect2007 [at] ets-thermion [dot] org
Ph:+380 (482) 63-8324, FAX+380 (48) 760-1834
Abstract Due Date: May 1, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: June 15, 2007
Website: http://ect2007.thermion-company.com
Info Last Updated: 2006-12-20

+- MS&T'07: Nano-Processing
From: 2007-09-16 Through: 2007-09-20
Location: COBE Center - Detroit, Michigan, USA
Contact: Biprodas Dutta biprod [at] vsl [dot] cua [dot] edu
Ph:+1 614-794-5868, FAX
Abstract Due Date: March 15, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After:
Website: http://www.matscitech.org/2007/
Info Last Updated: 2007-02-03

+- PacRim7
From: 2007-11-11 Through: 2007-11-14
Location: Shanghai International Convention Center
- Shanghai, CHINA
Contact: Wenqing Zhang wqzhang [at] mail [dot] sic [dot] ac [dot] cn
Ph:+86-21-5241-2416, FAX+86-21-5241-3122
Abstract Due Date: May 1, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: September 30, 2007
Website: http://www.sic.ac.cn/meeting/pacrim7/
Info Last Updated: 2007-01-10

+- Fall 2007 MRS Symposium U: Thermoelectric Power Generation
From: 2007-11-26 Through: 2007-11-30
Location: Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel
Boston, MA, USA
Contact: Timothy Hogan hogant [at] egr [dot] msu [dot] edu
Ph: +1 (517) 432-3176, FAX:
Abstract Due Date: June 20, 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: TBD
Website: http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=8005&DID=192319
Info Last Updated: 2007-05-02

+- Advanced Processing for Novel Functional Materials - APNFM 2008
From: 2008-01-23 Through: 2008-01-25
Location: International Congress Center - Dresden, Germany
Contact: Dr. Jürgen Schmidt info [at] apnfm [dot] de
Ph: +49 (0) 351 2537 324, FAX: +49 (0) 351 2554 462
Abstract Due Date: 31 July 2007
Higher Fees May Apply After: 1 December 2007
Website: http://www.apnfm.de/
Info Last Updated: 2007-05-22

+- ICT2008, Corvalis, Oregon USA
From: 2008-08-03 Through: 2008-08-07
Location: LaSells Stewart Conference - Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Contact: David Johnson davej [at] uoregon [dot] edu
Ph:+1 541-346-4612, FAX
Website: http://www.its.org
Info Last Updated: 2006-12-20

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That's all for today. Let me know if I forgot anything!

- Cronin

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