ICT2005

Prof. Tritt of Clemson University welcomed 249 thermoelectricians to ICT2005 held at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina USA June 19-23, 2005. Attendees came from from 24 countries ranging from Australia (2) to Uzbekistan (1), with the largest representations from the US (140), Japan (59), Germany (9), S. Korea (7) and Russia (5). Of the attendees, 62 were students including 19 from Clemson University 'who all' acted as hosts, guides, drivers and generally contributed to the congenial atmosphere.

Aside from the technical highlights, Prof. Tritt's musical performance was particularly notable as he demonstrated musical skill to rival his science.

The book of abstracts lists 117 oral and 88 poster presentations, for a total of 205 papers (a few of which were not presented for various reasons). Obviously only a few can be mentioned in the Highlights below.

One International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) Board Director position will be open for election at the 24th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, to be held in Clemson, SC, USA June19-23, 2005. The nomintion period is now closed. Clck here to see the call for nominees and link to the current ITS Board members.

There nominees have been contacted and agreed to serve on the ITS Board if elected. Attendees at ICT2005 will have an opportunity to elect one of these three candidates to the ITS Board:

Dr. Thierry Caillat, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA USA,
Dr. Mikhail Fedorov, Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia or
Dr. Jihui Yang , General Motors R&D Lab, Warren, MI USA.

Click on each name for a short biography of the candidate.

ICT2005 will be held Sunday June 19 through Thursday June 23, 2005 in Clemson, South Carolina USA. Please see the links at left for further details.

Attendees should please read the "Letter to Attendees".

The ICT2005 schedule is available in PDF format at http://www.its.org/ict2005/ICT05-Session_Schedules.pdf. The file size is about 208 KB. (Last updated May 24, 2005).

ICT2005 will be held at:

Conference Center and Inn
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
USA 29634
http://www.cuconferencecenter.com
1-888-654-9020

We suggest you make room reservations early if you wish to stay in the conference hotel. Reservations can be made by phone or the hotel website above. Rooms are $109 and suites are $129. There are only 85 rooms. The conference will run Sunday through late Thursday. We are planning a conference trip to the Biltmore House in Asheville on Friday. A golf tourney is planned for early Sunday Morning on the 19th. An ITS Board meeting (Board members only) will be on Sunday at 3 pm.

There are plenty of other hotels in the Clemson area (see below).

The Conference will run a bus service between area hotels and the conference center.  These buses will run continually during the conference hours.

Comfort Inn
305 Tiger Blvd
Clemson, SC 29631
http://www.comfortinn.com
Phone:  +1 864-653-3600
Fax:    +1 864-654-3123

Hampton Inn
851 Tiger Blvd.
Clemson, SC 29631
http://www.hamptoninn.com
Phone: +1  864-653-7744
1-800-hampton (426-7866)

Ramada Inn
US 76/ US 123
Clemson, SC 29631
http://www.ramadaclemson.com
Phone:  +1 864-654-7501
1-800-228-2828