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HEATER School in Thermoelectrics Training and Research

Over two interactive days, the School will delve into this year's topic, How To Make An Efficient Thermoelectric – Latest Developments in Fabrication and Growth.
Oct. 4, 2013 to Oct. 5, 2013 (past)
10:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Various speakers speaker details

Please join us on October 4-5, 2013 at the University of Toronto, for the first HEATER School in Thermoelectrics Training and Research . Over two interactive days, the School will delve into this year's topic, How To Make An Efficient Thermoelectric – Latest Developments in Fabrication and Growth. This year's program features expert speakers from around North America:

  • Terry M. Tritt (Clemson University): Thermoelectric Phenomena, Early Materials Criteria and Several Current and Potential Applications and Thermoelectric Measurements
  • Jeff Snyder (Caltech) Phonon Engineering of Thermal Conductivity in Complex Materials and Optimizing Electronic Performance in Thermoelectric Materials
  • Holger Kleinke (University of Waterloo) Thermoelectric Properties of Antimonides, Tellurides, and Antimonide-Tellurides
  • Yurij Mozharivskyj (McMaster University) Single Crystal Growth of Thermoelectric Materials; Rare-Earth Antimonide and Bismuthide Suboxides

… along with a unique workshop on professional skills open to all interested students.

Registration is free and open to all, and meals will be provided throughout the day. Visit our site at http://burchgroup.physics.utoronto.ca/heater-school/ for more information. If you have any questions or would like to register, email Erin Macnab at heater@physics.utoronto.ca