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Call for Candidates to the 2010 Annual Goldsmid Award
The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) announces the 2010 Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student.
The award is sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc. and carries a cash prize of one thousand dollars ($1000) and a Descriptive Certificate that will be presented at the Banquet of the 29th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT 2010), in Shanghai, China..
In addition, the 2010 Award will include a US$1000 contribution to the awardee to cover travel and fees for attending ICT 2010, May– 30 – June 3, 2010 inShanghai, China.
Call for Candidates to the 2008 Annual Goldsmid Award
The International Thermoelectric Society announces the 2008 Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student.
The award is sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc. and carries a cash prize of one thousand dollars ($1000) and a Descriptive Certificate that will be presented at the Banquet of the 27th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2008) in Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
In addition, the 2008 Award will include a US$1000 contribution to the awardee to cover travel and fees for attending ICT2008 August 3-7, 2007 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
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 International Thermoelectric Society announces the 2007 Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student.
The award is sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc. and carries a cash prize of one thousand dollars ($1000) and a Descriptive Certificate and will be presented at the Banquet of the 26th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2007) on Jeju Island, South Korea.
The International Thermoelectric Society announces the Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student.
The award is sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc. and carries a cash prize of one thousand dollars ($1000) and a Descriptive Certificate and will be presented at the Banquet of the 23rd International Conference on Thermoelectrics in Adelaide, Australia.
In addition, the 2004 award will include up to US$1000 for travel and fees related to attending ICT2004 July 25-29 2004 in Adelaide, Australia.
Eligibility:
Ph.D candidate graduate students holding a Master Degree or its equivalent who is actively engage in theoretical, experimental, synthesis or device research in the field of thermoelectrics.
Daryoosh Vashaee of the University of California at Santa Cruz beat out an exceptionally strong field of eight candidates to win the 2004 Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student. The Goldsmid Award, presented at the ICT2004 banquet to Vashaee's advisor Dr. Ali Shakouri due to visa issues, seeks to identify an exceptional Ph.D. candidate graduate student who has made unusually notable contributions to thermoelectrics. The 2004 award was sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc. 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.
To acknowledge the 50th anniversary of the publication of Goldsmid and Douglas's seminal paper 1953 paper introducing bismuth telluride as a useful thermoelectric material, the organizers of ICT2004 arranged a tribute to Dr. H. Julian Goldsmid by means of the cover of the book of abstracts (click here for 1 page pdf of Tribute), the ICT2004 website (http://www.its.org/ict2004) and the conference Banquet.
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The abstract still stands today as a succinct summary of key principles for selection of thermoelectric materials, and the paper itself reads well even after 50 years:
The International Thermoelectric Society announces the 2005 Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student.
The award is sponsored by Marlow Industries, Inc. and carries a cash prize of one thousand dollars ($1000) and a Descriptive Certificate and will be presented at the Banquet of the 24th International Conference on Thermoelectrics in Clemson, SC, USA.
In addition, the 2005 Award will include up to US$1000 for travel and fees related to attending ICT2005 June 19-23, 2005 in Clemson, SC USA.
Eligibility:
Ph.D candidate graduate students holding a Master Degree or its equivalent who is actively engage in theoretical, experimental, synthesis or device research in the field of thermoelectrics.
