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The Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student was initiated in 1999. The award carries a cash prize and a certificate. Applications are solicited each year and an award is made if the demanding requirements are met. Click here for the most recent announcements
Summary of Goldsmid Award Winners
Year | Awardee | Advisor | Institution | Area of Study | Sponsor |
1999 | Roy Littleton | T. Tritt | Clemson U., Clemson, SC USA |
Thermoelectric power in pentatellurides | Marlow Industries |
2001 | Xiaofeng Fan | J. Bowers | U. of California, Santa Barbara, CA USA |
Nanoscale thermoelectrics | Marlow Industries |
2004 | A. Shakouri | U. of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
Nanoscale thermoelectrics | Marlow Industries | |
2005 | Ronggui Yang | G. Chen | MIT, Cambridge, MA USA |
Nanoscale simulations of electrons and phonons | ITS |
2007 | Yanzhong Pei | L. Chen | Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai, China |
Alkaline-metal-filled skutterudites | Marlow Industries/ ITS |
2007 | Joshua M. Zide | A. Gossard | U. of California, Santa Barbara, CA USA |
Thermoelectric nanocomposites | Marlow Industries/ ITS |
2008 | Matt Beekman | G. Nolas | U. of S. Florida, USA | Clathrates | Marlow Industries/ ITS |
2009 | Han Li | X. Tang | Wuhan University of Technology, China | Novel Materials | Marlow Industries/ ITS |
2010 | Andrew F. May | J. Snyder | Caltech, USA | Lanthanum Telluride | Marlow Industries/ ITS |
2011 | Wenjie Xie | T. Tritt/X. Tang | Clemson U., USA & Wuhan University of Technology, China | Bi2-xSbxTe3 |
Marlow Industries/ |
2012 | Wuhan University of Technology, China | Marlow Industries/ITS | |||
2013 | Alexandra Z. Williams | Caltech, USA | Marlow Industries/ITS | ||
2014 | Caltech, USA | ITS | |||
2015 | Zhejiang University, China | Marlow Industries/ITS | |||
2016 | Caltech, USA | Marlow Industries/ITS | |||
2017 | Aarhus University, Denmark | ITS | |||
2018 | Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China | Marlow Industries/ITS | |||
2019 |
Cheng Chang |
Beihang University, China | Marlow Industries/ITS |