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  1. Olalekan Sunday Adewuyi

    I am currently a PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering at the Howard University. My area of research is in nanoscale thermal transport

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  2. 2010 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up

    Workshops | 18 Jan 2011

    Electronics from the Bottom Up seeks to bring a new perspective to electronic devices – one that is designed to help realize the opportunities that nanotechnology presents.

  3. Limits of Thermal Processes and their Implications on Efficient Energy Utilization

    Online Presentations | 27 Oct 2010 | Contributor(s):: Arunava Majumdar

    About 90 percent of the world’s energy use involves thermal processes – thermal engines to generate mechanical power; heating and cooling in buildings; heating involved in manufacturing of steel, cement, glass, petrochemicals etc. To identify opportunities for improving current...

  4. Transformative Power Semiconductor Technologies to Impact 21st Century Energy Economy, and Space and Defense Electronics

    Online Presentations | 22 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Krishna Shenai

    This talk will focus on advanced power semiconductor materials, devices, circuits and systems that are needed in order to address this daunting challenge. Specifically we will discuss emerging silicon and wide bandgap materials and power devices, heterogeneous chip-scale power integration,...

  5. Nanoelectronic Devices, With an Introduction to Spintronics

    Courses | 09 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom

        Nanoelectronic devices are at the heart of today's powerful computers and are also of great interest for many emerging applications including energy conversion, sensing and alternative computing paradigms. Our objective, however, is not to discuss specific devices or...

  6. Joshua B Simmons

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  7. Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 23: Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Conversion I

    Online Presentations | 28 Dec 2009 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh

    Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy ConversionTopics: Overview of Actuators at Nanoscale Electrostatic Actuators Piezo-Actuators Surface Acoustic Wave Motors Actuator Selection Electrochemical Actuators Solid State Electrochemical Actuator Electrochemical nano-actuator Electrochemical conversion...

  8. Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 24: Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Conversion II

    Online Presentations | 28 Dec 2009 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh

    Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Conversion IITopics: Electrochemistry - Energy Storage Non-linear Diffusion Effect in Electrochemistry Architecture of 3-D batteries Nanomaterials for Energy Storage Solutions for Reversibility Nano-wire Lithium Ion Batteries Nano-wire Solar Cells Micro Nano...

  9. MIT Tools for Energy Conversion and Storage

    Tools | 13 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Jeffrey C Grossman, Joo-Hyoung Lee, Varadharajan Srinivasan, Alexander S McLeod, Lucas Wagner

    Atomic-Scale Simulation Tools to Explore Energy Conversion and Storage Materials

  10. Aluminum: a safe, economical, high energy density material for energy storage, transport and splitting water to make hydrogen on demand

    Online Presentations | 29 Mar 2009 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall

    In 1968, a team lead by the author discovered that liquid gallium saturated with aluminum at room temperature would split water into hydrogen gas, alumina and heat. More recently his current team has discovered that bulk, solid Al rich alloys will also split water in the same manner. Since 1) the...

  11. Thermoelectric Power Factor Calculator for Superlattices

    Tools | 18 Oct 2008 | Contributor(s):: Terence Musho, Greg Walker

    Quantum Simulation of the Seebeck Coefficient and Electrical Conductivity in 1D Superlattice Structures using Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions

  12. ECE 495N Lecture 40: Thermoelectricity

    Online Presentations | 29 Dec 2008 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta

  13. Nanoscale Opto Thermo Electric Energy Conversion Devices

    Online Presentations | 28 May 2008 | Contributor(s):: Ali Shakouri

    We review solid-state devices that allow direct conversion of heat into electricity. We describe fundamental and practical limits of conventional thermoelectric materials. Novel metal-semiconductor nanocomposites are developed where the heat and charge transport are modified at the atomic level....

  14. Ernesto Marinero

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  15. The Potential of Nanostructured Materials to Address the Challenge of a Sustainable Energy Resource

    Online Presentations | 14 Feb 2008 | Contributor(s):: Mildred S. Dresselhaus

    An overview is presented on the grand challenges to the science community in the next few decades in meeting global energy needs for the 21st century. Major advances in our present capabilities will be needed for energy production and storage and for its conversion from one form to another. These...

  16. Microscale Ionic Wind for Local Cooling Enhancement

    Online Presentations | 26 Oct 2007 | Contributor(s):: David B Go

    As the electronics industry continues to develop small, highly functional, mobile devices, new methods of cooling are required to manage the thermal requirements of the not only the chip but the entire system. Comfortable skin temperatures, small form factors, and limited power consumption are...

  17. Piezoelectric Transducers: Strain Sensing and Energy Harvesting (and Frequency Tuning)

    Online Presentations | 15 Jun 2007 | Contributor(s):: Toshikazu Nishida

    Acoustic pressure or mechanical force sensing via piezoelectric coupling is closely related to the harvesting of electrical energy from acoustical and mechanical energy sources. In this talk, mesoscale and microscale piezoelectric transducers for acoustic and vibrational sensing and energy...

  18. The Energy Problem: What the Helios Project Can Do About It

    Online Presentations | 13 Jun 2007 | Contributor(s):: Steven Chu

    Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu talks about the Helios Project for the 2007 'Science at the Theater' series at Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California. He proposes an aggressive research program to transform the existing and future energy systems of the world away from technologies that...

  19. Elif Ertekin

    Dr. Elif Ertekin is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and faculty affiliate of the National Center for Supercomputing...

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  20. Solid-State Lighting: An Opportunity for Nanotechnologists to Address the Energy Challenge

    Online Presentations | 25 Apr 2007 | Contributor(s):: Timothy D. Sands

    More than one-fifth of the electrical power consumed in the U.S. is used for general illumination. Much of this energy is wasted to heat filaments in incandescent lamps, a century-old technology with an efficiency of about 5%. Fluorescent lighting is more efficient, but problems of color quality,...