Description

The Outstanding Achievement in Thermoelectrics Award is a prestigious award. First initiated in 2011, it recognizes lifelong contributions to the field of thermoelectrics. The award not only includes a cash prize but also grants honorary membership in the International Thermoelectric Society (ITS). Each year, the award recipient is invited to deliver an honorary lecture, typically at the ICT Meeting.

2025 Call

The International Thermoelectric Society announces the 2025 ITS Outstanding Achievement in Thermoelectrics Award to recognize outstanding lifelong achievements in scholarship and service to the thermoelectric community. The Award is co-sponsored by the Texas Center for Superconductivity at The University of Houston (TcSUH) and Komatsu Ltd.

The award carries a cash prize of seven thousand US dollars (7,000 USD), honorary membership in the ITS, a Descriptive Certificate and a trophy. The face value of the cash prize has been increased, and the recipient can also utilize it to support the travel to the ICT Meeting.

The Award shall normally be awarded to a single recipient. In cases where there are multiple individuals in a single nomination, the award selection committee submits justification to the ITS Board of Directors in case such nomination will be awarded.

The Award will be presented at the Banquet of the 41th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2025), in Sendai, Japan.

Eligibility

Distinguished member of the scientific or engineering community whose contributions in theoretical, experimental, synthetic or device research in the field of thermoelectrics are publicly available. Current members of the ITS board of directors are not eligible.

Criteria for Selection

The winner will be chosen from among the nominees by a selection panel who will consider the following items:

• Journal articles, books, conference proceedings, patents, and other publicly available promotion of their work.
• Time span and continuity of research on thermoelectrics.
• Impact on the thermoelectric community, as evidenced by international collaborations and recognition, awards, and participation in major thermoelectric research projects.
• Service to the thermoelectric community, including frequent attendance at International Conferences on Thermoelectrics.
• Letter(s) of recommendation for the award.
• Other recognition.
• In the case of multiple nomination – sustained, collaborative, and substantially equal contribution of each nominee to the same accomplishments.

Selection Panel

The 2025 Outstanding Achievement in Thermoelectrics Award Committee appointed by the ITS Board of Directors will form a Selection Panel. The Selection Panel will review the Award nominations. On base of the opinion of the Selection Panel, the Award Committee will make a recommendation, which must be approved by the ITS Board of Directors.

Nomination

The nominator should send by email a pdf file to one of the members of the Award Committee:

• Dario Narducci, University of Milano Bicocca, narducci@unimib.it
• Takao Mori, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Takao@nims.go.jp
• Yanliang Zhang, University of Notre Dame, yzhang45@nd.edu

The pdf file must contain

• Letter of nomination from at least one ITS member.
• Resume, or similar list of accomplishments.
• Three additional letters supporting the nomination.
• Short paragraph suitable for introducing the winner at the awards banquet.

Deadline for nominations is April 15, 2025.

Description

The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) announces the 2025 ITS Young Investigator Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a young investigator who holds a researcher/engineer position in academia, industry, government lab or scientific institute (e.g. The Max Planck Institute).  This award is to be given to a young researcher who has exhibited a record of excellent original work and significant results in the field of thermoelectrics or thermoelectric materials.  The recipient should have shown significant research in the early stages of his/her career. The work will not be judged as part of their Ph.D. thesis but based on work that occurred after their Ph.D. contributions. The selection committee will be considering only original work and contributions.

The award carries a cash prize of two thousand dollars (US$ 2,000) and a Descriptive Certificate that will be presented at the Banquet of the 40th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT 2025) in Sendai, Japan.  

Eligibility

The candidates are expected to hold a Ph.D. Degree and be actively engaged in theoretical, experimental, synthesis or device research in the field of thermoelectrics. The candidates must be in a researcher position or employed in a stable position in industry, a government lab or scientific institute.  The candidates must be within 10 years of receiving their Ph.D. as of June 30 of the year of the nomination.

The ITS Young Investigator Award is intended to be an annual award. However, in the event of the lack of applications that the ITS Board or Award Selection Committee views as meeting the expectations for this award, then no award will be given that year.

Criteria for selection

An Award Selection Panel who will consider the aforementioned eligibility criteria will choose the winner from among the applicants. Journal articles with publication dates, acceptance dates or submission dates within the 120 months preceding the April 30th cutoff date will be considered. Therefore, for the 2024 award the period of consideration is April 30, 2014 through April 30, 2024. Presentations at local, national and international meetings as well as invited seminars and colloquia in the same time period will be considered. Other awards or recognition will also be considered.

Award Committee and Selection Panel

The 2025 award committee appointed by the ITS Board of Directors includes:

• Alexandra Zevalkink (alexzev@msu.edu), Michigan State University, East Lansing MI, USA
• Janusz Tobola (tobola@ftj.agh.edu.pl), AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
• Tiejun Zhu (zhutj@zju.edu.cn), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

The Award Committee will form a Selection Panel to review the Award nominations. On the basis of the opinion of the Selection Panel, the Award Committee will make a recommendation, which is subject to approval by the ITS Board of Directors.

Application

The following materials are required, sent as an email attachment to the committee chair,  Alexandra Zevalkink at alexzev@msu.edu:

• A nomination letter
• A full resume of the candidate, highlighting the contributions leading to the nomination
• Up to three letters of reference (in addition to the nomination letter). The letters should not exceed two pages.
• Copies of 1st page of publications, acceptances, or submissions from work in the past 10 years. (Do not include publication on work stemming from PhD).
• Titles and locations of contributed or invited presentations given in the 10-year period under consideration.  (Do not include presentations on work stemming from PhD).

The Award Committee must receive applications by April 15^th 2025.

Description

The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) announces the annual 2025 ITS Postdoctoral Scholar in Thermoelectrics Award
to recognize outstanding achievement in scholarship in the field of thermoelectricity. The award carries a cash prize of one thousand US dollars ($1000), honorary membership in the ITS, and a Descriptive Certificate that will be presented at the 41st
International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2025), in Sendai, Japan.

Eligibility

Postdoctoral researcher within 5 years of their PhD whose outstanding contributions in theoretical and/or experimental research in the field of thermoelectrics.

Criteria for Selection

• The winner will be chosen from among the applicants by a Selection Panel who will consider the following items:
  Journal Articles, books, conference proceedings and other public promotion of their work;
• Presentations at national and international meetings;
• Other awards or recognition relevant to the field;
• Letter(s) of recommendation for the award.

Selection Panel

The 2025 ITS Postdoctoral Scholar Award Committee appointed by the ITS Board of Directors will form a Selection Panel. The Selection Panel will review the Award nominations. On the basis of the opinion of the Selection Panel, the Award Committee will make a recommendation, which is subject to approval by the ITS Board of Directors.

Application

Applications should be sent to Zhifeng Ren, University of Houston, zren@uh.edu.

The following materials are required, sent as an email attachment: 

• Cover letter
• Letter of nomination from postdoctoral advisor and 2 supporting letters of well-known experts in the field of thermoelectricity, not in the same institute with the nominee.
• Nominee’s Resume.
• Copies of publications, acceptances or submissions in the last 24 months. First authorship will be factored in.
• Titles and meeting names of presentations given in the last 24 months.

The committee chair must receive applications by: May 15th, 2024.

Description

The International Thermoelectric Society (ITS) announces the 2025 Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student.  The award carries a cash prize of one thousand dollars (US $1000) and a certificate that will be presented at the Banquet of the 40th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT 2025) in Sendai, Japan. 

Eligibility

Must be a current Ph.D. candidate graduate student, who is actively engaged in theoretical, experimental, or device research in the field of thermoelectrics.

Criteria for selection

The winner will be chosen from among the applicants by a Selection Panel who will consider the following items:

• Journal articles with publication dates, acceptance dates or submission dates in the 24 months preceding the conference. Authorship order will be factored in.
• Presentations at local, national, and international meetings as well as invited seminars and colloquia in the same period.
• Letters of reference.
• Other recognition.

Selection Panel

The 2025 Goldsmid Award Committee appointed by the ITS President will nominate up to, but not exceeding, six other non-ITS Board members representing various geographical regions to form the Selection Panel.  The Selection Panel will review the nominations and make the final recommendation to the 2025 Goldsmid Award Committee.

Application

Your application package should be sent by email as a single pdf file to the Committee Chair Prof. Franck Gascoin (franck.gascoin@unicaen.fr) and include:

• Letter of nomination from your thesis advisor.
• Two additional reference letters.
• Resume, which should include the following:

• • A numbered list of publications in reverse chronological order, including the publication year AND month.
  • A numbered list of conference presentations in reverse chronological order, including the  year and month
  • Indicate which publications and presentations were presented, published, or submitted in the last 24 months.

• PDF copies of all publications, acceptances, or submissions in the last 24 months.

The Committee Chair must receive applications by midnight (in your local time zone) on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.  Each panelist will rank the applications using a standardized format that will weigh the different criteria and submit the results to the Committee Chair by e-mail. Ties will be resolved by vote organized by email or by conference call among all Panelists.