Open AccessDOE-ER-46139-Phase II-Final-Report-Tritt-2011
Author(s) -
Terry M. Tritt
Publication year - 2011
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1027769
Subject(s) - oak ridge national laboratory , outreach , competition (biology) , engineering management , national laboratory , session (web analytics) , order (exchange) , engineering , political science , business , engineering physics , finance , physics , ecology , nuclear physics , advertising , law , biology
This proposal emphasizes investigations of the thermal and electrical transport properties of new and novel solid-state materials, with the specific goal of achieving higher efficiency solid-state thermoelectric materials. This program will continue to build a very strong collaborative research effort between researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ONRL) and Clemson University. We propose three new faculty hires and major equipment purchases in order to further enhance our level of national recognition. We will be positioned for competition for major non-EPSCoR DOE and DOD funding (i.e. NSF-Materials Research Center) and able to address many other areas of DOE and national importance. Graduate and undergraduate students will be extensively involved in this project, spending significant time at ORNL, thus gaining important training and educational opportunities. We will also include an outreach program to bring in outside students and faculty. An External Advisory Board of distinguished scientists will provide oversight to the program