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November 5, 2007

Thermionic Energy Conversion for Waste Heat Recovery

Dr. Ali Shakouri
University of California, Santa Cruz

Darwin 103
3:00 PM

Dr. Ali Shakouri of the University of California, Santa Cruz will discuss the basics of direct thermal-to-electric energy conversion and how random motion of electrons could be converted into useful electrical energy using nanostructured semiconductors.