Session I:

Thermionic Energy Conversion for Space Missions

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.

Jeffrey George, NASA Johnson Space Center “Thermionic Emission and the Mission to Mars”

9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

Jean-Pierre Fleurial, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory “RTG’s, Thermoelectrics, and Thermionics”

Session II:

Emerging Thermionic Emission Materials I

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

Nicholas Melosh, Stanford University “Heterostructures for Improved Photon Enhanced Emission (PETE) for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion”

Session II:

Emerging Thermionic Emission Materials I

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Terrence Musho, West Virginia University “Understanding the Role of Confined Carriers in Nanotipped Thermionic Emitters”

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Steve Fairchild, Air Force Research Laboratory “Directionally Solidified LaB6 –ZrB2 Electron Emitters Studied with Emission Microscopy“ (unable to attend)

Session I:

Thermionic Energy Conversion for Space Missions

11:30 – 12:00 p.m.

Michael Houts, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center “Thermionic Programs of the Early 1990s – TFEVP and Flight Topaz”

Session III:

Emerging Thermionic Energy Conversion Devices I

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Jochen Mannhart, Max Planck Institute “Overview on Thermoelectronic Generators”

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Alireza Nojeh, University of British Columbia “Dimensionality, Feedback and Heat Trap for Nanostructure-based Thermionic Emission”

2:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Joshua Smith, Army Research Laboratory “Achieving 20% Absolute Efficiency with a Thermoelectron Engine using a Negative Electron Affinity Collector”

Session IV:

Diamond-Based Thermionic Energy Conversion I

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Robert Nemanich, Arizona State University “Thermionic and Photon-enhanced Emission from CVD Diamond and New Approaches for Energy Conversion”

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Neil Fox, University of Bristol “An Overview of the Beta-Enhanced Thermionic Diamond Energy Converter”

Session V:

Emerging Thermionic Energy Conversion Devices II

9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

Tony Pan, Invention Science Fund “Inverse Tunneling in Field Emission Heat Engines”

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

David Go, University of Notre Dame “Microplasmas for Enhanced Thermionic Energy Conversion”

Session VI:

Diamond-Based Thermionic Energy Conversion II

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

William (Hank) Paxton, IOP Technologies/Vanderbilt University “The Future of Diamond-Based Thermionic Energy Conversion Devices: Promise and Challenges”

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Amit Tiwari, Newcastle University “Diamond-based Thermotunnel Devices for Hostile Environment Energy Conversion”

11:30 – 12:00 p.m.

Andriy Sherehiy, University of Louisville “Thermionic Emission from Phosphorus (P)-doped Diamond Nanocrystals Supported by Conical Carbon Nanotubes and Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study “