The International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE) covers all aspects of advanced simulation of electronic transport and optoelectronic processes in semiconductors and semiconductor devices based on both inorganic and organic materials. The scientific program consists of invited lectures, contributed talks, and poster presentations. The workshop is held in a single-session format and is intended to be an international forum for discussions on the current trends and future directions of computational electronics. The 15th International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE 2012) will be held between May 22 and May 25, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin ? Madison. In recent years, the IWCE community has been increasingly active in the field of energy harvesting, especially thermoelectrics. Therefore, at IWCE 2012 there will be a companion two-day "School on Phonon Dynamics, Heat Transfer, and Thermoelectric Phenomena in Nanostructures" held May 21-22, 2012 before the workshop. Funding is requested to support student participation at the IWCE conference and the Phonon School. The grant will be used to issue student travel awards that will cover lodging and registration fees up to $750 per student. Awards for 20 students will be provided by this grant. Following the program committee's review of all submitted abstracts, authors of the top ranked student abstracts will be selected as the travel award recipients. In the case of multiple similarly ranked abstracts, priority for the travel award will be given to an underrepresented minority student or a female student.
Intellectual merit. IWCE 2012 will draw particular attention to the frontiers of computational electronics that connect to materials science, physics, and energy applications. Three focus sessions, with only invited talks, and the Phonon School will offer an infusion of potential new research directions for the whole community. There is a lot of challenging computational work to be done in spintronics, thermal transport in nanostructures, and materials for energy applications. This workshop will serve as a starting point for many exciting avenues and an evolution of the topics addressed by the computational electronics community. In addition, with a strong focus on thermal and thermoelectric phenomena, IWCE is poised to make a bridge between the heat transfer and electronics communities, which will strengthen both in the quest for nanomaterials solutions to energy problems.
Broader impacts. By enabling students to take part in the conference, we will be help the new generations of researchers to come onto the stage early in their career and be recognized for their work among peers and senior researchers. This grant will enable 20 students to attend the conference, thereby increasing student participation, improving their exposure in the professional community, and benefiting their careers in the long term. We will ensure participation of women and underrepresented minority scientists as invited speakers at the event. Prominence of these role models will have a beneficial effect on the female and minority students whose participation at the IWCE will be supported by this grant.
The International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE, www.iwce.org) covers all aspects of advanced simulation of electronic transport and optoelectronic processes in semiconductors and semiconductor devices based on both inorganic and organic materials. The scientific program consists of invited lectures, contributed talks, and poster presentations. The workshop is held in a single-session format and is intended to be an international forum for discussions on the current trends and future directions of computational electronics. The 15th International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE 2012) was held between May 22 and May 25, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In recent years, the IWCE community had become increasingly active in the field of energy harvesting, especially thermoelectrics. Therefore, at IWCE 2012 there was be a companion two-day "School on Phonon Dynamics, Heat Transfer, and Thermoelectric Phenomena in Nanostructures, " called Phonon School for short, which was held May 21-22, 2012 before the workshop. These funds were used to support student participation at the IWCE 2012 conference and the Phonon School. Student travel awards for 26 students presenting papers were issued, each award covering the registration fee of $600 per student. Following the program committee's review of all submitted abstracts, authors of the top ranked student abstracts were selected as the student travel award recipients. Intellectual merit. IWCE 2012 drew particular attention to the frontiers of computational electronics that connect to materials science, physics, and energy applications. Three focus sessions, with only invited talks, and the Phonon School offered an infusion of potential new research directions for the whole community. There is a lot of challenging computational work to be done in spintronics, thermal transport in nanostructures, and materials for energy applications. This workshop served as a starting point for many exciting avenues and an evolution of the topics addressed by the computational electronics community. In addition, with a strong focus on thermal and thermoelectric phenomena, IWCE was poised to make a bridge between the heat transfer and electronics communities, which will strengthen both in the quest for nanomaterials solutions to energy problems. Broader impacts. By enabling students to take part in the conference, we helped a new generations of researchers come onto the stage early in their career and be recognized for their work among peers and senior researchers. This grant enabled 26 students to attend the conference, thereby increasing student participation, improving their exposure in the professional community, and benefiting their careers in the long term. We also ensured participation of women as invited speakers at the event: women gave two invited talks at the Phonon School and two in the IWCE program, and were also presenters of several contributed talks. Prominence of these role models will have a beneficial effect on female students.
