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International Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Summer School "Sustainable electronic materials"
1st - 6th August 2010
Bad Honnef, Germany
Deadline for registration: 15th July 2010
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. P. J. Klar & Prof. Dr. B. K. Meyer
I. Physikalisches Institut
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
Scope:
What are sustainable electronic materials?
Today's information and communication technologies require a considerable fraction of the
world's material and energy resources. In the disposal of electronic waste, valuable chemical
species are lost, others hazardous to health and environment are released and distributed. The
costs of obtaining pure raw materials for devices increase. However, our society's prosperity
depends largely on economic growth which is unthinkable without technological progress.
Thus, a major task of modern semiconductor technology is to look for a better materials
management. The quest for higher efficiencies of devices must be accompanied by a
responsible use of materials. Sustainability, environmental compatibility, non-toxicity and
resources awareness will become important aspects in the materials choice. The compromise
between best performance and sustainability will lead to alternative material choices for
electronic devices and to optimized life cycles.
Aim of the Summer School
Scientists at university and in industry will have to give the issue of sustainable use of
materials much more consideration in the future. So far there are no textbooks available on
this subject. Therefore, part of the lectures will give back ground information on resources,
scarcity, and production of materials. Others will discuss the use of alternative material
combinations in electronic devices in photovoltaics, microelectronics, and thermoelectrics.
The summer school is intended for MSc students, PhD students, and post-docs. The young
researchers shall get acquainted with social and environmental aspects of modern materials
science and become aware of the importance of sustainability in materials use.
Program:
A detailed program will be published later on this website.
Confirmed speakers:
Prof. Dr. A. Reller
(University of Augsburg, Germany) - materials resources
Prof. Dr. S. Schlecht
(University of Giessen, Germany) - thermoelectrics overview
Prof. Dr. Han-Ill Yoo
(Seoul National University, Korea) - oxide thermoelectrics
Prof. Dr. M. Lux-Steiner
(Hahn-Meitner-Institute, Berlin, Germany) - solar cells overview
Dr. A. Weimar
(OSRAM Semiconductors Regensburg, Germany)
- optoelectronics overview
Prof. Dr. T.L. Theis
(University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
- sustainable nanoproducts
Prof. Dr. Y. Maeda
(University of Kyoto, Japan)
- Iron silicides for optoelectronics and photonics
Prof. Dr. E. Fortunato
(New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
- thin film transistor displays
Prof. Dr. R. Martins
(New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
- oxide electronics
Prof. Dr. L.J. Chou
(National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
- metal silicides in microelectronics
Prof. Dr. A. Freundlich
(University of Houston, USA)
- materials considerations for photovolatics
Dr. A. Diederen
(TNO,Rijswijk, The Netherlands)
- metal minerals scarcity
Registration
Deadline for registration 15th July 2010
We encourage MSc students, PhD students, and post-docs to participate and to present their
recent research as a poster. The number of participants is limited to 60. We thus recommend
applying as soon as possible.
For registration, please send an e-mail including your full address and telephone number to
Helga.Wallbott@physik.uni-giessen.de (Subject: "Sustainable electronics 2010").
Confirmation of participation will be given immediately after registration. The registration is
valid only after payment of the conference fee of EUR 150 by money transfer to the account
given below.
The conference fee includes all meals (excluding beverages) and lodging for five nights.
bank details will follow soon
Travel
The summer school will be held at:
Physikzentrum Bad Honnef
Hauptstrasse 5
53604 Bad Honnef
Germany
How to get there?
by plane: The airports close by are Flughafen Köln-Bonn and Flughafen Frankfurt
by train:
from Cologne:
from Frankfurt:
from Köln-Bonn:
from Rhöndorf:
by car:
from the north:
from the south:
direction Koblenz to Rhöndorf
(i) via Siegburg (ICE) to Troisdorf, then to Rhöndorf
(ii) via Koblenz to Rhöndorf
direction Koblenz to Rhöndorf
the Physikzentrum can be reached by foot in about 10 min or by taxi
(phone 02224-2222 or 02224-2121) in about 5 min
A3 Heumarer Dreieck - A59 (continues as B42) direction Bad Honnef,
exit Rhöndorf, in Bad Honnef follow Rhöndorfer Strasse which
becomes Hauptstrasse where the Physikzentrum is located on the left
hand side.
A3 Frankfurt-Cologne, exit Bad Honnef - Linz, then direction Bad
Honnef, in Bad Honnef follow Hauptstrasse, the Physikzentrum will
appear on the right hand side.