International Thermoelectric Academy
General Meeting
September 10,
2004, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Agenda
1. Report on ITA activity over the period from September
12, 2002 to September 10, 2004.
2. Change in ITA statute.
3. Elections of ITA governing bodies.
4. Elections of honoured ITA academicians.
5. Elections of ITA academicians.
6. Elections of ITA associate
members.
7. Awarding ITA Diplomas.
8. Awarding ITA Honorary Golden
Prizes.
9. On holding a regularly
scheduled XII Forum on Thermoelectricity.
10. On the memorial plaque to Volta.
11. On Ioffe
museum.
12. Recommendations on the lines of
thermoelectricity development.
1. Report
on ITA activity over the period from September 12, 2002 to September 10,
2004
General Meeting listened to and discussed a report of ITA President L.Anatychuk on ITA activity and the work of its governing
bodies over the period covered. General Meeting approved the work of ITA
President and ITA Presidium.
2. Changes
in ITA statute
General Meeting acknowledged it reasonable to elect ITA governing bodies
once in four years. This provision was included into ITA statute.
3. Elections
of ITA governing bodies
ITA governing bodies have been elected as follows:
President – L.Anatychuk
Vice-President – J.Stockholm.
Vice-President – Ê. Uemura.
Vice-President – E.Iordanishvili.
Vice-President – Yu.Gurevich.
ITA Presidium:
1. L.Anatychuk.
2. J.Stockholm.
3. Ê. Uemura.
4. Yu.
Gurevich.
5. S. Asmontas.
6. D.Gitsu.
7. À.Pustovalov.
8. B.Stadnyk.
9. L.Bulat.
10. P.Baransky.
Chairman of ITA Bureau – Î. Luste, Secretary
of ITA Bureau – T.Zibachynska.
4. Elections
of honoured ITA academicians
As a result of competitive selection and secret vote ITA has elected the
following honoured academicians:
1. Doctor
Michael Rowe, United Kimgdom, Cardiff University.
2. Doctor
Marat Vedernikov, Russia, A.Ioffe Physics
and Technical Institute.
5. Elections
of ITA academicians
As a result of competitive selection and secret voting, ITA has elected the
following ITA academicians:
1. Doctor
Lon Bell, Unites States of America,
BSST company.
2. Doctor
Sergei Filin, Ukraine, leading
research assistant of Institute of Thermoelectricity.
3. Doctor
Zenon Gotra, Ukraine, head
of department in National University “Lvivska Politekhnika".
4. Doctor
Evgeniy Sabo, Georgia, Vice-Director
of Sukhumi Physics and Technical Institute.
6. Elections
of ITA associate members
As a result of competitive selection and secret voting, General Meeting
has elected the following ITA associate members:
1. Anatoliy
Anukhin, Ukraine, chief
process engineer of MODUL scientific and production company.
2. Jonas
Gradauskas, Lithuania, senior
researcher of Institute of Semiconductor Physics.
3. Murad Mamedov, Turkmenistan, professor
of Turkmen State University.
4. Mikhail
Fedorov, Russia, senior
research assistant of Physics and Technical Institute.
5. Georgio Pastorino, Italy, general
director of Peltech company.
6. Vladimir
Baukin, Russia, general
director of Kryotherm company.
7. Awarding
ITA Diplomas
By decision of ITA General Meeting, ITA Diplomas have been awarded to:
1. Hubert
Scherrer, France – for
scientific and organizational work in thermoelectricity.
2. Alexei
Pustovalov, Russia – for
active work in the International Thermoelectric Academy.
3. TERMOPRIBOR
company, Ukraine – for
achievements in thermoelectric thermometry.
4. FUJITAKA
company, Japan – for promotion of progress in
thermoelectricity.
5. National
University “LVIVSKA POLITEKHNIKA” – for achievements in thermoelectric
measuring technique.
6. MODULE
company, Ukraine – for
achievements in manufacturing of thermoelectric products.
7. Specialized
Design and Technological Bureau NORD, Russia – for developments and
introduction of high-quality extruded thermoelectric materials.
8. Awarding
ITA Honorary Golden Prizes
By decision of ITA General Meeting, ITA Honorary Golden Prizes have been
awarded to:
In the nomination “For fundamental
contribution to thermoelectricity development”
1. J. Stockholm, Marvel thermoelectrics, France.
2. P.Baranskiy, chief
research assistant, Institute of Semiconductor Physics,
National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine.
In the nomination “For technology and
quality of thermoelectric products”
1. Open
joint-stock society scientific and production company KRYOTHERM, Russia.
2. Limited liability company
ALTEC, Ukraine.
9. On
holding a regularly scheduled XII Forum on Thermoelectricity
It has been decided to hold a regularly scheduled XII Forum on
Thermoelectricity from 19 through 22 September, 2006 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Arrival
date –September 18, 2006.
10. On the memorial plaque to Volta
It has been decided to apply to the respective municipal authorities of Italy
on the installation of a memorial plaque in memory of discovery of thermoelectricity
by Alessandro Volta.
11. On Ioffe
museum
General Meeting was satisfied to note that owing to ITA initiative and
solicitation, Ukrainian government adopted a decision to create a memorial
museum of academician A.Ioffe in his home city of Romny, Ukraine, and give this museum the honorary status of
“People’s Museum of Ukraine». A decision has been adopted to render all
possible support to activity of A.Ioffe museum. It has
been also decided to organize in 2005 the celebration of 125 anniversary of
academician A.Ioffe.
12. Commemoration of eminent figures
in science and technology, former members of the International Thermoelectric
Academy
General Meeting honored the memory of ITA members that passed into
eternity over the years of the Academy existence – ITA academicians G.Ivanov, R.Skolozdra, N.Kolomoyets, ITA
associate member I.Ishida.
It has been decided that from now on, in order to commemorate eminent
figures in science and technology that were members of the International Thermoelectric
Academy, their memorial dates should be celebrated each decade.
It has been decided that “Journal of Thermoelectricity”, ITA WEB-site and
other respected editions should publish materials on the life and activity of
former ITA members, the reminiscences of contemporaries, materials on the
priority of their discoveries and inventions, on the importance of their works
for the progress in thermoelectricity.
13. On creating bibliographical reference book on thermoelectricity
It
has been decided to compile full bibliographical reference book of publications
on thermoelectricity from the date of its discovery by A.Volta
in 1794 up to the present time.
14. Recommendations on the lines of
thermoelectricity development
International Thermoelectric Academy on the basis of all-round discussions
during XI Forum on Thermoelectricity of current state of research and development
in thermoelectricity, and being guided by
primary requirements of practical applications of thermoelectricity, recommends
the following relevant lines of research and development in thermoelectricity.
1. Investigations
to improve figure of merit, stability, producibility
and cost reduction of traditional thermoelectric materials.
2. Investigations
and developments to improve the reliability of thermoelectric power converters – cooling
modules and electric energy generation.
3. Investigations
to create new industrial technologies of traditional thermoelectric modules.
4. Investigations
and developments of progressive methods for design of thermoelectric products.
5. Systematic
studies of rational thermoelectricity applications.
6. Development
of the use of low-grade heat for electric energy generation.
7. Search
for new physical principles of thermoelectric energy conversion.
8. Justified
search for and investigation of new thermoelectric materials
9. Generalizations
in microscopic theory of thermoelecricity.
10. Development
of research on composite thermoelectric materials, including macro-, meso- and nano-structures of
various dimensions.
11. Development
of thermoelectricity application in space and special-purpose technique.
12. Ecological
problems of thermoelectricity.