TY - JOUR
T1 - Report on the seventh U.S.-Japan Joint seminar on nanoscale transport phenomena-science and engineering
AU - Cola, B. A.
AU - Daiguji, H.
AU - Dames, C.
AU - Fang, N.
AU - Fushinobu, K.
AU - Inoue, S.
AU - Kikugawa, G.
AU - Kohno, M.
AU - Kumar, S.
AU - Li, D. Y.
AU - Lukes, J. R.
AU - Malen, J. A.
AU - McGaughey, A. J.H.
AU - Nakabeppu, O.
AU - Pipe, K.
AU - Reddy, P.
AU - Shen, S.
AU - Shi, L.
AU - Shibahara, M.
AU - Taguchi, Y.
AU - Takahashi, K.
AU - Yamamoto, T.
AU - Zolotoukhina, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received 11 August 2012; accepted 30 October 2012. The seventh U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena was supported jointly by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (CBET-1125957) under the Japan – U.S. Cooperative Science Program, and the U.S. Office of Naval Research (N00014-11-1-0467). Address correspondence to L. Shi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 204 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78712. E-mail: lishi@mail.utexas.edu
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Yabe introduced a view graph to the audience with number of commercialized equipment and/or public interest as the ordinate and year as abscissa. In the view graph, there was a clear increase in public interest during the initial phase of the project followed by a slowdown period of several years. During the slowdown period of the project, however, fundamental R&D continued in collaboration with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, a national R&D institute. This R&D included investigating the economics of the system to identify avenues for cost reduction and carrying out demonstration projects for the air-conditioning systems in buildings. As pointed out by Yabe, during the slowdown period the project was continually supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, a Japanese national funding agency. A company then finally developed the technology and initiated its commercial deployment. Then the technology was finally introduced to the market.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - The seventh U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena was held in Shima, Japan, from December 11 to 14, 2011. The goals of this joint seminar were to provide a critical assessment of the state of the art and future directions in the field of nanoscale transport phenomena and energy conversion processes, to foster U.S.-Japan collaborations, and to provide international exposure to a new generation of scientists in this field. Issues discussed in the joint seminar were organized in 10 topical sessions, including (1) nanoscale thermophysical measurements; (2) optical characterization; (3) thermal and molecular transport; (4) phonon transport modeling; (5) energy storage and conversion; (6) nanoscale fluidics and phase change phenomena; (7) biological and organic systems; (8) interfacial thermal transport; (9) novel thermoelectric and thermal management materials; and (10) nanocarbon materials and devices. In addition to these topical sessions, the joint seminar featured an opening plenary session and a closing plenary session as well as an expert panel, where leading experts provided critical assessment of the past progress and addressed future directions in the field. In addition, an evening poster session provided opportunities for graduate and postdoc students to present their latest research results. About 35 researchers from Japan and 31 researchers from the United States participated in the meeting. The meeting was organized by S. Maruyama, K. Fushinobu, L. Shi, and J. Lukes together with about 20 other participants who served as session chairs. Summaries of different sessions of the seminar were prepared by the session and conference chairs and are collected into this report.
AB - The seventh U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena was held in Shima, Japan, from December 11 to 14, 2011. The goals of this joint seminar were to provide a critical assessment of the state of the art and future directions in the field of nanoscale transport phenomena and energy conversion processes, to foster U.S.-Japan collaborations, and to provide international exposure to a new generation of scientists in this field. Issues discussed in the joint seminar were organized in 10 topical sessions, including (1) nanoscale thermophysical measurements; (2) optical characterization; (3) thermal and molecular transport; (4) phonon transport modeling; (5) energy storage and conversion; (6) nanoscale fluidics and phase change phenomena; (7) biological and organic systems; (8) interfacial thermal transport; (9) novel thermoelectric and thermal management materials; and (10) nanocarbon materials and devices. In addition to these topical sessions, the joint seminar featured an opening plenary session and a closing plenary session as well as an expert panel, where leading experts provided critical assessment of the past progress and addressed future directions in the field. In addition, an evening poster session provided opportunities for graduate and postdoc students to present their latest research results. About 35 researchers from Japan and 31 researchers from the United States participated in the meeting. The meeting was organized by S. Maruyama, K. Fushinobu, L. Shi, and J. Lukes together with about 20 other participants who served as session chairs. Summaries of different sessions of the seminar were prepared by the session and conference chairs and are collected into this report.
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U2 - 10.1080/15567265.2012.745913
DO - 10.1080/15567265.2012.745913
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873340092
SN - 1556-7265
VL - 17
SP - 25
EP - 49
JO - Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
JF - Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
IS - 1
ER -