Conference Grant: Student Travel Awards for the 15th International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE 2012). To be held May 22-25 at University of Wisconsin Madison

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The International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE) covers all aspects ofadvanced simulation of electronic transport and optoelectronic processes in semiconductorsand semiconductor devices based on both inorganic and organic materials. The scientificprogram consists of invited lectures, contributed talks, and poster presentations. The workshopis held in a single-session format and is intended to be an international forum for discussions onthe current trends and future directions of computational electronics. The 15th InternationalWorkshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE 2012) will be held between May 22 and May25, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin ? Madison. In recent years, the IWCE community hasbeen 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 thePhonon School. The grant will be used to issue student travel awards that will cover lodgingand registration fees up to $750 per student. Awards for 20 students will be provided by thisgrant. Following the program committee's review of all submitted abstracts, authors of the topranked student abstracts will be selected as the travel award recipients. In the case of multiplesimilarly ranked abstracts, priority for the travel award will be given to an underrepresentedminority student or a female student.Intellectual merit. IWCE 2012 will draw particular attention to the frontiers of computationalelectronics that connect to materials science, physics, and energy applications. Three focussessions, with only invited talks, and the Phonon School will offer an infusion of potential newresearch directions for the whole community. There is a lot of challenging computational work tobe done in spintronics, thermal transport in nanostructures, and materials for energyapplications. This workshop will serve as a starting point for many exciting avenues and anevolution of the topics addressed by the computational electronics community. In addition, witha strong focus on thermal and thermoelectric phenomena, IWCE is poised to make a bridgebetween the heat transfer and electronics communities, which will strengthen both in the questfor nanomaterials solutions to energy problems.Broader impacts. By enabling students to take part in the conference, we will be help the newgenerations of researchers to come onto the stage early in their career and be recognized fortheir work among peers and senior researchers. This grant will enable 20 students to attend theconference, thereby increasing student participation, improving their exposure in theprofessional community, and benefiting their careers in the long term. We will ensureparticipation of women and underrepresented minority scientists as invited speakers at theevent. Prominence of these role models will have a beneficial effect on the female and minoritystudents whose participation at the IWCE will be supported by this grant.