History and awards
ITCC / ITES History
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International Thermal Conductivity Conference (ITCC)
| Conference | Year | Host | Chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1961 | Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH | C.F. Lucks |
| 2nd | 1962 | National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada | M.J. Laubitz |
| 3rd | 1963 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Gatlinburg, TN | D.L. McElroy |
| 4th | 1964 | US Naval Radiological Defense Lab, San Francisco, CA |
R.L. Rudkin |
| 5th | 1965 | University of Denver, Denver, CO | J. D. Plunkett |
| 6th | 1966 | Air Force Materials Lab (WPAFB) Dayton, OH | M.L. Minges G.L. Denman |
| 7th | 1967 | National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD | D.R. Flynn B.A. Peavy |
| 8th | 1968 | Thermophysical Properties Research Laboratory Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | C.Y. Ho R.E. Taylor |
| 9th | 1969 | Ames Lab & Office of Naval Research, Ames, IA | H.R. Shanks |
| 10th | 1970 | Arthur D. Little Inc.& Dynatech R/D Co. Boston, MA | R.W. Powell |
| 11th | 1971 | Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos Scientific University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | R.U. Acton P. Wagner |
| 12th | 1972 | Southern Research Institute, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL | W.T. Engelke S.G. Bapat M. Crawford |
| 13th | 1973 | University of Missouri-Rolla, Lake of the Ozarks, MO | R.L. Reisbig H.J. Sauer, Jr |
| 14th | 1975 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | P.G. Klemens |
| 15th | 1977 | Department of Energy, Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada | V.V. Mirkovich |
| 16th | 1979 | IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL | D.C. Larson |
| 17th | 1981 | National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD | J.G. Hust |
| 18th | 1983 | South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD | T. Ashworth |
| 19th | 1985 | Tennessee Technological University, Cookville,TN | D.W. Yarbrough |
| 20th | 1987 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA | D.P.H. Hasselman J.R. Thomas, Jr. |
| 21st | 1989 | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY | C.J. Cremers H.A. Fine |
| 22nd | 1993 | Arizona State University, Tempe AZ | T. Tong |
| 23rd | 1995 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nashville, TN | R.B. Dinwiddie R.S. Graves K.E. Wilkes |
| 24th | 1997 | Anter Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA | P.S. Gaal D. E. Stroe |
| 25th | 1999 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | C. Uher D. Morelli |
| 26th | 2001 | Holometrix, Inc., Cambridge MA | S. Smith R. Mannello |
| 27th | 2003 | High Temperature Materials Laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN | H. Wang W. Porter |
| 28th | 2005 | St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada | K. Schmidt N. Mathis |
| 29th | 2007 | Southern Research Institute and University of Alabama, Birmingham AL |
J. Koenig H. Ban |
| 30th | 2009 | Anter Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA | D.S. Gaal P.S Gaal |
International Thermal Expansion Symposia (ITES)
| Conference | Year | Host | Chairman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1968 | National Bureau of Standards, Washington DC Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory |
R.K. Kirby P.S. Gaal |
| 2nd | 1970 | Sadia National Laboratory, Santa Fe, NM University of Illinois |
D.C. Wallace R.O. Simmons |
| 3rd | 1971 | Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY University of Toronto |
H.E. Hagy G.M. Graham |
| 4th | 1973 | TPRL (Purdue), Lake of the Ozarks, MO Air Force Material Laboratory (WPAFB) |
R.E. Taylor G.L. Denman |
| 5th | 1975 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
P.G. Klemens T.G. Gogfrey |
| 6th | 1977 | Atomic Energy of Canada, Whiteshell Hecla Island, Canada |
I.D. Peggs |
| 7th | 1979 | IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL Tepiac/CINDAS |
D.C. Larson |
| 8th | 1981 | National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD | T.H. Hahn A. A. Cezairliyan |
| 9th | 1986 | Anter Laboratories, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA | P.S. Gaal |
| 10th | 1992 | National Institute of Standards & Technology Boulder, CO | L. Sparks |
| 11th | 1995 | Ceramics Industries, Congress and Exhibit Pittsburgh, PA | P.S. Gaal |
| 12th | 1997 | Anter Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA | P.S. Gaal E.P. Hurst, II |
| 13th | 1999 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | C. Uher D. Morelli |
| 14th | 2001 | Holometrix, Inc., Cambridge MA | S. Smith R. Mannello |
| 15th | 2003 | High Temperature Materials Laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, TN | H. Wang W. Porter |
| 16th | 2005 | St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada | K. Schmidt N. Mathis |
| 17th | 2007 | Southern Research Institute and University of Alabama, Birmingham AL |
J. Koenig H. Ban |
| 18th | 2009 | Anter Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA | D.S. Gaal P.S. Gaal |
The 30th International Thermal Conductivity Conference (ITCC) and the 18th International Thermal Expansion Symposium (ITES) were hosted by Anter Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 29 – September 2, 2009. The conference chairmen were Daniela S. Gaal and Peter S Gaal.
Over 150 registered delegates attended this four-day program, consisting of 124 presentations with 246 authors and two workshops. With nearly the half of the attendees from Europe and Asia, the Conference had lived up to the "international" name. Additional to the presentations, three committee meetings of international organizations also took place.
At this Conference, the Board of Governors voted to enlarge its membership with three invited, worldwide recognized colleagues, Drs Tetsuya Baba (AIST, Japan), Ulf Hammerschmidt (PTB, Germany) and Robert Zarr (MIST, USA). Additionally, Dr. László I. Kiss from University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada, became a member of Board, being the chairman of the next Conference, to be held in Chicoutimi, Canada, in 2011. The Board of Governors accepted with regret the resignation of Dr. Dick Hasselman, who had been a member of the Board for many years and had served even as its Chairman for a period.
This year’s Conference honoured Alp Sehirlioglu (NASA Glenn Research Center, USA) as an outstanding young researcher in the field with the Lucks Award. The selection by the Board was made sometimes in the spring, affording Dr Sehirlioglu time to prepare his Invited Lecture and deliver it at the Conference, upon receiving the Award.
Honouring outstanding colleagues who had contributed to the growth of the field of thermophysics, the Board bestowed the title of Fellow of the ITCC upon Therese Stovall (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) and Andrzej Brzezinski (Lasercomp. Inc., USA).
The prestigious Thermal Conductivity Award was presented to Drs. William J. Parker (NIST, USA, retired) and David Salmon (NPL, United Kingdom, retired) for their lifelong work and outstanding contributions in this field. The Thermal Conductivity Award is a traveling trophy, kept in possession by each recipient until the next Conference.