Distributed and localized cooling with thermoelectrics

Abstract

G. Jeffrey Snyder is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois. His interests are focused on engineering of electronic and thermal properties, and he is well known for his work on thermoelectric materials. He has developed new methods of electron band structure engineering and microstructure engineering of thermal and electrical properties of complex materials. His interdisciplinary approach stems from his background in solid state chemistry at Cornell University and the Max Planck Institute for solid state research, applied physics at Stanford University, and thermoelectric materials and device engineering at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology (Caltech).