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Student design competition for thermoelectric power generation products
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(Nanowerk News) Alphabet Energy Inc., the innovator of a platform silicon thermoelectric technology that generates power from a variety of waste-heat sources, is calling for undergraduate and graduate student applications to the company’s first ever student product design competition.
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The purpose of this competition is to both promote advancements in thermoelectric waste-heat-to-power technology and recruit talented students into a summer internship program at the company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alphabet is excited to announce this unique opportunity for students to tackle a critical energy topic, engage with an exciting silicon valley cleantech startup, and win cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.
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Undergraduate and graduate student teams may submit projects for the design of a thermoelectric power generation system that utilizes wasted heat from one of these five sources:
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1. Buses and long-haul trucks
2. Yachts
3. Fueled heat for emergency power
4. Aircraft engines
5. Home/building water heaters
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Teams must submit one-page concept papers describing their proposed approach to the topics by March 29.
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Teams with the top concept papers will be invited to continue in the competition and submit a design report. After careful judging by Alphabet’s panel of experts, the student team with the best design for a commercially viable, efficient waste-heat recovery product using Alphabet’s thermoelectrics will be flown in for an onsite project presentation and interviews at Alphabet Energy’s office in Hayward, California.
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Students interested in participating should email designcompetition(at)alphabetenergy(dot)com.
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About Alphabet Energy Inc.
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Alphabet Energy is commercializing breakthrough, inexpensive waste-heat recovery products based on technology developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Alphabet aims to offer the most modular and scalable heat-recovery technology available, and to tap into the potential $90 billion market for the conversion of medium- and high-grade waste heat into electricity — offsetting as many as 500 million metric tons of carbon per year. Alphabet Energy won four awards at the 2009 Cleantech Open business competition: runner-up, National Prize; winner, National People’s Choice Award; winner, California region Energy-Efficiency Prize; winner, California region Sustainability Prize. For more information, see http://www.alphabetenergy.com
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