Optimizing Thermodynamic Systems 2013
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to our workshop "Optimizing Thermodynamic Systems" at the Telluride Science Research Center for the period July 22st - July 26th 2013.
Thermodynamics was the first topic at TSRC with the 1984 Horse-Carrot workshop. This 30th anniversary meeting will examine the achievements of the intervening years with an eye to where to take the subject next.
The envisioned topics fall into four categories:
- Application oriented
- Endoreversible modelling of thermal processes
- Minimum dissipation processes
- Optimal control of heat engines
- Thermodynamic path optimization for endoreversible Processes
- Bio related
- Molecule pulling
- Nearly reversible cycles in bio systems
- Time scales and bio systems
- Information gathering/use in bio systems
- Coherence related
- Quantum cooling
- Quantum friction
- Fast effectively-adiabatic processes
- Optimal quantum control - new Casimir companion
- Efficiency related
- Molecular machines
- Molecular electronics
- Quantum dots
- Information use for efficiency enhancement
As in the past, the workshop will endeavour to give everyone an opportunity to share his/her current work or important issues of concern in the area of thermodynamics. The workshop will allow ample time for the crucial intensive but constructive quizzing of the speaker by the audience. This also allows the participants to exchange ideas in detail, and experience has shown that many collaborations have resulted from these meetings. Regarding the specific topics, this workshop has always attempted to bring people from different communities together; thus every contribution is welcome that addresses issues in the field of thermodynamics.
Hoping to see you in Telluride,
with best greetings,
Karl Heinz Hoffmann and Peter Salamon
