Workshops presented 29th August 2013, PTB, Braunschweig

Workshop 1: Efficiency, power and electrical measurement for energy harvesting

Workshop 1

• Overview of efficiency measurement (Bernd Schumacher)
• AC-DC power measurement (Torsten Funck)
• Sampling and instrumentation (Rado Lapuh)

Workshop 2 Electro-Mechanical Energy Harvesting

Workshop 2a

• Piezoelectric and mechanical energy harvesting (introduction) - macro, MEMS to nanoscale (Paul Weaver)
• Piezoelectric energy harvesting measurement (Paul Weaver)

Workshop 2b

• Magnetostrictive energy harvesting (Mauro Zucca)
• Electrostatic MEMS energy harvesting (Alexandre Bounouh)

Workshop 3 Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting

Workshop 3a

• Thermoelectric energy harvesting (Introduction) (Frank Edler)
• Piezoelectric energy harvesting measurement (Ernst Lenz)
• Measurement of the electrical conductivity (Bernd Schuhmacher)

Workshop 3b

• Measurement of the thermal conductivity (Ossi Hahtela)
• Nanoscale thermoelectric measurement & simulation (Alexandre Cuenat)