START (Sustainable Energy Harvesting Systems Based on Innovative Mine Waste Recycling) is an EU co-funded project under Horizon Europe Grant Agreement 101058632
🚀Our last Newsletter is out!
This issue explores our journey from recovering mine waste to creating tellurium-free #thermoelectric materials & devices.
👉 Not the end, but a transition towards long-term collaboration, innovation, and impact: start-heproject.com/download…
Over the last 2 days we held our final events, including:
1) Final workshop
2) Side Session at the @EIT RawMaterials Summit
We have presented our main results & outcomes, and discussed what is necessary to develop the #thermoelectric sector in #EU.
But, we're not done yet...
Still in time to register for our final workshop!
A full-day programme covering the entire #thermoelectric value chain: from #EU mine waste to industrial deployment and beyond.
Join us in Brussels or online. Register for free: surveymonkey.com/r/START_Fin…
⚠️Great news: our Final Workshop is now hybrid. For those who cannot travel to Brussels, join us online!
We are still accepting last registrations for remote participation and limited on-site seats.
Info and registration: start-heproject.com/start-fi…#thermoelectrics#rawmaterials
🚨 Final call for our Final workshop - registration closes today!
What will you get if you join us in Brussels? A full-day programme covering the entire #thermoelectric value chain: from #EU mine waste to industrial deployment and beyond🔥
Register now: start-heproject.com/start-fi…
We are sponsoring the @EITRawMaterials Summit!
Come and join our event inside the Summit, and take the chance of also being with us on our Final START Workshop the day before!
More info on our events: start-heproject.com/start-fi…
More info on the Summit: eitrmsummit.com/
Our new paper, “Large phonon-drag thermopower polarity reversal in Ba-doped KTaO3,” has just been published in npj Quantum Materials as part of Springer Nature's “Frontiers of Thermoelectrics: Transport Physics and Beyond” collection: rdcu.be/fgT5i#thermoelectrics
PhD Opportunities – Apply Now!MGICIAN (MSCA Doctoral Network) is recruiting 15 PhD candidates across Europe in sustainable thermoelectrics & solid-state cooling.
Fully funded
International
Academia Industry
Deadline (30-04-2026) - don’t miss out!
Apply: mgician.eu
🚀 START Project – Final Events | Save the Dates!
START Final Workshop
đź“…19/05/2026
📍Thon Hotel Centre, Brussels
START Session at the EIT RawMaterials Summit
đź“…20/05/2026
📍The Egg Conference Centre, Brussels
#Thermoelectrics#Rawmaterials
Details: start-heproject.com/start-fi…
We have got together this week in La Palma for the final consortium meeting of START. We focused on what has been done, and planned the crucial upcoming weeks.
You will have a lot of news from us soon about our final events. Stay tuned!
Turning Mine Waste into #Energy: we recently hosted our technical training workshop "#Thermoelectric Tetrahedrites from Secondary #RawMaterials", with 30 participants on-site and more joining us online.
Learn all about the workshop and its outcomes: start-heproject.com/feedback…
Abstract submission deadline for the European Conference on #Thermoelectrics#ECT2026 has been extended to the 15th of April 2026. This will be the final deadline. Make sure to submit your abstracts via the website: iop.eventsair.com/ect2026/
See you in Edinburgh in September!