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2011 UC Solar Research Symposium

Agenda
Friday, December 9th, 2011, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
The University of California, Merced
5200 N. Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343

8:00 – 8:45		Breakfast and Attendee Check In
8:45 – 9:00		Introductory Remarks UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland
9:00 – 9:45		“Research Paths to a Solar-Powered World” Sarah Kurtz, Interim Director, National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) and Principal Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
9:45 – 10:15		“The Opto-Electronic Physics Which Just Broke the Efficiency Record in Solar Cells” Eli Yablonovitch, Director of the NSF Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley
10:15 – 10:30		Morning Break
10:30 – 11:00		“The Effects of Solvents on the Morphology of P3HT:PCBM Solar Cells” Adam Moule, California Solar Energy Center (CSEC) Technical Director and Assistant Professor, UC Davis
11:00 – 11:30		“GaAs/InGaAs Micropillar Solar Cells Directly Grown on Silicon Substrates” *Not Publicly Available* Connie Chang-Hasnain, UC Solar Co-Director and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley
11:30 – 12:00		“The PIER Program and California’s Renewable Energy Future” Prab Sethi, Senior Project Manager, California Energy Commission
12:00 – 1:30		Lunch and Poster Session
1:30 – 2:00		“Wide Band Gap InGaN-Based Solar Cells for Ultrahigh Efficiency Multijunction Solar Cell Applications” Robert Farrell, Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Santa Barbara
2:00 – 2:30		“Lowering the LCOE of Photovoltaic Systems” Yong Sin “Shon” Kim, Associate Specialist, UC Merced
2:30 – 2:45		Afternoon Break
2:45 – 3:15		“Concentrated Solar Fruit Drying” Blake Ringeisen, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Davis
3:15 – 3:45		“Medium Temperature Process Heat from Non-Tracking Collectors” Roland Winston, UC Solar Director and Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced
3:45 – 4:30		“Solar Energy Forecasting in California and Beyond” Jan Kleissl, UC Solar Co-Director and Professor of Environmental Engineering, UC San Diego "High‐Fidelity, Robust Forecast Engines for Variable Energy ProducHon & Demand" Carlos Coimbra, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
4:30		Closing Remarks Roland Winston, UC Solar Director and Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced