Agenda/Presentations
2013 UC Solar Research Symposium
Agenda
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
The University of California, Davis
Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center
530 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
| 7:30 – 8:15 | Breakfast and Attendee Check In |
| 8:15 – 8:30 | Introductory Remarks Roland Winston, UC Solar Director and Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | “Photovoltaics: Back to the Tipping Point” Larry Kazmerski, Executive Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | “InP Micropillar Solar Cells Grown Directly on Silicon Substrates” Not Publicly Available Connie Chang-Hasnain, UC Solar Co-Director and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | “Solar Thermal: Exploring the World's Oldest (and Newest) Food Processing Technology” Rebecca Milczarek, Research Agricultural Engineer, USDA Agricultural Research Service |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Break and Poster Session |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | “Challenges in Organic Photovoltaic Technology” Adam Moule, California Solar Energy Center (CSEC) Technical Director and Assistant Professor, UC Davis |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | “Pathways to Zero Net Energy: UC Davis West Village” Tobias Barr, Special Projects Manager, UC Davis Energy Innovations Hub |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | “Solar Research at UC Riverside: From Materials and Devices to the Grid of the Future” Alfredo Martinez-Morales, UC Solar Co-Director and Managing Director, Southern California-Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC-RISE), UC Riverside and Sadrul Ula, Co-Director and Research Faculty, Winston Chung Global Energy Center (WCGEC), UC Riverside |
| 12:00 – 1:15 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:15 – 1:45 | “3D Nanostructured Photoelectrodes for Solar Water Splitting and Fuel Conversion” Not Publicly Available Deli Wang, UC Solar Co-Director and Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, UC San Diego |
| 1:45 – 2:15 | “The Need for Market Innovations to Promote Policy Innovations” Ed Randolph, Energy Division Director, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) |
| 2:15 – 2:45 | Afternoon Break and Poster Session |
| 2:45 – 3:10 | “New Approaches to Solar Thermal—From 50º to 250ºC” Gerardo Diaz, UC Solar Co-Director and Associate Professor, UC Merced |
| 3:10 – 3:20 | “Solar Cooling Update” Roland Winston, UC Solar Director and Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced |
| 3:20 – 3:55 | “From Research to Deployment: California’s Solar Energy Progress” Robert Weisenmiller, Chair, California Energy Commission (CEC) |
| 3:55 – 4:00 | Closing Remarks Roland Winston, UC Solar Director and Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced |
