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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