2016 UC Solar Research Symposium
Friday, October 7th, 2015, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
The University of California, Davis
530 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
8:00 – 8:45 | Attendee Check In/Poster Session |
8:45 – 9:00 | Opening Remarks |
9:00 – 9:30 | “The Development of GaN-based Power Electronics for PV Inverters—the Important BoS Cost Driver” Umesh Mishra , UC Solar Co-Director and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara |
9:30 – 10:00 | “Combating Climate Change and Creating a Greener and More Sustainable Economy” Alex Padilla , California Secretary of State |
10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Break and Poster Session |
10:30 – 11:00 | “Facing the Renewable Energy Storage Crisis: Hybrids of Concentrating PV with High-Temperature Thermal Collection” Howard Branz , Founder and Principal, Branz Technology Partners LLC |
11:00 – 11:45 | “Using Nonimaging Optics to Maximize Exergy for a Hybrid Solar System” Roland Winston , UC Solar Director and Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced – and – Hamid Abbasi , Senior Technical Staff, Gas Technology Institute (GTI) |
11:45 – 12:15 | “Sunrise from the West: California Moves Toward a 100% Clean Energy Future” David Hochschild , Commissioner, California Energy Commission (CEC) |
12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch and Poster Session |
1:30 – 2:00 | “Developing Quantum Dot Solids for Next-Generation Photovoltaics” Matthew Law, UC Solar Co-Director and Director of the Center for Solar Energy, UC Irvine |
2:00 – 2:30 | “For Big Box Retailers, Skylights Outperform PV” David Gelbaum , CEO, Entech Solar |
2:30 – 3:00 | Afternoon Break and Poster Session |
3:00 – 3:30 | “Beyond UCR's Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative: Energy Management Projects in Southern California” Alfredo Martinez-Morales , UC Solar Co-Director and Managing Director of the Southern California-Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC-RISE), UC Riverside |
3:30 – 4:00 | “UC President Napolitano's Carbon Neutrality Initiative” David Phillips , Associate Vice President for Energy and Sustainability, UC Office of the President (UCOP) |