2015 UC Solar Research Symposium
Friday, October 16th, 2015, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
California Public Utilities Commission Auditorium
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
| 8:00 – 8:45 | Attendee Check In/Poster Session |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Opening Remarks Liane M. Randolph , Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | “An Overview of UC President Napolitano's Innovation and Carbon Neutrality Initiatives” William Tucker , Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, UC Office of the President |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | “High-Temperature Coating for Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion” Renkun Chen , UC Solar Co-Director and Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Break and Poster Session |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | “Sustainability at E. & J. Gallo Winery” - Proprietary Kim D. MacFarlane , P.E., Civil and Environmental Engineer, E. & J. Gallo Winery |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | “An Efficient Solar Thermal-Powered Evaporation System for Salt Harvesting and Wastewater Treatment” Roland Winston , UC Solar Director and Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced – and – Peggy O’Day , Professor and Chair of the Environmental Systems Graduate Program, UC Merced |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | “UCR's Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative as a Testbed System for Demonstrating Real-Time Control and Effective Peak Demand Reduction” Alfredo Martinez-Morales , UC Solar Co-Director and Managing Director, Southern California-Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC-RISE), UC Riverside |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:00 – 1:20 | “Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy” John Perlin , Author, Research Scholar, UC Santa Barbara |
| 1:20 – 2:00 | “Climate, Energy, Innovation and the Future of California” Emilio Camacho , Esq., Chief of Staff to Commissioner David Hochschild, California Energy Commission “Advancing California's Energy Innovation Ecosystem” |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | “High Performance Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells” Gang Li , Associate Research Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | Afternoon Break and Poster Session |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | “Economic Restraints on Evolving Grid Architecture” Brad Heavner , Policy Director, California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA) |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | “The Woodall Group Solar Conversion and Energy Storage Projects and Status” Jerry M. Woodall , Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis |
