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QESST REU/REV/RET/YS Wrap-up
QESST celebrated a successful end to the 2016 summer REU, RET, and Young Scholar programs on July 29th. Undergraduate students and teachers from the states of Arizona, Mississippi, Ohio, Hawaii, South Carolina, California, and New Mexico met at the ASU Engineering Research Center and shared their research during a poster presentation. QESST hosted a luncheon…
Solar Energy Harvesting Shingles at the University of Delaware
Outcome/Accomplishment: Bob Opila, QESST faculty from the University of Delaware, partnered with Faculty Advisor, Liyun Wang of the Mechanical engineering department, leading five mechanical engineering seniors (Team 109) in designing solar energy harvesting shingles. Andrew Koster, Colleen Gegeckas, Kangning Guo, Kenneth Eland and Jessica Booth chose the solar shingles over 20 other projects for their…
QESST Scholar gives an extended oral talk at IEEE PVSC
Outcome/Accomplishment QESST scholar Antony Aguilar was invited to present the extended oral talk at the 2016 IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference in Portland, Oregon. Antony presented the paper, Development of Cu Plating for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells, representing the High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cell (HESSC) team directed by QESST faculty, Stuart Bowden. Co-authors included other QESST…
QESST Hosts Delegation from Tec De Monterrey
On September 23-24, 2015, QESST faculty and scholars taught 21 architectural undergraduate students and 2 faculty members from Tecnologico de Monterrey how to design their own photovoltaic module. The visiting undergraduates worked with sixteen QESST Scholars during the two-day workshop, which was hosted by the Solar Power Lab in the ASU Research Park (Tempe, Arizona)….
Solar Thermal Energy
Assistant Professor Zachary Holman of Arizona State University was interviewed by Arizona Horizon on research projects being conducted at ASU. Holman gave a description of new technology being developed Arizona State. Video Link Below Arizona Technology and Innovation: Solar Thermal Energy
ASU Foundation “Philanthropy Is…”
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SEIGERT Mobile Solar Experimental System Demonstration
SEIGERT Mobile Solar Experimental System Demonstration featuring QESST students.
Christiana Honsberg – QESST Engineering Research Center Overview
Presentation by Christiana Honsberg at the University of New South Wales in Australia, July 11th, 2013.
Pablo Guimerá Coll places first in National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers’ Perfect Pitch Competition
Pablo Guimerá Coll, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, took first place in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Centers’ Perfect Pitch Competition that was held in Washington D.C. The QESST (Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technology) Scholar, Coll, won the Perfect Pitch competition for his research project on “Sound Assisted Low Temperature…
QESST for solar power to feed an energy hungry world
Researchers at the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST) Engineering Research Center are hoping to meet much of the terawatt challenge with solar technology alone by vastly improving the performance of photovoltaic cells. QESST is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy under NSF grant #1041895, and is headquartered…
Dr. Harry Atwater elected into the National Academy of Engineering
Dr. Harry Atwater, QESST Deputy Director, was elected into the National Academy of Engineering. Atwater was recognized for his contributions to plasmonics. This honor is considered one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Article in Caltech News on February 6, 2015
Arizona Lands Third Engineering Research Center
Arizona is now one of only three states to have three Engineering Research Centers with the announcement Monday that the National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $18.5-million grant to Arizona State University. Read the full article