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QESST Entrepreneurship Workshop
John Mitchell, Industrial Liaison Officer for QESST, and the Fulton Schools of Engineering Career Center lead a 4 hour workshop and luncheon. The focus of the workshop was entrepreneurship. Guest speakers, Brian Peterson of Rafael Tirado & Associates discussed resources available for startup and spinoff companies, legal issues regarding international partnerships, establishing LLC and S-Corp,…
Remembering Dieter Schroder
Regents’ Professor Dieter Schroder, noted semiconductor technology expert and revered mentor to many, passed away on December 24. He is remembered as a skilled teacher and communicator, and a kind and patient man.
Industry Short Course
Introduction to PV Manufacturing Decision Making: Product Cost Analysis and Hypothesis Testing Who should attend? Engineers, technicians and managers working in and around PV manufacturing environments who are looking to increase their cost analysis and statistical decision making skills. Dates February 19-20, 2013 Venue SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center 1475 North Scottsdale Road, Suite…
Past Director of NSF Visits QESST Lab
Dr. Arden L. Bement, Director of the Global Policy Research Institute at Purdue University, visited the QESST Solar Power Lab in conjunction with a visit to ASU to deliver a Rhodes Lecture. Prior to his current position, Dr. Bement was the Director of the National Science Foundation from 2004-2010. He served as a member of…
ASU Discovers: Harnessing the Sun
Channel 8 program “ASU Discovers” on October 22 included a segment on the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST) Engineering Research Center featuring Matt Fraser (QESST Executive Director and Sustainability Director), Christiana Honsberg (QESST Director), and Chantal Arena (QESST Industry partner, Soitec Phoenix Labs).
PVCDROM available in Korean
The PVCDROM, authored by Chris Honsberg and Stuart Bowden, has been translated into Korean. The Korean version is available as a 12 Mb free download from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER). The PVCDROM is an electronic book on PV. It can either be read from start to finish as a course on photovoltaics…
QESST solar panel cupcakes win United Way decorating contest
The Fulton Schools of Engineering Dean’s office research team won a prize with their QESST solar panel cupcakes–best research themed cupcake. The cupcake decorating contest and bake sale was held to raise money for United Way. The solar panels, constructed with frosting covered graham crackers, may not have high efficiency, but they attracted a lot…
QESST research program engages students in technology, application
When they first arrived at Arizona State University, Hilario Pio-Martinez and Victoria Chavez, two students from the Tohono O’odham Community College, felt intimidated. Neither is an engineer and they were embarking on a five-week, intensive photovoltaic technology research program as part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates through the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies…
QESST Scholar Inaugural Winner of 2012 Fulbright U.S. Climate Change Scholarship
Steven Limpert, a recent graduate in electrical engineering from Arizona State University, is the 2012 Fulbright Postgraduate Alumni Scholar, and also is the inaugural winner of the 2012 Fulbright U.S. Climate Change Scholarship. Through his Fulbright, Steven will spend a year at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), undertaking work towards a PhD at…
QESST Scholar Wins 38th IEEE PVSC Best Student Oral Presentation Award
Akhil Mehrotra, QESST Scholar from the University of Houston, was awarded the Best Student Oral Presentation Award at the 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) award ceremony on Friday, June 8, 2012 in Austin, Texas. Akhil’s winning oral was titled “Superior Radiation and Dislocation Tolerance of IMM Space Solar Cells.” In the photo, Akhil accepts his award…
Workshop on Characterization and Modeling of Solar Cells
Photovoltaics is cost competitive in a number of markets, but advances in cell technology are necessary to spread PV systems worldwide and reach terawatt scale. To leap ahead in PV technologies requires strategies for facilitating the rapid implementation of advanced device structures, e.g. selective emitters and rear point contacts. Furthermore, integrating new processing techniques and…
QESST First Annual Site Visit Review
QESST scholar, Katie Nelson, discusses her poster on QESST educational initiatives with members of the NSF/DOE site visit team. During the two-day site visit, QESST scholars presented their research during a poster session attended by the site visit team, QESST faculty and scholars from all eight QESST universities, and potential industry consortium members. Selected QESST…