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Date/TimeDescription

May 31, 2013

10:00AM - 12:00PM

1005 HH Dow

Electrical and Optical Properties of Upgraded Metallurgical Grade Silicon Solar Cells

Jae Young Kwon, Thesis Defense

Akram Boukai, Advisor

 

 

Silicon(Si) accounts for more than ~90% of solar cell market due to its advantages of  earth abundance, good reliability, performance, and a wealth of more »

Recent Events

Date/TimeDescription

May 21, 2013

01:00PM - 03:00PM

1500 EECS

Tandem Organic Photovoltaics

Brian Lassiter

Stephen Forrest, advisor

 

 

The unique properties of organic semiconductors have led to significant scientific and commercial interest in organic electronics over the last ten years. During that more »

May 20, 2013

01:00PM - 03:00PM

Johnson Room A, Lurie Engineering Center

Thermal Properties of Disordered Organic Solids and Interfaces involving Organics

Yansha Jin

Max Shtein, advisor

 

Research interest in energy conversion in organic materials has been growing steadily, driven in part by the potential advantages of light weight, mechanical flexibility, scalability and more »

May 15, 2013

12:00PM - 02:00PM

Johnson Rooms B & C, Lurie Engineering Center

Manipulating Quantum Dot Nanostructures for Photonic and Photovoltaic Applications

Andrew J. Martin

Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, advisor

 

Semiconductor quantum dots are of recent interest for use in various optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, lasers, and quantum computing. For example, embedding quantum more »

May 08, 2013

03:30PM - 05:00PM

Johnson Rooms, Lurie Engineering Center

L. H. and F. E. Van Vlack Professor Installation

John Halloran

On Wednesday May 8, at 3:30 p.m., the College of Engineering will honor Professor John Halloran for his appointment to an endowed professorship.  Please join Professor Halloran and Dean David more »

April 19, 2013

03:30PM - 05:00PM

1670 Beyster Building

Complex Thermoelectric Materials

G. Jeffrey Snyder

The widespread use of thermoelectric generators has been limited by the low material efficiency of the thermoelectric material. A number of strategies for Complex Thermoelectric Materials[1] with higher Thermoelectric more »

April 12, 2013

03:30PM - 05:00PM

1670 Beyster Building

Neutrons for Soft Materials Manufacturing: Measuring the Next Level of Structural and Rheological Complexity

Ronald Jones

Abstract TBA

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