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| 8.00-8.30 |
Coffee and registration |
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| 8.30 |
Introductions and welcome: Dean Johnson, Bob Wilhelm, Steve Patterson, Mike Fiddy |
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| 8.50 |
Dhiaa Jamil, Group Executive and Chief Nuclear Officer, Duke Energy: Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) |
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| 9.10 |
Dr. Edwin Walker, Southern U: “Power the Planet” |
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| 9.35 |
Dr. Alex Huang, NCSU: The Green Energy Grid |
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| 10.00 |
Dr. Alex Hobbs, Associate Director for Renewable Technologies: The NC Solar Center |
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Break |
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| 11.00 |
Dr. Michael Lebby, President OIDA: Global solar and green photonics |
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| 11.40 |
Dr. Ray Tsu, UNCC: Perspective on energy conversion |
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Lunch and Exhibits |
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| 1.15 |
Dr. Rob Walters, NRL: Current status of R&D in photovoltaics |
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| 1.45 |
Dr Angelo Mascarenhas, NREL: Key thrusts in photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Lab |
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| 2.15 |
Art Feldman, Newport Oriel Corporation, Equipment for testing solar cells |
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Break |
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| 3.30 |
Dr. Saleem H. Zaidi, President, Gratings Inc., Recent trends in photovoltaic technology: crystalline wafers versus flexible thin films. |
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| 4.00 |
Dr. M. Sullivan, President, Kiara Biosystems: Solar optical design: it’s an imaging problem |
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| 4.20 |
Dr. K. Gonsalves, UNCC: Organic and polymer nanostructures for harvesting solar energy |
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| 4.40 |
Dr. M. Parrow, UNCC: Photosynthesis and biofuels |
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| 5.00 |
Dr. Jordan Poler, UNCC: Harvesting light with SWCNTs |
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| 5.30 - 7.00 |
Reception (wine, beer and hors-d’oeuvres) and networking in exhibit hall |
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| 6.00 |
Charlotte OSA Chapter Event: Professional opportunities in photonics and solar power generation - an open discussion |
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| 7.00 |
Basketball (free tickets for game in Halton Arena) |
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