LightWorks pulls light-inspired research at ASU under one strategic framework.
Carbon Capture and Reliable Storage
Jennifer Wilcox
- Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines
The scale by which CO2 must be mitigated worldwide dwarfs the existing chemical industry, making utilization of CO2 as a chemical feedstock a minor component of the portfolio of mitigation options. Carbon capture and storage is one strategy that could potentially mitigate gigatons of CO2 emissions per year, provided geological...
Concentrating Solar Power R&D at Sandia National Labs
Paul Gauche
- Manager, Concentrating Solar Technologies Department and the National Solar Thermal Test Facility, Sandia National Labs
This seminar aims to provide an overview of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) research at Sandia National Labs in three parts. The first part will cover an overview of what Sandia National Labs does in energy. The other two parts will cover the capabilities, current research and testing done at the...
ASU-NSF I-Corps™ Lunch + Info Session
Thursday, April 19, 2018 (register here)
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Brent Sebold
- Executive Director of Venture Development, Entrepreneurship + Innovation, Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development
I-Corps™ Teams comprise 3 members: PIs, ELs, and Mentors. 1.) Principal Investigators (PIs) are typically ASU-affiliated faculty researchers. 2.) Entrepreneurial Leads (ELs) are typically postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, or other students, staff, or community members. 3.) Mentors are typically sourced from industry and have experience transitioning technologies from academic labs...
Stories from Data (SFD) Workshops
Michael Simeone
- Director of Data Science and Analytics, Arizona State University Library
Stories from Data (SFD) is a series of workshops aimed at connecting visual storytelling and data visualization. No previous experience with visualization programming or software is required.
Stories from Data will run from March 5-7 at the Memorial Union, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Coffee and...
The Cultural Functions of Climate
Mike Hulme
- Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge, U.K.
The idea of climate has always fulfilled important psychological, cultural and political functions. Climate may be understood according to aggregated statistics of weather or apprehended more intuitively, as a tacit idea held in social memory. However defined, “climate” establishes certain expectations about the possibility of stable and meaningful human...
New and Innovative Policy and Business Models for Distributed Energy Resources in a Hyper-Connected World
Thomas Baker
- Principal, The Boston Consulting Group
Kris Mayes
- Director, Energy Policy Innovation Council
Wesley Herche
- Moderator
- Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University
As renewable energy takes off and moves closer to the point of consumption, generation around the world is becoming more decentralized. These distributed energy resources (DER) are transforming energy markets, but questions remain about what this new industry will look like and how DER will be managed. In this...
An Introduction to Geospatial Analysis for Energy and Environmental Applications
John Cirucci
- Principal, Spatial Analytics
"Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." - Tobler’s Law of Geography
The concept of PLACE has never been more prominent and ubiquitous in our personal and professional lives. Maps have evolved into sophisticated, interactive, decision-support systems. The confluence of big data, remote...
Development of All Back Contact Cells using Multilayer Foil Metallization
David Levy
- Director of Research and Technology, Natcore Technology
Natcore Technology is developing a new back-contact back-junction cell metallization based upon multilayer foil laminates. Capable of being produced in low-cost roll-to-roll processes, the laminates consist of aluminum foils bonded to an insulating film, yielding for example a preformed metal / dielectric / metal stack that can be used to...
PERC Solar Development and Manufacturing
Qi Wang
- Chief Scientist, Jinko Solar
Recently the standard back surface field (BSF) p-type monocrystalline silicon solar cells were significantly replaced by the passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) solar cells in large volume. PERC solar cells appear successfully migrating from lab’s development to factory manufacturing. The story is unfolded with solutions of passivated-layer equipment for mass...
Restoring the Carbon Balance Webinar 2: The Technologies Needed
Eric Larson
- Senior Research Faculty, Energy Systems Analysis Group, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University
Klaus Lackner
- Director, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, Arizona State University
Susan Hovorka
- Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.
Joel Makower
- Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group Inc.
The capacity of the Earth’s atmosphere to safely hold excess carbon without too much warming is very limited. Unless that pace is dramatically accelerated, the planet will almost certainly exceed its “carbon budget” within two decades, if it hasn’t already. This concern has led the International Panel on Climate Change...
University of Tokyo Solar Cell Research
Masakazu Sugiyama
- Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Kasidit Toprasertpong
- Doctoral Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
- School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Join us for two related presentations. Dr. Sugiyama will present "The Solar Quest for High-Efficiency III-V Cells," where he will touch on the great potential of III-V semiconductors to enhance efficiency of solar cells using multi-junction and intermediate-band technologies. Mr. Toprasertpong will present "Carrier Transport and Current Collection Model in...
Restoring the Carbon Balance
Jeffrey Sachs
- World-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist
Kevin Anderson
- Professor of Energy and Climate Change in the School of Mechanical, Aeronautical and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester
John Shepherd
- Emeritus Professor of Earth System Science within the Ocean and Earth Science Department of the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton and a Fellow of the Royal Society
David Biello
- Science Curator at Ted Talks and former Scientific American Energy and Environment Editor
The capacity of the Earth's atmosphere to safely hold excess carbon without too much warming is limited. Unless that pace is dramatically accelerated, the planet will almost certainly exceed its "carbon budget" within two decades, if it hasn't already. This concern has led the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
United's Sustainable Community - An Island Solution
Robert Divers
- CEO of United Interests
Robert Divers is the CEO of United Interests and the founder of United Power, developer of renewable energy and clean thermal power projects. Prior to United, Mr. Divers served as the Managing Principal of PORTsmart Energy LLC, where he was responsible for the development of new industrial, power, telecommunications and...
Engineering for Global Development: Use-Inspired Solutions to Water-Energy Nexus Challenges
Chris Mattson
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Design Exploration Research Group, Brigham Young University will present Village Drill: A Case Study in Engineering for Global Development, With Five Years of Data Post Market-I
Amy Bilton
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Associate Director, Center for Global Engineering, University of Toronto will present Design of Appropriate Water and Energy Technologies for the Developing World
Kendra Sharp
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Richard and Gretchen Evans Professor in Humanitarian Engineering, Oregon State University will present Assessing Current and Future Climate, Water and Hydropower Scenarios in Data-Sparse Mountain Regions
Rhett Larson
- Associate Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University will present Distributed Water Treatment, Storage, and Augmentation an
Characterizing and solving water-energy nexus challenges is critical to the long-term sustainability and resiliency of our human-natural ecosystem. This is true domestically and internationally, in both urban and rural settings, and across geopolitical and cultural boundaries. This globally-focused event presents a series of use-inspired solutions to water-energy nexus challenges that...
Hydrogen, Water, Electrons: Providing the Means for a Sustainable World
Dr. Ivan Ermanoski
- Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Materials, Devices & Energy Technologies Department, Sandia National Laboratories
One of the main challenges of a growing human civilization on Earth lies in balancing the ever-increasing need for resources, with the physical limitations of our planet and biosphere. The most prominent of these needs is energy. Energy is currently satisfied by the mining and burning of carbon-based materials leading...
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