March 15 2016 Susquehanna Section/Nanotechnology Chapter Dinner/Presentation: The Nanotechnology Revolution & Improving Solar Cell Efficiency through Nanostructured Light Trapping Architectures
The Nanotechnology Revolution & Improving Solar Cell Efficiency through Nanostructured Light Trapping Architectures
The Nanotechnology Revolution & Improving Solar Cell Efficiency through Nanostructured Light Trapping Architectures
Synopsis
Nanotechnology is playing a key role in this, the next industrial revolution. It is not an industry; it is an enabling technology that is impacting almost every employment sector from electronics, energy, biotechnology, biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, textiles, agriculture, food production, printing and publishing, plastics, metals, information technology, building and construction materials, recreation, and many others. How effectively companies in these industries utilize nanotechnology in the years ahead will be crucial to their competitiveness. Pennsylvania has taken on the challenge to educate a nanotechnology enabled workforce to assist companies in their journey in the nano regime, and has been recognized as the national leader in nanotechnology undergraduate education. Energy is one area in which nanotechnology innovations will be a crucial success factor. Within the next few hundred years all non-renewable resources will become depleted. Finding ways to more efficiently harness renewable resources is therefore of high importance at the present time. Of all renewable resources, the sun offers the greatest potential. In order to make solar energy a more attractive energy resource a decrease in the cost per watt for this technology is required. By utilizing innovative nanotechnology processes highly ordered light trapping architectures can be fabricated in order to increase the absorption of light in solar cells. These absorption increases can ultimately pave the way towards more efficient, lightweight, and flexible solar cell devices conducive to economic manufacturing techniques.
Dinner Menu
Roast turkey with gravy
Pierogi lasagna
haricot vert
squash succotash
salad and rolls
assorted cupcake and cookies
pepsi/aquafina assortment
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- 777 West Harrisburg Pike
- Middletown, Pennsylvania
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- Starts 01 March 2016 02:20 PM UTC
- Ends 14 March 2016 09:00 PM UTC
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Robert Ehrmann of Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization
The Nanotechnology Revolution & Improving Solar Cell Efficiency through Nanostructured Light Trapping Architectures
Biography:
Robert K. Ehrmann is the Managing Director at the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU). The CNEU is the home to the NSF National Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Center, which has a national mission to facilitate the development of nanotechnology education programs in community and technical colleges across the nation. The CNEU is also the home of the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology Partnership, the nation’s leading program in associate and baccalaureate level nanotechnology education. The CNEU focuses resources on addressing the incorporation of nanotechnology into K-12 education, post-secondary education, and industry applications. Prior to joining Penn State in 2004, Mr. Ehrmann was employed in industry. During his twenty three year tenure with Corning, Inc., he held multiple positions in engineering, product development, engineering/design management, production management and project management. Mr. Ehrmann earned a BS Degree in Ceramic Engineering from Rutgers University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from West Virginia
Zachary Gray of Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization
The Nanotechnology Revolution & Improving Solar Cell Efficiency through Nanostructured Light Trapping Architectures
Biography:
Zachary Gray is a Penn State PhD Candidate, as well as the laboratory coordinator for the NMT program at the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU). Zachary has intermittently worked for Penn State since 2009. Prior to working for Penn State Zachary worked as a Process Technician for a small State College based R&D solar cell company, Solarity, which was founded by Dr. Stephen Fonash. In 2007 Zachary earned his AS degree in nanomanufacturing technology (NMT) from Reading Area Community College. While working at Solarity and Penn State, Zachary completed his BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering with an emphasis on electronic and photonic materials. In February of 2016 Zachary completed his comprehensive exams and is now officially on the road to earning his a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State.
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Dinner: 6:30-7:30 (Reservation Required) Members: $20.00, Life Members: $10, Students: $10.00 ------------------------ Presentation: 7:30-8:30 Members: FREE Students: FREE