Scientific Program 2012

The 2012 I-CAMP school in Boulder will focus on solar energy harvesting. As a nearly one month long school, it will comprehensively address new and emerging science and technology in the fields of photovoltaics and solar fuels. It will also closely integrate discussions of science and technology with issues of deployment and implementation of renewable energy in society. It will provide both a rich environment for students to delve into these interdisciplinary topics and a synergistic forum for leading researchers to interact in an in-depth and productive way. The workshop lectures will be held in an interactive style that encourages the synthesis of ideas by the students. Techniques of active learning and peer instruction will be utilized to maximize participation in all discussions.

There will be several poster sessions and best poster person award for each of the poster session sponsored by SPIE.

Summer School Topics

• Organic Photovoltaics
• Nanoscale Photovoltaics
• Chemical, Macromolecular, and Nanostructure Synthesis
• Hybrid and Nanocomposites Materials
• Quantum Chemical Design and High Performance Computing
• Morphology Control and Characterization
• Charge Transport and Recombination Kinetics
• Exciton Dynamics
• Ultrafast Photophysics
• Thermodynamics of Photovoltaic Devices
• 3rd Generation and Exotic Concepts
• Plasmonics
• Light Trapping and Optical Control
• Nanoscale Characterization
• Device Physics and Architecture
• Photovoltaic Upscaling and Manufacturing
• Solar Fuel Materials and Catalysts
• Solar Fuel Systems Design
• Artificial Photosynthesis
• Biological Systems
• Enzymatic and Bacterial Production of Biofuels
• Economic Issues in Renewable Energy
• Policy and Governance Issues in Renewable Energy
• Societal Issues in Renewable Energy

Invited Speakers:

• Neal R. Armstrong, University of Arizona, United States
• Matthew C. Beard, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Jeffrey Blackburn, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Christoph Brabec, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
• Paul Burn, University of Queensland, Australia
• Sue A. Carter, University of California Santa Cruz, United States
• Michael Chabinyc, University of California Santa Barbara, United States
• R. P. H. Chang, Northwestern University, United States
• Daniel Cox, University of California Davis, United States
• Anne C. Dillon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Gordana Dukovic, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Maria L. Ghirardi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Sailing He, Zhejiang University, China and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Martin Heeney, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• J. C. Hummelen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Joseph T. Hupp, Northwestern University, United States
• Justin C. Johnson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Larry Kazmerski, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Nikos Kopidakis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Sandeep Kumar, Raman Research Institute, India and Trinity College, Ireland
• Ross Larsen, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Matthew Law, University of California Irvine, United States
• Peter B. Littlewood, Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago, United States
• Mark T. Lusk, Colorado School of Mines, United States
• Charles B. Musgrave, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Nathan R. Neale, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Arthur J. Nozik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Dana Olson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Bruce A. Parkinson, University of Wyoming, United States
• Bryan Pivovar, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Natalie Stingelin, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• Martha Symko-Davies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• P. Craig Taylor, Colorado School of Mines, United States
• Jao van de Lagemaat, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Koen Vandewal, Stanford University, United States
• Daniël Vanmaekelbergh, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Rachel Won, Nature Photonics, Japan
• Edward T. Yu, University of Texas Austin, United States
• Kai Zhu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States

Nano PV Workshop Invited Speakers:

• Joanna Atkin, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Silke H. Christiansen, Max Planck Institute, Germany
• Carsten Deibel, Wuerzburg, Germany
• Jennifer Dionne, Stanford University, United States
• Giulia A. Galli, University of California Davis, United States
• Anders Hagfeldt, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Russell J. Holmes, University of Minnesota, United States
• Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States
• Todd D. Krauss, University of Rochester, United States
• Joey Luther, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Michael D. McGehee, Stanford University, United States
• Iván Mora Seró, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
• Bruce A. Parkinson, University of Wyoming, United States
• Almantas Pivrikas, University of Queensland, Australia
• Tom J. Savenije, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Achilleas Savva, Cyprus University of Technology, Republic of Cyprus
• Daniel Vanmaekelbergh, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Vanessa C. Wood, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switserland
• Gergely T. Zimanyi, University of California Davis, United States
• Xiaoyang Zhu, University of Texas at Austin, United States

Scale Challenges Invited Speakers:

• Chuck Kutscher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• Gale A. Norton, Norton Regulatory Strategies, United States
• Doug Arent, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States
• James C. T. Linfield, Cooley LLP, United States
• Rick Gilliam, Vote Solar, United States
• K. K. DuVivier, University of Denver, United States
• Ron Binz, Public Policy Consulting, United States
• Richard Wiener, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, United States
• Bill Ritter, Colorado State University, United States
• Stephen R. Lawrence, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Frank Laird, University of Denver, United States
• Roger A. Pielke, Jr., University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Adam Reed, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, United States
• Barbara C. Farhar, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, United States
• Michael Knotek, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, United States
• Paul Komor, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Kevin L. Doran, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute and University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Garvin Heath, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States