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Energy and Charge -Transfer in Molecular Materials: The Role of Quantum Coherence Dr. Obadiah Reid, Assistant Research Professor - NREL, University of Colorado - Boulder Date: Tuesday, May 1 at 12:30pm Location: ECEE 1B32 Abstract:​ Molecular semiconductors possess unique features that make them useful for a wide range of applications:... Read more »

Energy Systems Modelling ~ The Good the bad and the Ugly Mark O'Malley is Chief Scientist, Energy Systems Integration and Senior Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA Date: Monday, April 30 at 2:00pm Location: SEEC S228 Abstract:​ The Energy System is transforming, based in large part on... Read more »

Coordinated Control in Wind Turbine Farms Bart Doekemeijer, Delft Center for Systems & Control, Delft University of Technology Date: Thursday, April 26 at 3:30pm Location: Onizuka Conference Room (ECAE 199)​ Abstract:​ Wind turbines are being placed together in wind farms for the financial gains from economies of scale. However, this... Read more »

Bridging Thermal Science and Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Applications Lili Cai, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University Date: Monday, April 16 at 11:30am Location: ECCS 1B28​ Abstract:​ As population and living standards increase, the energy demand and climate change have reached unprecedented levels that require more efficient technologies... Read more »

Designing a Sustainable Future: Simulating Next Generation Energy Systems Bri-Mathias Hodge, Power Systems Design and Study Group Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Date: Thursday, April 19 at 12:30pm Location: ECEE 1B70 Abstract:​ World energy systems are changing rapidly in the face of the global challenge of decarbonization. Power systems are... Read more »

The amount of wind available for converting into electricity — key to reducing carbon emissions — is projected to decrease in the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes as the climate warms. The study, published online in Nature Geoscience, finds this will particularly affect the central United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland,... Read more »

CitizenSkyView App Maps Cloud Cover to Aid in Predicting Solar Power Generation: Professor Al Gasiewski and his team have developed the CitizenSkyView app for iPhones or androids to help researchers better understand how cloud structures and patterns impact renewable energy generation. An initial $10,000 seed grant from RASEI, followed by... Read more »

How Type I Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Evolved to Adapt to the Great Oxygenation Event John H. Golbeck, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University Date: Thursday, March 1 at 3pm Location: SEEC Building, Room C120 Abstract: The first photosynthetic organisms evolved as far back... Read more »

Join RASEI at the largest solar conference in the Rocky Mountain West, hosted by Colorado Solar Energy Industries Assoication When: March 12-14, 2018 Where: Hyatt Regency Aurora Denver Conference Center in Aurora, CO What: The Solar Connection Dozens of top national experts in solar and energy storage technologies are expected... Read more »

Organic and Bio-organic Electronic Devices Professor N. Serdar Sariciftci Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler, University Linz Date: Tuesday, January 30 at 12:30pm Location: Discovery Learning Center, Room 1B70 Abstract: Organic electronic devices are maturing from the academic research into the industrial development, entering the... Read more »