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Posters

Below are links to some of the posters that were presented by our students, researchers and guests at the poster sessions. We hope you find them interesting and informative.

Solar Photovoltaic Energy Generation on Aqueducts of California "Solar Photovoltaic Energy Generation on Aqueducts of California"
Brandi McKuin, Andrew Zumkehr, Jenny Ta, Roger Bales, Joshua Viers, Tapan Pathak, J. Elliott Campbell
Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced
Audience choice poster winner!
   
Light Absorption of Si-containing Germanium Nanoparticles Kathryn A. Newton and Susan M. Kauzlarich Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis "Light Absorption of Si-containing Germanium Nanoparticles"
Kathryn A. Newton and Susan M. Kauzlarich
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis
Audience choice poster winner!
   
Thermodynamic Understanding of Segmented CPC

"Thermodynamic Understanding of Segmented CPC"
Bennet Widylar, Jun Jiang, Roland Winston
University of California, Merced
   
Transparent Conductive Oxides for Concentrated Solar Power "Transparent Conductive Oxides for concentrated Solar Power"
Elizabeth Caldwell1,3, Conor Riley2 , Tae Kyoung Kim1,3, Bryan Van Saders2, Qian Ma2, Zhaowei Liu2, Sungho Jin1,3, Renkun Chen1,3
1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego
3 Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego
   
Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Using Molecular Iron Carbonyl Clusters "Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Using Molecular Iron Carbonyl Clusters"
Natalia D. Loewen, Atefeh Taheri, Louise A. Berben*
Department of Chemistry; University of California Davis
   
Pb-Free Perovskite Solar Cells Fabrication

"Pb-Free Perovskite Solar Cells Fabrication"
Students: David Martinez and Randy Martinez
Advisors: Sankha Banerjee and Ajith Weerasinghe
Mechanical Engineering, Fresno State
   
Electrodeposition and Pulse-Electrodeposition of Zinc Sulfide thin films for Fabrication of Solar Cells "Electrodeposition and Pulse-Electrodeposition of Zinc Sulfide thin films for Fabrication of Solar Cells"
Students: Gustavo A. Silva-Hernandez and Abhimanyu Tripathi
Advisor: Ajith Weerasinghe and Sankha Banerjee
Lyles College of Engineering, Fresno State
   
Integrated Compound Parabolic Concentrator (ICPC) "Integrated Compound Parabolic Concentrator (ICPC)"
Dr. Roland Winston, Lun Jiang, Bennett Widyolar, Kaycee Chang
School of Engineering, University of California, Merced
   
Total Hemispherical Emittance Measurement Via A Vacuum Calorimetric Method "Total Hemispherical Emittance Measurement Via A Vacuum Calorimetric Method"
Jonathan Ferry, Ph.D. Student | Dr. Roland Winston, Principle Investigator
University of California, Merced
   
Solar Thermal Powered Drum Drying of California Specialty Crops "Solar Thermal Powered Drum Drying of California Specialty Crops"
Jonathan Ferry, Ph.D. Student | Dr. Roland Winston, Principle Investigator
University of California, Merced | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
   
Solar Tracking "Solar Tracking"
Jordyn Brinkley, Ali Hassanzadeh, Roland Winston
University of California, Merced
   
Comparison Between Two MPC Algorithms for Demand Charge Reduction in a Real-World Microgrid System "Comparison Between Two MPC Algorithms for Demand Charge Reduction in a Real-World Microgrid System"
UCR Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative (SIGI)
Xue2,3,4,Michael Todd3,4, Sadrul Ula3,4, Matthew Barth1,4 and Alfredo A. Martinez-Morales 2,3,4
1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy
3 Winston Chung Global Energy Center
4 College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology
University of California, Riverside
   
UC Merced Solar Cooling Demonstration Project XCPC Array Driving Double Effect Absorption Chiller

"UC Merced Solar Cooling Demonstration Project XCPC Array Driving Double Effect Absorption Chiller"
Widyolar B, Winston R, Jiang L, Poiry H. Performance of the Merced Demonstration XCPC Collector and Double Effect Chiller. ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2014;
   
ZnO-CuO Backbone-Branch Heterostructure for High-Efficiency Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells "ZnO-CuO Backbone-Branch Heterostructure for High-Efficiency Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells"
Kichang Jung1,3, Taehoon Lim2,3, Alfredo A. Martinez-Morales3
1 Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering,
2 Materials Science and Engineering Program,
3 Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy, College of Engineering
Center for Environmental Research and Technology University of California, Riverside
   
Integrated Non-Tracking Solar Collector(XCPC) And Humidification Dehumidification(HDH) desalination System For Affordable Decentralized Water "Integrated Non-Tracking Solar Collector(XCPC) And Humidification Dehumidification(HDH) desalination System For Affordable Decentralized Water"
Ali Hassanzadeh, Roland Winston
University of California, Merced
   
Hybrid Solar System ARPA-E FOCUS PROJECT | DE-AR0000464 David Cygan, GTI R&D Manager "Hybrid Solar System - ARPA-E FOCUS PROJECT | DE-AR0000464"
David Cygan, GTI R&D Manager
   
Cu-Zn-S Materials for Photovoltaics Unlocking the Mysteries of a Promising p-type Transparent Conductor Rachel Woods-Robinson, Xiaojie Xu, Joel W. Ager Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory "Cu-Zn-S Materials for Photovoltaics - Unlocking the Mysteries of a Promising p-type Transparent Conductor"
Rachel Woods-Robinson, Xiaojie Xu, Joel W. Ager
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
   
Andrea Chialastri, Michael Isaacson University of California Santa Cruz, Jack Baskin School of Engineering "Performance Evaluation and Optimization of a Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal Air Collector"
Andrea Chialastri, Michael Isaacson
University of California Santa Cruz, Jack Baskin School of Engineering
   
NONIMAGING OPTICS IN LIGHTING TO REDUCE LIGHT POLLUTION Melissa Ricketts, Jon Ferry, Lun Jiang, Roland Winston "Nonimaging Optics in Lighting to Reduce Light Pollution"
Melissa Ricketts, Jon Ferry, Lun Jiang, Roland Winston
UC Solar, University of California, Merced