Dr Anna Bruce

PhD UNSW

Lecturer
Undergraduate Scholarships Coordinator
Peer Mentoring Coordinator

Secretary, Events and Communications Manager, Australian PV Association

Contact Details
Office Location: Room 318, TETB (H6) Building
Email: a.bruce@unsw.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9385-5155
Fax: +61 2 9385-7762

Teaching Areas

  • Renewable Energy Policy
  • Photovoltaics in Developing Countries
  • Building Integrated Photovoltaics
  • Low Energy Buildings
  • Renewable Energy Life Cycle Analysis

Research Interests

  • Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Innovation Systems for Renewable Energy Technologies
  • Photovoltaics Industry Development
  • Photovoltaics Applications and Performance Monitoring
  • Building Integrated Photovoltaics
  • Low Energy Buildings
  • Photovoltaics Applications in Developing Countries
  • Small Scale Manufacture in Developing Countries
  • Life Cycle Analysis and Recycling of Photovoltaic Systems

Selected Publications

  • Bruce, A., R. Passey, M. Watt. (2009). An Innovation Systems View of the Australian PV Industry. Australia New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference. Townsville.
  • Bruce, A., M. Watt, R. Passey. (2009). Who Buys PV Systems? A survey of NSW residential PV rebate recipients. Australia New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference. Townsville.
  • Corkish, R., A. Bruce, D. Prasad. (2009). Integrated Solar Photovoltaics for Buildings. Low Carbon Green Growth & Photovoltaics in Architecture. Seoul, Korea, Architectural Institute of Korea, Photovoltaic Committee.
  • Passey, R., Bruce, A. and Watt, M. (2009). Analysis of the Photovoltaic Rebate Program in New South Wales, 2000 to 2008, for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Bruce, A. and M. Watt (2008). A literature-based study of the barriers to and advantages of small-scale manufacture of charge controllers and lamps for PV systems in developing countries. ISES Asia Pacific Conference. Sydney, Australia.
  • Bruce, A. (2007). Capability Building for the Manufacture of Photovoltaic System Components in Developing Countries. School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering. Sydney, Australia, The University of New South Wales. PhD Thesis.
  • Bruce, A. and Watt, M. (2006), Small Scale Manufacture of PV System Components in Developing Countries: Issues and Sustainability, 21st European PV Solar Energy Conference, Dresden, Germany, 4-8 September 2006.
  • Corkish, R., Wenham, S.R., Green, M.A., Sproul, A., Cotter, J., Aberle, A. and Bruce, A. (2006), Materials Engineering Education in Two New Engineering Degree Programs at the Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering, Journal of Materials Education, 28 (1-2), pp 57-68.
  • Dross, F., Labat, A., Perez Lopez, M.A., Raudez, R., Bruce, A., Kinne, S. and Komp, R. (2006), Vacuum-free, cost-effective, developing-country-material-available solar cell encapsulation, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.
  • Dross, F., Perez Lopez, M.A., Perez Lopez, M.A., Smith, A., Labat, A., Raudez, R., Bruce, A., Kinne, S. and Komp, R. (2006), Capillarity Solar Cell Encapsulation: A new vacuum-free, cost-effective encapsulation technique compatible with very thin string ribbons, 21st European PV Solar Energy Conference, Dresden, Germany, 4-8 September 2006.
  • Wenham, S.R. and Bruce, A. (2005), Analysis and simulation of manufactured screen-printed solar cells, in Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005 Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE, pp 1659-1662.
  • Wenham, S.R. and Bruce, A. (2004), Virtual Production Line for the Manufacturing of Screen-Printed Solar Cells, 19th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Paris, France, 7-11 June 2004.
  • Bruce, A., Wenham, S.R. and Sproul, A. (2002), Supporting Manufacture and Installation of PV System Components as a Cottage Industry in Nicaragua, 18th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Rome, 7 - 11 October 2002.
  • Wenham, S.R., Bruce, A. and Cotter, J. (2002), Manufacturing of Screen Printed Solar Cells through the Virtual Environment, 8th International Symposium on Renewable Energy Education (ISREE8), Orlando, Florida, August 2002.