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The e8 Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship Program
http://www.e8.org/index.jsp?numpage=79
Applications for the Post-Doctoral programme must be received by the
e8 General Secretariat by December 3, 2007. Applications for the Masters
programme must be received by March 24, 2008.
Martin Green awarded at Chinese 58th Anniversary Celebrations
Professor Martin Green of the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering was honoured on the occasion of the 58th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. He received the highest award given by the Chinese government to foreign experts for contributions to the development of Chinese scientific, economic and social progress as well as being an invited guest of the National Day Banquet. More ...
APEC Lights Up to Photovoltaics
The Head of School Dr Richard Corkish
was invited by the New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma to a State Dinner
hosted in honour of his Excellency President Hu Jintao of
Martin Green Named as 2007 Recipient of SolarWorld’s Einstein Award
http://www.fabtech.org/content/view/3346/
NAWIC/Bovis Lend Lease Scholarship for Future Leaders
Monique Alfris, an alumnus of Photovoltaic and Solar Energy Engineering at UNSW has been awarded the Bovis Lend Lease Scholarship for Future Leaders. The scholarship, which celebrates women who demonstrate leadership potential within the construction industry, includes a Personal Development Program and a grant towards further leadership training. The scholarship was awarded at the National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) Awards for Excellence 2007, a sell-out event with over 800 professional women and men from the property and construction industry attending. Congratulations Monique, from all of us at SPREE.
Teaching Agreement with Nankai University
UNSW and Nankai University, Tianjin, China have just signed an agreement that will allow students from the College of Information Science and Technology at Nankai University to articulate to third and fourth years of UNSW’s Bachelor of Engineering (Photovoltaics and Solar Energy). The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering is very pleased to welcome Nankai University as a new and valued partner.
Jeremy Legget, CEO of Solarcentury Company visited UNSW on 22 August 2007
Click here to see his presentation.
Two students from the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering have set up The N&M Fund for the school. University Medallist and now PhD student Nicole Kuepper and current 4th year Photovoltaic Engineering student, Maurice Wells have kindly donated personal funds to start the N&M fund. The N&M Fund was started to improve the recognition of academic achievement in the formative years of the Photovoltaic & Solar Energy Engineering and Renewable Energy Engineering Degrees. Click here for more information.
Dr. Chin- Yao Tsai, President of Taiwanese solar cell manufacturer and new partner to UNSW, E-Ton Solar Tech Co., Ltd, accompanied by Dr. Tung- Ching Tseng, Assistant Vice president (R&D), travelled to UNSW to seal the new $1.7m licensing agreement. The visitors were hosted by Prof. Les Field, DVC (Research), Prof. Dianne Wiley, Dean of Engineering, and staff of the School of Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering and New South Innovations. News about this and other recent new collaborations is found here: www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2007/apr/licensing_deal.html. Information about the company is here: www.e-tonsolar.com/index.htm.
On the 27th of March another group of students graduated from the School's educational programs. A total of 21 students received their degrees including 13 with Bachelor of Engineering in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy, 2 with Bachelor of Engineering in Renewable Energy Engineering, 4 with Master of Engineering Science and 2 with Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations to all graduates and we wish you luck with your future endeavours.
A Taiwanese Government and industry delegation visiting Sydney to take part in the 13th Taiwan-Australia Joint Energy and Minerals Trade and Investment Consultations took time out to visit the UNSW Photovoltaics Laboratories on Friday 23 March. The School was honoured to host Vice-Minister Dr Ho-Shong Hou from the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs as the delegation’s leader. The visitors were extremely interested in photovoltaics manufacturing and research, now a rapidly growing industry in Taiwan.
A multimedia software presentation, the "Photovoltaic Info Point", has recently been commissioned in a kiosk in the UNSW Quad by UNSW Facilities Department. The software shows system performance data for the photovoltaic system on the Quad Building roof and explains how the system works http://www.energy.unsw.edu.au/NewsInfoLiveData.shtml.
Adeline Sugianto's hard work over this summer resulted in the award on 15th February of the Faculty of Engineering's award for Overall Winner, Poster Presentation (Energy, Resources & Environment) for the Taste of Research Summer Scholarships Program. Adeline's project on improved copper plating of front contacts of solar cells with silicon nitride antireflection coating, carried out in partnership with industry partner Suntech Power, points the way to better yields and higher efficiency.
With UAC Offers available on the 17th January, SPREE would like to congratulate all those students receiving an offer for one of our programs. We warmly welcome all new students in 2007 and hope you enjoy your studies with us. To help you with your enrolment we have some enrolment information available on this site for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the staff in our School Office by email: pv.course@unsw.edu.au, or phone: 9385 6848.
The innovative “semiconductor finger” technology co-developed by UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (through its ARC Centre for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics) and Suntech Power Co. overcomes the main limitation of the standard screen printing process that currently dominates solar cell production around the world. Heavily doped semiconductor lines are made in the cell top surface, instead of heavily doping the whole front surface, which creates a surface dead layer in conventional cells. This technology may also permit the use of fewer traditional lines of metal contact strips on the top surface, thereby reducing shading from the sun to enable the cell to generate more power. Even more importantly, the new technology may allow the use of lower quality silicon to make good quality cells.
http://www.solarbuzz.com/news/NewsASTE14.htm
UNSW’s solar car, Jaycar Sunswift III, has broken the world record
for the fastest solar-powered road trip from Perth to Sydney.
More information about the trip is available on the team’s website
www.sunswift.com.
Click http://media.smh.com.au/?sy=smh&category=Breaking+News&rid=25006&source=smh.com.au%2F to view a short video of Sunswift III's arrival at Circular Quay, Sydney.