Committees


Organizing Committee

CONFERENCE CHAIR
BJ Stanbery
HelioVolt Corporation

PAST-CHAIR
David Wilt
AFRL/RVSV

DEPUTY CONFERENCE CHAIR/SECRETARY
Ryne Raffaelle
Rochester Institute of Technology

TREASURER
Richard R. King
Spectrolab

OPERATIONS
Steve Ringel
The Ohio State University

DEPUTY OPERATIONS
Alex Freundlich
University of Houston

PROGRAM CHAIR
Angus Rockett
University of Illinois

DEPUTY PROGRAM CHAIR
David Wilt
AFRL/RVSV

EXHIBITS AND SPONSORSHIP
John Martin
Qioptiq Space Technology

PUBLICITY
Paul Sharps
Emcore Photovoltaics

DEPUTY PUBLICITY
Christine Bennett

REGISTRATION
Jennifer Granata
Sandia National Laboratories

DEPUTY REGISTRATION
Sylvain Marsillac
Eni S.p.A.

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Seth Hubbard
Rochester Institute of Technology

DEPUTY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Simon Liu
Aerospace Corporation

TUTORIALS
Martha Symko-Davies
NREL

POSTERS
Alex Howard
AFRL/RVSV

SCHOOL PROGRAM
Keith Emery
NREL

DEPUTY SCHOOL PROGRAM
Scott Burroughs
Semprius

SOCIAL PROGRAM
Ann Schneider

DEPUTY SOCIAL PROGRAM
Julie Wilt

AWARDS CHAIR
Cory Cress
US Naval Research Laboratory

SOLAR DAY CHAIR
Ed Simburger
Aerospace Corporation

DEPUTY SOLAR DAY CHAIR
Jeremiah Mcnatt
NASA

SOLAR DAY LOCAL CO-CHAIR
Bill Steuve
Atonometrics

PV JOBS CHAIR
Rob Walters
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

DEPUTY PV JOBS CHAIR
John Benner
Stanford

WEBMASTER
Brent Nelson
NREL

GRADUATE STUDENT COORDINATOR
Jessica Adams
Microlink Devices Inc.

ASSISTANT GRADUATE STUDENT COORDINATOR
Alvin Chan

SUN RUN
Larry Kazmerski
NREL

IEEE/EDS REPRESENTATIVE
John Meakin
University of Delaware

JPV LIASON
Tim Anderson
University of Florida

CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION
Moe Forestieri
MOE Consulting

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR
Dick Swanson
SunPower Corporation

EUROPEAN CO-CHAIR INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Francesca Ferrazza
Eni S.p.A.

ASIAN CO-CHAIR INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Masafumi Yamaguchi
Toyota Technological Institute

William R. Cherry Committee

Robert J. Walters, Chair
Naval Research Laboratory

Stuart Wenham, Award Chair
University of South Wales

Tim Anderson
University of Florida

Charles Backus
ASU Research Park

Sheila G. Bailey
NASA Glenn Research Center

Allen M. Barnett
University of New South Wales

Paul Basore
Hanwha Solar America

John Benner
Stanford

Henry W. Brandhorst, Jr.
Auburn University

David E. Carlson
BP Solar

Timothy Coutts
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dennis J. Flood
North Coast Initiatives Ltd.

Americo F. Forestieri
MOE Consulting

Martin A. Green
University of New South Wales

Lawrence L. Kazmerski
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Richard King
Spectrolab, Inc.

Antonio Luque
Instituto De Energia Solar - UPM

John D. Meakin
University of Delaware

Jerry Olson
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Eugene Ralph
PV consulting

Ajeet Rohatgi
Georgia Institute of Technology

Richard J. Schwartz
Purdue University

Richard M. Swanson
SunPower Corporation

David Wilt
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

Christopher R. Wronski
Pennsylvania State University

Masafumi Yamaguchi
Toyota Technical Institute

International Committee

Richard M. Swanson, Chair
SunPower Corporation

Francesca Ferrazza, Co-chair
Eni S.p.A.

Masafumi Yamaguchi, Co-chair
Toyota Technical Institute

Tim Anderson
University of Florida
USA

Sheila G. Bailey
NASA Glenn Research Center
USA

A. K. Barua
Indian Assoc. for Cultivation of Science
INDIA

John Benner
Stanford
USA

Andreas Bett
Fraunhofer ISE
GERMANY

Henry W. Brandhorst
Auburn University
USA

Tim Bruton
NaREC
UNITED KINGDOM

David E. Carlson
BP Solar
USA

Timothy J. Coutts
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
USA

Antonia Sonia A. Cardoso Diniz
CEMIG
BRAZIL

Dennis J Flood
North Coast Initiatives, Ltd. USA

Carlo Flores
CESI S.p.A
ITALY

Takashi Fuyuki
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
JAPAN

Martin A. Green
University of New South Wales
AUSTRALIA

Huey-Liang Huang
National Tsing Hua University
TAIWAN, ROC

Lawrence L. Kazmerski
National Renewable Energy Lab.
USA

Donghwan Kim
Korea University
KOREA

Richard J. King
U. S. Department of Energy
USA

Makoto Konagai
Tokyo Institute of Technology
JAPAN

Michio Kondo
NIAIST
JAPAN

Kosuke Kurokawa
Tokyo A &T University
JAPAN

Antonio Luque
IES - UPM
SPAIN

Heinz Ossenbrink
European Commission DG JRC
ITALY

S.Panyakeow
Chulalongkorn University
THAILAND

Nicola Pearsall
University of Northumbria
UNITED KINGDOM

Josef Poortmans
IMEC
BELGIUM

Ajeet Rohatgi
Georgia Institute of Technology
USA

Richard J. Schwartz
Purdue University
USA

Wim Sinke
ECN
THE NETHERLANDS

Jinsoo Song
Korea Institute of Energy Research
KOREA

Tatsuya Takamoto
Sharp Corporation
JAPAN

Marko Topic
University of Ljubljana
SLOVENIA

Robert J. Walters
Naval Research Laboratory
USA

Gerhard Wilieke
FHG-ISE
GERMANY

Christopher R. Wronski
Pennsylvania State University
USA

Yuwen Zhao
Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute
CHINA


Local Steering Committee

Dr. Ray Orbach
University of Texas Energy Institute

Dr. Les Shepard
University of Texas at San Antonio Sustainable Energy Research Institute

Prof. Michael Webber
University of Texas Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy

Chris Eugster
CPS Energy

Karl Rabago
Austin Energy

Mitch Jacobson
Austin Technology Incubator Clean Energy

Andrew Trickett
San Antonio Clean Energy Incubator

Jamie Rhodes
Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization

Brewster McCracken
Pecan Street Project

John Baker
Pecan Street Project

Pike Powers
Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities

Michael Burke
San Antonio Clean Technology Forum

Russel Smith
Texas Renewable Energy Industry Association

Susan Davenport
Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

Bob King
Good Company Associates

Doug Lewin
Good Company Associates

Phillip Wright
Silicon Valley Bank

Larry Zinn
Tejas Verde Group

Bill Ott
Actacell

Michael Brennan
Brennan Consulting

Bill Stueve
Atonometrics

Tom Ortman
Concurrent Design