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39th PVSC, Tampa, FL June 16-21, 2012

Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts for Future Technologies:
Stefan Fischer

Area 2, Chalcogenide Thin FIlm Solar Cells and Related Materials
Lukas Kranz

Area 3, III-V & Concentrator Technologies:
Stephanie Tomasulo

Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics:
Brett J Hallam

Area 5, Thin Film Silicon based PV technologies:
Jonathon Dore

Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
John Mudrick

Area 7, Space Technologies:
No Winner

Area 8, Characterization Methods:
Kay-Michael Guenther

Area 9, PV Modules & Terrestrial Systems:
Daniel Cormode

Area 10, Reliability of PV:
Norbert Biderman

Area 11, PV Velocity Forum:
Joachim Seel

38th PVSC, Austin, TX June 3-8, 2012

Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts for Future Technologies:
Hiromasa Fujii

Area 2, Thin Film Polycrystalline Photovoltaics:
James Moore

Area 3, III-V & Concentrator Technologies:
Kyusang Lee

Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics:
Maxime Forster

Area 5, Thin Film Silicon based PV technologies:
Dominic Gerlach

Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
Kejia Li

Area 7, Space Technologies:
Akhil Mehrotra

Area 8, PV Characterization:
Puruswottam Aryal

Area 9, PV Modules & Terrestrial Systems:
Matthew Lave

Area 10, PV Velocity Forum:
No Winner

37th PVSC, Seattle, WA June 19-24, 2011

Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts:
Louise C. Hirst (Winner)
Christopher G. Bailey (Runner Up)

Area 2, Chalcogenide Thin Films:
Hamed Simchi (Winner)
Adam Krysztopa (Runner Up)

Area 3, III-V & Concentrators:
Ngai L. A. Chan (Winner)

Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Technologies:
Robert Woehl (Winner)
Jiun-Hong Lai (Runner Up)

Area 5, Amorphous, Nano, & Film Silicon:
Mathieu Boccard (Winner)
Sourabh Dongaonkar (Runner Up)

Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
Brian E. Lassiter

Area 7, Space Technologies:
Zachary S. Bittner

Area 8, PV Characterization:
Joel Weber

Area 9, PV Modules & Systems:
Ye Zhao

Area 10, PV Velocity Forum:
No Winner




35th PVSC, Honolulu, HI June 20-25, 2010

Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts:
Yu Wen

Area 2, CIGS & CdTe:
Adrian Chirila

Area 3, III-V & Concentrators:
Jason H. Karp

Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Technologies:
Simeon C. Baker-Finch

Area 5, Amorphous, Nano, & Film Silicon:
Tobias Sontheimer

Area 6, Organic Photovoltaics:
Claudio Girotto

Area 7, Space Technologies:
Rene Kellenbenz

Area 8, PV Characterization:
Paul Gundel

Area 9, PV Modules & Systems:
Edgardo J. Mendez-Delgado

Area 10, Gigawatt Scale Manufacturing:
Annick Anctil

34th PVSC, Philadelphia, PA June 20-25, 2010

Area 1, Fundamentals and New Concepts for Future Technologies:
Jessica Adams

Area 2, II-VI & Related Technologies:
Victor Plotnikov

Area 3, III-V & Concentrator Technologies:
Michael Harris

Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Technologies:
Robert Bock

Area 5, Amorphous, Nano and Film Si Technologies:
Lila Dahal

Area 6, Space Technologies:
Raymond Hoheisel

Area 7, PV Modules and System Components:
Ulrich Eitner

Area 8, Terrestrial Systems:
Brian Azzopardi

33th PVSC, San Diego, CA June, 2008

Area 1, Inorganic Nanostructures:
Katsuaki Tanabe (Winner)
Woo-Jun Yoon (Honorable Mention)
Som N. Dahal (Honorable Mention)

Area 2, CdTe and CIGS Deposition:
Jian Li (Winner);
Hadley F. Myers (Honorable Mention)

Area 3, Concentrator Modules, Components and Systems (I)
Gerhard Peharz (Winner)
Luke D Reed (Honorable Mention)

Area 4, Crystalline Silicon Surface and Bulk Passivation:
Manav Sheoran (Winner)
Bianca Lim (Honorable Mention)
Martin Hermle (Honorable Mention)

Area 5, High Efficiency Amorphous, Nano/Microcrystalline, and Thin Film Si Solar Cells:
Gregory Bugnon (Winner)
Ihsanul A Yunaz (Honorable Mention)

Area 6, Space Photovoltaics:
Cory D. Cress (Winner)
Jara Fernandez (Honorable Mention)

Area 7, PV Modules:
Johannes Kuurne (Winner)


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