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Technical
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Distinguished Lecturer Series |
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Trends in Solar Energy and Solar Photovoltaics |
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DATE/TIME
Thursday, May 7, 2009 (4:30pm to 6:30pm) |
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PLACE
AMD Fort Collins Campus (Fort
Collins, CO)
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DIRECTIONS
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From I-25, take Harmony Road Exit (Exit 265) westbound, and enter AMD
campus on right immediately following Harmony/Ziegler intersection.
AMD is located on the NW corner of Harmony Road and Ziegler Road.
Proceed to 3rd floor for escort to seminar auditorium. Non-AMD
employees: please arrive at 4:00pm for security sign-in and escort. |
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COST
Free. As always, food &
drinks will be provided. |
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RSVP
Send e-mail to Tin Tin Wee at
tintin.wee@amd.com. |
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ABSTRACT |
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This presentation will
include: an overview of the solar market and solar generators being
built worldwide with focus on their technology; Overview of PV and solar
polysilicon suppliers; basics of semiconductor solar cells, crystalline
silicon technology; thin film solar technologies including amorphous
silicon, CIGS, CdTe, dye sensitized, and emerging solar technologies -
organic, nanocrystal, nanotubes, and other. |
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DR. BETTY PRINCE (New Energy Strategies International, Leander, TX)
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Dr. Betty Prince is CEO of New Energy
Strategies International. She has 35 years experience in the
semiconductor industry with Texas Instruments, N.V. Philips, Motorola,
R.C.A., and Fairchild in various engineering and management positions.
She is author of several technical books in the semiconductor area and
has given numerous technical papers. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE,
an IEEE SSCS Distinguished Lecturer on Solar Technology and served on
the Technical Advisory Board of IEEE Spectrum magazine. She was founder
of the JEDEC JC-16 Interface Standards Committee and Chair of the JEDEC
JC 42.2 Standards Committee. She has served on the Technical Advisory
Board of several companies and holds patents in the memory, processor
and interface areas. She has a B.S. and M.S. in physics and math from
the University of New Mexico and the University of California, and an
M.B.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas with doctoral
dissertation on fractal modeling. |
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PHOTOS Courtesy of
Bob Barnes |
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