2nd Solar Energy Systems Conference

Featured Speakers

Shane Ardo

Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
Matthew Bauer

Technology Development Manager, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Todd Deutsch

Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ahmed Ghoniem

Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor; Director, Center for Energy and Propulsion Research; Director, Reacting Gas Dynamics Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clifford Ho

Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories
James Klausner

Professor, Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University
Akanksha Krishnakumar Menon

Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joerg Petrasch

Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Martin Roeb

Scientist, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Bhima Sastri

Director of Integrated Carbon Management, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Ellen Stechel

Arizona State University
Ying Sun

Program Director, National Science Foundation
Craig Turchi

Acting Manager, Thermal Energy Science & Technologies Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Chengxiang Xiang

Senior Staff Scientist at Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology

Conference Topics

Solar Fuels

Materials-to-reactor-scale development, technoeconomic and lifecycle analyses for photoelectrochemical and thermochemical pathways for solar-fuels production via water splitting, carbon dioxide splitting and ammonia production; benchmarking solar-fuel technologies; roadblocks and challenges for solar-fuel processes, both, low and high-temperature approaches

Thermal Energy Storage and Heat-Transfer Media

Advances in materials-to-device scale development of (solar) thermal energy storage technologies including sensible, latent and thermochemical storage; innovations in heat-transfer media development for thermal energy storage applications; prediction heat and mass transfer processes; heat-transfer media and heat-exchanger designs for the next generation of concentrated solar power applications; advanced and next-generation heat-exchanger design, development, and manufacturing

Solar Energy for Process Heating and Water Treatment

Materials, device and technology descriptions for using solar energy for food processing, chemicals production, water desalination, photocatalysis for water treatment

Process and System Modeling Innovations

Multiscale transport phenomena modeling (mass, momentum, energy, radiative intensity, species and charge) and reaction kinetics for solar-fuel generators and thermal energy storage applications; data-driven models and machine learning for accelerated materials and device designs; system models for scheduling and operation for grid-scale energy storage; advanced controller

Industry Representation and Commercialization

Engage businesses, industries, and entrepreneurs to discuss market-based solutions for solar power and energy-storage; strategies for cost-effective renewables; energy and climate goals coupled with economic growth