Jeremy Munday wins SPIE Early Career Achievement Award
Prof. Jeremy Munday is the 2014 recipient of the Early Career Achievement Award in recognition of his “innovative experimental and theoretical work on photonic engineering for solar energy devices and Casimir forces.” More information can be found here.
New papers published in Optics Express and J-PV
Yunlu’s work on quantum dot enhanced polymer solar cells is published in Optics Express. His work on using photonic crystals to effectively modify the bandgap of solar cells is also published in the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. Great job!
Jeremy gives an invited talk at the 2013 Fall MRS
Jeremy gives invited presentation at the 2013 Materials Research Society Fall meeting in Boston, MA. Many thanks to Kylie Catchpole, Yi Cui, and Hernán Míguez for an excellent symposium!
Jeremy gives two invited talks at OSA’s Renewable Energy and the Environment conference
Jeremy gives two invited talks at OSA’s Renewable Energy and the Environment conference in Tucson, Arizona. These talks were part of the sections on “Optics for Solar Energy (SOLAR)” and “Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV).” Thanks to Alan Kost and Alexander Sprafke for the invitations!
Yunlu, Joe, and Jeremy publish chapter in a Springer Book entitled Quantum Dot Solar Cells
A link to the book can be found here.
Jeremy gives an invited talk at the EITA-YIC 2013 conference at MIT
Jeremy gives an invited talk at the EITA-YIC 2013 conference at MIT. The talk was presented as part of Workshop 3: New Materials Science and Engineering, Nanotechnology and New Green Energy.
Jeremy gives an invited talk at the ICCES’13 Metamaterial Symposium in Seattle
Jeremy gives an invited talk at the ICCES’13 Metamaterial Symposium in Seattle, WA. Thanks to Rakesh M. Jha for the invitation!
Joe Garrett’s talk on the Casimir Force tied for first place in the session ‘Pushing the Boundaries of Science’ at the UMD Graduate Research Interaction Day
Congratulations to Joe! For more details, click here.
Jeremy gives invited talk at SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference
Jeremy gives invited talk at SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Conference.
Joe Murray gives a talk at the Materials Research Society meeting
Joe Murray gives a talk at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco on light trapping limits.
Joe Garrett give talks at APS March meeting
Joe Garett gives a talk at the APS March meeting in Baltimore on the Casimir force.
Lab featured in Washington Post
Munday Group in Washington Post discussion about the effect of sequestration on university research funding can be found here.
Dongheon is named Distinguished Teaching Assistant
Dongheon is named 2012-2013 Distinguished Teaching Assistant by The Center for Teaching Excellence, the Office of Undergraduate Studies, and the Graduate School in University of Maryland. Congratulations!
Dongheon named 2012-2013 International Teaching Fellow
Dongheon named 2012-2013 International Teaching Fellow by the The Center for Teaching Excellence, the Office of Undergraduate Studies, and the Graduate School in University of Maryland. Congratulations!
Dr. Leite’s work on multijunction solar cells that could exceed 50% efficiency is highlighted in media
Dr. Leite’s work on multijunction solar cells that could exceed 50% efficiency is highlighted in Physics Org and can be found here.
“Engineering slimmer solar cells” from Nature News
“Engineering slimmer solar cells” from Nature News.
Image selected to Science as Art Competition at the Fall Materials Research Society Conference
Image selected to Science as Art Competition at the Fall Materials Research Society Conference.
“A new way to a better solar cell” from Greentech Solar
“A new way to a better solar cell” from Greentech Solar.
