Date: October 21, 2016 at 10 AM MST
Description: Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society, powering everything from cities to pacemakers. With demand increasing, the electricity generating system faces challenges. These include harmful environmental impacts, threats to national security, resource supply problems, and over a quarter of the world’s population without access to electricity. These all indicate the need for a new electricity generation paradigm. During this webinar Dr. Christiana Honsberg, Director of the QESST Engineering Research Center at ASU, will explore recent progress towards meeting the so-called “terawatt challenge” i.e. harnessing the power of the sun using photovoltaics to generate a significant fraction of the world’s entire energy needs.
Presenter:
Christiana Honsberg
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Director, QESST Engineering Research Center
Professor, Christiana Honsberg joined the ASU electrical engineering faculty in 2008. She received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Delaware in 1986, 1989, and 1992, respectively, all in electrical engineering. Before joining the ASU faculty, Honsberg was an associate professor and director for the high performance solar power program at the University of Delaware. Dr. Honsberg is the Director of the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies Engineering Research Center (http://qesst.asu.edu/) which is funded by the National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy.