Upcoming Events
NSERC CREATE TOP-SET Seminar Series
Dr. Rao Tatavarti, MicroLink Devices
Large area inverted metamorphic ELO solar cells
August 9, 2018; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Free, registration required
Past Events
NSERC CREATE TOP-SET Seminar Series
Dr. Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University
How to make a career out of floating, melting, counting and black tape
March 29, 2018; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
This seminar is presented in collaboration with the Department of Physics Colloquium Series.
Dr. Masakazu Sugiyama, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo,
Photovoltaics 4.0: Next-generation renewable energy systems powered by high-efficiency, low-cost photovoltaics
March 22, 2018; pizza at 11:45 a.m. (first come first served, limited quantity); seminar at 12:15 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Jianhui Wang, Southern Methodist University / Argonne National Laboratory
Grid modernization: Challenges, opportunities, and solutions
March 16, 2018; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Zbig Wasilewski, University of Waterloo
Towards high quality InSb quantum wells and wires – A quest for topological quantum computers
February 27, 2018; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Antonio Marti, Instituto de Energía Solar – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
NSERC CREATE TOP-SET Visiting International Scholar, 2017-2018
The evolution of solar cells
February 22, 2018; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
This seminar is presented in collaboration with the Department of Physics Colloquium Series.
Dr. Tom Murad, Siemens Engineering and Technology Academy
Digitalization in industry and city infrastructure
February 9, 2018; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Maxime Darnon, Université de Sherbrooke
High efficiency solar cell fabrication for CPV applications at Université de Sherbrooke
January 19, 2018; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Mariana Bertoni, Arizona State University
Unraveling kinetics at the nanoscale: Defect engineering of thin film solar absorbers
January 12, 2018; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Tim Bender, University of Toronto
Non-fullerene electron accepting materials in organic photovoltaics: Synthesis, device engineering and lifetime assessments
December 15, 2017; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Valerie Hannah, TerraForm Power, and Geoff Wright, Brookfield Renewable
Trends in the U.S. solar sector
December 1, 2017; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Raphael St-Gelais, McGill University
Heat transfer and energy conversion using near-field thermal radiation
September 27, 2017; refreshments at 3 p.m.; seminar at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Other Events
NSERC CREATE TOP-SET Summer School
May 29 to June 1, 2018
University of Ottawa
CPV-13 International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems
May 1-3, 2017 Ottawa, Canada
Chair: Dr. Karin Hinzer