Upcoming Events
NSERC CREATE TOP-SET Seminar Series
Dr. Ghada Koleilat, Dalhousie University
Advanced materials for energy conversion and sensing
January 18, 2019; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Chris Giebink, Pennsylvania State University
Concentrating sunlight without tracking the Sun
January 29, 2019; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Ye Tao, National Research Council
February 19, 2019; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Siva Sivoththaman, University of Waterloo
March 5, 2019; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Simon Watkins, Simon Fraser University
April 16, 2019; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Suzan Eren, Queen’s University
April 30, 2019; refreshments at 2:15 p.m.; seminar at 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Past Events
NSERC CREATE TOP-SET Seminar Series
Dr. Peter Bermel, Purdue University
Radiative cooling for enhanced performance and reliability of photovoltaics
December 18, 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
Dr. Philip Poole, National Research Council
Nanostructured epitaxial crystal growth for lasers and quantum light sources
December 11, 2018; refreshments at 3:15 p.m.; seminar at 3:45 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
Dr. Kodjo Agbossou, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Power grid transformation and energy management trends
December 5, 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
Dr. Oussama Moutanabbir, École polytechnique de Montréal
Group IV seminconductors: A rich platform for integrated photonics, quantum technologies, and much more
November 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. Jean-François Guillemoles, Centre national de recherche scientifique
Do we need new concepts for solar energy conversion?
November 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. Marziyeh Zamiri, private consultant
Antimonide-based membranes: Synthesis, integration, and strain-engineering
October 16, 2018; refreshments at 2:30 p.m.; seminar at 3:00 p.m.
Advanced Research Complex, room 233, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton Street, Ottawa
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
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