Seminar 3: At the University of Cairo on Tuesday January 19th, 2010 at 1:00 pm in “Ibn Sina” hall of the Faculty of Science

Agenda:

Time Topic
1:00 to 1:10 Welcome and Introduction.
1:10 to 1:20
"Egypt Nanotechnology Center" An overview of the Egypt Nanotechnology Center - objectives, goals, mission, and integration into Egyptian academia and industry.
1:20 to 1:40
"General overview of Nanotechnology" An overview of the emerging field of nanotechnology and its applications.
1:40 to 2:00 "Si Photovoltaics" An overview of technologies for Silicon photovoltaics, including key concepts for cost and efficiency.
2:00 to 2:20 "Carbon Electronics" An overview of applications of carbon (graphene and carbon nanotubes) to electronics, specifically to photovoltaics.
2:20 to 2:40 "Desalination/Concentrator Photovoltaics" An overview of system level integration of CPV to enable energy reuse (electrical and thermal) in salt water desalination processes.
2:40 to 3:00 "Modeling / Simulation" An overview of computational simulation of physical systems pertinent to Photovoltaics technology, across a variety of scales from atomistic to device.