PSU Solar

a temporary website to collect information for the PSU EREPI call for proposals

The solution to the major problems facing the world today?
"Abundant, cheap, clean, reliable, non-CO2-emitting electrons and molecules."

Thomas Friedman at Portland State University, March 9, 2009

To Do List

• Sergei - arrange SolarWorld tour - Friday, March 27, 1:30 pm
• all - review the pre-proposal and offer ideas for the full proposal (due May 18)
• help develop the list of relevant coursework (see below)

EREPI Pre-Proposal

• guidelines (pdf)
• submitted pre-proposal (pdf)
• submitted pre-proposal (doc)

Program Goals and Activities

• undergraduate education - NSF CCLI (due May 22)
• graduate education - NSF IGERT (due Mar 13)
• research infrastructure and equipment - NSF MRI (due Jan 22)
• outreach activities
• industry connections
• other collaborations

Faculty Collaborators

• Carl Wamser (primary contact person)
• Andrea Goforth
• Tami Lasseter Clare
• Shankar Rananavare
• Rob Strongin
• Mingdi Yan

Physics

• John Freeouf
• Gary Goncher
• Jun Jiao
• Rolf Koenenkamp
• Andres LaRosa
• Peter Moeck
• Sergei Rouvimov
• Raj Solanki

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Jim Morris
• Branimir Pejcinovic
• Christof Teuscher
• Lisa Zurk

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

• Jack McCarthy
• Graig Spolek

Relevant Coursework

• Solid State Physics for Engineering Students
  (PH 319, Prof. R. Koenenkamp)
  
• Alternative Energies
  (PH 399, Prof. R. Koenenkamp)
  
• Electron Optics
  (PH 415/515, Prof. R. Koenenkamp)
  
• Introduction to Nano-Materials Science and Engineering
  (PH 481/581, Prof. P. Moeck)
  
• Microelectronic Device Fabrication, 3 part series
  (PH 510/610, Prof. R. Solanki)
• Defects in Crystals
  (PH 510/610, Dr. S. Rouvimov)
  
• Solar Energy Technology Education
  (CH 510, Prof. C. Wamser)
  
• Nanomaterials: Functional Surfaces
  (CH 510, Prof. M. Yan)
  
• Electronic Materials
  (CH 510, Prof. S. Rananavare)
  

Expertise Areas

(under development - for now, see the individuals' websites linked above)

Specialized Instrumentation

Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication (CEMN)

Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Lab (NEAR-Lab)

Integrated Circuits Design and Test Laboratory (ICDT Lab)

Center for Ultrafast Phenomena (in development)

These pages are maintained by Carl Wamser (wamserc@pdx.edu)

Last modified March 26, 2009