August 18: Seminar with Prof. Max Stein, University of Michigan
Fiber-Based Antennas, Solid-State Lighting, and Solar Cells for Structurally Integrated Communication and Energy Conversion Applications
Speaker: Max Shtein, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Date: August 18th, 2010, 3:00p.m.
Place: ElectroScience Laboratory Classroom, 1320 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212ElectroScience Laboratory
Abstract: A novel approach is emerging for realizing structurally integrated sensing, communications, and energy harvesting devices via specially functionalized fibers. In this talk, I will describe our recent work on the making of electrically conducting kevlar fibers for novel woven antennas, as well as thin-film organic solar cells and light emitting devices deposited onto glass and polymer fibers. Device geometries will be discussed that can offer certain advantages over classical architectures, including high strength, low weight, greater flexibility, improved fatigue resistance, greater conversion efficiency, and superior cost-effectiveness.
Bio: Prof. Shtein obtained his BS from UC Berkeley and his PhD from Princeton. He has made enabling contributions to the science and technology of organic optoelectronics, including the modeling and demonstration of novel devices and highly scalable methods of device processing. His current work focuses on novel energy conversion device architectures, fundamental energy conversion mechanisms in solar cells and LEDs, and on the applied science of semiconductor device processing. He has received the Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Medal Award, the PRISM-Newport Award of Excellence and Leadership in Photonics and Optoelectonics, the Holt Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and the Materials Science and Engineering Department Achievement award.
