Monday, October 26, 2009
7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
Presentation Uploads
Welcome
8:30 Opening Remarks
Session 1: SPACE AND ENERGY I (Chair: Dr. Ronald Sega)
9:00 Plenary – Energy Needs for Space and Terrestrial Applications Roald Sagdeev, University of Maryland
9:30 Energy and Related Nanotechnology Applications for Orbital, Trans-Orbital, Lunar/Planetary and Space Mega-Power Venues Larry Bell, Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture, University of Houston
10:00 Break
Session 2: SPACE AND ENERGY II (Chair: Dr. Alex Ignatiev)
10:30 The use of Nanomaterials to achieve NASA’s Exploration Program Power Goals Dr. Judy Jeevarajan, Energy Conversion Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center
11:00 David Wilt, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB
11:30 Growth of semiconductor heterostructures from molecular beam in the conditions of orbit flight: modern statement and prospects Oleg Pchelyakov, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences
12:00 LUNCH
Luncheon Speaker on Energy Security: Dr. Ronald Sega Dr. Sega is Vice President for Applied Research, Colorado State University; an astronaut; and former Undersecretary of the Air Force.
Session 3: NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS (Chair: Dr. David Wilt)
1:30 Progress in III-V Quantum Dot Solar Cells Sheila Bailey, Photovoltaic Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center
2:00 David Forbes, Rochester Institute of Technology
2:30 Virtual Single Crystalline Gallium Arsenide On Flexible Lightweight Metal Substrates Alexandre Freundlich, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
2:45 Thermo-Tunneling Design for Ultrafast Carrier collection in Dilute Nitride GaAs Quantum Well Solar Cells Andenet Alemu, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
3:00 BREAK
Session 4: ENERGY FROM SPACE (Chair: Dr. Alex Freundlich)
3:15 Space Solar Power Satellites John Mankins, Managed Energy Technologies, Ashburn, VA
3:45 Development of Space-Based Solar Power Lyle Jenkins, Jenkins Enterprises, Houston
4:00 The Fabrication of Thin Film Solar Cells on the Moon for Lunar AND Terrestrial Power Alex Ignatiev, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
4:30 Production of Solar Cells in Space from Non Specific Ores by Utilization of Electronically Enhanced Sputtering Peter Curreri, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Session 5: ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS I (Chair: Dr. Anvar Zakhidov)
9:00 Modeling and Performance Expectations of Polymer Tandem Solar Cells Samuel Mil’shtein, University of Massachusetts- Lowell
9:30 Charge Carrier Mobility Enhancement in Organic Solar Cells Using Nanoimprint Lithography
Min Zhou, University of Texas - Dallas
9:45 Inverted Single and Multi Junction Organic Solar Cells with Transparent Carbon Nanotube Interlayer Electrodes Kamil Mielczarek, University of Texas – Dallas
10:00 BREAK
Session 6: ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS II (Chair: Dr. Sheila Bailey)
10:15 Novel Architectures for Nanostructured Solar Cells and OLEDs with Carbon Nanotube Transparent Layers Anvar Zakhidov, University of Texas – Dallas
10:45 Tandems of Dye Sensitized Solar cell with nanotube electrodes Josef Velten, NanoTech Institute, University of Texas - Dallas
11:00 Bright inverted OLEDs, using transparent Carbon nanotubes as top anode Alexios Papadimitratos, University of Texas - Dallas
Session 7: LATE NEWS PAPERS (Chair: Dr. Roald Sagdeev)
11:30 Nanoenergetic Materials for Terrestrial and Space Environment Use K. S. Martirosyan, University of Houston
11:45 Casimir Effect in Carbon Nanotubes Samina Masood, University of Houston – Clear Lake
12:00 LUNCH
Luncheon Speaker: The Hon. Nick Lampson Lampson, a Beaumont native, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 22nd district of Texas, home of NASA's Johnson Space Center, and was chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee. He is currently a member of the Coalition for Space Exploration board of advisers.
Session 8: NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS (Chair: Dr. Mohamed Henini)
1:30 Wade Adams, Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Rice University
2:00 Real time metrology of quantum dots by reflection high energy electron diffraction Chandani Rajapaksha, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
2:15 Investigations of Morphology-Property Relations of Pt Submonolayers obtained via Galvanic Displacement of UPD Monolayers Dincer Gokcen, University of Houston
2:30 Synthesis, Morphology, and Optical Characterization of Er3+:Y2O3 Nanoparticles Chandra Sreerenjini, University of Texas – San Antonio
2:45 Growth of III-V semiconductor nanowires on Si using Chemical and Molecular beam epitaxy Gokul Radhakrishnan, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
3:00 Modeling Of Copper Surface Morphology Evolution During Electropolishing Joel Thomas, University of Houston
3:15 BREAK
Session 9: SPACE ENVIRONMENT AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (Chair: Dr. Oleg Pchelyakov)
3:30 Sergei Avdeev, Cosmonaut
4:00 Spatial Distribution of Secondary Neutrons Valery Vladomirov, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center,Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences
4:30 Space Radiation Protection System Enabled by Hydrogen Enhanced Nano Fibers Alex Ignatiev, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
4:45 End
5:00 – 6:30: Wine and Cheese RUMP Session - Group Discussion Workshop on collaborative opportunities in the overlapping disciplines of nanotechnology, energy, and space.
(Alex Ignatiev, Oleg Pchelyakov)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
8:00 Continental Breakfast/Presentation Uploads
Session 10: ADVANCED DETECTORS and EMITTERS (Chair: Dr. Wade Adams)
9:00 III-V Quantum Dot Lasers: Progress and Challenges Mohamed Henini, School of Applied Physics, University of Nottingham
9:30 Dilute Nitrides Of Indium Antimonide For Long Wavelength Infra-Red Detector Applications Alexandre Freundlich, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
10:00 ZnO LED synthesis parameters and the effects on theoretical and experimental properties investigated Keegan Hanks, University of Texas – San Antonio
10:15 A new type of sensitive terahertz photodetecting systems for space-borne applications Dmitry Kokhlov, Moscow State University
10:45 BREAK
Session 11: FUEL CELLS/ENERGY (Chair: Dr. Alexander Ivanov)
11:00 Portable Fuel Cells Based On Porous Silicon And Microelectronics Technologies Anatoly Vyatkin, Russian Academy of Sciences
11:30 Development of Novel Thin Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Daniel Fisher, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston
11:45 Joint Space Experiment “Amethist” – a Step to Collaboration in Photovoltaics and Energy Saving Serekbol Tokmoldin and Nuraly Bekturganov, Institute of Physics and Technology, Kazakhstan
12:15 LUNCH
Closing Remarks: Alex Ignatiev, Oleg Pchelyakov
