Alternative Energy for California: Part II - Solar

Friday, March 16, 2007 - 8:00 a.m. to Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 9:55 a.m.

You are cordially invited to:


University of California, Irvine
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AFFILIATES

WINTER QUARTERLY MEETING

 

“Alternative Energy for California: Part II - Solar”

Admission:  $20 at the door, cash or make checks payable to UC Regents
All “no shows” will be invoiced.  Please notify Rachel Paley by the deadline if you must cancel.
UCI Students Free

AGENDA


Registration & Full Buffet Breakfast - 7:00 am


Opening Remarks -7:30 am

Greg Heiertz– President, CEE Affiliates
School of Engineering and Department Update

Professor Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos – Dean, Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Professor Masanobu Shinozuka – Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Peter Supko – J. Thomas Miles Memorial Scholarship Award

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Program -7:45 am

Professor Jan Scherfig – Moderator


"Solar Energy and Southern California’s Electric Energy System"
Steve Gallanter, Project Manager, Southern California Edison


This talk highlights the difficulty that SCE has in meeting its peak electrical energy needs and as a result is now promoting alternative clean energy sources to help power its electrical grid.


“Solar Energy Panels – The State-of-the-Art”
Dr. Steffen Jensen, Senior Design Engineer, Sol Focus, Inc., Palo Alto, CA


The basic and advanced principles of solar energy panels for generation of electricity; the next generations of panels; some long range visions for solar panel technology.


“Solar Energy and the Construction Industry”
Roy Heine, SunTrek, Irvine, CA


The current use of solar heating panels in buildings / structures; the economics of solar energy from an owner’s perspective; near future advances.