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Session 1: Course Overview

MAE 598 Solar Commercialization. Session 1: Course Overview. So What’s New?. Dish/Steam Irrigation System circa 1900 at Broadway and the railroad tracks in Tempe, Arizona. Agenda. Introductions What is Commercialization? Course Outcomes Overview of Course Content Review Syllabus

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Session 1: Course Overview

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  1. MAE 598 Solar Commercialization Session 1: Course Overview

  2. So What’s New? Dish/Steam Irrigation System circa 1900 at Broadway and the railroad tracks in Tempe, Arizona

  3. Agenda • Introductions • What is Commercialization? • Course Outcomes • Overview of Course Content • Review Syllabus • Homework

  4. Instructor’s Background--Trimble • MBA and PhD • 40 years of industry experience • 26 Years at Honeywell/Garrett • Manager of Solar Space Power • VP of Engineering at SES • Professor of Practice at ASU • Trimble Consulting, Inc.

  5. Roedel Background • Education – PhD, Electrical Engineering, UCLA, 1976 • PhD Research– Physics of MOS Devices • Silicon PSM SEEC Program F’13

  6. Roedel Background • Industrial Experience – Bell Telephone Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, 1976 – 1981 • Research in Industry – Light Emitting and Laser Diodes • III-V Semiconductors (GaAs, GaAlAs) PSM SEEC Program F’13

  7. Roedel Background • Academic Experience – ASU, Electrical Engineering, 1981 – 2011 • Research at ASU • Photovoltaics (III-V Semiconductors) • Semiconductor Processing and Characterization • Engineering Education • Photovoltaics(Silicon) PSM SEEC Program F’13

  8. Commercialization Model User Project Operator Business Development Process Project Owner Project Developer Project Development Process System Producer Product Development Process Equipment Producer Technology

  9. Commercialization Example SQUID

  10. Course Outcomes • The overall objective of the course is to introduce students to solar commercialization. • Specific Course Outcomes include: • Students will be able to apply the engineering product development process to the commercialization of solar equipment and power plant systems. • Students will be able to optimize and evaluate solar power plants on a cost-of-electricity basis. • Students will understand how to characterize the solar market, its methods of finance and applicable regulations. • Students will demonstrate their ability to analyze solar commercialization case studies.

  11. Overview of Course Content • Overview of Concepts • The Solar Market • Exam 1 • Residential PV Cases Studies • Commercial/Non-profit PV Case Study • Utility CSP Case Study • Exam 2 • Team Project

  12. Review Syllabus

  13. Homework Due Session 2 • Review Session 1 Slides • Review Session 2 Slides—Product Development • Review Syllabus • Prepare for Quiz 1 during Session 4

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