Advanced energy engineering research

Part of the Energy Engineering Department


Nuclear Energy:

  • Jasmina Vujic, Nuclear Eng., UC Berkeley, "Heat pipe encapsulated nuclear heat source". Forefront, Fall 2007.
  • W. Hannum, G.E. Marsh, G.S. Stanford, Argonne Nat'l Lab, "Advanced Liquid Metal Reactors." 1983-2003. (Fast Neutron Reactors and pyro-metallurgical processing) (SciAm article)

Reviews:


Thermoelectricity:

  • Arun Majumdar, Mechanical Eng., UC Berkeley, "Thermoelectrics". Forefront, Fall 2007. (benzendithiol, silicon, ceramics as dielectrics) (Tech Review article)


Photovoltaic:

  • Ilan Gur, UC Berkeley. Inorganic nanocrystals. 2005. (dirt cheap inorganic solar panels) (Nanotech-Now article)