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:

• J.A. Lake. "The Renaissance of Nuclear Energy" (website)
• C. Schmidt. "The next generation of nuclear power?" (website)
• http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/
• Making the World Safe for Nuclear Energy
• Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems
• Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
• Onkalo Waste Management Project (Posiva)

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)