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The 2018 OKPVRI Annual meeting and symposium took place in OSU

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The 2018 OKPVRI Annual Meeting and Symposium took place April 6 and 7 at Oklahoma State University.

Dr. Haegel and Dr. McNatt were plenary speakers. The program also included six oral presentations by graduate students and sixteen poster presentations.

With over 54 attendees, the meeting allowed for fruitful collaborations among members of the institute and the in-person introduction of members. Sponsors of the meeting included the College of Arts and Sciences at OSU, the office of the Senior VP and Provost of OU, the office of the VPR at OU, the Physics Department at OSU, the NASA OK-EPSCoR Office, the Graduate College of OSU, the office of the VPR at OSU, and the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences of UT.

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Introduction

Dr. Hari welcomes everyone to the 2018 OKPVRI Symposium.

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Dr. Hagel

The plenary speaker for the morning session was Dr. Nancy Hagel from NREL.

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The duck curve

If curtailment is your biggest problem...

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Questions?

Hagel's talk was an excellent overview of the research done at NREL in solar materials.

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Turn-out

More than 50 people attended the symposium in the Wes Watkins Center.

Hamidreza Esmaielpour

Hamidreza Esmaielpour

OU, Sellers Group.

James Sharp

James Sharp

TU, LeBlanc Group.

Tong Mou

Tong Mou

OSU, Wang Group.

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Afternoon Session

The plenary speaker for the afternoon session was Jeremiah McNatt from NASA.

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Power in space

What is needed for in-space electric propulsion?

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PV programs at NASA

McNatt's talk gave an excellent overview of the collaborative programs at NASA.

Rachel Roccanova

Rachel Roccanova

OU, Saparov Group.

Colin Brown

Colin Brown

OU, Sellers Group.

Group

Group Picture

OKPVRI 2018, Stillwater OK.

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Poster Session

16 students presented posters.

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Banquet and Awards