Momentum Builds as HelioVolt Secures New Technical Advisory Board Member, Solar Fab and 2006 Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award for Thin-Film Photovoltaics.AUSTIN, Texas -- Thin-Film Solar Pioneer Expands Product Development and Manufacturing Capabilities HelioVolt Corporation today announced that Frost and Sullivan has honored the next-generation solar energy technology company with the 2006 Innovation of the Year Award in the field of thin film photovoltaics. The Frost and Sullivan recognition follows closely on a strategic new addition to HelioVolt's technical advisory panel, Dr. Vish Krishnan, a specialist in innovation and technology commercialization at the University of California, San Diego UCSD is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities for undergraduate education in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[3] It is a Public Ivy. [1] For graduate studies, most of UCSD's Ph.D. . Dr. Krishnan will lend his expertise to HelioVolt as the company prepares to deliver its proprietary copper indium gallium selenide-based (CIGS CIGS Ceilings (general aviation weather) CIGS Copper Indium Gallium Selenide CIGS Chief of the Imperial General Staff (WWII British) CIGS Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva ) thin film photovoltaic technology to market from its new R&D and fabrication facility. "HelioVolt's FASST FASST Flexible Architecture for Subscriber Service Termination (Fujitsu) FASST Flexible Architecture Standard System Technology FASST Fault-Tolerant Architecture with Stable Storage Technology process has enabled a rapid technique to develop high quality CIGS thin films with a very low thermal budget. The fundamental research carried out to understand the physics of the functioning mechanism of CIGS films has enabled the company to attain a strategic position from where it could deliver high quality thin film CIGS based photovoltaic modules," notes Hari Ramamoorthy, Research Analyst from Frost & Sullivan. After a rigorous assessment of competitors in the thin film solar energy market, Frost and Sullivan awarded the Innovation of the Year Award to HelioVolt for achieving one of the most outstanding industry contributions. The award honors HelioVolt for its proprietary FASST(TM) process, a high-speed method for manufacturing silicon-free CIGS thin film at the commercial scale. Leveraging FASST to produce efficient CIGS photovoltaics at least ten times faster than its thin film competitors, HelioVolt's solar technology can be applied directly onto conventional construction materials including steel, architectural glass, and roofing materials. Transforming roofs and walls into solar-powered electricity-generating systems, HelioVolt's customizable building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV BIPV Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (system) BIPV Bit Interleaved Parity Violation ) sidestep side·step v. side·stepped, side·step·ping, side·steps v.intr. 1. To step aside: sidestepped to make way for the runner. 2. the bulky retrofit panels that have traditionally dominated the solar power industry. "It is a period of high growth at HelioVolt. In addition to Frost & Sullivan's recent recognition of our FASST(TM) process and a new facility designed to meet our product development and manufacturing needs, we've also assembled an extraordinary group of distinguished technical experts committed to guiding HelioVolt's product development," said HelioVolt CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dr. B.J. Stanbery. "Dr. Krishnan's technology, logistics, and product innovation expertise will be a critical asset as we bring our thin-film solar technology out of the lab and into the rapidly growing market for BIPV." Dr. Krishnan joins Colorado State University's Dr. James Sites, Princeton University's Dr. Kyle Vanderlick, and Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. winning physicist Dr. Arno Penzias on HelioVolt's technical advisory panel. "HelioVolt's flexible method for printing efficient photovoltaics throws the door wide open for a new spectrum of valuable applications for solar power. I look forward to working with Dr. Stanbery's team in delivering on the promise of a suite of innovative, practical, and profitable solar energy products," said Dr. Krishnan. One of the world's foremost scholars on the topics of product, process, and business innovation, Dr. Krishnan holds an endowed chair at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , San Diego's Rady School of Management The Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego is a graduate-level business school offering full-time and part-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree programs in addition to executive education. where he leads the school's efforts in the areas of innovation, technology and operations. He has published numerous well-cited articles and serves in editorial positions in the top Management journals. Prior to the Rady School, Dr. Krishnan was IC2 Senior Research Fellow and Management Professor at the McCombs School of Business The Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the most distinguished business schools in the United States. The McCombs School includes about 4,500 undergraduates and was founded in 1922. at UT Austin. He received his Doctorate degree in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . About HelioVolt HelioVolt Corporation was founded in 2001 in order to develop and market new technology for applying thin-film photovoltaic (PV) coatings to conventional construction materials. The company's proprietary FASST(TM) process, based on semiconductor printing, was invented by HelioVolt founder Dr. B.J. Stanbery, an eminent expert within the international PV community in the materials science of CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S and related compound semiconductors. FASST(TM) is a low-cost, flexible manufacturing process for CIGS synthesis and is protected by both eight issued US patents and by global patents pending. For additional information, visit www.heliovolt.com. |
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