On-Board Energy Harvesting: Trials, Unique Operating Environments, and Materials Requirements for Flight-Vehicle Applications (Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010)

Liam Pingree completed both his BS and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University (2002/2006), examining nanostructure of organic light emitting diodes using conductive atomic force microscopy techniques. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Washington's Department of Chemistry studying organic photovoltaics using similar methods. He currently works at Boeing Research and Technology. His research areas are thin-film coatings and energy related materials.

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