Advanced energy engineering research

Part of the Energy Engineering Department

Nuclear Energy:

Reviews:
 * 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)
 * 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)