11.12.19
James B. Whitaker, Ph.D. was hired as SolarWindow Technologies, Inc.'s Principal Research & Development scientist, the company announced.
Dr. Whitaker will lead company scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) through SolarWindow's Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with NREL to develop new and improved, lower cost, and more efficient SolarWindow coatings and technologies.
The company is currently in discussion with several potential glass fabrication partners. In anticipation of a future partnership, SolarWindow placed an order for specialized high-output manufacturing process equipment required to begin process integration and eventual production of its electricity-generating glass products.
Among other initiatives, Dr. Whitaker will also work with our scientists and engineers on the building integration studies; and window insulating factor (U-Factor) and heat transfer (Low-E coatings) evaluations required for independent engineer (IE) performance evaluations and a prerequisite for beginning the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) certification when our process is operating.
Dr. Whitaker is an expert in thin-film deposition techniques and various coating technologies, including spin coating, blade coating, slot-die, micro-gravure, and roll-to-roll coating. Dr. Whitaker is also an authority in a wide range of advanced chemical synthesis methodologies, including inorganic, air free, gas phase, and high-temperature reactions.
Dr. Whitaker has been a Post-Doctoral fellow and staff scientist at NREL since 2014 and a professor of Chemistry at Red Rocks Community College (Lakewood, CO) since 2016.
Dr. Whitaker will lead company scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) through SolarWindow's Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with NREL to develop new and improved, lower cost, and more efficient SolarWindow coatings and technologies.
The company is currently in discussion with several potential glass fabrication partners. In anticipation of a future partnership, SolarWindow placed an order for specialized high-output manufacturing process equipment required to begin process integration and eventual production of its electricity-generating glass products.
Among other initiatives, Dr. Whitaker will also work with our scientists and engineers on the building integration studies; and window insulating factor (U-Factor) and heat transfer (Low-E coatings) evaluations required for independent engineer (IE) performance evaluations and a prerequisite for beginning the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) certification when our process is operating.
Dr. Whitaker is an expert in thin-film deposition techniques and various coating technologies, including spin coating, blade coating, slot-die, micro-gravure, and roll-to-roll coating. Dr. Whitaker is also an authority in a wide range of advanced chemical synthesis methodologies, including inorganic, air free, gas phase, and high-temperature reactions.
Dr. Whitaker has been a Post-Doctoral fellow and staff scientist at NREL since 2014 and a professor of Chemistry at Red Rocks Community College (Lakewood, CO) since 2016.