UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 33, Page 1
May 25, 1995
David E. Carlson named '95 Boer medal recipient

     David E. Carlson, vice president of the Thin Film Division of
Solarex, an AMOCO subsidiary, has been chosen to receive the 1995 Karl
W. Boer Solar Energy Medal of Merit from the University.
     Carlson was chosen for his discovery and development of thin film
amorphous silicon solar cells for the conversion of sunlight into
electricity. His pioneering research was done at the RCA Laboratories,
and his commercialization of these cells was done at Solarex.
     The Karl W. Boer Solar Energy Medal of Merit, which consists of a
medal and a $40,000 prize, will be presented to Carlson on Oct. 5.
Former President Jimmy Carter was the first recipient of the award in
1993.
     The medal and award honor Karl Wolfgang Boer, a long-time faculty
member of the University, founder of its Institute for Energy
Conversion and a distinguished scientist in the field of solar cells.
     Carlson, who received degrees in physics from Rennselaer
Polytechnical Institute and Rutgers University, has won seversl
honors, including the RCA Laboratories Outstanding Achievement Award,
the Ross Coffin Purdy Award of the American Ceramics Society, the
Morris N. Liebmann and William R. Cherry awards from the Institute of
Electronics and Electrical Engineering and the Walton Clark Medal from
the Franklin Institute.
     The holder of  25 U.S. patents, Carlson is the author of more
than 90 technical papers. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his
service in Vietnam.
     Carlson lives in Princeton, N.J.