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Institute
of Energy Conversion
University of
Delaware
Newark, DE 19716 |
Professional Experience -- Robert W. Birkmire
Academic
Experience
R&D
Management/Administrative Experience
Governmental/Industrial
Experience
Academic Experience
University of Delaware - Newark, Delaware
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Director, Institute of Energy Conversion: 1996-Present
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Adjunct Professor of Materials Science: 11/98-Present
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Professor of Physics: 2/95-Present
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Manager, Electronic Materials Laboratory, IEC: 7/83-12/95
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Acting Director, IEC: 1/93-12/93
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Associate Scientist, IEC: 10/80-7/83
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Research Associate III, IEC: 8/78-10/80
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics and Astronomy: 9/76-11/76
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ResearchFellow/Teaching Assistant, Physics and Astronomy: 9/68-8/70
and 2/73-8/76
R&D
Management/Administrative Experience
University of Delaware
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As Director (and previously Acting Director) of the Institute of Energy
Conversion, have responsibility for technical, personnel and fiscal management
of the Institute. This requires interacting with University administrators
and faculty as well as with external funding organization.
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As Manager of Electronic Materials, had responsibility for technical and
personnel management for a staff of 20 professionals, technicians, and
post doctoral fellows who were engaged in thin film photovoltaic research
projects on amorphous silicon and related alloys, cadmium telluride, and
copper indium diselenide and related alloys.
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As Principal Investigator on over $10M in government and industrial contracts
have directed, organized and managed highly successful research programs
which in part lead to the designation of the Institute of Energy Conversion
as a Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education by the
United States Department of Energy.
Governmental/Industrial
Experience
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U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen, Maryland
National Research Council, Postdoctoral ResearchAssociate: 11/76-7/78
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Department of the Army, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
Physicist: Summer, 1968
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Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell, Massachusetts
Student Laboratory Instructor: 1966-1968
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Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Technical Assistant: Summer, 1967
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