Day 2 – April 24

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Welcome / Keynote Organizer
Bernard Jefferson, The Aerospace Corporation
2018 SPW General Chair

Keynote Address

Space Notes for 2018
The Honorable Michael B. Donley, Chairman of the Board
The Aerospace Corporation
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Plenary Speakers

Organizer
Bernard Jefferson, The Aerospace Corporation

Enhancement Mode Gallium Nitride (eGaN®) FETs for Efficient Power Conversion in Space
Dr. Alex Lidow, CEO and Co-founder
Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
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Space Solar Power Initiative: from Concept to Tile Prototype
Dr. Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
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Program Experience

Organizers
Dr. Donna Speckman, The Aerospace Corporation
Mark Doan, The Aerospace Corporation

Performance of the REIMEI Li-ion Batteries after more than 12 Years of Operation
Yoshitsugu Sone, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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International Space Station (ISS) ROSA Solar Array Flight Experiment Mission and Results
Matt LaPointe, Deployable Space Systems, Inc.
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Cassini Spacecraft RTG’s Power and Thermal Analysis During the 20 Year Mission
Dr. Jonathan Grandidier, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Long-term AeroCube Solar
Dr. Justin Lee, The Aerospace Corporation
Charts

Flight Performance of the Hybrid Energy Storage System Payload Onboard the CSUNSat1 CubeSat
Dr. Keith Chin, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Charts

Energy Generation I—Multijunction Solar Cells

Organizers
Dr. Geoffrey K. Bradshaw, Air Force Research Laboratory
Dr. Justin Lee, The Aerospace Corporation

Development of 3J and 4J Space Solar Cells for EOL and BOL Applications
Dr. Wolfgang Guter, AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
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32% Efficient 3J Space Solar Cells for Targeted Space Environments
Dr. Philip Chiu, Spectrolab
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Development and Production Status of SolAero Next Generation Space Solar Cells
Dr. Daniel Derkacs, SolAero Technologies Corporation
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Development and Production of Lattice Matched 4-Junction Space Solar Cells
Taner Bilir, Solar Junction Corporation
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High Specific Power Inverted Metamorphic Solar Cells by Epitaxial Liftoff
Drew Cardwell, MicroLink Devices
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Development of Low-Cost, Crack-Tolerant Advanced Metallization for Space Photovoltaics*
Sang Han, Osazda Energy
Charts
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Energy Storage I – Space Battery Level Topics

Organizers
Dr. Albert Zimmerman, The Aerospace Corporation
Jessica Buckner, Air Force Research Laboratory

Near Zero Volt Tolerance in Lithium-ion Batteries Using Reversible Lithium Management—Addressing Cathode Over-insertion
Dr. Kyle Crompton, NSWC Crane Division
Charts

New Cells and Validations Studies: Updates to BEAST 2017
Dr. Kevin Mooney, Enersys
Charts

Qualification Status of Saft Generation 6 Space Cell
Dr. Chengsong Ma, Saft America, Inc.
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Boeing Battery Operations and Beginning-of-Life Performance of Low-Earth-Orbit Li-ion Cells
Allen Powers, The Boeing Company
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Radiation Effects on Lithium CFx Batteries for Future Landers
Dr. Erik Brandon, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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