No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==level 1== | == == | ||
{{Userboxtop}}<br>{{User photovoltaic}}<br>{{User Service Learning}}<br>{{Userboxbottom}} | |||
<!-- ********** RIGHT BOX ********** --><br>{|style="border:1px solid #ffa508; background-color: #D0D0FF; margin-left:.1em; margin-top:2px; -moz-border-radius:15px;" align="right" width="240px"<br>!<big><big>Jianlang Mai</big><br>|-<br>|<center>[[Image:Simon_profile.jpg]]</center><br>|-<br>|<br>----<br>|-<br>|Hi. Please feel free to drop me a [http://www.appropedia.org/User_talk:J.M.Pearce line] | |||
You can learn much more about me [http://me.queensu.ca/people/pearce/ here] or at my [http://www.linkedin.com/in/jmpearce LinkedIn Page]<br>* [http://www.appropedia.org/Special%3APrefixindex&from=J.M.Pearce&namespace=2 Pages in my userspace]<br>|} | |||
= Assistant Professor in MME at Queen's University =<br>I am currently an Assistant Professor in the [http://me.queensu.ca/ Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering] at [[Queens University, Kingston]], Canada. | |||
== Courses ==<br>I have used Appropedia to support the following courses:<br>* [[MECH370]] Materials Processing<br>* [[Mech425]] Engineering for Sustainable Development<br>* [[APSC100]] Engineering - First Year Project course<br>* [[MECH836]] Applied Sustainability -- most of the work can be found in [[:Category:Queens Applied Sustainability Group Literature Reviews]]<br>* [[PH261]] - Physics of Energy and the Environment<br>* [[PH254]] - Introduction to Nanotechnology | |||
== Research Interests == | |||
=== Photovoltaic Materials and Electronic Device Physics of Solar [[Photovoltaic]] Cells: ===<br> Hydrogenated amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon (a-Si:H, nc-Si:H)<br> Gallium nitride (GaN) and indium gallium nitride (InGaN)<br> Semiconductor defects <br>=== [[Applied Sustainability]] and [[Green Engineering]] === <br> [[Solar energy]]<br> [[Energy policy ]] - see [[GLSEC]]<br> [[Sustainable development]]<br> [[Service learning in engineering]] | |||
==The International Journal for Service Learning==<br>I am the manuscript editor for the [http://www.ijsle.org ISLE]. The International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering (IJSLE) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal offered free, semi-annually, over the World Wide Web. The Journal welcomes manuscripts based on original work of students and researchers with a specific focus or implication for service learning in engineering, engineering entrepreneurship in service, or related service learning pedagogy. | |||
With an increasing number of individuals and institutions of higher education becoming involved in service learning and entrepreneurship in service learning, the IJSLE is an invaluable resources for students, faculty, practicing engineers and local communities. With articles relating to the latest design and research pertinent to local communities, the faculty-reviewed articles in each issue provide the reader with timely information related to: | |||
* Engineering Design Projects as Service<br> * Engineering Research Projects as Service<br> * Engineering-Related Entrepreneurial Projects as Service<br> * Pedagogy in Engineering-Related Service Learning | |||
Now [http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/ijsle/index IJSLE is on OJS]<br>'''If you are contributing to Appropedia - you should seriously consider submitting a manuscript once your project has come together''' | |||
= Current Projects, Collaborations and Mayhem = | |||
A lot of my time has the intent of [[making change]] <br>For more details:[http://me.queensu.ca/sustainability/Sustainability-Projects.php] | |||
==Solar Photovoltaic Research and Application==<br>[[Photovoltaic]] electrical production is a technologically feasible, economically viable, environmentally benign, sustainable, and socially equitable solution to society’s future energy requirements. If anyone is still concerned about the energy payback of solar cells please read [http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~jpearce/Papers/netenergy.pdf this]. | |||
===Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells===<br>Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) based solar cells are the least expensive at a given production level and posses an excellent ecological balance sheet. The ecological and economic promise of a-Si:H solar cells is currently incomplete because of the light induced degradation of its electronic properties known as the Staebler-Wronski Effect (SWE). Numerous theories have been proposed to explain SWE, and my work has focused on the analysis of experimental evidence for a complex SWE mechanism - with an eye on controlling and eliminating the problem. Recent [http://me.queensu.ca/people/pearce/publications/ publications] on the technical aspects of a-Si:H solar cells. | |||
==Passive Solar Device Design==<br>I am currently working on several projects that utilize sunlight passively. In collaboration with Denkenberger Inventing and Consulting LLC, a computer program has been written to simulate the complex heat transfer and optics of solar stills and pasteurizers. | |||
==Service Learning Pedagogy==<br>Utilizing appropriate technology projects to motivate students to learn physics. Also using [[Portal:Service Learning| service learning]] and commissioned assignments to solve real world environmental problems. | |||
==[[Industrial symbiosis]] and [[Industrial ecology]]==<br>Waste to resources programs for industrial partners | |||
==Distributed Generation==<br>It appears that [[distributed generation]] is the future of the grid and could be a large impetus for renewable energy. Combined heat and power technology - specifically [[microturbines]] that can push >85% compared to ~35% from the grid. | |||
==Energy Policy==<br>Recent work to alter electric rates to favor [[renewable energy]] and [[distributed generation]]. See the write up about it here: [http://www.thederrick.com/stories/11162007-5014.shtml]. For a more detailed look in a trade magazine see this article in [http://www.cospp.com/display_article/321146/122/CRTIS/none/none/1/Electricity-rates-and-fixed-charges:-how-US-utilities-suppress-distributed-generation/ “Electric Rates and Fixed Charges: How US Utilities Suppress Distributed Generation] in ''Cogeneration & Onsite Power Production'', Vol.''' 10'''(1) pp. 73-77, 2008. | |||
==OSN==<br>* [[Open Sustainability Network]]<br>* [http://forum.appropedia.org/private/open-sustainability-conference OSN Conference on the forum]<br>* [http://www.enablinginnovation.org/ Enabling Innovation] future partner for Appropedia that could provide a geographical interface and multilingual support.<br>* The best intro reads on the subject of [[Open Design]] -- [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design] | |||
==Things to work on ==<br>* https://my.queensu.ca/<br>* http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/browse/subject/-6/topic/102355/filter/0<br>* [http://www.solidworkslaunch.com/en/?spot=sustainabilityxpress Solid works sustainability add on]<br>* D-Lab courses on open courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-722Spring-2005/CourseHome/ -- search for D-Lab at the site<br>* https://wave.google.com/wave/<br>* [[Citizen Engineer]]<br>* http://www.ilsr.org/<br>* [http://www.ontarionature.org/ Ontario Nature ]<br>* Ubuntu [http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-22-2006-103206.asp]<br>* [http://wasteforlife.org/wiki/index.php?title=Socially_Just_Engineering_Network Socially Just Engineering Network]<br>* [[Grants]]<br>* [[Prototyping]]<br>* [[Just Sustainability]]<br>* [[Open source patents]] {{wp|open patents}} [http://www.patentcommons.org/ Patent Commons] has been created to assist in open software development - we need to replicate this for hardware and specifically focus on tech for just sustainable development...at the same time think about open patent shielding at the tip of the spear - particularly nanotechnology.<br>* [[Open source appropriate technology]] or [[OSAT]] -- see [[A history of Open Source Appropriate Technology]]<br>* [http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design Design in Peer to Peer Production] - also great articles on [http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/16-11/ff_openmanufacturing?currentPage=all open hardware] and [http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/open-source-har.html open source hardware p2p banking]<br>* [[Energy economy]] or [[Energy currency]]<br>* [[Google earth mapping]] for environmental savings - see: http://david.tryse.net/googleearth/<br>* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Solar solar powered olpc]<br>* [http://www.adciv.org/ Post scarcity - advanced civ wiki ]<br>* [open source science] or [http://www.myexperiment.org/ myexperiment.org] and [http://openresearch.org/wiki/Main_Page open research] | |||
[[Category:Queens Applied Sustainability Group]]<br>[[Category:APSC100 Solar Powered XO]]<br>[[Category:MECH425-Users]]<br>[[Category:MECH370]]<br> | |||
Revision as of 02:12, 17 January 2010
Template:Userboxtop
Template:User photovoltaic
Template:User Service Learning
Template:Userboxbottom
<!-- ********** RIGHT BOX ********** -->
{|style="border:1px solid #ffa508; background-color: #D0D0FF; margin-left:.1em; margin-top:2px; -moz-border-radius:15px;" align="right" width="240px"
!<big><big>Jianlang Mai</big>
|-
|<center>
</center>
|-
|
----
|-
|Hi. Please feel free to drop me a line
You can learn much more about me here or at my LinkedIn Page
* Pages in my userspace
|}
= Assistant Professor in MME at Queen's University =
I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queens University, Kingston, Canada.
== Courses ==
I have used Appropedia to support the following courses:
* MECH370 Materials Processing
* Mech425 Engineering for Sustainable Development
* APSC100 Engineering - First Year Project course
* MECH836 Applied Sustainability -- most of the work can be found in Category:Queens Applied Sustainability Group Literature Reviews
* PH261 - Physics of Energy and the Environment
* PH254 - Introduction to Nanotechnology
Research Interests
=== Photovoltaic Materials and Electronic Device Physics of Solar Photovoltaic Cells: ===
Hydrogenated amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon (a-Si:H, nc-Si:H)
Gallium nitride (GaN) and indium gallium nitride (InGaN)
Semiconductor defects
=== Applied Sustainability and Green Engineering ===
Solar energy
Energy policy - see GLSEC
Sustainable development
Service learning in engineering
==The International Journal for Service Learning==
I am the manuscript editor for the ISLE. The International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering (IJSLE) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal offered free, semi-annually, over the World Wide Web. The Journal welcomes manuscripts based on original work of students and researchers with a specific focus or implication for service learning in engineering, engineering entrepreneurship in service, or related service learning pedagogy.
With an increasing number of individuals and institutions of higher education becoming involved in service learning and entrepreneurship in service learning, the IJSLE is an invaluable resources for students, faculty, practicing engineers and local communities. With articles relating to the latest design and research pertinent to local communities, the faculty-reviewed articles in each issue provide the reader with timely information related to:
- Engineering Design Projects as Service
* Engineering Research Projects as Service
* Engineering-Related Entrepreneurial Projects as Service
* Pedagogy in Engineering-Related Service Learning
Now IJSLE is on OJS
If you are contributing to Appropedia - you should seriously consider submitting a manuscript once your project has come together
Current Projects, Collaborations and Mayhem
A lot of my time has the intent of making change
For more details:[1]
==Solar Photovoltaic Research and Application==
Photovoltaic electrical production is a technologically feasible, economically viable, environmentally benign, sustainable, and socially equitable solution to society’s future energy requirements. If anyone is still concerned about the energy payback of solar cells please read this.
===Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells===
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) based solar cells are the least expensive at a given production level and posses an excellent ecological balance sheet. The ecological and economic promise of a-Si:H solar cells is currently incomplete because of the light induced degradation of its electronic properties known as the Staebler-Wronski Effect (SWE). Numerous theories have been proposed to explain SWE, and my work has focused on the analysis of experimental evidence for a complex SWE mechanism - with an eye on controlling and eliminating the problem. Recent publications on the technical aspects of a-Si:H solar cells.
==Passive Solar Device Design==
I am currently working on several projects that utilize sunlight passively. In collaboration with Denkenberger Inventing and Consulting LLC, a computer program has been written to simulate the complex heat transfer and optics of solar stills and pasteurizers.
==Service Learning Pedagogy==
Utilizing appropriate technology projects to motivate students to learn physics. Also using service learning and commissioned assignments to solve real world environmental problems.
==Industrial symbiosis and Industrial ecology==
Waste to resources programs for industrial partners
==Distributed Generation==
It appears that distributed generation is the future of the grid and could be a large impetus for renewable energy. Combined heat and power technology - specifically microturbines that can push >85% compared to ~35% from the grid.
==Energy Policy==
Recent work to alter electric rates to favor renewable energy and distributed generation. See the write up about it here: [2]. For a more detailed look in a trade magazine see this article in “Electric Rates and Fixed Charges: How US Utilities Suppress Distributed Generation in Cogeneration & Onsite Power Production, Vol. 10(1) pp. 73-77, 2008.
==OSN==
* Open Sustainability Network
* OSN Conference on the forum
* Enabling Innovation future partner for Appropedia that could provide a geographical interface and multilingual support.
* The best intro reads on the subject of Open Design -- http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design
==Things to work on ==
* https://my.queensu.ca/
* http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/browse/subject/-6/topic/102355/filter/0
* Solid works sustainability add on
* D-Lab courses on open courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Special-Programs/SP-722Spring-2005/CourseHome/ -- search for D-Lab at the site
* https://wave.google.com/wave/
* Citizen Engineer
* http://www.ilsr.org/
* Ontario Nature
* Ubuntu [3]
* Socially Just Engineering Network
* Grants
* Prototyping
* Just Sustainability
* Open source patents W Patent Commons has been created to assist in open software development - we need to replicate this for hardware and specifically focus on tech for just sustainable development...at the same time think about open patent shielding at the tip of the spear - particularly nanotechnology.
* Open source appropriate technology or OSAT -- see A history of Open Source Appropriate Technology
* Design in Peer to Peer Production - also great articles on open hardware and open source hardware p2p banking
* Energy economy or Energy currency
* Google earth mapping for environmental savings - see: http://david.tryse.net/googleearth/
* solar powered olpc
* Post scarcity - advanced civ wiki
* [open source science] or myexperiment.org and open research