Peter Hersh, Phd Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

My current responsibilities include showing off JMP data visualization and statistical analysis capabilities via live demos. I work with customers, helping them solve acute problems and discover hidden opportunities in their data. I am the main technical resource for JMP software in Colorado, Minnesota, Idaho, Utah, Missouri, Iowa, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana.

Austin, Tx

• Managed the corporative research and development agreement (CRADA) between HelioVolt and National Renewal Energy Laboratory (NREL). • Authored 3 patent applications from work performed under CRADA. • Liquid Precursors for Copper Selenide.• Liquid Precursors for Indium/Gallium Selenide.• Amorphous Zinc-Tin Oxide for Alternative Emitter structure• Worked with the IP team to write and research the patent validity.• In charge of optical thin film metrology including… Show more • Managed the corporative research and development agreement (CRADA) between HelioVolt and National Renewal Energy Laboratory (NREL). • Authored 3 patent applications from work performed under CRADA. • Liquid Precursors for Copper Selenide.• Liquid Precursors for Indium/Gallium Selenide.• Amorphous Zinc-Tin Oxide for Alternative Emitter structure• Worked with the IP team to write and research the patent validity.• In charge of optical thin film metrology including ellipsometry, transmission/reflection, XRF, XRD, etc.• Designed and executed DOEs.• Worked on team that won the 2008 R&D 100 Editors’ Choice award for Most Revolutionary Technology for Hybrid CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) photovoltaic cells.• Developed optical metal-organic inks for deposition of the absorber layer of the photovoltaic cell increasing material utilization by 120% over the standard PVD process.• Developed a more conductive TCO, reducing the thickness required and process time by 20%.• Developed a more transparent insulating layer, leading to a 10% improvement in module efficiency • JMP expertise certified SAS Data Exploration and SAS ANOVA and regression user. • Won HelioVolt Inventor of the year for 2011.• Presented results to members of the Board of Directors.• Presented results at academic conferences.• Studied organometallic and nanoparticle inks for the deposition thin-film absorber materials and metal contacts.• Investigated the use of rapid optical processing of thin-film absorber materials for use in PV. Show less

Greater Denver Area

Synthesized nanoparticle and organometallic inks for use in thin-film PV and metallic contacts.Worked with ink-jet printing and rapid thermal processing of contacts to Silicon PV devices. Performed meteorology including x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence, Hall measurements, 4-point probe,JV curves, TGA.Worked with BP Solar to develop new contacting methods for silicon-based photovoltaic cells.Worked with Dow on developing metal organic inks for use in solar cell… Show more Synthesized nanoparticle and organometallic inks for use in thin-film PV and metallic contacts.Worked with ink-jet printing and rapid thermal processing of contacts to Silicon PV devices. Performed meteorology including x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence, Hall measurements, 4-point probe,JV curves, TGA.Worked with BP Solar to develop new contacting methods for silicon-based photovoltaic cells.Worked with Dow on developing metal organic inks for use in solar cell production.Set up a cooperative research and development agreement with VC funded Evident Technologies and worked on the development of cadmium telluride and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic cellsOrganized calls and meetings to update CRADA partners Show less