The SDLE Research Center at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a world-class research center dedicated to data science and analytics applied to materials and energy sciences.
Established in 2011 by Prof. Roger H. French, the SDLE Center focuses on:-
○ Lifetime and degradation science of solar photovoltaic (PV) materials, and other environmentally exposed, long-lived (>25 years) technologies
○ Accelerated laboratory and outdoor real-world exposures and evaluations of outdoor exposed technologies such as solar, led lighting and building envelope materials
○ Energy efficiency and virtual energy auditing of buildings, using engineering epidemiology and data analytics
○ Data-mining, statistical- and machine-learning applied to materials
○ Petabyte/Petaflop big data analytics applied to time-series, spectral and image datasets
○ Non-relational data warehousing and analytics environment for complex systems
On January 24th, 2014, Laura Bruckman delivered a seminar presentation, at the DMSE 2014 Spring Colloquium, entitled "Lifetime and Degradation Science: Acrylic Statistical Mechanistic Pathway Diagram Development", which covered statistical analytics, using a data science approach, defining the new field of lifetime and degradation science (L&DS), providing mechanistic insights into real-world degr
On November 14, the SDLE Center and the Case School of Engineering, joined by faculty from the University of Maryland and Cleveland State University, hosted a Lifetime & Degradation Science (L&DS) Workshop with about 100 attendees. L&DS is a new engineering design paradigm that accelerates development and testing, reduces degradation, renormalizes standards, and builds technologies fitted to their real world environments.
The SDLE Center SunFarm was featured in a recent video by Sustainable Cleveland, a 10-year initiative through the Cleveland Mayor's Office that engages everyone to design and develop a thriving and resilient Cleveland and build economic, social and
Register now! to join stakeholders from industry, academia, and government at an open house to celebrate the SDLE Center, a new, state-of-the-art facility focused on lifetime and degradation science for solar materials and all environmentally exposed, long-lived technologies. There will be networking and tours of the SDLE Center labs and outdoor SunFarm.
Renowned solar expert Dr. David Faiman visits the SDLE Center Tuesday August 21 to learn more about the research going on, tour the SDLE facilities, and give a presentation to the CWRU community titled "25 Years of Photovoltaic Testing Outdoors in the Negev Desert." Dr.
Myles Murray, a doctoral candidate in CWRU's SDLE Center, contributed an editorial to the Cleveland Plain Dealer advocating for the need and efficacy of solar power in greater Cleveland. Read the full article here.
A Post-Doctoral Research Associate/Senior Research Associate position is available in the Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) laboratory, working with Professor Roger French in the Department of Materials Science at Case Western Reserve University. Click here for more details.
On Monday, April 9, the SDLE Center, in cooperation with CWRU's Great Lakes Energy Institute and Ohio State University's Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), hosted a Solar Durability Workshop that brought together nearly 100 representatives from industry, academia, and government. The following speakers and presentations were featured at the event.
