Solar And Nanotechnology @ UNSW Home
You've found Dr. Robert Taylor's website. Here you can read about all the exciting work that is going on at UNSW with Dr. Taylor and his collaborators. In addition, it should be noted that this is the world's best, most official, and certainly most colorful site for the research of Dr. Robert A. Taylor. Of course the number of websites dedicated to this topic can be counted on one finger - but, I ask you, can you stop reading with that kind of claim in mind?
Who We Are...
Dr.Taylor joined Australia's University of New South Wales in 2011 and has been working to build a world-class team of collaborators around the idea of bringing new materials to solar systems - particularly solar thermal systems. Several innovative, multidiciplinary ideas are being developed through this group - many of which are showcased on this site. If you are interested in any particular aspect of this work and/or want to get involved, please contact Dr. Taylor
Recent News
In April, 2012, we held a highly successful International Collaborative Sustainable Energy Workshop at UNSW. This short-course workshop provided an immersive, active-learning environment where the engineering aspects of renewable and sustainable energy concepts (with a focus on solar energy) were studied. The workshop included expert guest speakers, hands-on interaction with equipment, and field trips to renewable energy sites around Sydney. During the workshop, Indian Institute of Technology (Ropar) fellows teamed up with peers from UNSW. These students will now continue working collaboratively on these projects for the remainder of the year (via teleconferencing and email). This has proven to be a very exciting way of bringing students with diverse backgrounds and skills together around 'hot' solar energy projects!
Currently, several funding proposals are under preparation or review. More updates will be made if/when funding for these topics is awarded.
A 2012 ECR grant proposal entitled, 'Volumetrically Absorbing Nanofluids for High Temperature Solar Thermal Harvesting' was Awarded. The general concept behind this idea is shown below
Nanofluids Boiling projects continue into 2012 in collaboration with Arizona State University - contact Taylor
Excellent people enable excellent research. Thus, Dr. Taylor would like to gratefully acknowlege the help of each and every collaborating researcher!
Updated by Taylor • May 2012
