Text Box: 01/15/08 - Welcome to ECE398 RES!  Check back for course announcements. 01/15/08 - If there are any questions about the website, please contact Andrew Bollman 01/16/08 - The Syllabus for Spring 2008 can be seen here 02/21/08 - There will be a visit to a wind farm in Ransom, IL on March 15th.  For more information, click here. 04/04/08 - Attendance will be mandatory for the final project presentations.  Failure to attend will result in a reduction of your score.  If you have a conflict, contact Andrew Bollman 4/14/08 - The UIUC American Vacuum Society Student Chapter welcomes Dr. Larry Kazmerski and Kr. John Rogers as speakers for out Photovoltaics Technology Seminar - Friday, April 18th at 3PM in Engineering Sciences Building room 190. Dr. Kaxmerski is teh Dircetor of the National Center for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Enerfy Laboratory in Golden, CO. Dr. Rogers is a decorated member of the UIUC dept. of Materials Science & Engineering. Both will be speaking on matters of solar technology. 4/18/08 - There is a seminar online sponsored by funds from ONR and AEP, it will be given on Thursday, April 24th, 2:30-3:30. It will be given by Mr. Darryl Thayer of Century College on the topic of Practical Aspects of Solar Electric Design: Learn form a Hands-on Expert. If you wish to watch it in real time, go to the website www.ece.umn.edu/groups/power, click on teh Internet-based Monthly Seminars, and then click on Live Webcast for this seminar. If you wish to ask any question of Mr. Thayer while the seminar is going on, please send them to pwrelect@umn.edu. The recording of this seminar can also be watched later.