Adam P. Plesniak
Vice President of Engineering at Arzon Solar LLC
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Adam is the Vice President of Engineering at Arzon Solar LLC, which is powered by Amonix CPV technology. At Arzon Solar he leads a talented team of engineers and technicians to design and manufacture the world's highest performance photovoltaic products. Adam was previously the Director of R&D at Amonix, Inc, where his team set demonstrated a 35.9% CSOC world record module efficiency, verified by NREL in August, 2013. Prior to that, Adam was the Advanced Technology Group lead at Amonix where his team led early ideation of the Amonix 8700 solar power generator for the utility scale market.

Previously, he was the Engineering and Design Lead at Boeing Phantomworks where his team developed the Boeing XR700 Photovoltaic Concentrator under contract from the DOE Solar Energy Technology Program. The XR700 was the first concentrator module to break 28% efficiency with greater than 800x concentration and +/- 2 degree acceptance angle. The technology was subsequently licensed to a private company outside of Boeing for continued development and commercialization.

He has a MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 7 October 2014 Open Access Paper
Proceedings Volume 9175, 917502 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067923
KEYWORDS: Video, Solar concentrators, Photovoltaics, Medium wave, Design for manufacturability, Optics manufacturing, Solar cells, Solar energy systems, Solar energy, Current controlled current source

Proceedings Article | 9 September 2013 Paper
A. Plesniak, V. Garboushian, M. Liu, R. Gordon, W. Bagienski
Proceedings Volume 8821, 88210D (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2027273
KEYWORDS: Manufacturing, Concentrated solar cells, Medium wave, Solar cells, Interfaces, Photovoltaics, Fourier transforms, Solar concentrators, Solar energy, Control systems

Proceedings Article | 10 October 2012 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8468, 84680H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930750
KEYWORDS: Photovoltaics, Diffractive optical elements, Manufacturing, Solar energy, Solar cells, Solar processes, Lead, Solar concentrators, Electronics, Structural design

Proceedings Article | 19 September 2011 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8108, 810803 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897390
KEYWORDS: Photovoltaics, Renewable energy, Solar cells, Silicon, Solar energy, Manufacturing, Wind energy, Systems modeling, Solar concentrators, Optimization (mathematics)

Proceedings Article | 24 August 2010 Paper
Adam Plesniak, Guy Martins, John Hall
Proceedings Volume 7769, 77690C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863346
KEYWORDS: Optical design, Design for manufacturability, Solar energy, Manufacturing, Diffractive optical elements, Solar cells, Brain-machine interfaces, Optics manufacturing, Solar concentrators, Semiconductor materials

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Conference Committee Involvement (7)
High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Energy Applications X
11 August 2015 | San Diego, California, United States
High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Energy Applications IX
19 August 2014 | San Diego, California, United States
High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Electric Applications VIII
27 August 2013 | San Diego, California, United States
High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Electric Applications VII
13 August 2012 | San Diego, California, United States
High and Low Concentrator Systems for Solar Electric Applications VI
23 August 2011 | San Diego, California, United States
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