New Mexico PBS Science Café Presents “Solar Glitter”

New Mex­ico PBS Sci­ence Café explores “Solar Glit­ter” with speaker Jose L. Cruz-Campa from San­dia National Lab­o­ra­to­ries on Sat­ur­day, Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. San­dia National Lab­o­ra­to­ries is lead­ing the way in micro-solar inno­va­tions that could rev­o­lu­tion­ize solar energy. Cruz-Campa will lead a dis­cus­sion focused on the devel­op­ment of tiny, glitter-sized pho­to­voltaic cells that could change solar energy for future generations.

The talk will be held at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Cen­ten­nial Engi­neer­ing Cen­ter audi­to­rium, room 1041, located on the west end of UNM’s Main Cam­pus. Sci­ence Café is designed for the entire fam­ily. Par­ents and grand­par­ents are strongly encour­aged to bring their bud­ding engi­neers and sci­en­tists along.

Admis­sion is free but a reser­va­tion is required. Seats are lim­ited and avail­able on a first come, first served basis. RSVP to Rose Pos­ton, Com­mu­nity Out­reach Coor­di­na­tor, New Mex­ico PBS Edu­ca­tion & Out­reach Depart­ment, at (505) 277‑2396 or rposton@knme.org

Sci­ence Café is pre­sented with sup­port from UNM Office of the Vice Pres­i­dent for Research and Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment, Intel and San­dia National Labs/Lockheed Martin.

For updates on the New Mex­ico PBS Sci­ence Cafés and local and national sci­ence, nature and tech­nol­ogy pro­grams, visit Sci­ence Cafe.

Media Con­tact: Evy Todd (505) 277‑1218 or email to: etodd@newmexicopbs.org

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