Contact Us

 

Questions? 

For answers to high-level or generic questions, contact heliostat.consortium@nrel.gov.
For specific questions or to discuss work in various areas, contact the Lead or Co-Lead for the respective Topic areas below.

Leadership Team 

Guangdong Zhu (NREL) HelioCon Executive Director and Metrology & Standards Lead
Guangdong.Zhu@nrel.gov,

Margaret Gordon (Sandia NL) HelioCon Co-Lead
Megord@sandia.gov

Craig Turchi (NREL) HelioCon Partnership Director
Craig.Turchi@nrel.gov 

Metrology and Standards

Lead: Guangdong Zhu, NREL Guangdong.Zhu@nrel.gov 
Co-Lead: Randy Brost, SNL  rcbrost@sandia.gov

   Soiling

      Lead: Michael Cholette, ASTRI michael.cholette@qut.edu.au

Components and Controls

Lead: Ken Armijo, SNL kmarmijo@sandia.gov
Co-Lead:
Matthew Muller, NREL  Matthew.Muller@nrel.gov

Advanced Manufacturing

Lead: Randy Brost, SNL rcbrost@sandia.gov
Co-lead: Parthiv Kurup, NREL Parthiv.Kurup@nrel.gov

Field Deployment

Lead: Jeremy Sment, SNL  jsment@sandia.gov
Co-Lead: Alex Zolan, NREL  Alexander.Zolan@nrel.gov

   Wind load

     Lead: Shashank Yellapantula, NREL Shashank.Yellapantula@nrel.gov
    Co-Lead: Matthew Emes, ASTRI  Matthew.Emes@adelaide.edu.au

Techno-economic Analysis

Lead: Chad Augustine, NREL Chad.Augustine@nrel.gov
Co-Lead: Ken Armijo, SNL kmarmijo@sandia.gov

Resources, Training, and Education

Lead: Rebecca Mitchell, NREL Rebecca.Mitchell@nrel.gov
Co-Lead: Jeremy Sment, SNL jsment@sandia.gov