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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-05-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006055b.htm person Wenham Stuart Ross FTSE AACR2 15 July 1957 23 December 2017 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Electrical engineer Stuart Wenham was a pioneer in solar engineering and at the forefront of commercialisation of solar power technology for nearly 40 years. He invented or co-invented suites of solar cell technologies. One of these was advanced hydrogen passivation, which uses lasers to control the charge of hydrogen atoms in the silicon wafers of solar panels, and significantly increases the efficiency of solar cells. With Martin Green and Shi Zhengrong, Wenham developed the thin-film cells CSG (crystalline silicon on glass), the large-scale manufacture of which significantly reduced production costs of silicon wafers. These technologies were adopted by energy companies world-wide had a major impact on renewable energy generation. 2017 Career position - Director of Academic Studies, University of New South Wales 2017 Career position - Director, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Photovoltaics and Photonics, University of New South Wales 1980 1980 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), University of New South Wales 1986 1986 Education - PhD, University of New South Wales 1988 1988 Career event - Appointed Lecturer, University of New South Wales 1989 2003 Career position - Professor, University of New South Wales 1990 Career position - Associate Director, Photovoltaic Special Research Centre, University of New South Wales 1992 1992 Award - CSIRO External Medal (with Martin Green) 1992 1992 Career position - Senior Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, United Kingdom 1992 1998 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Progress in Photovoltaics 1996 1996 Award - Special Investigators Award, Australian Research Council 1997 1997 Career position - International Co-Chair, 26th Institution of Engineering and Technology Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Anaheim, California, U.S.A. 1999 1999 Award - Australia Prize in the field of energy science and technology (with Martin Green), Commonwealth of Australia 1999 2017 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in electrical engineering 2003 2017 Career position - Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales 2005 2017 Career position - Chief Technology Officer, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd 2008 2008 Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 2009 2009 Award - Cherry Award, 34th Institution of Engineering and Technology Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 2011 2011 Award - Award for Climate Change and Environment, New South Wales Science and Engineering Awards 2011 2011 Award - J. J. Ebers Award, International Electron Devices, Group, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2013 2013 Award - A. F. Harvey Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineering and Technology, United Kingdom 2017 2017 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales Australia Prize, Commonwealth of Australia (1990 - 1999)

Awarded the Prize (in the field of Energy Science and Technology) 1999

 The University of New South Wales (1958 - )

Associate Director, Photovoltaic Special Research Centre 1990 - ; Director of Academic Studies - 2017; Scientia Professor 2003 - 2017

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1999 - 2017

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Fellow 2017

 New South Wales Science and Engineering Awards (2008 - 2014)

Received the Award for Climate Change and Environment 2011

 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1991 - 2015)

Received the Award 2008

 'Wenham, Stuart Ross', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wenham, Stuart Ross Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Editorial for Stuart Wenham special issue Green, Martin, Barnett, Allen, Honsberg, Christiana, Ciesla, Alison and Ashworth, Paul Editorial for Stuart Wenham special issue 2021 Progress in photovoltaics: research and applications 29 11 1147-8 Journal Article: The genesis of the first specialist PV Bachelor of Engineering program: the educational legacy of Stuart Ross Wenham Corkish, Richard The genesis of the first specialist PV Bachelor of Engineering program: the educational legacy of Stuart Ross Wenham 2021 Progress in photovoltaics: research and applications 29 11 1149-57 Resource: Pioneering solar engineer Stuart Wenham dies, aged 60 da Silva, Wilson Pioneering solar engineer Stuart Wenham dies, aged 60 University of New South Wales Newsroom 2017 Newspaper Article: Leading solar engineer Stuart Wenham dies at 60 Singhal, Pallavi Leading solar engineer Stuart Wenham dies at 60 2017 Sydney morning herald 26 December Resource: Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017] Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017] Department of Industry, Innovation and Science 2017 Journal Article: Stuart Wenham remembered as a pioneer of energy research Anon Stuart Wenham remembered as a pioneer of energy research 2018 ATSE focus 205 43 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2012 Who's who in Australia 2012 48th Melbourne Crown Content Pty Ltd 2012