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The University of Louisville's faculty and staff bring more than their professional skillsets to campus every day. They embrace and embody the passion, dynamism and innovation characteristic of a quality higher education experience. On April 18, Interim President Lori Stewart Gonzalez and Interim Provost Gerry Bradley conferred the 2022 Presidential Excellence Awards during the Celebration of Faculty and Staff. The awards recognize the employees whose personal and professional commitments to student success impact the entire university community. Here are this year's winners. Cardinal Principles Champions The Cardinal Principles Champions award honors faculty and staff who demonstrate one of the Cardinal Principles at the highest level of impact. • Kathy Meyer, Community of Care • Asma Addarrat-Edwards, Accountability • Leondra Gully, Respect • Nakia Strickland, Diversity and Inclusion • Avery Kolers, Integrity and Transparency • Mani Vangalur, Noble Purpose • C ....
A University of Louisville research-backed startup has secured $2 million in funding to further development of a technology meant to make solar power more accessible. The startup, Bert Thin Films, plans to use the new funding via a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and $1 million in angel investment to further their copper-based paste technology, called CuBert, invented and patented at UofL. The paste can replace silver components currently used in solar panels, making them less expensive to manufacture. "Silver is a huge issue for the industry because the price volatility and there may not be enough to produce the amount of solar panels needed," said Thad Druffel, theme leader for solar manufacturing R&D at UofL's Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research. "We can solve it by changing one simple ingredient." Druffel invented the technology with former post-doctoral research associate, Ruvini Dharmadasa, and now is CEO of Bert Thin Fil ....