Professional Background

• Research Support Specialist, US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC), SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, 2011-Present
• Senior Process Technician, Member of Technical Staff, Veeco Solar Process Development Center, Veeco Instruments, 2009-2011
• CIGS Pilot Line Lab Services Manager, Member of Technical Staff, DayStar Technologies, 2006-2009

Responsibilities

Mr. Garney is a member of the technical staff leading the development of CIGS thin film photovoltaic process and hardware development. He coordinates consortium member activities and provides technical support for the PVMC Solar Energy Development Center located in Halfmoon, NY. 

In his role as Research Support Specialist, Adam is responsible for the coordination, installation and process ownership of thin film solar PV manufacturing scale equipment with capacities exceeding 10MW. He partners with both CNSE and PVMC member process and hardware development teams to support roadmap and strategic technical directives.

Recent Selected Publications and Presentations

D. Metacarpa, N. Vora, J. Whitbeck, A. Garney, D, Dwyer and P. Haldar
“Cost Analysis and Criteria for Achieving the SunShot Target of $0.5/Wp Manufacturing Costs Using Flexible Thin Film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells
39th Proceedings of the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Tampa, Fl (2013)

D. Mount, B. Mattson, A. Misra, D. Metacarpa, J. Mangum, A. Garney
Roadmap Overview for Roll to Roll Manufacturing of CIGS Photovoltaics
PVMC CIGS US Roadmap Symposium at Intersolar 2013, SanFrancisco, CA (2013)