United Solar Ovonic's Guha Wins Technology Award

Dr. Subhendu Guha, president of United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., has won this year’s World Technology Award in Energy for his innovative work on the science and technology of thin-film amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon materials and solar cells.

The awards, instituted in 2000, are sponsored by a range of organizations, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Microsoft, CNN, and Fortune and Time magazines. They honor individuals and corporations from 20 technology-related sectors who are selected by their peers as innovators who perform work of the greatest likely long-term significance.

“I’m honored to receive the award. It is personally gratifying, but I particularly appreciate the collaboration of my colleagues to carry out cutting-edge research to develop products with great societal values,” said Dr. Guha.

James P. Clark, founder and chairman of the World Technology Network, added, “Dr. Guha’s contribution to the field of photovoltaic energy has been outstanding, and the award is just acknowledgment of that fact.”