Roland L. Hulstrom

Technology Manager — Solar Energy Technologies

On staff since 1977

Phone number: 303-384-6420
E-mail: roland_hulstrom@nrel.gov

Professional expertise and experience

• Module and systems engineering and reliability
• Resource assessment
• Solar energy system analyses and trade-off studies
• Solar Energy Research Facility (SERF) project design leadership
• National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) planning, designing, and implementation
• National and international standards for spectral solar radiation
• PV shipment/growth-rate analyses
• Early, spacecraft-based automated remote sensing systems (Feature Identification and Location Experiment, FILE)

Education

• M.S. Physics and Chemistry, 1967, University of Northern Colorado
• B.A. Physics, 1965, University of Northern Colorado

Prior work experience

• Deputy director, NCPV, 1998-present
• Division manager, NCPV's Engineering and Reliability division, 1998-present
• Center director, NREL Center for Performance Engineering, Qualification, and Reliability, 1996-97
• Director, Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory at Martin Marietta Aerospace Corporation, Denver, 1967-77

Other affiliations

• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Awards

• Van Morriss Award, NREL, given annually to an NREL technical or administrative staff member who is perceived as a leader in the growth and development of MRI, Battelle, Bechtel, and NREL through major improvements in productivity, capability, or efficiency, FY 2002
  
  
• Inaugural Forecast Award, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "for the many technical contributions leading to the development and initiation of the inaugural forecast (using satellite methodologies and technologies) of solar energy distribution over the U.S," 1980
  
  
• Skylab Achievement Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "in appreciation of dedicated service to the Nation as a member of the Skylab Team, which extended man's knowledge and capabilities in space," 1973
  
  
• Certificate of Recognition, NASA, "for the creative development of technology, consisting of the Feature Identification and Location Experiment (FILE), which flew on a Space Shuttle mission," 1976
  
  
• MRI President's Awards (2), NREL/MRI, for exceptional performance
  
  
• Staff Award, SERI/NREL, for exceptional performance regarding the SERF project, 1993

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