{"id":2165,"date":"2015-08-18T07:01:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T07:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/?page_id=2165"},"modified":"2025-12-16T00:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:51:59","slug":"woman-student-in-solar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/woman-student-in-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"Muriel Watt Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7871 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black.png 3597w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black-960x163.png 960w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black-768x131.png 768w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black-640x109.png 640w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black-1536x261.png 1536w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ITP_Renewables_Logo_Lockup_Full_Black-2048x348.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/>ITP Renewables<\/strong> has great pleasure in supporting the <strong>Muriel Watt Award of $1,000 for Outstanding Paper <\/strong>for female\u00a0Honours,\u00a0Masters\u00a0or\u00a0PhD students.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 winner was:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8138 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanushree-Nath.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanushree-Nath.png 1006w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanushree-Nath-249x300.png 249w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanushree-Nath-768x925.png 768w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanushree-Nath-640x771.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/>Tanushree JB Nath<\/strong>, <em>Contactless Series Resistance Imaging of Solar Cells with Line-Scan Luminescence: A Quantitative Approach<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(UNSW Sydney)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5941 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Muriel-Watt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Muriel-Watt.png 766w, https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Muriel-Watt-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/>Muriel Watt<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>MA<\/strong> has worked with government agencies, universities and industry in the areas of renewable energy development, policy and application since 1980. She is currently an Advisor to ITP Renewables, and worked at the University of NSW for 25 years, finishing as an Associate Professor in the School of PV and Renewable Energy Engineering. She established and Chaired the Australian PV Institute, acted in various committee roles, including Chair, for the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society, Chaired the Policy Group for the Australian CRC for Renewable Energy, was the Australian Executive Committee member on the IEA PV Power Systems (PVPS) Implementing Agreement for 10 years, a member of the Australian Solar Institute Research Advisory Committee and member of the Solar Flagship Education Infrastructure Fund Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Muriel is currently appointed to the Advisory Panel for ARENA and the Board of Zero Emissions Byron, where she leads the Electric Vehicle and Emissions reporting programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITP Renewables has great pleasure in supporting the Muriel Watt Award of $1,000 for Outstanding Paper for female\u00a0Honours,\u00a0Masters\u00a0or\u00a0PhD students. The 2025 winner was: Tanushree&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2165","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8141,"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2165\/revisions\/8141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apvi.org.au\/solar-research-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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