Kurt L. Barth

President Direct Solar

United States

About

Experience

  • President and Founder at Direct Solar LLC
    2012 - Present · 14 yrs 6 mos

    Direct Solar provides expert witness, IP development / analysis, strategic planning, engineering, and R&D expertise focused photovoltaics and thin film fabrication.

  • Loughborough University (4 yrs 5 mos)
    • Emeritus Professor
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Professor in Photovoltaics
      Feb 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Professor Associate Director, Net-Zero Hub Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering Loughborough University Loubhborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom

    • International Special Envoy for North America
      2023 - 2024 · 1 yr

      Drives development of Loughborough University’s strategy of engagement in North America. Supports the Loughborough University System's Vice-Chancellor in relationship building, opportunity development, and partnership management in the region. Chairs the University's North America regional interest engagement group.

  • Research Associate Professor at Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • President and Founder at Direct Engineering LLC
    Feb 2015 - 2022 · 7 yrs

    Direct Engineering is an agile engineering and technology company. Specializing in simulation and process modeling, we offer our clients significant capacities and know how to facilitate product development. Direct Engineering leverages the learning from advanced simulation R&D programs with the National Science foundation and the significant experience in developing production tools for high tech thin film manufacturers. We utilize the cutting edge solver tools from ANSYS.

  • Colorado State University (28 yrs 1 mo)
    • Assoc. Director, Colorado State University's Next Generation PV Center
      2012 - 2021 · 9 yrs

      The Next Generation Photovoltaics Center is an National Science Foundation supported industry / university cooperative research center (I/UCRC) driving for significant advancements in PV performance. Industrial members include leaders in the PV supply chain and module manufacturing.

    • Affiliate Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering
      2007 - 2012 · 5 yrs

    • General Faculty Research Associate III
      1993 - 2007 · 14 yrs