Lee Weinstein

STEM Educator

Research Expertise

Energy conversion
solar energy
thermoelectrics
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Fuel Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Cancer Research
Biochemistry (medical)
Mechanics of Materials
Cell Biology
Clinical Biochemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Pharmaceutical Science
Pharmacology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Civil and Structural Engineering
Signal Processing
Biotechnology
Ocean Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

About

Weinstein is a Principal Scientist at Brilliant.org, where he focuses on engineering education. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his research interests include the design of educational technology and the development of educational content.

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Publications

Concentrating Solar Power
Chemical Reviews
2015
Concentrating solar thermoelectric generators with a peak efficiency of 7.4%
Nature Energy
2016
Vortex shedding induced energy harvesting from piezoelectric materials in heating, ventilation and air conditioning flows
Smart Materials and Structures
2012
Coupling endoplasmic reticulum stress to the cell death program in mouse melanoma cells: effect of curcumin
Apoptosis
2008
Harnessing Heat Beyond 200 °C from Unconcentrated Sunlight with Nonevacuated Transparent Aerogels
ACS Nano
2019
Aerogel-based solar thermal receivers
Nano Energy
2017
A Hybrid Electric and Thermal Solar Receiver
Joule
2018
A Passive High-Temperature High-Pressure Solar Steam Generator for Medical Sterilization
Joule
2020
Enhanced absorption of thin-film photovoltaic cells using an optical cavity
Journal of Optics
2015
Modeling of thin-film solar thermoelectric generators
Journal of Applied Physics
2013
Hybrid Optical–Thermal Antennas for Enhanced Light Focusing and Local Temperature Control
ACS Photonics
2016
Hybrid optical-thermal devices and materials for light manipulation and radiative cooling
SPIE Proceedings
2015
Gene patent case reaches US Supreme Court
Nature
2012
INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURE SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR ENABLED BY NON-EVACUATED TRANSPARENT AEROGEL AND NON-TRACKING COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR
International Heat Transfer Conference 16
2018
Diverging polygon-based modeling (DPBM) of concentrated solar flux distributions
Solar Energy
2015
Thermal Emission Shaping and Radiative Cooling with Thermal Wells, Wires and Dots
Advanced Photonics 2015
2015
Exceeding Solar Cell Efficiency Limit by Thermal Upconversion of Low-Energy Photons
Frontiers in Optics 2013
2013
THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF HIGH-EFFICIENCY WINDOW TECHNOLOGIES
Annual Review of Heat Transfer
2018
DIRECTIONAL SELECTIVITY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONCENTRATION FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS
Proceeding of First Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference
2016
A new generation of solid particle and other high-performance receiver designs for concentrating solar thermal (CST) central tower systems
Advances in Concentrating Solar Thermal Research and Technology
2017
Hybrid Optoplasmonic Structures and Materials: from New Physics to New Functionalities
Advanced Photonics 2015
2015
Optical cavity for improved performance of solar receivers in solar-thermal systems
Solar Energy
2014

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

S.M., Mechanical Engineering / August, 2013

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

University of California Berkeley

B.S., Mechanical Engineering / May, 2011

Berkeley, California, United States of America

Experience

Brilliant.org

Principal Scientist / 2017Present

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