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=== 1977 Optical Sciences Center, U of AZ ===

In 1977 he became a Research Engineer for the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. He was responsible for thin film computer analysis and solar photothermal and photovoltaic program development. His research projects included work on thin film coating for high temperature photothermal conversion and developemnt of a "Tower Reflector" for a photothermal project for Union Carbide Corporation
<ref>C. W. Chen, G. W. Hopkins, D. E. Osborn, et al., "Optical Design of a Solar Collector for the Advanced Solar Thermal Electric Conversion/Process Heat Program," Final Report to Union Carbide Corporation, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, October 1977.</ref>

=== 1977 Arizona Solar Energy Commission ===

In late 1977 Osborn joined the Arizona Solar Energy Commission, State of Arizona as Associate Director and Solar Engineering Manager.  At the Commission, he directed and provided solar engineering, analysis and program management, developed and implemented the Arizona Solar Legislation Package and related regulations and consumer protection programs<ref>Donald E. Osborn, "Solar Energy Overview and Incentives," invited address, 1978 National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (NRECA) Regional Meeting, Region X, October 1978</ref>. While at the Commission he also served as the Director of the Arizona office of Western SUN Regional Solar Center (Federally funded “State Solar Officer” for Arizona where he developed and managed the Local Government and Energy Conscious Community programs<ref>Diane Harper Olivenbaum and Donald E. Osborn, Editors, "Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Codes and Standards for Local Governments," Arizona Solar Energy Commission, Office of Energy Programs, League of Arizona Cities and Towns, Arizona Association of Counties, December 1979.</ref>, the Arizona Passive Design Competition and the Class "B" Passive Solar Monitoring project<ref>Donald E. Osborn, Charles Sherman, Stephen Byrne, and Paul Huddy, "Solar Design Calculations for Arizona Homes," Western Solar Utilization Network and Arizona Solar Energy Commission, UC 59, WSUN/149d, Spring 1982.</ref>⏎
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=== 1977 Arizona Solar Energy Commission ===

In late 1977 Osborn joined the Arizona Solar Energy Commission, State of Arizona as Associate Director and Solar Engineering Manager.  At the Commission, he directed and provided solar engineering, analysis and program management, developed and implemented the Arizona Solar Legislation Package and related regulations and consumer protection programs. While at the Commission he also served as the Director of the Arizona office of Western SUN Regional Solar Center (Federally funded “State Solar Officer” for Arizona where he developed and managed the Local Government and Energy Conscious Community programs, the Arizona Passive Design Competition and the Class "B" Passive Solar Monitoring project, consumer protection and State Special Projects. He served as the General Co Chairman of Solar Jubilee, the 1980 Annual Meeting of the American Section of International Solar Energy Society (now ASES), held June 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona.  The Jubilee was the largest solar conference to that date (and for more than a decade after)with more than 2,000 registrants, 160 exhibitors, and over 24,000 visitors.<ref>"Phoenix Hosts National Solar Conference", Twila de Vries and John Yellott, Arizona (contracted; show full)olar funding and was the Principal Investigator on numerous sponsored projects for DOE, SERI (NREL), SNL, ASEC, NASA, AZDOT. These projects included:  the DOE/SERI/SNL sponsored project "Spectrally Selective Beam Splitters Applied to Thermally Decoupled, Combined Quantum /Thermal  Conversion in Concentrating Solar Systems" involving the design and application of thin film interference stack and liquid optical filters to optimize the spectral performance of hybrid quantum (PV)/thermal (PT) systems
<ref>Donald E. Osborn, A. H. Macleod, M. Jacobson, et al., "Spectrally Selective Beam Splitters Applied to Thermally Decoupled, Combined Quantum/Thermal Conversion in Concentrating Solar Systems," DOE/SERI Contract No. XK 4 04070 01, Phase I Final Report, January 1986</ref>; for solar cooling projects including "Bi Desiccant Solar Cooling System" project for ASEC investigating the application of binary desiccant systems for space conditioning<ref>Donald E. Osborn and Simon Hanson, "Bi-Desiccant, Staged, Solar Cooling System," ASEC Contract No. 800-87, Final Report, June 30, 1987</ref>; for research projects on photochemical/photothermal systems including the SERI project "Solar Thermal Water Reclamation and Toxic Waste Destruction<ref>Donald E. Osborn, Raymond Sierka, and Medhat Latif, "Water Problems, Solar Solutions:  Applications of Solar Thermal Energy to Water Technologies," Chapter IV, Water Security and Security Through Water Technology, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, 1988</ref>," and NASA projects "Membrane Concentrators for Advanced Solar Dynamic Power Systems in Space" and "Photochemical Generation of Energetic Radicals for Processing Lunar Materials<ref>Donald E. Osborn and David C. Lynch, "Innovative Techniques for the Production of Energetic Radicals for Lunar Materials Processing Including Photogeneration Via Concentrated Solar Energy", Annual Progress Report - 1991, NASA Space Engineering Research Center for Utilization of Local Planetary Resources, University of Arizona, September 1991</ref>; research in photovoltaic systems including "3 KW Thin Film PV Demonstration and Test Facility"<ref>Donald E. Osborn, "Monitoring and Performance of a 3kWe PV Facility," American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Solar 90 Proceedings, March 1990</ref>; and passive solar home design and evaluation including the "Arizona Solar Design Homes Class B Performance Monitoring Project."<ref>Donald E. Osborn, Rocco Fazzolare and T. Triffet, "Monitoring of Arizona Solar Design Homes - Final Phase," EES, University of Arizona, ASEC Contract No. 401, June 1983</ref> which included the data collection and analysis of performance of four passive/hybrid homes in different climate zones of Arizona. He was also the Chairman and Coordinator for DOE National Conferences on Microcomputer Applications for Conservation and Renewable Energy (1985 and 1986) and the National Conferences on Microcomputer Applications in Energy (1988 and 1990).

=== 1991 Sacramento Municipal Utility District Solar Program ===

In 1991, Osborn “moved on to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District to oversee the development of community-wide solar-powered homes, a program that has become a model”.<ref>Phoenix New Times, June 30, 1993</ref> SMUD was then headed by legendary "Utility repair man", SMUD’s General Manager S. David Freeman. "To lead the push into renewables, Freeman brought in an expert in the field. When he was contacted by SMUD in 1991 Don Osborn was heading up the solar energy research facility at the University of Arizona" <ref name="SwitchingTo" />.  As the Superintendent of Renewable Generation and Manager of SMUD Solar Program, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Osborn founded and managed the SMUD Solar Programs for over ten years. Osborn was responsible for developing and implimenting all phases of the SMUD Solar and Distributed Technologies Program including renewable energy, distributed generation, advanced applications, and renewable energy RD&D. He was espically responsible for the highly successful utility program for the sustained orderly development and commercialization of PV.<ref>Donald E. Osborn, “Sustained Orderly Development and Commercialization of Grid-Connected Photovoltaics: SMUD as a Case Example”, Keynote Address, World Sustainable Energy Conference, Wels, Austria, March 2001</ref>; for solar cooling projects including "Bi Desiccant Solar Cooling System" project for ASEC investigating the application of binary desiccant systems for space conditioning for research projects on photochemical/photothermal systems including the SERI project "Solar Thermal Water Reclamation and Toxic Waste Destruction," and NASA projects "Membrane Concentrators for Advanced Solar Dynamic Power Systems in Space" and "Photochemical Generation of Energetic Radicals for Processing Lunar Materials<ref>David C. Lynch, "Innovative Techniques for the Production of Energetic Radicals for Lunar Materials Processing Including Photogeneration Via Concentrated Solar Energy", Annual Progress Report - 1991, NASA Space Engineering Research Center for Utilization of Local Planetary Resources, University of Arizona, September 1991</ref>; research in photovoltaic systems including "3 KW Thin Film PV Demonstration and Test Facility"; and passive solar home design and evaluation including the "Arizona Solar Design Homes Class B Performance Monitoring Project." which included the data collection and analysis of performance of four passive/hybrid homes in different climate zones of Arizona. He was also the Chairman and Coordinator for DOE National Conferences on Microcomputer Applications for Conservation and Renewable Energy (1985 and 1986) and the National Conferences on Microcomputer Applications in Energy (1988 and 1990).<ref>Edward Stiles, Solar Power fuels solar lab, Tucson Citizen, July 6, 1988</ref>

=== 1991 Sacramento Municipal Utility District Solar Program ===

In 1991, Osborn “moved on to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District to oversee the development of community-wide solar-powered homes, a program that has become a model”.<ref>Phoenix New Times, June 30, 1993</ref> SMUD was then headed by legendary "Utility repair man", SMUD’s General Manager S. David Freeman. "To lead the push into renewables, Freeman brought in an expert in the field. When he was contacted by SMUD in 1991 Don Osborn was heading up the solar energy research facility at the University of Arizona" <ref name="SwitchingTo" />.  As the Superintendent of Renewable Generation and Manager of SMUD Solar Program, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Osborn founded and managed the SMUD Solar Programs for over ten years. Osborn was responsible for developing and implimenting all phases of the SMUD Solar and Distributed Technologies Program including renewable energy, distributed generation, advanced applications, and renewable energy RD&D. He was espically responsible for the highly successful utility program for the sustained orderly development and commercialization of PV. The SMUD Solar Program, under Osborn and colleague Dave Collier (who was SMUD Solar's Principal Electrical Engineer), was responsible for the first broad commercialization of grid-connected PV in the US that lead to the California Solar Initiative and the growth of today’s PV market.<ref name="SwitchingTo" />.  

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== External links ==

* [http://www.SpectrumEnergyDev.com/ Spectrum Energy Development Inc website]
* [http://http://www.ases.org/ American Solar Energy Society website]


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