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Need to address:
1) How the technology aims to address/impact concepts discussed in class. (Namely, the chapters we’ve covered: Forecasting, Processes/Facility Design, Human Resources, Scheduling; and have yet to cover: Supply Chain Management/Distribution, Inventory Management, Resource Planning. I’m sure we can select one or two to tailor to in depth.)
2) Identify major vendors/those with a stake in the selected technology.
3) Discuss future trends and/or how their markets may evolve in the long run to predict whether the technology will become dominant or fail.

Good overall info pool to draw from for further searches, etc.:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways#/

1) A REALLY GOOD ARTICLE: http://www.ijera.com/papers/Vol3_issue3/IJ3314291436.pdf

2) Arrow Electronics is a major Vendor, providing cheaper sourced parts and engineering advice (beginning 2015): https://www.arrow.com/en/research-and-events/articles/solar-roadways
@2:35 for vid: https://go.indiegogo.com/blog/2016/11/solar-roadways-clean-energy.html
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) another key player for funding via Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, awarding Phase IIB in 2015: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/innovator/issue44/html5/index.html?page=1&noflash (page 10) and https://www.volpe.dot.gov/news/new-pavement-system-supported-by-solar-panels and http://ens-newswire.com/2016/01/11/u-s-funds-solar-panel-pavement-that-generates-power/
Others involved in similar ventures: Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT): https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/12novdec/04.cfm
SolaRoad in the Netherlands: http://en.solaroad.nl
Short overview of all: https://transmitter.ieee.org/solar-power-hits-the-road/

3) Nay-sayer of 2014: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/department-of-transportation-official-discusses-solar-roadways#gs.iUQcgVM
Encouragement: https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/kia-fleet-partner-zone/2017/apr/27/driving-on-sunshine-are-solar-powered-roads-the-transport-upgrade-we-need

Specifics/Numbers (for charts, etc.): http://solarroadways.com/Specifics/Numbers
• "Brusaw said his initial target price is $10,000 for a 12 x 12 encapsulated solar panel. If it drops to $6900 during production, he said he could break even with asphalt." ( https://www.wired.com/2010/09/solar-roadways-fix-the-power-grid-and-crumbling-pavement/ )

• Crowdfunding as a financial resource?
• The link between Solar Roads and Self-driving cars: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/chasing-genius-solar-roadways/