Stuart Wenham

Stuart Wenham (15 July 1957, Sydney – 23 December 2017) was, at the time of his death, the director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics and Director of Academic Studies of the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales.

Early life Wenham grew up in Bexley North, a suburb of Sydney. On his graduation from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 1981, he received the university medal in electrical engineering. In 2008, Wenham was awarded the Clunies Ross Award for "contributions to solar cell development and commercialisation". In 2009 Wenham received the Cherry Award at the 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference in Philadelphia. In 2011 he received the J J Ebers Award from the International Electron Devices group of the IEEE. Wenham was awarded the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology's AF Harvey Engineering prize in 2013 for his breakthroughs in hydrogenation.

Wenham died on the morning of 23 December 2017 in Sydney from melanoma.