A shared passion for renewable energy technology has brought together two professors with two very different areas of expertise.

Marianne Fairbanks, an assistant professor of design studies in the UW’s School of Human Ecology, is an expert in fibers, fabrics, design, and dyes. Trisha Andrew, an assistant professor of chemistry, uses chemistry, materials science, and electrical engineering to develop low-cost, lightweight solar cells.

Together, they’re developing fabric capable of harnessing energy from the sun.