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Chris Rivest is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of SunPrint (later Alion [1]), a company that develops technology to inexpensively fabricate solar cells using acoustic printing.[2][3] He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4]

In 2010 he was recognized as a "young innovator" by being listed in the MIT Technology Review's TR35 list.[5]

He is the son of Ron Rivest, the cryptographer and founder of RSA.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment: Alion Inc.", Bloomberg
  2. ^ Biello, David, "Sunshine is free, so can photovoltaics be cheap?", Scientific American, Mar 10, 2010
  3. ^ Aaron, Tali, "One-Step Process for Photovoltaic Cell Production Could Make Solar Competitive" Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, March 12
  4. ^ "Slice of MIT: The TR35: The List is Up. How Did MIT Fare in the TR35?", Thu 26 Aug 2010, MIT Alumni News
  5. ^ "2010 Young Innovators Under 35: Chris Rivest, 28: SunPrint Printing cheaper solar cells", Technology Review, MIT, 2010
  6. ^ Cf. Acknowledgements, p.xxi, in Cormen, Rivest, et al., Introduction to Algorithms, MIT Press
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