South Dakota State University

There are two openings available for energetic graduate students (M.S. & Ph.D.) with strong background in mathematics and numerical analysis. If my research interests appeal to you, please consider submitting an application to SDSU EE under the Ph.D. program link. Please send me your CV and let me know your research interests.

Team members

M.FarrokhBaroughi@sdstate.edu

 

Research area: advanced Si based solar cells, organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells, nanoscale junctions and interfaces for solar cells, large area electronics, photonics

 

Picture: Mahdi holding 3^rd generation Si solar cells in the Micro/nanofabrication Lab of South Dakota State University

Prof. Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi

Ph.D. Student, Joined in Fall 2007

Research area: solution based processing of PV materials and devices, dye sensitized solar cells, spectral engineering of solar spectrum

 

Mariyappan.Shanmugam@sdstate.edu

 

Picture: Mariyappan in the 33rd IEEE PVSC

Mariyappan Shanmugam

Ph.D. Student, Joined in Fall 2007

 

Research area: Advanced Si based PV devices, inorganic photovoltaics, inorganic/organic interfaces

 

Jun.Wang@sdstate.edu

 

Picture: Jun Wang in the 33rd IEEE PVSC

Jun Wang

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Mahdi F. Baroughi

EPSCoR funded Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2009

 

Research project: design and implementation of time-resolved V_OC and J_SC experiments for characterization of interface and bulk of PV materials.

 

 

Danny Andrawis

Previous Undergraduate Research Assistants:

 

Daniel Friedrichs (Summer 2007); Project: Design and implementation of planar solar concentrators

 

Chris Mouw (Summer 2007); Project: Design and implementation of planar solar concentrators

M.S. Student, Joined in Fall 2008

 

Research area: Sol-gel based concentrating solar cells, dye sensitized solar cells

 

blbills@jacks.sdstate.edu

 

Picture: Braden in front of Solberg Hall, SDSU

 

 

Braden Bills

M.S. Student, Joined in Spring 2009

 

Research area: Printable electrodes for solar cell application,

 

Upandit@jacks.sdstate.edu

 

Picture: Umesh in front of Solberg Hall, SDSU

Hari Paudel

Current Students

Co-Op Students (Summer 2007)

Principal Investigator