Ph.D. students Yuting Li and Titilope Dada both presented their research at the recent 54th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference in New Orleans! Yuting described his progress making nanogap thermophotovoltaic devices, and Titilope showed methods to …
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Welcome Debaleena to the group!
We are very happy to welcome Dr. Debaleena Majumder to the group as a postdoctoral scholar! Debaleena received her PhD from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 2024. She held a 1-year postdoc at …
Welcome Lukas to the group!
We are very happy to welcome Lukas Pfromm to our group! Lukas has been collaborating with Prof. Tervo for a while already, while being advised by Prof. Umit Ogras in ECE at UW-Madison. Because we …
Dariush awarded Sophomore Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to undergraduate student Dariush Lasiang for winning the UW-Madison Sophomore Research Fellowship! He will be working with our group over the next year to develop open-source codes to simulate thermophotovoltaic devices, which will help …
Deb & Prof. Tervo present at Photonics West
PhD student Debarati Sen and Prof. Tervo both presented at the recent SPIE Photonics West Conference. Deb described her work on the design of simple, scalable structures for tunable thermal emission. These could enable ultra-narrow …
Welcome Max to the group!
A warm welcome to Max, our newest group member! Max is a M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering. He received his B.S. degree from UW-Madison (welcome back!), and he then spent several years as an engineer …
Welcome Yeonghoon to the group!
We are happy to welcome postdoctoral researcher Yeonghoon Jin to the group! Yeonghoon obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2023 from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) with a focus on thin-film …
Titi & Yuting present at SPIE Optics+Photonics conference
PhD students Titilope Dada and Yuting Li presented their research at the recent SPIE Optics+Photonics conference! Titi described her work on direct measurements of thermal emission from coated refractory metals, which could be used as …
Vida & Parth graduate with their Ph.D. and M.S. degrees!
Congratulations to Dr. Vida Nooshnab for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation and to Parth Solanki for defending and completing his M.S. degree! Vida made great contributions to improving our measurement techniques and understanding of quantum …
TPV performance predictions published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells!
Thermophotovoltaics (TPVs) offer a promising solution for efficient energy conversion from infrared photons to electricity, with applications ranging from solar-thermal energy conversion to waste heat recovery. Despite significant advancements, predicting optimal performance across various temperatures …