We are very happy to welcome our newest member, Vida Nooshnab, to the group! Vida is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering. She received her Masters in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the University of …
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Prof. Tervo gives invited talk at PVSC
Prof. Tervo was selected for and gave an extended talk titled “Demonstration of Thermoradiative Energy Conversion with InAs Cells” at the 50th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). This presentation described the fabrication and demonstration of …
Prof. Tervo gives invited talk at TPV-14
Prof. Tervo gave an invited talk titled “Empirical TPV Design Rules and Performance Predictions” at the 14th World Conference on Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity. This presentation described a new way to predict TPV efficiency and …
Two graduate students join the lab!
Welcome to the Energy Transport & Conversion Laboratory’s newest members! Parth Solanki is a M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His …
New paper on efficient, scalable thermophotovoltaic cells published in Joule
Prof. Tervo’s new paper describing record-efficiency thermophotovoltaic cells has been published in Joule! This work, performed at the National Renewable Laboratory in collaboration with Antora Energy and Arizona State University, details single-junction and two-junction tandem …
Five Undergraduate Students Join the Lab!
A warm welcome to the Energy Transport & Conversion Lab’s newest members! Calvin Mestelle is a 2nd-year Electrical & Computer Engineering student, and he is modeling thermophotovoltaic cell electrical performance under a variety of operating …
CoE Features Prof. Tervo in a ‘New Faculty’ Article
The UW-Madison College of Engineering has featured Prof. Tervo in an article describing his research and background. Thanks to Jason Daley for writing a great description of his work! Check it out at the link …
Welcome!
Welcome to the website of the Energy Transport & Conversion Lab! We are a new research group (Fall ’22) with cross-disciplinary expertise in energy conversion, semiconductor materials & devices, and heat transfer. Our research includes …