NASA's Photovoltaic Energy Research Plans and Programs
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Graduate Student Program
NASA
Lower Cost / High Efficiency Cell Development
2 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) at University of Illinois
Urbana-Champagne with efforts focused on III-V materials on Si with improved radiation resistance
Ryan Hool - Graduated in August 2022
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• Brian Li - Started as NSTGRO fellow in Fall 2019
Microcell CPV for Extreme Space Environments
NSTGRO at Penn State developing a space-optimized system with a geometric concentration ratio
of 30x that is ultra-compact (<600 μm thick) and capable of >350 W/kg at >33% power conversion
efficiency under AMO
Christian Ruud – Graduated August 2022
Laser Power Converters for Lunar Exploration
NSTGRO at Rochester Institute of Technology growing and comparing lattice matched and
metamorphic grade laser power converters.
Katelynn Fleming - Started as NSTGRO fellow in Fall 2022
Call for New Proposals will be Released annually on https://nspires.nasaprs.com/
www.nasa.gov
Looking for strong candidates (MS/PhD) developing space-related technologies (PV, batteries, fuel
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