ELEC 7830 Photovoltaics Class Website
Class Syllabus: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/PV_Syllabus_S2026.pdf
Course Flow: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/PV_CF_S2026.pdf
Course Outline: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/PV_CO_S2026.pdf
Thursday, Jan 8, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_10826.pdf
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_11326.pdf
Thursday, Jan 15, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_11526.pdf
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_12026.pdf
Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_12226.pdf
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_12726.pdf
Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_12926.pdf
Tuesday, Feb 3, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_20326.pdf
Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_20526.pdf
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_21026.pdf
Thursday, Feb 12, 2026 Lecture Notes: No Class
Tuesday, Feb 17, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_21726.pdf
Thursday, Feb 12, 2026 Lecture Notes: No Class
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_22426.pdf
Thursday, Feb 26, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_22626.pdf
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026 Lecture Notes: No Class
Thursday, Mar 5, 2026 Lecture Notes: No Class
Tuesday, Mar 10, 2026 Lecture Notes: Spring Break
Thursday, Mar 12 2026 Lecture Notes: Spring Break
Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_31726.pdf
Thursday, Mar 19, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_31926.pdf
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2026 Lecture Notes: No Class
Thursday, Mar 26, 2026 Lecture Notes: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/Lecture_32626.pdf
Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026 Lecture Notes: No Class
Class Presentation Schedule (Updated)
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Tuesday |
Thursday |
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March 31 |
April 3 |
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No
class? |
Evie
Cooper |
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Muntasir
Elhaj |
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April 7 |
April 9 |
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Breanna
Laski |
Shreyasee
Mandal |
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Wen-Chieh
Lee |
Adam
Paugh |
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John
Li Kuo |
Sam
Pratt |
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April 14 |
April 16 |
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Md.
Mizanur Rahman |
Adam
Bottenfield |
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Kyle
Vankirk |
Ryan
Buss |
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Kody
Pham |
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April 21 |
April 23 |
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Hayden
Williams |
Reserve |
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Jinrui
Lan |
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Peter
Ray |
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Class Presentation Topics
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Student (on-campus) |
Project Topic |
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Evie Cooper |
design and implementation of a home solar system |
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Muntasir Elhaj |
hybrid systems |
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Jinrui Lan |
Photovoltaic application: residential rooftop and solar garden |
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Breanna Laski |
designing a home-based PV system |
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Wen-Chieh Lee |
Graphene/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells |
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John Li Kuo |
photovoltaics in Costa Rica |
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Shreyasee Mandal |
Power Grid Integration Analysis of Large- and Small-Scale PV
Systems: Technology, Stability, and Economics |
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Adam Paugh |
PV in Germany/Austria |
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Sam Pratt |
perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells |
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Md. Mizanur Rahman |
AI-Powered Solar Power Forecasting: From Raw Data to Reliable
Predictions |
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Peter Ray |
Fabricating solar cells |
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Kyle Vankirk |
PV development in Sweden or in Africa |
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Student (distance) |
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Adam Bottenfield |
photovoltaic hazard and safety issues |
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Ryan Buss |
the roll-out solar array (ROSA) |
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Kody Pham |
Photovoltaic Technologies with an emphasis on Silicon Solar
Cells |
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Hayden Williams |
implementing a home PV system here in the US, versus Germany |
Homework Assignments
Homework assignment 1:
due 5:00 pm Monday 2/2/26: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVHW1.pdf
Homework assignment
2: due 5:00 pm Monday 2/9/26: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVHW2.pdf
Homework assignment
3: due 5:00 pm Monday 2/23/26: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVHW3.pdf
Homework assignment
4: due 5:00 pm Monday 3/2/26: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVHW4.pdf
Homework assignment
5: due 5:00 pm Monday 3/30/26: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVHW5.pdf
Homework assignment
6: due day before your presentation: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVHW6.pdf
Homework assignment
7: due 5:00 pm Thursday 4/23/26: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVHW7.pdf
Proceedings of the Class: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/2026PVPOC.pdf
TBD
Example Presentation
Example Conference
Style Presentation: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~deanron/example_presentation.pdf