Theses & Dissertations
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| Year | Thesis / Project Title | Student Name | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | REAL TIME MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF A BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC-FUEL CELL HYBRID SYSTEM | Shewit Agaskar | Applied Project |
| 2010 | Test-to-Failure of PV Modules: Hotspot Testing | Janu Matthew | Thesis |
| 2010 | Temperature Testing and Analysis of PV Modules per ANSI/UL 1703 and IEC 61730 Standards | Jaewon Oh | Thesis |
| 2010 | Meta-stability of crystalline thin-film photovoltaic devices | Chad Petersen | Thesis |
| 2011 | BAPV Modules With Different Air Gaps: Effect of Temperature on Relative Energy Yield and Lifetime | Ben Schams | Thesis |
| 2011 | Automatic Performance Matrix Generation as per IEC 61853–1 Standard Using Only Monitored Outdoor MPPT Data | Kartheek Koka | Thesis |
| 2011 | Use of Melt Flow Rate Test in Reliability Study of Thermoplastic Encapsulation Materials in Photovoltaic Modules | Qurat ul Ain Shah | Thesis |
| 2011 | Photovoltaic Module Power Rating per IEC 61853–1: A Study Under Natural Sunlight | Karen Phagesian | Thesis |
| 2011 | BAPV Array: Thermal Modeling and Cooling Effect of Exhaust Fan | Jonathan Hrica | Thesis |
| 2011 | Investigation of 1,900 individual field aged photovoltaic modules for potential induced degradation (PID) in a positive biased power plant | Jaspreet Singh | Thesis |
| 2012 | The Process of Installing and Commissioning a Residential Roof-Mounted Grid-Tied Photovoltaic System In Gilbert, Arizona with Salt River Project (SRP) | David Wright | Applied Project |
| 2012 | BAPV Arrays: Side-by-Side Comparison With and Without Fan Cooling | Saurabh Chatterjee | Thesis |
| 2012 | Potential Induced Degradation (PID) Study on Accelerated Stress Tested PV Modules | Sandhya Goranti | Thesis |
| 2012 | Potential Induced Degradation of Pre-Stressed Photovoltaic Modules: Effect of Glass Surface Conductivity Disruption | Sai Tatapudi | Thesis |
| 2012 | Degradation and Failure Modes of 26-Year-Old 200 kW Power Plant in a Hot-Dry Desert Climate | Kolapo Olokonu | Thesis |
| 2013 | Effect of Temperature and Test Setup on Potential Induced Degradation (PID) of Photovoltaic Modules | Cameron Anderson | Thesis |
| 2013 | Potential Induced Degradation of Pre-Stressed Photovoltaic Modules: Influence of Polarity, Surface Conductivity and Temperature | Faraz Ebneali | Thesis |
| 2013 | Power Rating of Photovoltaic Modules per IEC 61853-1 Standard Using a New Outdoor Test Method | MeenaGupta Vemula | Thesis |
| 2013 | Angle of incidence and non-intrusive cell quantum efficiency measurements of commercial photovoltaic modules | Brett Knisely | Thesis |
| 2013 | Failure and degradation modes of PV modules in a hot dry climate results after 4 and 12 years of field exposure | Jayakrishna Mallineni | Thesis |
| 2013 | Failure and Degradation Modes and Rates of PV Modules in a Hot-Dry Climate: Results After 16 Years of Field Exposure | Karan Yedidi | Thesis |
| 2014 | Effect of Tilt Angle on Soiling of Photovoltaic Modules | Jose Cano | Thesis |
| 2014 | Determination of Dominant Failure Modes Using FMECA on the Field Deployed c-Si Modules Under Hot-Dry Desert Climate | Sanjay Shrestha | Thesis |
| 2014 | A Statistical Analysis on the Cell Parameters Responsible for Power Degradation of Fielded PV Modules in a Hot-Dry Climate | Suryanarayana Vasanthajanakeeraman | Thesis |
| 2014 | Degradation Rate Evaluation of 26-Year-Old 200 kW Power Plant in a Hot-Dry Desert Climate | Jonathan Belmont | Thesis |
| 2015 | Climatological Relevance to the Soiling Loss of Photovoltaic Modules | Mohammad Naeem | Thesis |
| 2015 | Nondestructive Techniques to Determine Degradation Modes: Experimentation With 18 Years Old Photovoltaic Modules | Matthew Chicca | Thesis |
| 2015 | Working Towards the Development of a Standardized Artificial Soiling Method | Sravanthi Bopanna | Thesis |
| 2015 | Angle of Incidence Effect on Five Soiled Modules From Five Different PV Technologies | Vidhyashree Rajasekhar | Thesis |
| 2016 | Temperature coefficients and thermal uniformity mapping of PV modules and plants | Ashwini Pavgi | Thesis |
| 2016 | Effect of series resistance increase on fill factor of PV cells extracted from field aged modules of different climates | Abhishiktha Tummala | Thesis |
| 2016 | Automation of Risk Priority Number Calculation of Photovoltaic Modules | Mathan Moorthy | Thesis |
| 2016 | Degradation Rate Evaluation of Multiple PV Technologies From 59,000 Modules Representing 252,000 Modules in Four Climatic Regions | Chris Raupp | Thesis |
| 2016 | Effect of Spatial Temperature Uniformity on Outdoor Photovoltaic Module Performance Characterization | Neelesh Umachandran | Thesis |
| 2016 | Surface Disruption Method With Flexible Glass to Prevent Potential-Induced Degradation of the Shunting Type in PV Modules | Jaewon Oh | PhD Dissertation |
| 2017 | Design and Construction of In-situ Indoor Soiling Chamber for Glass or PV Coupons | Sai Gomath | Applied Project |
| 2017 | Field Inspection of PV Modules: Quantification of EVA Browning Level Using an Image Processing Tool | Sushanth Gudla | Thesis |
| 2017 | Standardized Sample Extraction Procedure for TCLP Testing of PV Modules | Joswin Leslie | Thesis |
| 2017 | Photovoltaic systems: forecasting for demand response management and environmental modelling to design accelerated aging tests | Nikhil Kadloor | Thesis |
| 2018 | Acceleration Factor Modeling for Degradation Rate Prediction of Photovoltaic Encapsulant Discoloration | Shantanu Pore | Thesis |
| 2018 | Durability Evaluation of PV Modules Using Image Processing Tools | Raginee Yadav | Applied Project |
| 2018 | Durability Evaluation of PV Modules Using Image Processing Tools | Jarvis Woo | Applied Project |
| 2018 | Durability Evaluation of PV Modules Using Image Processing Tools | Eric (Chan) | Applied Project |
| 2018 | DESIGN, INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING & MONITORING OF A GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEM | Amber Khandelwal | Applied Project |
| 2018 | DESIGN, INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING & MONITORING OF A GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEM | Sonika Negi | Applied Project |
| 2018 | Comparison of Encapsulant Degradation between Glass/Backsheet and Glass/Glass Field-aged Photovoltaic Modules | Aesha Patel | Thesis |
| 2018 | Simulate and Experimentally Evaluate a Specific PV-Based Microgrid System for Replication in Vietnam | Phuoc Tri Le | Applied Project |
| 2019 | Optimization of Back Reflectors for Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules | Pedro Jesse Martin | Applied Project |
| 2019 | Indoor Soil Deposition Chamber: Evaluating Effectiveness of Antisoiling Coatings | Shanmukha Mantha | Thesis |
| 2019 | Solder Bond Degradation of Fielded PV Modules: Correlation Between Performance, Series Resistance and Electroluminescence Imaging | Viswa Buddha | Thesis |
| 2019 | Application of Radiovoltmeters: Quick and Quantitative Power Determination of Individual PV Modules in a String without using I-V Curve Tracers | Arash Tahghighi | Thesis |
| 2019 | Soiling Loss Analysis and Reliability Testing of MLPE Devices | Jigisha | Applied Project |
| 2019 | Soiling Loss Analysis and Reliability Testing of MLPE Devices | Kabilan Selvaraghavan | Applied Project |
| 2019 | Soiling Loss Analysis and Reliability Testing of MLPE Devices | Laksminarayana | Applied Project |
| 2020 | Reliability Assessment Methodologies for Photovoltaic Modules | Arun Bala Subrahmanian | PhD Dissertation |
| 2020 | Accelerated Reliability Testing of Fresh and Field-Aged Photovoltaic Modules: Encapsulant Browning and Solder Bond Degradation | Hamsini Gopalakrishna | PhD Dissertation |
| 2020 | Transient Weighted Moving-Average Model of Photovoltaic Module Back-Surface Temperature | Matthew Prilliman | Thesis |
| 2020 | Reliability Analysis of Field-Aged Glass/Glass PV Modules: Influence of Different Encapsulant Types | Shreyas Waghmare | Thesis |
| 2020 | Reliability Analysis of Field-Aged Glass/Glass PV Modules: Influence of Different Encapsulant Types | Prathamesh Thorat | Thesis |
| 2020 | Prediction of Climate-Specific Degradation Rate for Photovoltaic Encapsulant Discoloration | Deepak Jain | Thesis |
| 2021 | Simultaneous Non-Contact IV (NCIV) Measurements of Photovoltaic Substrings and Modules in a String | Sanjay Murali | Thesis |
| 2023 | Reliability Evaluation of DC Power Optimizers for Photovoltaic Systems: Accelerated Testing at High Temperatures With Fixed and Cyclic Power Stresses | Zain Afridi (Muhammad Afridi) | Thesis |
| 2023 | Impact of Different Backsheets and Encapsulant Types on Potential Induced Degradation (PID) of Silicon PV Modules | Farrukh ibne Mahmood | Thesis |
| 2023 | Voltage Mapping and Local Defects Identification in Solar Cells Using Non-Contact Method | Hamza (H.A. Raza) | Thesis |
| - | Title unlisted in archive | Marcos Fernandes | Thesis |
| - | Title unlisted in archive | Min | - |
| - | Title unlisted in archive | Raghav | Thesis |