PVSC PROGRAM

Below are the 2024 IEEE PVSC 52 Best Student Presentation Winners:

Area 1: Evaluating Power Output of Terrestrial Thermoradiative Diodes with Atmospheric Modelling. By Jamie Harrison
Area 2: The Effect of KF+CsF Alkali Post-Deposition Treatments and Surface Chemistry of Cu(In, Ga) (S, Se)2 Solar Cells By Chien-Yu Lai
Area 3: High-efficiency MBE-grown 1 eV InGaAs solar cells  By Adrian Birge
Area 4: Chemical Analysis of Intrinsic Amorphous Silicon Passivation Layers After Accelerated Lifetime Testing By Margaret Zeile
Area 5: Assessing the local charge-carrier kinetics in buried structures through time-resolved X-ray beam induced voltage measurements By Jackson Barp Jr
Area 6: Process-Structure Relationships in Laminated Perovskite Solar Cells By Clare Lanaghan 
Area 7: Large Scale, data driven, Digital Twin Models: Outlier Detection and Imputation By Raymond Wieser
Area 8: Development of a Rapid Screening Protocol for Unencapsulated Silicon Architectures: High-Intensity UV Exposure of PERC and TOPCon By Mirra Rasmussen 
Area 9: A Novel Asymmetric Distributed Voltage Regulation Scheme to Enhance the Utilization of Distributed Energy Resources By Madhura Sondharangalla
Area 10: Importance of Spectral Effects in Energy Yield Predictions for High Latitude Locations By Mandy Lewis 
Area 11: Technoceconomic Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems for Promoting Clean and Affordable Energy in Vulnerable Communities By Elizabeth Trader 

About the Award

This Best Student Presentation Award recognizes outstanding work by students in each technical area. In addition to judging the technical content of the student’s work, oral presentations and the student’s role in the work are assessed. One “Best Student Presentation Award” is given out for each technical area of the PVSC.

Award Package

All finalists for the Best Student Presentation Award are given oral presentations at the conference, and their abstract is specially noted in the program guide as being a student award finalist. The award for each technical area’s awardee consists of a $200 monetary award, plaque, and recognition at the PVSC closing ceremony.

Rules & Eligibility

• Student must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student as of the submission deadline.
• Student must be the presenting author, but does not need to be listed as first author.
• Student must submit the Student Award Application, which includes a Research Statement.
• Award Finalists, selected prior to the conference, are required to present their work as an oral presentation at the conference.
  • NOTE: any student award finalist who is unable to attend the PVSC for any reason will forfeit his / her position in the competition, and an alternate will be selected from the remaining student award applicants.
• Selection Criteria
  • Finalist Determination:
1. Excellence in submitted abstract including novelty, advancement to status of field, broader impact of research
2. Demonstrated knowledge of topic area and significant contribution to current work as described in Research Statement
• Winner Determination:
  1. Significance of Results: novelty of work, advancement of field, thoroughness of work, accuracy of analysis.
  2. Clarity of Presentation Material: Usefulness of written and graphical information, efficient use of graphics / figures to convey complex information, logical flow of results, aesthetics of presentation slides.
  3. Mastery of topic: Knowledge of topic demonstrated in oral delivery and in answering questions.
  4. Oral Presentation: Organized summary of work is provided including the necessary background, description of approach, description of results, and conclusions; knowledgeable of presented research and its relation to the state of field; succinctness, efficient use of time.

Questions? Contact the Awards Chair [email protected]