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Inspired by nature

CERC Researcher Francesca Moloney, 26, is interested in renewable energy because “I love the great outdoors.” “I know renewable energy is the future to protect the beauty that surrounds us,” she says.

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Patient and precise

CERC doctoral researcher Ibrahim Azad of Bangladesh says, “I want to work in an environment where I can contribute to improve new technologies for future generations.”

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The little things

Doctoral researcher Ibrahim Azad, always interested in small things, has a chance to broaden his scope with his research on improving micro/nano devices important for applications such as infrared sensing and solar energy harvesting. Learn about his goals and motivations in our profiles of graduating CERC researchers.

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Chasing the "Why"

“I've always had the need to understand the ‘why’ behind things,” says visiting doctoral researcher Martina Leveni of Italy. “I live constantly with the need to research and understand.” Martina is working on a doctorate in industrial engineering after earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Geological Science and geotechnology at the University of Milano-Bicocca.

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Distributing power

Visiting CERC doctoral researcher Ying Zhang of China hopes that focusing her research on solar power distribution and exploring more green-energy options will help keep the environment as it is. “How to make solar power generation feasible, efficient, and reliable, becomes my focus point."

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All in a life's work

His passion for engineering began as a youth with intense curiosity, then was spurred on by the oil embargo of the 1970s. But for USF CERC Director Dr. Yogi Goswami, the search for clean energy solutions was just beginning. The USF College of Engineering recently awarded Dr. Goswami its Engineering Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Generating hope

Arun Kumar Narasimhan's rural hometown in southern India had frequent power outages, and he put solar panels on his family’s rooftop to power the home. But not everyone in his town could afford this, said the USF CERC doctoral researcher, so he wants to help find a way toward grid independence in rural areas.

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For the future

CERC Directors Dr. Yogi Goswami and Dr. Elias Stefanakos lead student researchers in developing innovative alternative energy systems and improving energy efficiency.

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ABOUT CERC

The University of South Florida's Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) explores and develops environmentally clean energy systems.

Key research projects include solar thermal power, photovoltaics, concentrating solar power, energy storage (phase change materials, thermal storage, batteries, and supercapacitors), photocatalytic detoxification/disinfection technologies, new efficient thermodynamic cycles; solar energy conversion and biomass conversion/biofuels



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