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Silvana Ovaitt is a researcher at NREL working with the performance and reliability group on bifacial photovoltaic (PV) technology. The projects focus on bifacial PV optical and electrical performance and modeling. Her research includes characterization and energy/optics simulation for bifacial and previously for PV-holographic system energy production. In 2018, she edited and published a book, Solar Outreach Handbook.
Bifacial PV
PV field performance and reliability
Circular economy
Organizer, BifiPV Workshop (2019-2020)
Activity Organizer Lead, International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme Task 13, Bifacial PV Round-Robin Modeling Comparison (2020)
NREL Ambassador, NREL (2019-2020)
Committee Member, Hispanic Latino Alliance Employee Resource Group at NREL (2020)
Student Leadership Council, Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies Engineering Research Center (2016-2018)
Tutorial Instructor, Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (2019)
Bachelor, Mechatronics, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
Master, Optics, University of Arizona
Master, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
Certificate, College Teaching, University of Arizona
Master, Creative Writing, University of Texas at El Paso
Research output: NREL › Technical Report
Research output: NREL › Technical Report
Research output: NREL › Technical Report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ginley, D. (Member), Nagarajan, A. (Member), Markel, A. (Member), Bernstein, A. (Member), Solanki, B. (Member), Hodge, B.-M. (Member), Uriarte, C. (Member), Barrows, C. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Palmintier, B. (Member), Thomas, D.-M. (Member), Saleem, D. (Member), DeVoto, D. (Member), Khan, F. (Member), Seo, G.-S. (Member), Moreno, G. (Member), Johnson, G. (Member), Cavraro, G. (Member), Dunham, H. (Member), Jorgenson, J. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Sanyal, J. (Member), Kisacikoglu, J. (Member), Rivera, J. (Member), Duwadi, K. (Member), Doubleday, K. (Member), Panda, K. (Member), Sedzro, K. S. (Member), Panossian, N. (Member), Guba, N. (Member), Martin, M. (Member), Guerra Fernandez, O. J. (Member), Baggu, M. (Member), Emami, P. (Member), Paret, P. (Member), Koralewicz, P. (Member), Awara, S. (Member), McFly, S. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Ovaitt, S. (Member), Paul, S. (Member), Abraham, S. A. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Singh, V. K. (Member), Zhang, X. (Member), Zhou, X. (Member), Agalgaonkar, Y. (Member), Wright, J. (Member), Pao, L. (Member), Kekelia, B. (Member), Chang, C.-Y. (Member), Kiboma, L. (Member), Ramirez Arbelaez, L. (Member), Chaudhary, R. (Member), Wijekoon, R. (Member), Ahrenkiel, R. (Fellow), Kurtz, S. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Poudyal, A. (Member) & Sekulic, W. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Ovaitt, S. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Ovaitt, S. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Ovaitt, S. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Ovaitt, S. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Ovaitt, S. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Honorary award
Ovaitt, S. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Honorary award
Ovaitt, S. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award