PVLab wins Deshpande Award

About David Berney Needleman

David is a first-year graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He is currently researching a spectral splitting multi-junction PV device as well as 2D simulations of structural defects in silicon and new architectures and manufacturing techniques to enable efficient devices on thin silicon substrates. He received a B.S. in physics in 2007 from the University of Oregon where he studied defect characterization of CIGS thin-film solar cells. He also spent a year in R&D for a solar thermal company in Cape Town, South Africa. Outside of the lab, you can probably find him skiing, hiking, or playing ultimate frisbee.