Programs & Opportunities

Joint Online Clean Energy Certificate

Coming Soon: Start Date for Enrollment January 2026

Proposed:

Developed with UCF (Top 10 Online Program)
12-course modules covering: Solar cell fundamentals, manufacturing, systems, and career pathways
Industry-endorsed & co-branded digital certificates

Hands on experiments making and testing solar cells
Principle of how solar energy is harvested and transported, along with the role of perovskite material in solar devices
Synthesize perovskite by a solution method
Characterize the materials properties
Assemble solar cells
Testing the performance of solar cells
Construct perovskite solar devices

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Student and faculty in lab coats smiling hand-on training display

Safety Training: Students complete three laboratory safety training courses and received certificates. These include Laboratory Safety Orientation, Laboratory Safety Practical, and Laboratory Hazardous Waste Handling and Processing.
Classroom Training: Students receive foundational and advanced knowledge in photovoltaics, covering topics from basic PV cell operations to complex silicon-perovskite tandem structures.
Laboratory Equipment Training: Students participate in hands-on sessions for device fabrication, material characterization, and device testing.
Capstone Project: Students form teams to work on capstone projects, proposing novel tandem silicon-perovskite solar cell structures, characterization, and fabrication process steps. They present research proposals to peers and faculty on the last day of the week.

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Students in a lab

Student Researching on a Computer

Hands on experiments making and testing electrodes
Apply state of the art microscopy tools to examine fabricated structures
Explore redox-flow and rechargeable aqueous batteries
Methods to manufacture films and electrodes for electrochemical systems
Fundamentals of the research method
Methods for effective scientific report writing
Principle of how energy is generated, stored, and transported and the role of electrochemistry
Tour key facilities at Georgia Tech

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