Principle Investigator
Dr. Feng Yan
Employment
Associate Professor: Aug, 2022 to present Assistant Professor: Aug. 2017 to July 2022 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Development Engineer: First Solar, Inc. Perrysburg, OH, USA, 2014-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow: Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Boston, MA, 2013; Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering, Evanston, IL, 2012; Drexel University, Materials Science and Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, 2011 Education Ph.D., Materials Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2007-2011 M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2005-2007 Google Scholar, CV Award: 2020 NSF CAREER Award 2020, 2021 U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship (AFRL) 2018-2019 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards (ORAU) 2018 SEC Faculty Travel Award |
Graduate Student
Vijayaraghavan S N (Vijay)
Education Ph.D. Candidate: Materials Science Program, Aug. 2019- Present M. Tech: Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala, India, 2016-2018 B.Tech. Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala, India, 2009-2013 Project: Thin film solar cells Email: vsankaranarayanannair@crimson.ua.edu NERC 3039 |
Xiaomeng Duan
Education Ph.D. candidate: Materllurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, Aug. 2020- M. Eng. Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2017-2019 B. S. Applied Chemistry, Hebei University of Technology, 2013-2017 Project: Thin Film Solar Cells Email: xduan8@crimson.ua.edu |
Harigovind G. Menon (Hari)
Education Ph.D. Candidate: Materials Science Program, Aug. 2019-Present M. Tech: Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala, India, 2016-2018 B.Tech. Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala, India, 2009-2013 Project: Thin film solar cells |
Al Amin
Education Ph.D. Candidate: Materials Metallurgical Engineering, University of Alabama, Starting from January 2021 M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA, 2019-2020 B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, 2012-2016 Project: Thin Film Photovoltaic, Photoelectrochemical Materials, Device Fabrication and Characterization Email: aamin@crimson.ua.edu |
Wenjun Xiang
Education Ph.D. candidate: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, Aug. 2021- M.S. Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, 2018-2021 B. S. Chemistry, Qingdao University, 2013-2017 Project: Thin Film Solar Cells Email: wxiang3@crimson.ua.edu |

Jacob Maxwell Wall
Ph.D Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Aug. 2022
B. S Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Alabama. Spring 2019-present
Jacob Maxwell Wall
Ph.D Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Aug. 2022
B. S Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Alabama. Spring 2019-present
Xiao Han (co-Advisor)
Education PhD. Candidate, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Aug. 2018-Present B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, 2017 Project: Nano-scale Characterizations of Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials Email: xhan28@crimson.ua.edu, Office: NERC 2027 |
Yi Yao (co-Advisor)
Education Ph.D candidate: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Aug. 2019-Present M.E: Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology B. S: Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology Project: Thin Film High Entropy Alloys Email: yyao26@crimson.ua.edu |
Undergraduate Student

John McDonough
Mechanical Engineering
The University of Alabama
Spring 2019-present
REU 2019 summer
Mechanical Engineering
The University of Alabama
Spring 2019-present
REU 2019 summer
Nicole Angel
Mechanical Engineering
The University of Alabama
Spring 2018-present
Nicole Angel
Mechanical Engineering
The University of Alabama
Spring 2018-present
Visiting Scholar
High School Students
Alumni

Liping Guo
Education
Ph.D. Materllurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, Aug. 2017- 2021
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, 2013-2017.
Project: Chalcogenides thin film solar cells
Email: lguo9@crimson.ua.edu,
Employment: Lam Research
Education
Ph.D. Materllurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, Aug. 2017- 2021
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, 2013-2017.
Project: Chalcogenides thin film solar cells
Email: lguo9@crimson.ua.edu,
Employment: Lam Research

Angelique Montgomery
Education
Ph.D. ; Materials Science, University of Alabama, 2011-2019
M.S Metallurgical Engineering, 2011-2016
B.S. Mathematics, University of Maryland Eastern Shore. 2006-2010
Project: Thin film solar cells
Email: amontgomery2@crimson.ua.edu,
Employment: Sandia National Lab.
Education
Ph.D. ; Materials Science, University of Alabama, 2011-2019
M.S Metallurgical Engineering, 2011-2016
B.S. Mathematics, University of Maryland Eastern Shore. 2006-2010
Project: Thin film solar cells
Email: amontgomery2@crimson.ua.edu,
Employment: Sandia National Lab.

Mr. Swapnil Saurav
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
Fall 2018-Spring 2019