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Professor, Elect & Computer Engineering
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Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Professional Service
- MRS.
Role: lead organizer.
MRS 2021 Spring Meeting Symposium EN07.
07/01/2020 - 04/23/2021
- IEEE.
Role: Instructor.
PVSC 2020 Area 2 Tutorial on Thin Film Photovoltaics.
01/01/2020 - 06/15/2020
- 2019 IEEE PVSC.
Role: Instructor.
Tutorial on Thin Film Photovoltaics.
01/01/2019 - 06/15/2019
- MRS 2019 Spring Meeting.
Role: Instructor.
Young Scientist Tutorial on Characterization Techniques for Thin-Film Solar Cells.
01/01/2019 - 04/21/2019
- 2019 IEEE PVSC.
Role: Area 2 Organizer.
Program Committee.
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019
- MRS.
Organizer for symposium on Thin Film Chalcogenide Photovoltaics.
01/01/2018 - 04/12/2019
- DOE BES.
Role: Reviewer.
Proposal Review.
01/01/2018 - 02/15/2018
- IEEE PVSC Conference Area 2 Organizer.
Role: Organizer.
Organize thin film PV area of premier PV conference .
09/01/2016 - 06/30/2017
- DOE / NREL.
Role: Faculty participant, coordinator of content for PVEducation.org.
Hands on Photovoltaic Experience (HOPE) for graduate students.
06/01/2016 - 05/30/2017
- Journal of Semiconductors (previously Chinese Journal of Semiconductors) .
Editor.
02/02/2016 - present
- TMS EMC Conference.
Organizing Committee.
02/01/2016 - present
- IEEE PVSC Conference .
Area 2.1 Organizer.
02/01/2016 - 06/25/2016
- IEEE PVSC Conference.
Area 2.1 organizer.
02/01/2015 - 06/20/2015
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.
Editor.
07/01/2014 - present
- IEEE PVSC Conference.
Reviewing papers, session chair.
02/2014 - 06/2014
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.
Role: Associate Editor.
Associate Editor.
06/2013 - 07/01/2014
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory.
Role: Reviewer for proposals .
Reviewer for proposals .
01/2013 - 12/31/2014
- IEEE.
Role: Program Committee.
Area 2, 2013 Photovoltaic Specialists Conference .
09/2012 - 06/2013
- SPIE.
Role: Program Committee Member.
Program Committee, Physics, Simulation and Photonic Engineering for Photovoltaic Devices II, SPIE Photonics West: OPTO Jan 2013 .
03/2012 - 01/2013
- National Science Foundation.
Review Panel.
02/02/2012 - 02/03/2012
- Wiley Publishing.
Review of a Book Proposal.
02/2012 - 02/2012
- PVeducation.org (Arizona State U).
Role: PI - part of NSF grant Broader Impacts.
Conception and Creation of Wiki Website for Properties of Non-traditional PV Materials.
01/2012 - present
- Advanced Energy Materials.
Reviewer.
01/2012 - present
- PVeducation.org (Arizona State U).
Role: Organizer / Administrator.
Conception and Creation of Wiki for Solar Cell Fabrication Procedures Website.
01/2012 - 12/31/2013
- Department of Energy.
Review of a Proposal.
11/2011 - 11/2011
- Journal of Photovoltaics.
Reviewer.
10/2011 - present
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
Reviewer.
08/2011 - present
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory/Dept. of Energy (NREL/DOE).
Role: Organizing Committee.
2012 Inaugural NREL/DOE Hands on PV Experience (HOPE) Summer School .
08/2011 - 06/2012
- Progress in Photovoltaics.
Reviewer.
07/2011 - present
- National Science Foundation.
Review of a Proposal.
04/2011 - 04/2011
- Journal of Physics D.
Reviewer.
03/2011 - present
- SPIE.
Role: Program Committee Member.
Program Committee, Physics, Simulation and Photonic Engineering for Photovoltaic Devices I, SPIE Photonics West: OPTO Jan 2012.
03/2011 - 01/2012
- IEEE 37th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Seattle .
Role: Sub-area organizer.
Organize sub-area 1.5 "Novel Material Systems". Recruit & manage team of international reviewers, organize program sessions, etc.
10/2010 - 06/2011
- 2010 Electronic Materials Confernece, Notre Dame.
Session Chair.
06/2010 - present
- Applied Physics Letters.
Reviewer.
04/2010 - present
- North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Confence (NAMBE).
Role: Organizer.
Organizer of panel and discussion for Rump Session & Workshop on MBE & Energy.
01/2010 - 10/2010
Honors & Awards
- University Professorship (with Cynthia Furse) 2023-2025.
University of Utah,
04/30/2023
- ECE Chair's Award.
University of Utah,
08/18/2022
- College of Engineering Outstanding Service Award.
University of Utah,
08/10/2022
- 2019 ECE Outstanding Research Award.
ECE Department,
08/01/2019
Internal Service
- ECE Co-chair of Graduate Studies.
07/01/2023 - present.
Department service.
- MSE Electronic Materials Coordinator.
11/10/2022 - present.
Department service.
- ECE Graduate Committee.
member,
02/01/2021 - present.
Department service.
- University Safety Committee.
Member,
01/01/2021 - present.
University service.
- College of Engineering Safety Committee.
Chair, founder,
08/01/2019 - present.
College service.
- ECE Laboratory Safety Committee.
Founder and Chair,
12/01/2018 - 07/31/2019.
Department service.
- MSE Laboratory Safety Committee.
Founder and Chair,
12/01/2018 - 07/31/2019.
Department service.
- Task force on Culture of Safety in University Laboratories.
Member,
09/15/2018 - 09/01/2019.
University service.
- MSE RPT Case.
Chair,
05/01/2018 - 04/30/2019.
Department service.
- ECE RPT Case.
Chair,
05/01/2018 - 04/30/2019.
Department service.
- COE Curriculum Committee.
03/15/2016 - 06/30/2019.
College service.
- MSE RPT Committee.
08/24/2015 - present.
Department service.
- ECE RPT Committee.
Member,
08/24/2015 - present.
Department service.
- University SEED grant review committee.
member,
01/01/2015 - present.
University service.
- Reviewer for MRSEC Seed Grants.
01/2014 - 01/2014.
University service.
- MSE Graduate Committee.
Founder and Chair,
09/01/2013 - 06/30/2019.
Department service.
- Reviewer for MRSEC Seed Proposal.
11/2011 - 11/2011.
University service.
- MSE Chair Search Committee.
Member,
09/2011 - 11/2011.
Department service.
- ECE Senior Exit Interviews.
04/25/2011 - 04/25/2011.
Department service.
- Panelist for teaching section of New Faculty Orientation.
08/19/2010 - 08/19/2010.
College service.
- Member, Nanofab Planning Committee.
01/2009 - 01/2010.
University service.
Community Partnership
- Internships for High School Students from AMES High School .
01/2010 - 12/31/2012
Outreach
- Visiting Classrooms at Salt Lake Center for Science Education.
03/18/2014 - 03/18/2014
- Lab tour - COE "Meet an Inventor" Night.
02/28/2011 - 02/28/2011
- Hosting ACCESS Student Interns.
01/01/2011 - 12/31/2013
- Keynote speaker / COE faculty rep for COE hosting of FIRST robotics competition students. Lab tours following.
03/18/2010 - 03/18/2010
- Evening Lab Tours for "Meet an Inventor Day".
02/2010 - 02/28/2011
- MSE Speaker / Representative in ELEAP classes.
08/01/2009 - 03/31/2013
In the Media
- Original reporting story on an article we published. Also generated buzz online
https://www.price.utah.edu/2023/01/11/rethinking-photovoltaic-research/ - press release from the U. A companion one went out from U Luxembourg too.
01/31/2023.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12012023/inside...
- "Full of Energy" - Story on COE and ECE sites. Scarpulla, Krishnamoorthy, and Sensale-Rodriguez featured for start of Ga2O3 MURI Project . 12/04/2018.
https://www.ece.utah.edu/2018/12/04/full-of-energy...
- SPIE Newsroom - invited papers explaining research advances. 10/01/2016.
http://spie.org/newsroom/6368-laser-annealing-in-t...
- https://unews.utah.edu/let-there-be-light/
http://www.sciencenewsline.com/summary/2016061611120083.html
http://www.asminternational.org/web/fas/newswire/-/journal_content/56/10180/26579687/NEWS
https://phys.org/news/2016-06-defects-semiconductors-solar-panels-bulbs.html
. 06/16/2016.
https://unews.utah.edu/let-there-be-light/
- News item on COE website. 10/03/2014.
http://www.coe.utah.edu/blog/2014/10/03/u-engineer...
- First source for "PV Magazine" article on Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)
Shamsiah Ali-Oettinger, "Tin and Zinc Sprinkled Dream", PV Magazine, Jan 2011 issue, pp. 102-105.
http://www.pv-magazine.com/archive/artikel/beitrag/tin-and-zinc-sprinkled-dream-_100002017/86/?tx_ttnews[backCat]=160&cHash=9af7c1b12d21025b4c285ae3d7425674. 01/2011.
- SEM image of SnS crystals on the surface of non-optimal CZTS films taken by Scarpulla group featured in College of Engineering "Utah Powder" ad series running for 2010-2011 winter season in Snowbird's 2010-2011 visitor's magazine. Title of ad = "Utah Powder". 09/2010.
- James Nagel's Optics Express Paper featured on Energy Express website. 07/01/2010.
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/issue.cfm?volume=...