Christopher Thompson Email & Phone Number

Newark, De, Us

Project engineer supporting clients across a wide array of industrial applications. PLC, HMI, and SCADA engineering, development, and support.

Newark, Delaware, United States

Field testing of solar, including module level EL and IV measurements, hail-impact testing in-house, QA testing with in-house EL & IV. Manages preventative maintenance program, including system DC health from inverters to the module.

Newark, De

Worked on research problems independently and within multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research teams, with a focus on device characterization, data analysis, and simulation. Interfaces with collaborators at universities, industrial research partners, and funding sources, coordinating research efforts and communicating project status and achievements.Investigates new research opportunities and funding opportunities. Writes grant proposals. Develops new tools for measurements and analysis techniques. Presents research results in project meetings, at conferences, and in publications. Manages photovoltaic device testing, electronic device characterization, and accelerated lifetime testing laboratories. Coordinates with multiple internal research teams, scientists, researchers, graduate students, and external collaborators to provide reliable and accurate experimental data. Develops unique testing solutions and experimental equipment to meet unique and changing needs of research teams.

Worked within cross-discipline research team and within industrial research partners. Developed experimental plans, coordinated and implemented labratory experiments, analyzed, presented, and disseminated findings in publications and scientific conferences. Characterized degradation of solar cells and mini-modules under damp heat stress and illumination. Maintained photovoltaic device testing, electronic device characterization, and accelerated lifetime testing laboratories - being sure to meet the needs of multiple research efforts, scientists, researchers, and graduate students.

Thesis Topic: Characterization of photocurrent and voltage limitations in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film polyscrystalline solar cellsResearching long wavelength Quantum Efficiency conversion in high bandgap CuInGaSe2 materials; Open Circuit voltage charachteristics of low-no Sodium CuInGaSe2 devices; Capacitance-Voltage characteristics; Illuminated Current-Voltage characteristics, and modeling

Designing micro-patch antennas using FEKO, a method-of-moments design package. Worked with industrial collaborators to provide designs to specifications. Met and exceeded delivarables on a number of antenna designs, including a novel wide-band patch antenna design.

Ms, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Studied Thin Film characterization at the Institute of Energy Conversion at UD

Bs, Electrical And Computer Engineering