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Albert Sekela

1971 HERTZ FELLOW

MAKING HISTORY

Albert M. Sekela was an electrical engineer who earned his doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University in 1971, supported by a Hertz Fellowship, with a thesis on aluminum-gallium arsenide heteroface solar cells — early research in III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaics that preceded commercial development of high-efficiency solar technology by decades.

EDUCATION

Graduate Studies
Carnegie Mellon University
Electrical Engineering

Graduate Thesis
Aluminum-Gallium Arsenide Heteroface Solar Cells

 

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