Feb 4, 2021
Dr. Kazi Islam published his paper on the In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Optical Properties of Monolayer, Few-Layer, and Thin-Film MoS2. The paper highlights the superior light-matter interaction in the monolayer and few-layer films and explores the use of the... Dec 1, 2020
Kazi Islam has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on December 1, 2020. The title of his dissertation is “New Developments in Solar Energy Conversion: From Fundamental Two-Dimensional Materials to Advanced Concentrating Photovoltaic Modules”. Congratulations, Dr.... Aug 26, 2020
The recent publication on the hybrid solar energy converter is the Journal Cover Article for the Cell Reports Physical Science Vol 1, Issue 8. ... Jul 16, 2020
The group is excited to be featured in Tulane News. The press release is on the team’s efforts in the development of the hybrid solar energy converter, which both generates electricity and steam with high efficiency. We are also excited to share the recent... Jul 9, 2020
Group achieved another milestone with the completion of the first 1 sun validation of our sunflower receiver. The receiver can generate electricity and capture thermal energy from sunlight simultaneously. The validation of the fully integrated sunflower receiver... May 2, 2020
Yaping “Vera” Ji has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on May 1, 2020. The title of her dissertation is “Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules for Hybrid Solar Energy Collection”. Congratulations, Dr. Yaping... Oct 1, 2019
Sid Padmanabha, a 1st year graduate student in the Escarra group, was selected by the Physics and Engineering Physics Department faculty as the recipient of the annual Richard G. Davis Fellowship, awarded to an exceptional incoming graduate student in Physics and... Sep 13, 2019
Dr. Adam Ollanik published his paper on three-beam interferometry in Advanced Optical Materials. The paper describes the custom-designed three-beam Mach Zehnder interferometer built in our lab that is capable of continuously-referenced, low noise and low drift... Sep 2, 2019
The Escarra group recently participated at the annual Summer Research Colloquium of the Physics and Engineering Physics department at Tulane. Kazi won the award for the best oral presentation, while Brittany and Meghan won the awards for best poster and runner-up... Aug 8, 2019
Nathan Grinalds achieved 1st place in the best poster competition at the Tulane SMART REU Research Symposium held on August 2, 2019. His poster was titled “Large-Area Growth and Transfer of MoS2 for Fabrication of 2D Optoelectronics”. Nathan is from High Point... 