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Sylvain Marsillac

  • Sylvain Marsillac
  • Associate Professor
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • 231 Kaufman Hall
  • Norfolk, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3741
  • smarsill@odu.edu
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  • Received his B.S. degree in physics and chemistry, his M.S. and his Ph.D. (1996) in Materials Science and Engineering all from the University of Nantes (France). After receiving his Ph.D., he worked for the University of Nantes until 2000 as an Assistant Professor. He then joined as a Researcher the University of Delaware and the University of Hawaii from 2000 to 2004. In 2005, he joined the University of Toledo where he became Associate Professor in 2008. He joined Old Dominion University in 2011. His current research interests include studying new inorganic materials for renewable energy applications, developing innovative tools for in-situ and real-time analysis, and developing novel architectures and techniques for the fabrication of flexible and high efficiency solar cells.
  • Education

    University of Nantes, 1996
    Major: Materials Science and Engineering
    Degree: Ph. D.
    University of Nantes, 1993
    Major: Materials Science and Engineering
    Degree: M.S.
    University of Nantes, 1992
    Major: Physics and Chemistry
    Degree: B.S.
  • 2002: Achieved 16.9% world record solar cell efficiency based on Cu(In,Al)Se2 , IEC
  • 1993: Awarded a 3 year National Ph.D. Scholarship , French Ministry of Education
  • 2008: Elected Associate Director of the Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), a Center with total funding of $18.6 M (and with $29.7 M in academic and industrial cost share).
  • 2004: Elected member of the Research Committee for Materials and Electrical Engineering, University of Nantes
  • 1998: Elected member of the Research Committee for Materials and Electrical Engineering,, University of Nantes
  • 2012: Excellence Award in Research, Frank Batten College of Engineering, Old Dominion University
  • 2012: Excellence Award in Teaching, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
  • 2012: Excellence in Promoting Undergraduate Research, Old Dominion University
  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research