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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />

The work presented in this dissertation was suggested <strong>and</strong> supervised <strong>by</strong> my advisors Dr.<br />

Shushan Sopori at NREL <strong>and</strong> Dr. Nuggehalli M. Ravindra at NJIT. I express my deepest<br />

appreciation to them, for not only providing their valuable <strong>and</strong> countless resources,<br />

insight <strong>and</strong> intuition, but also for constantly giving me support, encouragement <strong>and</strong><br />

reassurance.<br />

Special thanks are given to other committee members: Dr. Anthony Fiory, Dr.<br />

Gordon A. Thomas, <strong>and</strong> Dr. Tao Zhou.<br />

The help <strong>of</strong> Peter Rupnowski (NREL), Vishal Mehta (NJIT/NREL), Jesse Appel<br />

(NJIT/NREL), S. Narayanan (BP Solar), David Carlson (BP Solar) for experimental work,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Rene Rivero in numerical analysis is greatly appreciated.<br />

I also thank Mr. Brian Butterfield, Ms. Juana Amieva, Ms. Kenyatta Williams <strong>and</strong><br />

other fellow students who shared their excellent ideas <strong>and</strong> experience.<br />

I acknowledge the support <strong>of</strong> Mr. Jamal Madjdpour during my initial stage at<br />

NREL. Sincere thanks go to Dr. Pingrong Vu <strong>and</strong> other folks at NREL. Life would have<br />

been much tougher in Colorado without your kind help <strong>and</strong> support.<br />

The partial financial support <strong>of</strong> the US Department <strong>of</strong> Energy/NREL <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Physics at NJIT is acknowledged with thanks.<br />

Last, but not least, I would like to thank my family <strong>and</strong> friends for their<br />

continuous moral support <strong>and</strong> best wishes.<br />

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