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Brooke R. Faulkner
1025 12TH ST
GOLDEN, CO 80401
(515) 339-4755
[email protected]
SUMMARY:
• Research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden,
Colorado
• Graduated from Simpson College with BA in Physics and Mathematics Minor
• Plan to graduate from Colorado School of Mines with MS in Applied Physics in
May 2016
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Mathematics Minor
Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
Graduated in May 2011
Courses taken include:
Quantum Mechanics I
Electromagnetic Fields
Thermodynamics
Electrical Engineering
Linear Algebra
Probability and Statistics
Differential Equations
Complex Variables
Master of Science in Applied Physics
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Plan to graduate in Fall 2014
Courses taken include:
Quantum Mechanics I
Mathematical Physics
Solid State Physics
Principles of Solar Energy Systems
Interdisciplinary Microelectronics
Processing Lab
EXPERIENCE: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI), 2009 and 2010
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden Colorado
• Researched ZnSnP2 and ZnGeAs2 materials to be used as an absorber layer in thinfilm photovoltaics
• Studied the properties of very thin layers of single-walled carbon nanotubes to be
used as a transparent conducting layer in organic photovoltaics
• Presented research of carbon nanotube films at Argonne National Laboratory in
November 2010 for the Science and Energy Research Challenge (SERCh)
Competition
Research at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden Colorado
Under the Alliance Partner University Program (APUP) Between NREL
and Colorado School of Mines
• Researched sputtered ZnTe:Cu as an interface layer in the back contact of thin-film
CdS/CdTe photovoltaic devices
• Studied optical, electrical, and compositional properties of ZnTe:Cu films
• Studied how small changes in ZnTe:Cu sputtering target fabrication process affects
the properties of ZnTe:Cu films