Grace Cameron Salazar
Chemical engineering
Hometown: Lodi, California, United States
Graduation date: Spring 2024
Additional details: Honors student
FURI | Spring 2024
Processing and Laser Scribing Flexible Perovskite Solar Modules for Lunar Application
This research effort focuses on the creation of a low-cost, lightweight, flexible perovskite solar modules that can withstand harsh thermal cycling that mimic lunar environments. Further, testing focuses on the comparison between flexible and rigid perovskite solar modules and the scalability of these cells to provide application within a large scale module consisting of multiple cells monolithically integrated using laser scribing. Results focus on the feasibility of flexible, lightweight solar module usage for lunar application in the near future.
Mentor: Nick Rolston
Sponsored project | Spring 2024
Grace Salazar’s FURI project is sponsored by the Ahmad Family Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative Fund.
Jalal U. and Syeda F. Ahmad and their children — Jaheen N., Raisa N. and Nafisah N., all of whom attended the Fulton Schools — established a fund to give back and support undergraduate students in their pursuit of knowledge and the advancement of research. Their endowment, which funds a materials science, mechanical, biomedical or electrical engineering student, was created to help more students have the life-changing experience of conducting research through FURI.