Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
ME 432, Fall 2025
Class Time and Location : MWF 11:00-11:50am, 3100 LuMEB
Announcements
Welcome to ME 432 for Fall 2025.
It sure is an interesting time for the world of PV.
Please see the course syllabus.
Useful Links and Info
- We’ll use slack for course communication, discussion, a place to ask questions. Please make sure that you have access to the ME 432 Fall 2025 slack workspace
- Homework assignments will be posted on gradescope; please submit your completed work to gradescope as well.
- For days that I will miss class due to travel, I will pre-record and post lectures to the class mediaspace channel.
Class Notes, Homework, Etc.
| Class | Date | Materials | Notes/Assignments/Due Dates |
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| Class 1 | M 8/25 |
Online survey on Gradescope – due Thurs Night HW1 available on Gradescope – due Fri Sept 5th |
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| Class 2 | W 8/27 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 3 | F 8/29 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 4 | W 9/3 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 5 | F 9/5 | Discussion Slides | HW2 available on Gradescope – due Fri Sept 19th |
| Class 6 | M 9/8 | ||
| Class 7 | W 9/10 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 8 | F 9/12 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 9 | M 9/15 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 10 | W 9/17 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 11 | F 9/19 | Discussion Slides | HW3 Available on Gradescope – due Oct 6th |
| Class 12 | M 9/22 |
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| Class 13 | W 9/24 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 14 | F 9/26 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 15 | M 9/29 | Discussion Slides | Grad students: project proposal due |
| Class 16 | W 10/1 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 17 | F 10/3 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 18 | M 10/6 | HW4 Available on Gradescope – due Friday Oct 17th (hard) | |
| Class 19 | W 10/8 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 20 | F 10/10 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 21 | M 10/13 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 22 | W 10/15 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 23 | F 10/17 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 24 | M 10/20 | In-Class Quiz #1 | |
| Class 25 | W 10/22 | No Class | |
| Class 26 | F 10/24 | ||
| Class 27 | M 10/27 | Solar Farm II Field Trip | Grad students: project review |
| Class 28 | W 10/29 | Discussion Slides | Grad students: project review |
| Class 29 | F 10/31 | Discussion Slides | Grad students: project review |
| Class 30 | M 11/3 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 31 | W 11/5 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 32 | F 11/7 | Discussion Slides | |
| Class 33 | M 11/10 | ||
| Class 34 | W 11/12 | ||
| Class 35 | F 11/14 | ||
| Class 36 | M 11/17 | ||
| Class 37 | W 11/19 | ||
| Class 38 | F 11/21 | ||
| — | M 11/24 | FALL BREAK | |
| — | W 11/26 | FALL BREAK | |
| — | F 11/28 | FALL BREAK | |
| Class 39 | M 12/1 | ||
| Class 40 | W 12/3 | ||
| Class 41 | F 12/5 | ||
| Class 42 | M 12/8 | ||
| Class 43 | W 12/10 | In-Class Quiz #2 |