Dr. Seth M. Hubbard
(a) Professional Preparation
Drexel University
Physics
B.S., 1995
Case Western Reserve University
Electrical Engineering
M.S., 1998
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Electrical Engineering
NASA Postdoctoral Associate
NASA Glenn
(b) Appointments
2009-present
2008-present
2006 – Present
2005 - 2006
1998 - 2005
1996 - 1997
1995 - 1997
Ph.D., 1999-2005
2005-2006
Extended Graduate Faculty Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT
Extended Graduate Faculty Golisano Institute of Sustainability, RIT
Assistant Professor of Physics, Graduate Faculty in Microsystems
Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
National Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Associate,
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Graduate Student Research Assistant, III-V Integrated Device and
Circuits Group, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Case Western Reserve University,
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Teaching Assistant, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
(c) Publications
I. Most Closely Related to Project
1. S. M. Hubbard, C. Bailey, S. Polly, R. Aguinaldo, D. Forbes, R. Raffaelle, “InAs
Quantum Dot Enhancement of GaAs Solar Cells”, Proc. of the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic
Specialists Conf. 1, (2010).
2. S. M. Hubbard, C. Bailey, S. Polly, C. Cress, J. Andersen, D. Forbes, and R. Raffaelle,
"Nanostructured photovoltaics for space power," Journal of Nanophotonics 3, 031880031816 (2009).
3. C. Bailey, S. M. Hubbard, D. Forbes, and R. Raffaelle, "Evaluation of strain balancing
layer thickness for InAs / GaAs QD arrays using HRXRD and Photoluminescence,"
Applied Physics Letters 95, 203110 (2009).
4. S. M. Hubbard, C. D. Cress, C. G. Bailey, R. P. Raffaelle, “Effect of strain compensation
on quantum dot enhanced GaAs solar cells”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 123512 (2008).
5. C. Cress, S.M. Hubbard, B. Landi, D. Wilt, R. Raffaelle, “Quantum dot solar cell
tolerance to alpha-particle irradiation”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 183108 (2007).
II. Significant Publications
1. S. M. Hubbard, C. Bailey, C. D. Cress, S. Polly, J. Clark, D. V. Forbes, R. P. Raffaelle, S.
G. Bailey, D. M. Wilt, “Short circuit current enhancement of GaAs solar cells using
strain compensated InAs quantum dots”, Proc. of the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists
Conf. 1, (2008).
2. R. Raffaelle, C. Bailey, S. Hubbard, S. Polly, D. Forbes, “Quantum Dot Spectral Tuning
of Multijunction III-V Solar Cells”, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1121E, (2008).
3. S.M. Hubbard, R. Raffaelle, R. Robinson, C. Bailey, D. Wilt, D. Wolford, W. Maurer, S.
Bailey, “Growth and Characterization of InAs Quantum Dot Enhanced Photovoltaic
Devices”, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1017E, DD13-11 (2007).
4. C. Bailey, C. Cress, R. Raffaelle, S.M. Hubbard, D. Wilt, W. Maurer, S. Bailey,
“Analysis of Strain Compensation in Quantum Dot Embedded GaAs Solar Cells”, Mater.
Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1031E, H13-18 (2007).
5. S.M. Hubbard, D. Wilt, S. Bailey, D. Byrnes, R. Raffaelle, “OMVPE Grown InAs
Quantum Dots for Application in Nanostructured Photovoltaics”, Proc. of the IEEE
World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion 1, 118-121 (2006).
(d) Synergistic Activities
1. Graduate Student Coordinator, 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Novel
Photovoltaic Device Area sub-chair, 35th PVSC.
2. Peer reviewer and session chair, 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. Rump
session panelist for photovoltaics, 2009 IEEE Device Research Conference. Sent 5
graduate students to present at 34th IEEE PVSC. One student received best paper award.
3. Extended Faculty Member in newly created $10M Golisano Institute of Sustainability at
RIT.
4. Served as a mentor in the NASA Lewis' Educational and Research Collaborative
Internship Program (LERCIP). This program emphasizes careers in science and
technology and targets groups underrepresented in these fields.
5. Developed Nanostructured Solar Cell Workshop at the 19th Space Photovoltaics Research
and Technology Conference (SPRAT).
(e) Collaborators and Co-Editors
Dr. Sheila G. Bailey, Power and On-Board Propulsion, NASA Glenn Research Center
Prof. Alex Balandin, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of California-Riverside
Dr. Alex Fedoseyev, CFD Research Corp.
Prof. Alex Freundlich, University of Houston
Prof. Jerry Harris, Department of Chemistry, Northwest Nazarene University
Prof. Lei Kerr, Chemical & Paper Engineering, Miami University of Ohio
Prof. Antonio Luque, Director, Instituto de Energía Solar, Ciudad Universitaria, Spain
Prof. Dimitris Pavlidis, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Ryne Raffaelle, Director, NanoPower Research Labs, Rochester Institute of Technology
David Wilt, Air Force Research Labs, Kirtland Air Force Base
Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors:
Graduate Advisor: Prof. Dimitris Pavlidis, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Graduate Committee: Profs. Jasprit Singh, Johannes Schwank, Amir Mortazawi, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor
Postdoctoral Advisors: Dr. Sheila G. Bailey and David Wilt, NASA Glenn Research Center
Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor :
Currently supervising 3 Ph.D. student, 2 M.S. students and 3 undergraduate research students.
Current:
Chris Bailey - Ph.D. student in Microsystems Engineering
Steve Polly – Ph.D student in Microsystems Engineering
Mike Slocum – Ph.D student in Microsystems Engineering
Mike Harris – M.S. student in Electrical Engineering
Zac Bittner – M.S. student in Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate research students: Wyatt Strong, Adam Podell, Mitch Bennett
Past:
Joanne Okvath – M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2010, current Fairchild Semiconductor
Aman Saluja - M.S. Microelectronics Engineering, 2009, current Freescale Semiconductor
Ryan Aguinaldo – M.S., Mat. Sci. and Eng., 2008, current Ph.D. student UC San Diego
Tim Bald – B.S. Physics, 2010, current CFD Research Corporation
Jeremy Clark –B.S. in Microelectronic Engineering, 2008, current Corning Inc.
Eric Albers – B.S. Physics B.S., 2009, current NanoPower Research staff
Elliott Miller – B.S. Physics, 2008, current Ph.D. student UC Riverside