solar energy
![Jenni Mangala wearing a grey NC State t-shirt stands in front of a Rwandan secondary school.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/In-Front-of-Secondary-School.jpg)
Student project aims to install solar panels at a primary school in Rwanda
![illustration lays out the design of the RoboMapper device and how each component works (see article below for details)](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/amassian-robomapper-header.jpg)
New robot boosts solar energy research
![An artist's drawing of a microscopic view of a rectangular section of a solar cell (light brown) and two circular closeups of oxygen molecules (pink) and ions (blue) in channels (grey) on the upper left and upper right of the rectangle.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Amassian-boundary-2023-HEADER.jpg)
Corralling ions improves viability of next generation solar cells
![Overhead view of the SolarPack car crossing the finish line.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Crossing-the-Finish-Line-cropped-resized.jpg)
Here comes the solar-powered car
![From left, Nathan Woodward, Aram Amassian and Tonhui Wang examine a microscope slide. The three wear white lab coats, and Wang, who is holding the slide, wears black gloves.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/oracel1.jpg)
Integrating robotics, materials science to capture solar energy
![gloved hands hold up solar cell panels of different sizes](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/amassian-spincoating-2022-header.jpg)