University of Delaware scholar to lecture in Azerbaijan

The United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced that University of Delaware Professor Ismat Shah has received a 2011-12 Fulbright Scholar grant to research and lecture at Baku State University in Azerbaijan, the university said.

Shah’s research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials, with a particular focus on energy applications. His expertise in thin-film photovoltaics, or solar cells made from plastics, is of special interest to scientists in Baku State University’s Nano Center because solar power is considered an untapped resource in Eastern Europe, a region that receives abundant sunshine throughout much of the year.

In addition to direct research with his host institution colleagues, Shah will advise graduate students and teach courses on thin film and nanomaterials processes, and the ethics and social implications of nanoscale materials.


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