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Awards

Taking the opportunity to share some of the achievements of our team members

Our achievements have been widely recognised by our colleagues both at UNSW and around the world. Our group members have won the Best Student Awards in leading international photovoltaic conferences for six years in a row!

2024

Rama Sharma

Best Early Career Academic Paper Award

Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference

2024

Gaia Maria Javier

Overall Best Student Paper Award

Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference

2024

Sijin Wang

Best Student Paper Award

Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference

2024

Zubair Abdullah-Vetter

Best Student Paper Award

Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference

2024

Gaia Maria Javier

PGC Research Student Award

Arc, UNSW

2023

Yan Zhu

Early Career Academic Innovation and Engagement Award

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2023

Gaia Maria Javier

Best Student Paper Award

Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference

2023

ACDC Research Group

Excellence Award in Industry Engagement and Research Translation

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2023

Yoann Buratti

Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis 

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2023

Soma Zandi

Best Student Paper Award

40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference

2022

ACDC Research Group

Staff Excellence Award in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2022

Yoann Buratti

PGC Research Student Award

Arc, UNSW

2022

Shuai Nie

Best Student Paper Award

8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

2022

Zubair Abdullah-Vetter

Best Poster Award

49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference

2021

Anh Huy Tuan Le

Overall Best Student Paper Award

Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference

2021

Ziv Hameiri

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research Supervision

University of New South Wales

2021

Yoann Buratti

Best Student Paper Award

48th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference

2021

Zubair Abdullah-Vetter

Best Thesis Award for 4th Year Project 

School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW

2020

Ziv Hameiri

Higher Degree Research Supervision Award

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2020

Raghavi Bhoopathy

PGC Research Student Award

Arc, UNSW

2020

Yan Zhu

Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis 

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2020

Saman Jafari

Best Student Paper Award

47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference

2020

Shuai Nie

Best Student Paper Award

47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference

2019

ACDC Research Group

Staff Excellence Award in Research Excellence

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2019

Shuai Nie

Best Student Paper Award

46th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference

2018

Ziv Hameiri

Staff Excellence Award in Research Excellence

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW

2018

Ziv Hameiri

IAAM Scientist Medal

International Association of Advanced Materials

2018

Yan Zhu

Best Student Paper Award

7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

2018

Raghavi Bhoopathy

Best Poster Award

7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

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