<aside> <img src="/icons/sun_gray.svg" alt="/icons/sun_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Hello! We are the Data-Enabled Photovoltaics Research Group at the University of Central Florida (UCF). We collect and use data in a variety of ways to help advance solar energy technologies, specifically photovoltaics (PV).

What does “collect and use data” mean? It means we:

• Develop new measurement and characterization methods across different length scales, from nanoscale materials analysis to measurements performed on large fields of PV modules
• Develop methods of analyzing this data using both physical and data-driven models
• Apply these approaches to solve problems in PV and even in other adjacent sectors, like electronics reliability

Traditionally, our application areas have focused on the development of new materials, manufacturing processes, and characterization techniques to improve the performance and reliability of PV technologies, reduce cost, and gain fundamental insight into the structure-property relationships of PV materials. However, we are rapidly expanding into new areas.

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Learn more about our research

Research Topics

Research Projects

• Publications

• Presentations

• Datasets

• Code repositories

• Educational resources

Capabilities and Infrastructure

Our Team

<aside> <img src="/icons/groups_gray.svg" alt="/icons/groups_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Our team is led by Prof. Kristopher O. Davis (DPV Director) and Prof. Dylan J. Colvin (DPV Co-Director) and includes postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates students from a variety of different disciplines (e.g., materials science, electrical engineering, photonics engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, and data science). We work with a wide range of collaborators at UCF and other institutions, including universities, national laboratories, and industry.

A full directory of our team members is here → Team

Team Members

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Fall 2025

Alumni

<aside> <img src="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" alt="/icons/graduate_gray.svg" width="40px" /> A list of our former team members is here → Alumni

DARTS 2025

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Join our team!

<aside> <img src="/icons/mail_gray.svg" alt="/icons/mail_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Interested in joining our team? Fill out this form and we will be in touch →

Research Assistant Interest Form

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Affiliations and Collaborators

The DPV Research Group is affiliated with the Resilient, Intelligent and Sustainable Energy Systems (RISES) Research Center, Florida Solar Energy Center, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics. We work closely with the following researchers at UCF.

UCF Collaborators

Additionally, our team also has a deep and long-standing collaboration with the Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension (SDLE) Research Center at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and is a member of the Center for Materials Data Science for Stockpile Stewardship led by SDLE.

CWRU Collaborators

In addition to our collaborators at UCF and CWRU, we also work with (or have worked with) numerous other organizations. Some notable examples are included below.