Profile

• Organization

  Purdue University

  
  
• Employment Status

  University / College Faculty

  
  
• Web Site

  http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pbermel

  
  
• Biography

  Dr. Bermel is a tenure-track assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue. He has published a total of 29 peer-reviewed articles on fundamental material science and engineering, including modeling of electromagnetic and quantum mechanical systems, along with corroborating experiments. He now focuses on improving the performance of photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic systems using photonic crystal metamaterials, which are made from composites of earth-abundant materials.

  
  
• Interests

  1. photovoltaics
  2. simulation and modeling
  3. thermophotovoltaics

  
  
• Citizenship

  US

  
  
• Residence

  US

  
  
• Gender

  Male