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Kevin Lynn
Senior Research Engineer
Solar Energy Research

Phone:	(321) 638-1440
Fax:	(321) 638-1010
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Education:

M.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Central Florida, 1997

M.S. Applied Mathematics
Florida Institute of Technology, 1992

B.S. Chemistry
Davidson College, 1990

Research Focus:

Mr. Kevin Lynn is a Senior Research Engineer at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) and has been working in a faculty position since 1998. Currently he is co-PI on the Southeast Regional Experiment Station, a project with the Department of Energy focused on photovoltaic system research with an annual budget of around $1 million.

Mr. Lynn began working at FSEC as a graduate student from 1994 to 1997 in mechanical engineering under Dr. Neelkanth Dhere. During that time he worked on novel methods for manufacturing CuInGaSe2 solar cells using physical vapor deposition. In 1997 he graduated with a Master of Science degree and co-authored several peer-reviewed papers on the subject. He was voted Materials Science student of the year in 1996.

In 1998, he was hired by FSEC to work with the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) and Caribbean Action for Sustainable Tourism (CAST). He developed a one-day seminar to teach stakeholders about photovoltaic applications for hotels such as lighting, disaster relief, remote power, and utility-interactive systems. These seminars were presented throughout the Caribbean.

Since 1999 he has been working in the Photovoltaics and Distributed Generation division. During that time he has published peer-reviewed papers on PV outdoor lighting, stand-alone system testing, utility-interactive systems, and inverter testing. He is a member of IEEE and has been a contributing and voting member on standards for testing stand-alone systems. He has also spent considerable time developing training materials and teaching courses on Photovoltaics. These include courses for contractors on how to install PV systems as well as courses for code officials on how to properly inspect PV systems installed in the field. He is now re-enrolled at UCF working on is doctorate in Materials Science.