Hele Savin
Hele Irene Savin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hele Väinälä 1 August 1977 Imatra, Finland |
| Alma mater | Aalto University |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, professor |
| Known for | High-efficiency solar cells using nanostructured, black silicon |
Hele Irene Savin (née Väinälä; born 1 August 1977 in Imatra) is a Finnish scientist and inventor, best known for her research in solar cells and is a professor of micro and nanoelectronics at Aalto University.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She is publicly known as an inventor and developer of high-efficiency solar cells using nanostructured, so-called black silicon.[2]
Life and work
Savin graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology (now part of Aalto University) with a master's degree in engineering (2000) and a doctorate in technology (2005).[1] Her English-language dissertation, titled Controlling iron and copper Precipitation in Silicon wafers, studied ways in which silicon materials that are used in electronics can be more economical.[6]
During her postgraduate studies, Savin visited the United States as a visiting researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California (2002–2003). As a postdoc researcher, she worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg, Germany (2009–2010). Later, she was a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013) in Cambridge Massachusetts.[7]
Savin is listed by the U.S. Patent Office as co-inventor of nine patented devices.[8]
Savin received awards for her "pioneering research"[6] in solar energy development of efficient solar cells with, among other things, the World Economic Forum's Young Scientist Award (2013), and the Parliament's EUR 110,000 Women's Innovation Award (2017).[2][9] She is a member of the Academy of Technical Sciences.[9]
References
- ^ a b Academics and Architects of Technology 2011, Part 2: M-Ö. Saarijärvi: Finnish Association of Engineering Academics. 2011. p. 553. ISBN 978-952-5633-67-2.
- ^ a b c "Aalto-yliopiston professori Hele Savinille naisten innovaatiopalkinto". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Innovation award for women goes to Professor Hele Savin". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Nanostructures boost solar cell efficiency". optics.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Seitsemän kysymystä aurinkokennoista". GEO (in Finnish). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Aurinkokennoja tutkiva Hele Savin innostuu ongelmien ratkaisemisesta". t-lehti.fi (in Finnish). 18 September 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Hele Savin". Aalto People. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "Hele Savin Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b "Tiedeykkönen: Tiedekesä: Mikro- ja nanoelektroniikan professori Hele Savin tutkii aurinkokennoja | Tiedeykkönen | Yle Areena – podcastit". areena.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
