Jennifer L. Braid
Photovoltaic Energy Systems Scientist
Photovoltaic Energy Systems Scientist
Biography
Jennifer L. Braid is a member of the Photovoltaics and Materials Technology Program at Sandia National Laboratories and a research assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science at Case Western Reserve University. Her current research efforts include PV performance modeling and simulation, automated image processing for laboratory and field images of PV modules, developing new PV system performance metrics using data mining techniques for time-series data, and contributing to open-source software packages for the PV community.
Dr. Braid earned bachelor’s degrees in physics and mathematics from Ohio University, a master’s in physics from the Ohio State University, and her PhD in physics from the Colorado School of Mines.
Publications
Benjamin Pierce, Jennifer Braid, Joshua Stein, Jim Augustyn, Daniel Riley, (2022). Solar Transposition Modeling via Deep Neural Networks with Sky Images IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics https://doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2021.3120508 Publication ID: 76425
Jennifer Braid, Joshua Stein, Charles Robinson, Duncan Harwood, (2021). Optical Detection of Crack Separation in Si PV Modules https://doi.org/10.2172/1825842 Publication ID: 76240
Jiqi Liu, Menghong Wang, Alan Curran, Erdmut Schnabel, Michael Köhl, Jennifer Braid, Roger French, (2021). Degradation mechanisms and partial shading of glass-backsheet and double-glass photovoltaic modules in three climate zones determined by remote monitoring of time-series current–voltage and power datastreams Solar Energy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.06.022 Publication ID: 78709
Jennifer Braid, Charles Robinson, Joshua Stein, Duncan Harwood, (2021). Measurement of PV Cell Crack Characteristics in PV Modules using Digital Image Correlation https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1884451 Publication ID: 79233
Sameera Venkat, Jiqi Liu, Jakob Wegmueller, Ben Yu, Brian Gould, Xinjun Li, Jean Jaubert, Jennifer Braid, Laura Bruckman, Roger French, (2021). Degradation Pathway Modeling of PV Minimodule Variants with Different Packaging Materials under Indoor Accelerated Exposures Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518926 Publication ID: 78914
Joseph Coston, Charles Robinson, Bruce King, Jennifer Braid, Daniel Riley, Joshua Stein, (2021). Effects of Solar Angle of Incidence on Intramodular Photovoltaic Irradiance Uniformity Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518595 Publication ID: 78824
Benjamin Pierce, Jennifer Braid, Joshua Stein, Jim Augustyn, Daniel Riley, (2021). Solar Transposition Modeling via Deep Neural Networks with Sky Images https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1883479 Publication ID: 78907
Benjamin Pierce, Jennifer Braid, Joshua Stein, Jim Augustyn, Daniel Riley, (2021). Solar Transposition Modeling via Deep Neural Networks with Sky Images https://doi.org/10.2172/1877838 Publication ID: 78910
Jiqi Liu, Sameera Venkat, Jennifer Braid, Ben Yu, Brent Brownell, Xinjun Li, Laura Bruckman, Roger French, (2021). Degradation of Monofacial Double Glass and Glass Backsheet Photovoltaic Modules with Multiple Packaging Combinations https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518560 Publication ID: 78915
Arafath Nihar, Alan Curran, Ahmad Karimi, Jennifer Braid, Laura Bruckman, Mehmet Koyuturk, Yinghui Wu, Roger French, (2021). Toward Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Photovoltaic System Time Series Data https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518782 Publication ID: 78916
Alan Curran, Dylan Colvin, Nafis Iqbal, Kristopher Davis, Thomas Moran, Bryan Huey, Brent Brownell, Ben Yu, Jennifer Braid, Laura Bruckman, Roger French, (2021). Degradation of PERC and Al-BSF Cells with UV Cutoff and White Variations of EVA and POE Encapsulant https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519110 Publication ID: 78917
Carolina Whitaker, Benjamin Pierce, Roger French, Jennifer Braid, (2021). Properties of PV Cell Fractures and Effects on Performance of Al-BSF and PERC Modules https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519030 Publication ID: 78918
Joseph Coston, Joshua Stein, Charles Robinson, Jennifer Braid, Daniel Riley, Bruce King, (2021). Effects of Solar Angle of Incidence on Intramodular Photovoltaic Irradiance Uniformity https://doi.org/10.2172/1872905 Publication ID: 78825
Joshua Stein, Jennifer Braid, Charles Robinson, Duncan Harwood, (2021). Measurement of PV Cell Crack Characteristics in PV Modules using Digital Image Correlation https://doi.org/10.2172/1844312 Publication ID: 75500
Joshua Stein, Jennifer Braid, Charles Robinson, Phillip Reu, (2020). Measurement of PV Cell Crack Characteristics in PV Modules using Digital Image Correlation https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1830988 Publication ID: 71671
Jennifer Braid, Menghong Wang, Joshua Stein, (2020). Data Mining Field I-V and Weather Data for PV Module EQE and Suns-Voc https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1884467 Publication ID: 74813
Laurie Burnham, Daniel Riley, Jennifer Braid, (2020). Increasing Photovoltaic Efficiency in Snowy Climates: Design Considerations https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1820560 Publication ID: 74835
Jennifer Braid, (2020). Getting More from PV Field Data: Data mining and analysis for module diagnostics https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1812995 Publication ID: 74452
Jennifer Braid, Daniel Riley, Joshua Pearce, Laurie Burnham, (2020). Image Analysis Method for Quantifying Snow Losses on PV Systems https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1807431 Publication ID: 73785
Jennifer Braid, Daniel Riley, Joshua Pearce, Laurie Burnham, (2020). Image Analysis Method for Quantifying Snow Losses on PV Systems https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1807432 Publication ID: 73786
Jennifer Braid, Joshua Stein, Benjamin Pierce, Nicholas Parrilla, Ahmad Maroof Karimi, Roger French, (2020). Quantifying Cell Fractures in Si PV Modules https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1771924 Publication ID: 73083
Joshua Stein, Jennifer Braid, (2020). Digital Image Correlation for PV: Optical Measurements of Displacement https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1772206 Publication ID: 73088
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