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SDSU professors aim to better solar devices that gather field data

Christie Delfanian, South Dakota State University
Nov 1, 2018
Nov 1, 2018 Updated Nov 1, 2018

Weather station — SDSU doctoral student Ahmed El-Magrous, left, and Professor Qiquan Qiao perform routine maintenance on the weather-and-soil sensor station before soybeans are harvested at the Volga Research Farm.
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Christie Delfanian, South Dakota State University

Having worked on renewable energy generation for 10 years and battery storage technologies for five years, one South Dakota State University professor is ready to design, build and test prototype systems to power devices, such as those used to gather field data.

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Rain gauge — El-Magrous tests the rain gauge on a sensor stations near Red Rock on July 26. A new grant is helping researchers show how new solar cell and battery materials can work in the field.
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