Dr. Ajeet Rohatgi  received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1971, the M.S. degree in Materials Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, in 1973, and the Ph.D. degree in Metallurgy and Material Science from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, in 1977.  Dr. Rohatgi joined Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, PA in 1977 and became a Westinghouse Fellow in 1984.  He joined the Electrical Engineering faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta in 1985 as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 1987. He is currently a Regents’ Professor and a Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering.  He is the founding director of the University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education at Georgia Tech.