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Field Note

ASU AEP Solar Fab Tour

Location
MTW Building, ASU
Host
ASU AEP Solar Fab
Speaker
Wardia Debray, Process Engineer
  • Photovoltaic fabrication
  • Materials and processes

A behind-the-scenes tour of the ASU AEP Solar Fab led by Wardia Debray, Process Engineer, following how photovoltaic devices move through fabrication and the materials and processes behind solar technology.

Students in cleanroom gowns and gloves gather close to pass around and look at thin grey sample sheets.
Students examine thin samples inside the fabrication facility.

What the visit made visible

Three observations from the chapter’s event record and photographs.

  1. Start with the material

    Students examined thin samples up close. The photograph records a moment of handling and comparison, alongside the tour’s broader focus on the materials and processes behind photovoltaic devices.

  2. Look beyond a single device

    The facility photographs show process equipment, storage and work areas throughout the fabrication space. The visit followed how photovoltaic devices move through fabrication, connecting the device to the environment in which it is made.

  3. Notice how people enter the process

    Students wore cleanroom gowns, hair covers, face masks and gloves inside the facility. Those details are visible alongside the samples and tools: the working environment includes people and procedures as well as equipment.

Inside the visit

A long cleanroom bay under amber lighting, lined with process equipment, shelving and a cart.
Process equipment and work areas in the amber-lit cleanroom bay.
Students stand in a white corridor outside the cleanroom, gathered around two people who are talking with them.
The group gathers for a discussion outside the cleanroom.