Maham Masood Sadiq

Maham Masood Sadiq

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With over eight years of experience in the renewable energy sector, I am a Clean Energy…

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Experience

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    The Walt Disney Company

    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York City Metropolitan Area

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    New York, New York, United States

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    New York, New York

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    Atlanta, Georgia

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    New York, New York

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Lahore, Pakistan

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    Lahore, Pakistan

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    London, Canada

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    Lahore

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    Lahore

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    London, Canada

Education

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    Columbia University in the City of New York

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    Activities and Societies: Women In Business, Women in Energy, Columbia Impact Investing Initiative

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    Activities and Societies: Adventure Club

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    Activities and Societies: LUMS Model United Nations, SPADES-LUMS Science and Engineering Society, IEEE

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    Activities and Societies: Science Society, Model United Nations, Urdu Debating

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Volunteer Experience

  • Manager

    LUMUN Social Responsibility Program

    - 11 months

    Education

    Oversaw a team of 100 interns who taught Mathematics, Science and English to students in under privileged schools in the suburbs of Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan. Training sessions for Public Speaking and Dramatics were also conducted for these students.

  • Science Experiment Designer and Demonstrator

    Khwarizmi Science Society

    - 1 month

    Science and Technology

    Conducted innovative secondary school level Science Experiments and designed a booklet for their integration into the curriculum of state schools in Punjab and Sindh, Pakistan
    http://pakistanlink.org/Community/2013/May13/24/07.HTM

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    Teacher

    SOS Children's Villages International

    - 1 month

    Education

    Taught the basics of Mathematics and English to 20 students at the SOS Orphanage in Lahore, Pakistan.

  • Summer Volunteer

    Children's Hospital Lahore

    - 1 month

    Health

Publications

  • Dark Current Suppression in Quantum Dot Solar Cells through Interfacial Engineering

    IEEE PVSC 2014

    Thin interfacial insulators made of materials such as Lithium Fluoride or various oxide compositions have been shown to improve open circuit voltage and fill factor in quantum dot solar cells primarily due to the lowering of surface recombination leakage and the prevention of metal penetration into the active layer. In this paper, we highlight that, besides the above mentioned benefits, the thin interfacial barrier could also significantly lower the dark current leakage and hence could provide…

    Thin interfacial insulators made of materials such as Lithium Fluoride or various oxide compositions have been shown to improve open circuit voltage and fill factor in quantum dot solar cells primarily due to the lowering of surface recombination leakage and the prevention of metal penetration into the active layer. In this paper, we highlight that, besides the above mentioned benefits, the thin interfacial barrier could also significantly lower the dark current leakage and hence could provide an additional performance improvement when dark current leakage is dominant. We computationally explore how the dark current suppression could affect the cell characteristics as a function of interfacial layer thickness, carrier mobility, and the recombination lifetime. We show that an ultra-thin interfacial layer could significantly improve cell efficiency when carrier mobility is relatively high and the dark current is significantly suppressed due to the presence of a tunneling barrier.

    Other authors
    • Nauman Z. Butt
    • Arsalan Sarwar
    • Khurram U. Mazhar
    See publication

Courses

  • Applied Business Statistics

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  • Computational Problem Solving

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  • Data Structures

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  • Emerging Issues in Technology and Policy

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  • Energy Analysis for Energy Efficiency

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  • Energy and Public Policy

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  • Environmental Economics

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  • Feedback and Control Systems

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  • Introduction to Programming

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  • Microcontroller Design and Interfacing

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  • Microelectronic Design

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  • Optical Communication

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  • Photovoltaic Devices

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  • Policy Analysis

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  • Power Electronics

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  • Renewable Energy Systems

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  • Sustainability Management

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  • Sustainable Finance

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  • Sustainable Operations

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  • Systems Engineering and Public Policy

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  • Technology Entrepreneurship

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  • Theoretical Models in Public Policy

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Projects

  • Pay As You Go Solar Model for Rural Electrification in Pakistan

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    The Pay As You Go Solar Model enables customers to pay for their solar electricity consumption through GSM and has showed promising results in off-grid regions of the developing world.

  • Efficiency Improvement of Hetro-junction Intrinsic Thin Layer (HIT) Solar Cells

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    This project involves the efficiency improvement by optical and interfacial engineering of the novel Hetero-junction with Intrinsic Thin Layer (HIT) Solar Cells developed by Panasonic. At this stage we have simulated the cell on PADRE and reduced its dark current by back contact engineering.

  • Nano Fabrication of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

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    Headed a group of four students under Dr. Giovanni Fanchini to fabricate and characterize Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. The project involved experimenting with various dyes to improve the efficiency of solar cells and adding memory to them in order to make a cell provide energy in dark. A publication for the research work is underway.

  • Computational Modelling of Quantum Dot Solar Cells

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    Simulated the impact on the electrostatics of a Quantum Dot Solar Cell by the insertion of a Lithium Fluoride layer at its contacts and assisted in the assimilation of a paper on the results. A poster was presented on the work at the 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver, USA.

  • Hand Gestured Arduino based Mouse

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    Created a computer mouse controlled by the movement of hands via programming the micro controller chip of Arduino Leonardo.

  • Line Following, Fire Sensing Robot

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    Constructed an IR based black line following and fire detecting robot with purely AND and OR gate ICs for the Digital Logic Circuits Design Project.

  • Statistical Analysis of the Asteroid Risk Impact

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    Compiled a 22 page Statistical and Analytical Research report on the possibility of an asteroid impact on Earth and its repercussions. Presented the report at the Western Mathematics Department and the LUMS Physics Seminar Series in September 2012.

  • Matlab based Chess with Minor Artificial Intelligence

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    Programmed Chess with minor Artificial Intelligence on Matlab

Honors & Awards

  • Earth Institute Sustainability Management Fellowship

    Columbia University in the City of New York

    Awarded a scholarship for Fall 2017 for academic and professional excellence in the field of Sustainability.

  • Women International Leadership Fellow

    International House, New York

    The Women's International Leadership (WIL) Program at International House seeks to prepare a select group of women from diverse cultures and disciplines for the challenges they will face as future leaders. Scholarship awarded on the basis of past leadership initiatives for women all across the world.

  • Stelco Graduate Scholarship for Academic Excellence

    McMaster University

    Scholarship given on basis of academic performance and leadership activities on campus to top 1% of STEM graduate students.

  • W Booth Travel Grant Recipient for the MIT Energy Conference

    McMaster University

    Received a travel grant to attend the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Energy Conference, the largest student-led energy conference in the United States.

  • Scholarship Recipient for the Vail Global Energy Forum

    Precourt Institute of Energy Efficiency, Stanford University

    Grant awarded by the Precourt Institute of Energy Efficiency at Stanford University to 20 students from all across North America to attend the prestigious Vail Global Energy Forum in Vail, Colorado.

  • Best Delegate at Model United Nations Turkey

    Model United Nations Turkey

    Given the Best Delegate award for the UN Human Rights Council at the MUNTR Conference with over 1000 participants from all over the world.

  • Dick Edwards Exceptional Leadership Award at ISSDC'11

    International Space Settlement Design Competition, Houston, NASA, USA

    Awarded the 'Dick Edwards Exceptional Leadership Award' for leading a team of 40 students from 3 different countries at the International Space settlement Design Competition Finals held at Johnson Space Centre, Houston, USA. Won the award among 180 finalists from every continent of the world.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Urdu

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Punjabi

    Full professional proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

  • Arabic

    Elementary proficiency

Organizations

  • Lookout360

    Co-Founder

    - Present

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