Angel holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus (May 2004).  His current work involves research with amorphous CdGeAs2 samples to be used as radiation detectors.  He is also studying the interface between CuInSe2/CdS by fabricating and analyzing devices. 

Throughout his graduate studies, he has served as a teaching assistant for the following courses: MSE 101 (Materials in Today’s World), MSE 460 (Electronic Materials and Processing I) and ECE 444 (Theory and Fabrication of Integrated Circuits; http://fabweb.ece.uiuc.edu/).  He has also interned at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio where he worked on CuInS2 thin-film solar cells for space applications, III-V multijunction solar cells, and is currently a Sloan Scholar.  Angel also serves as a mentor for the Intel Undergraduate Research Program at the UIUC.

Publications

"Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposited Thin Films for Space Photovoltaics", A F Hepp, J S McNatt, J E Dickman, M H-C Jin, K K Banger, C V Kelly, A R Aquino González and A A Rockett. Fourth International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit (IECEC) 2006.

"Synthesis and characterization of bulk, vitreous cadmium germanium arsenide", Johnson,Bradley R.; Riley,Brian J.; Sundaram,Shanmugavelayutham K.; Crum,Jarrod V.; Henager,Charles H.; Zhang,Yanwen; Shutthanandan,Vaithiyalingam; Seifert,Carolyn E.; Van Ginhoven, Renee M.; Chamberlin,Clyde E.; Rockett,Angus A.; Hebert,Damon N.; Aquino,Angel R., J Am Ceram Soc, 2009, 92, 6, 1236-1243.