The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy, or AzRISE, is partnering with Tucson Electric Power on a program to monitor the efficiency of solar panels at TEP’s test yard. Co-director of AzRISE is Joe Simmons, head of the department of materials science and engineering. 

“We try to form teams of faculty and industry and utilities to work toward solving some of the key problems to widespread adoption of solar energy in the state of Arizona and eventually in the nation,” Simmons said.