{"id":2364,"date":"2020-11-30T12:26:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/coen-ece\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:50:00","slug":"seto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/coen-ece\/2020\/11\/30\/seto\/","title":{"rendered":"ECE Faculty Receives SETO 2020 Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/coen-ece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2020\/12\/Kandadai_Nirmala-683x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nirmala Kandadai Profile Pic\" class=\"wp-image-2365\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nirmala Kandadai, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is part of a team selected by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office for 2020 (SETO 2020) funding. 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