Roger H. French

Roger Harquail French
Roger Harquail French
Occupation(s)	Materials scientist, engineer, academic and author
Academic background
Education	BS., Materials Science and Engineering ; PhD., Materials Science and Engineering
Alma mater	Cornell University ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Last updated July 27, 2025

1 2 "Case School of Engineering–Roger French". 9 June 2023.
1 2 "Google Scholar–Roger H. French".
↑ "Google Patents–Roger French".
1 2 "Roger French receives University Distinguished Researcher Award". 22 April 2020.
1 2 "CWRU–Innovation Week". 18 August 2023.
↑ "Fellows of The American Ceramic Society" (PDF).
↑ "IEEE–Roger H. French".
↑ "Case Western Reserve wins $14.2 million federal grant to launch innovative materials data science Center of Excellence". 27 September 2022.
↑ "Center for Materials Data Science for Stockpile Stewardship–People".
↑ "MDS-Rely–Roger French".
↑ "CASFER–Roger French, PhD".
↑ Van Benthem, K.; Elsässer, C.; French, R. H. (2001). "Bulk electronic structure of SrTiO 3: Experiment and theory" . Journal of Applied Physics. 90 (12): 6156–6164. doi:10.1063/1.1415766.
↑ McNeil, Laurie E.; Grimsditch, Marcos; French, Roger H. (1993). "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Aluminum Nitride" . Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 76 (5): 1132–1136. doi:10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb03730.x.
↑ Tan, Guo-Long; Lemon, Michael F.; French, Roger H. (2003). "Optical Properties and London Dispersion Forces of Amorphous Silica Determined by Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry" . Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 86 (11): 1885–1892. doi:10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03577.x.
↑ Jones, D. J.; French, R. H.; Müllejans, H.; Loughin, S.; Dorneich, A. D.; Carcia, P. F. (1999). "Optical properties of AlN determined by vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry data" . Journal of Materials Research. 14 (11): 4337–4344. Bibcode:1999JMatR..14.4337J. doi:10.1557/JMR.1999.0587.
↑ "Photomask blanks comprising transmissive embedded phase shifter".
↑ "Ultraviolet and vacuum ultraviolet transparent polymer compositions and their uses".
↑ "Use of partially fluorinated polymers in applications requiring transparency in the ultraviolet and vacuum ultraviolet".
↑ "Optical element producing a modulated region of increased light intensity and optically enhanced photovoltaic cell and LED lighting device including the same".
↑ Rajter, Rick F.; Podgornik, Rudi; Parsegian, V. Adrian; French, Roger H.; Ching, W. Y. (2007). "van der Waals–London dispersion interactions for optically anisotropic cylinders: Metallic and semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes" . Physical Review B. 76 (4): 045417. Bibcode:2007PhRvB..76d5417R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.045417.
↑ Schimelman, Jacob B.; Dryden, Daniel M.; Poudel, Lokendra; Krawiec, Katherine E.; Ma, Yingfang; Podgornik, Rudolf; Parsegian, V. Adrian; Denoyer, Linda K.; Ching, Wai-Yim; Steinmetz, Nicole F.; French, Roger H. (2015). "Optical properties and electronic transitions of DNA oligonucleotides as a function of composition and stacking sequence" . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17 (6): 4589–4599. Bibcode:2015PCCP...17.4589S. doi:10.1039/C4CP03395G.
↑ Bruckman, Laura S.; Wheeler, Nicholas R.; Ma, Junheng; Wang, Ethan; Wang, Carl K.; Chou, Ivan; Sun, Jiayang; French, Roger H. (2013). "Statistical and Domain Analytics Applied to PV Module Lifetime and Degradation Science". IEEE Access. 1: 384–403. Bibcode:2013IEEEA...1..384B. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2013.2267611 .
↑ Venkat, Sameera Nalin; Liu, Jiqi; Yu, Xuanji; Wegmueller, Jakob; Rath, Kunal; Li, Xinjun; Jaubert, Jean-Nicolas; Braid, Jennifer L.; French, Roger H.; Bruckman, Laura S. (2022). "Evaluation of PV Module Packaging Strategies of Monofacial and Bifacial PERC Using Degradation Pathway Network Modeling". 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC). pp. 1020–1027. doi:10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938854. ISBN 978-1-7281-6117-4. OSTI 1922071.
↑ Fan, Yangxin; Wieser, Raymond; Bruckman, Laura; French, Roger; Wu, Yinghui (2024). "Parallel-friendly Spatio-Temporal Graph Learning for Photovoltaic Degradation Analysis at Scale". arXiv: 2402.08470 [cs.LG].
↑ Fan, Yangxin; Wieser, Raymond; Yu, Xuanji; Wu, Yinghui; Bruckman, Laura S.; French, Roger H. (2024). "Using spatio-temporal graph neural networks to estimate fleet-wide photovoltaic performance degradation patterns". PLOS ONE. 19 (2): e0297445. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1997445F. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297445 . PMC 10866472 . PMID 38354115.
↑ Bruckman, Laura S.; Wheeler, Nicholas R.; Kidd, Ian V.; Sun, Jiayang; French, Roger H. (2013). "Photovoltaic lifetime and degradation science statistical pathway development: acrylic degradation". In Dhere, Neelkanth G.; Wohlgemuth, John H.; Lynn, Kevin W. (eds.). Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems VI. Vol. 8825. pp. 88250D. doi:10.1117/12.2024717.
↑ Karimi, Ahmad Maroof; Wu, Yinghui; Koyuturk, Mehmet; French, Roger H. (2021). "Spatiotemporal Graph Neural Network for Performance Prediction of Photovoltaic Power Systems". Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 35 (17): 15323–15330. doi: 10.1609/aaai.v35i17.17799 .
↑ "Making solar panels last longer". 28 March 2018.
↑ "Environmental Security Technology". 30 May 2023.
↑ "Systems and methods for data analytics for virtual energy audits and value capture assessment of buildings".
↑ "R&D 100 Archive of Winners".
↑ "Richard M. Fulrath Award–History of Awardees" (PDF).
↑ Smith, Brianna (2025-05-09). "Two faculty members named Distinguished University Professors for trailblazing work". The Daily. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

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[aaa-1] 1 2 "Case School of Engineering–Roger French". 9 June 2023.

[ggg-2] 1 2 "Google Scholar–Roger H. French".

[3] "Google Patents–Roger French".

[fda-4] 1 2 "Roger French receives University Distinguished Researcher Award". 22 April 2020.

[iii-5] 1 2 "CWRU–Innovation Week". 18 August 2023.

[6] "Fellows of The American Ceramic Society" (PDF).

[7] "IEEE–Roger H. French".

[8] "Case Western Reserve wins $14.2 million federal grant to launch innovative materials data science Center of Excellence". 27 September 2022.

[9] "Center for Materials Data Science for Stockpile Stewardship–People".

[10] "MDS-Rely–Roger French".

[11] "CASFER–Roger French, PhD".

[12] Van Benthem, K.; Elsässer, C.; French, R. H. (2001). "Bulk electronic structure of SrTiO 3: Experiment and theory" . Journal of Applied Physics. 90 (12): 6156–6164. doi:10.1063/1.1415766.

[13] McNeil, Laurie E.; Grimsditch, Marcos; French, Roger H. (1993). "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Aluminum Nitride" . Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 76 (5): 1132–1136. doi:10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb03730.x.

[14] Tan, Guo-Long; Lemon, Michael F.; French, Roger H. (2003). "Optical Properties and London Dispersion Forces of Amorphous Silica Determined by Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry" . Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 86 (11): 1885–1892. doi:10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03577.x.

[15] Jones, D. J.; French, R. H.; Müllejans, H.; Loughin, S.; Dorneich, A. D.; Carcia, P. F. (1999). "Optical properties of AlN determined by vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry data" . Journal of Materials Research. 14 (11): 4337–4344. Bibcode:1999JMatR..14.4337J. doi:10.1557/JMR.1999.0587.

[16] "Photomask blanks comprising transmissive embedded phase shifter".

[17] "Ultraviolet and vacuum ultraviolet transparent polymer compositions and their uses".

[18] "Use of partially fluorinated polymers in applications requiring transparency in the ultraviolet and vacuum ultraviolet".

[19] "Optical element producing a modulated region of increased light intensity and optically enhanced photovoltaic cell and LED lighting device including the same".

[20] Rajter, Rick F.; Podgornik, Rudi; Parsegian, V. Adrian; French, Roger H.; Ching, W. Y. (2007). "van der Waals–London dispersion interactions for optically anisotropic cylinders: Metallic and semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes" . Physical Review B. 76 (4): 045417. Bibcode:2007PhRvB..76d5417R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.045417.

[21] Schimelman, Jacob B.; Dryden, Daniel M.; Poudel, Lokendra; Krawiec, Katherine E.; Ma, Yingfang; Podgornik, Rudolf; Parsegian, V. Adrian; Denoyer, Linda K.; Ching, Wai-Yim; Steinmetz, Nicole F.; French, Roger H. (2015). "Optical properties and electronic transitions of DNA oligonucleotides as a function of composition and stacking sequence" . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17 (6): 4589–4599. Bibcode:2015PCCP...17.4589S. doi:10.1039/C4CP03395G.

[22] Bruckman, Laura S.; Wheeler, Nicholas R.; Ma, Junheng; Wang, Ethan; Wang, Carl K.; Chou, Ivan; Sun, Jiayang; French, Roger H. (2013). "Statistical and Domain Analytics Applied to PV Module Lifetime and Degradation Science". IEEE Access. 1: 384–403. Bibcode:2013IEEEA...1..384B. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2013.2267611 .

[23] Venkat, Sameera Nalin; Liu, Jiqi; Yu, Xuanji; Wegmueller, Jakob; Rath, Kunal; Li, Xinjun; Jaubert, Jean-Nicolas; Braid, Jennifer L.; French, Roger H.; Bruckman, Laura S. (2022). "Evaluation of PV Module Packaging Strategies of Monofacial and Bifacial PERC Using Degradation Pathway Network Modeling". 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC). pp. 1020–1027. doi:10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938854. ISBN 978-1-7281-6117-4. OSTI 1922071.

[24] Fan, Yangxin; Wieser, Raymond; Bruckman, Laura; French, Roger; Wu, Yinghui (2024). "Parallel-friendly Spatio-Temporal Graph Learning for Photovoltaic Degradation Analysis at Scale". arXiv: 2402.08470 [cs.LG].

[25] Fan, Yangxin; Wieser, Raymond; Yu, Xuanji; Wu, Yinghui; Bruckman, Laura S.; French, Roger H. (2024). "Using spatio-temporal graph neural networks to estimate fleet-wide photovoltaic performance degradation patterns". PLOS ONE. 19 (2): e0297445. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1997445F. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297445 . PMC 10866472 . PMID 38354115.

[26] Bruckman, Laura S.; Wheeler, Nicholas R.; Kidd, Ian V.; Sun, Jiayang; French, Roger H. (2013). "Photovoltaic lifetime and degradation science statistical pathway development: acrylic degradation". In Dhere, Neelkanth G.; Wohlgemuth, John H.; Lynn, Kevin W. (eds.). Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells, Modules, Components, and Systems VI. Vol. 8825. pp. 88250D. doi:10.1117/12.2024717.

[27] Karimi, Ahmad Maroof; Wu, Yinghui; Koyuturk, Mehmet; French, Roger H. (2021). "Spatiotemporal Graph Neural Network for Performance Prediction of Photovoltaic Power Systems". Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 35 (17): 15323–15330. doi: 10.1609/aaai.v35i17.17799 .

[28] "Making solar panels last longer". 28 March 2018.

[29] "Environmental Security Technology". 30 May 2023.

[30] "Systems and methods for data analytics for virtual energy audits and value capture assessment of buildings".

[31] "R&D 100 Archive of Winners".

[32] "Richard M. Fulrath Award–History of Awardees" (PDF).

[33] Smith, Brianna (2025-05-09). "Two faculty members named Distinguished University Professors for trailblazing work". The Daily. Retrieved 2025-07-26.