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Lelia Deville, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Systems Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2025
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2023
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2020

Contact Information:

P.O. Box 43678
Rougeou Hall, 244
Antoun Hall, 110A
Phone: (337) 482-1807
Email: lelia.deville@louisiana.edu
Website: https://eese.louisiana.edu/

    

Courses Taught:

MCHE 301 - Engineering Analysis

Research Interests:

  • Photovoltaic (PV) performance modeling and evaluation
  • PV system characterization and data-driven performance analysis
  • Emerging solar technologies and field-scale evaluation
  • General modeling evaluation and validation techniques

Selected Publications:

Deville, L., Anderson, K. S., Sutterlueti, J., Chambers, T. L., De Brabandere, K., Cicala, F. P., ... & Theristis, M. (2026). Feature review of photovoltaic modeling software utilizing blind performance assessment. Solar Energy, 304, 114207.

Deville, L., Hansen, C. W., Anderson, K. S., Chambers, T. L., & Theristis, M. (2025). Parameter Translation for Photovoltaic Single-Diode Models. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.

Deville, L., Theristis, M., King, B. H., Chambers, T. L., & Stein, J. S. (2024). Open‐source photovoltaic model pipeline validation against well‐characterized system data. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 32(5), 291-303.

Deville, L., Anderson, K. S., & Theristis, M. (2024, June). Towards a Reproducible Photovoltaic Modeling Validation Process. In 2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) (pp. 0190-0192). IEEE.

Theristis, M., Riedel‐Lyngskær, N., Stein, J. S., Deville, L., Micheli, L., Driesse, A., ... & Zhao, C. (2023). Blind photovoltaic modeling intercomparison: A multidimensional data analysis and lessons learned. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 31(11), 1144-1157.