Thus, Baghdassarian explored several options of prebuilt solar panel kits and in an unfortunate twist of fate, the only suitable kit he found at the time which would explain with the level of granularity he hoped to teach about was no longer being manufactured.
But this was not a roadblock for long. Baghdassarian, who also happened to be enrolled in a pre-college program at Columbia University, consulted his advisor there on how to build his own solar energy cells. Baghdassarian bought all of the parts he could find readily available (improvising in some cases), and ultimately after days of tinkering, was unsuccessful due to the inability to find the electrolyte necessary for the experiment. Not giving up, Baghdassarian found another kit which he modified so the students in Armenia could complete the exercise with the available resources.
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From Great Neck to Ijevan – Bringing Solar Energy Education to Armenia
