Teaching Interests

TEACHING and LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

02/05/2017 – 07/11/2017                 VIT University, Vellore, TN, India                Assistant Professor

         # Assistant Professor in Physics, School of Advanced Sciences. AGP 7,200. PB: 18,600 - 39,100

            Engineering Physics (PHY 1701) Course (Theory + Laboratory) for 3 batches undergraduates (60+)

            Academic duty apart from teaching: Research Award coordinator, Festivity coordinator

03/03/2014 – 30/08/2015                            George Washington University, USA

            # Mentor for Undergraduate Research Project

01/01/2010 – 30/11/2012                             National University of Singapore, Singapore

            # Teaching Assistant (TA) for Undergraduate Physics: Experiment Module (PC 2193)

Teaching Interest:

Given my background, the following courses I would like to teach are:

Postgraduate Classes: 

Course 1: Solid State Physics

-        Atomic structure, Lattices and unit cells, Van der Waals solids, Symmetry, Reciprocal space, Brillouin zones. Lattice vibrations, Vibrations of periodic systems, Phonons, Crystal momentum, Heat capacity. Fermi-Dirac distribution, Electrons in periodic solids, Nearly-free-electron model, Brillouin zones and energy bands, Tight-binding approximation. Free-electron gas, Periodic solids, Intrinsic & Extrinsic semiconductors.

Course 2: Physics of Nanostructures

-        Basic Physics, chemistry, material science and engineering involved in nanostructures. Advance scopes and developments in nanotechnology.

Course 3: Optoelectronic Materials and Nanodevices

-        Electronic structures of materials. Electrical/electronic properties of materials. The design and study of optical LEDs, photodetectors, solar cells, lasers and electro-optical modulators, opto-electrical switches, waveguide and other advanced devices. Nanotechnology for these optoelectronic devices from current research and developments review.

Course 4: Characterizing Tools for Nanomaterials

-       For starting learner the knowledge on various instruments to gain some interest as well as increase knowledge on physics, electronics and material science. Good for material science engineering, physics, electrical engineering students.