Kapil Adhikari, Ph.D.
Faculty of Physics
Tribhuvan University
Education
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Ph.D. in Computational Condensed Matter Physics, 2012
Dissertation: "Silicon Carbide at Nanoscale: Finite Single-Walled to Infinite Multi-WalledTubes"
University of Texas at Arlington- Arlington, TX, USA
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M.Sc. in Physics, 2007
Thesis: "Surface Modification of Polycarbonate by Low Pressure DC Glow Discharge "
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Biography
Dr. Kapil Adhikari is a faculty of Physics from Prithivi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Nepal affiliated to Tribhuvan University. He is a computational material scientist passionate about teaching physics and designing low cost research projects on physics and material sciences for undergraduate and graduate programs.
His area of expertise are:
- Expert in using two learning management systems (LMS) - Canvas and Blackboard.
- Physics teaching at undergraduate/graduate level.
- Designing low-cost, short-term research projects on physics and material sciences for undergraduate students.
- Well-versed in computer simulation of materials.
- Proficiency in Python, FORTRAN, MPI, MATHEMATICA, MATLAB.
- Proficiency in Gaussian 09, SIESTA, WIEN2k, VASP, CRYSTAL09, and Quantum Espresso suites of programs for electronic structure calculations.
- Good knowledge in UNIX based high performance computation.
- Theoretical and computational nanoscience.
His research interests are:
- Low cost physics experiments and simulations for undergraduate programs.
- Theoretical and computational studies on polymorphism in molecular crystals.
- Phase transition in crystalline materials.
- Electronic structure and transport properties of nanotubes, nanocones and nano-clusters.
- Metal-Organic-Frameworks and other nanoporus materials.