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About Santosh KC
Dr. Santosh KC is a Profesor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at San José State University.
| Present | Faculty Member, San Jose State University | |
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| 2009 - 2011 | Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Dallas ‐ Department of Physics | |
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| 2008 - 2009 | Physics Instructor, Khwopa Engineering College | |
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| 2008 - 2009 | Physics Instructor, Himalayan Institute of Science & Technology | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Investigate and understand the structure-property-application relationships (mechanical, electronic, optical, magnetic properties) in materials, Study of energy storage materials including solid electrolytes, electrode-electrolyte interface in batteries, Interested in the structure-property relationships of molecular, polymeric and solid materials in the areas of energy storage and electronics, Structure-property relationships in magnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials, Surface and interfacial properties of 2D materials including transition metal dichalcogenides and other layered materials, Study of defects, oxidation mechanisms (thermodynamics and kinetics) in materials and their impact in devices, and Theoretical microscopy (e.g. STM image) and theoretical vibrational spectroscopy (e.g. Raman, IR spectra) simulations. Quantum transport properties and semiconductor device modeling
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2010 - Present | Member, American Physical Society (APS) | 2007 - Present | Member, Nepal Physical Society (NPS) | 2017 | Session Chair, APS March meeting | 2016 | Grand Award Judge, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) | 2016 | Session Chair, Oak Ridge Post-doc Research Symposium | 2016 | Judge, The Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair (SASEF) | 2016 | Judge for physical Science category, da Vinci Arts & Science Fair | 2015 | Judge, ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair (TXSEF) | 2015 | Grand Award Judge, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) | 2013 - 2015 | Member, Materials Research Society (MRS) | 2013 - 2015 | Volunteer scientist, The Shoulder of Giants. Inc. | Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters (APL) | Reviewer, Applied Surface Science | Reviewer, Ceramics International | Reviewer, Journal of Alloys and Compounds | Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physics (JAP) | Reviewer, Journal of Power Source (JPS) | Reviewer, Nanotechnology, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (JPCM) | Reviewer, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) |
Honors and Awards
- Award to attend GERA Energy Workshop, APS March Meeting, 2019
- NRC Research Associateship Fellowship award, Naval Research Laboratory, 2019
- ORISE Fellowship, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), 2018 (declined)
- US-Brazil Research travel award from American Physical Society, 2017
- Award in poster presentation at the Energy Summit, 2013
- Research Assistantship, The University of Texas at Dallas, August, 2011 - December, 2014
- Teaching Assistantship, The University of Texas at Dallas, August, 2009 - May, 2011
- Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for European Master program, 2009 (declined)
- Award to attend Quantum Monte Carlo Summer School, Italy, 2009
- Award to take courses at Joint Universities Accelerator School, France, 2008
- Award to attend Summer School at International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy, 2007
- DOE Mission Science computational allocation award 2019
Courses
- Introduction to Materials
- Structure/property of Solids
| 2014 | Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas ‐ Department of Materials Science and Engineering | |
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| 2011 | M.S., Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas ‐ Department of Physics | |
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| 2006 | M.Sc., Physics, Tribhuvan University ‐ Department of Physics | |
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| 2003 | B.Sc., Physics, Tribhuvan University ‐ Department of Physics | |
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