Prabhakar P. Singh


TEACHING EXPERIENCE:


Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, 1994-


I have taught the following courses at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai:



Course

Level

Year

1.

Electromagnetic Theory I (PH 424)

B. Tech. & M. Sc.

05-06, 04-05

2.

Advanced Simulation Techniques in Physics (PH 810)

B. Tech., M. Sc & Ph. D.

03-04

3.

Computer Programming and Numerical Methods (PH 803)

Ph. D.

05-06, 04-05, 03-04

4.

Quantum Mechanics II (PH 422)

B. Tech. & M. Sc.

02-03, 01-02, 00-01

5.


Applications of Quantum Mechanics (PH 805)

Ph. D.

00-01


6.

Condensed Matter Physics I (PH 429)

B. Tech.

& M. Sc.

06-07, 01-02

7.

Condensed Matter Physics (PH 522)

B. Tech. & M. Sc.

99-00, 98-99, 97-98

8.

Physics I (PH 101)

B. Tech.

98-99, 97-98, 96-97, 95-96

9.

Mechanics of Continuous Systems (EP 306)

B. Tech.

96-97, 95-96, 94-95

10.

Physics Lab I (PH 115)

B. Tech.

97-98, 96-97, 95-96, 94-95

11.

Physics Lab II (PH 116)

B. Tech.

97-98, 96-97, 95-96, 94-95


In addition to the above courses, I have also taken the tutorials for Physics I (PH 101), Physics II (PH 102) and Physics III (PH 104).


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1983-1989


As a teaching assistant from 1983-1984 and 1985-1989, I taught undergraduate lab courses in physics and took tutorials.



 THESIS SUPERVISION:


Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, 1994-

I have guided two Ph. D. students. Currently, I am the co-guide for two more Ph. D. students.



Name

Title

Level

Year

1.

Jiji Thomas Joseph P

First-principles characterizations of compositional disorder on the electronic structure properties of MgB2 and MgCNi3

Ph. D.

99-05

2.

Manoj Kumar Singh

Transition metal doping of carbon nanotubes: Theoretical and experimental studies

Ph. D.

99-04


3.

Padmja Patnaik

Study of defect states in SiC nanoparticles

Ph. D.

03-

4.

Padmnabh Rai

Field emission from carbon nanotubes

Ph. D.

04-


I have been the guide for the following B. Tech. and M. Sc. Projects.



Name

Title

Level

Year

1.

S. K. Biswas

Multi-Band Superconductivity

M. Sc.

05-06

2.

R. Aggarwal

Code Development for Visualization of Fermi Surfaces of Solids

B. Tech.

03-04

3.

P. Kumar

Tunneling Spectra of Superconductors

M. Sc.

03-04

4.

S. Adak

First Principle Study of Solids using Tight-Binding Linear Muffin-Tin Orbital Method

M. Sc.

02-03

5.

N. Ganesh

Computation of NiPt Energy Band Structure

B. Tech.

98-99

6.

G. Bhakar

Computation of Band Structure in Ni-Pd Alloy Using LMTO Method

B. Tech.

98-99

7.

L. K. Bansal

Computation of Crystal Green’s Function

M. Sc.

97-98

8.

Ajay Kuttavila

Electronic Structure of Disordered Metallic Alloys

M. Sc.

95-96

9.

Archana Pai

Many-Body Techniques in Solid State Physics

M. Sc.

95-96

10.

S. R. Hassan

Theoretical Study of Band-Structure of Perfect Solids

M. Sc.

95-96

11.

N. Jain

Study of Band-Structure Theory

B. Tech.

95-96


I have also supervised the following B. Tech. seminars.



Name

Title

Level

Year

1.

P. Agarwal

Symmetry Transformations of Electromagnetic Fields

B. Tech.

04-05

2

A. Pattanayak

Point Group Symmetries and Symmetrization

B. Tech.

97-98

3.

M. Demello

Magnetic Effects in Clusters

B.Tech.

95-96

4.

K. Namjoshi

Microclusters: Electronic Properties and Structures

B. Tech.

95-96