Assistant University

RAJENDRA K. SHRESTHA

***W Bennett Dr., Apartment D, Stillwater, OK 74075

Phone #: 618-***-**** or 618-***-****

E-mail: *********@*******.***

EDUCATION

PhD in progress,

Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK started-August 2008

MS, Physics with Specialization in Photonics August 2008

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)

Master s in Science (M.Sc.), Physics

Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal, June 2003

Bachelors in Science (B.Sc.), Physics

Trivhuvan University(TU), Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 2000

ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Graduate Teaching Assistant (August 2008 to present)

Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University (OSU) Stillwater OK

Home Work Grading and Teaching students in Physics Labs

Recitation

2. Graduate Teaching Assistant (August 2006 to July 2008)

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Resume

Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)

Home Work Grading and Teaching students in Physics Labs

Recitation

3. Assistant Lecturer, part time (July 2003 to July 2006)

Department of Physics, University Campus

TU, Kathmandu, Nepal

Teaching graduate level students and assisting them in Physics lab

4. Assistant Lecturer (August 2003 to July 2006)

Siddhartha Vanasthali Science Campus (T.U.)

Department of Physics, Balaju, Kathmandu Nepal

Teaching undergraduate level physics (Optics, Electricity and Magnetism, Mechanics,

Modern Physics )

RESEARCH WORK

Experimental research on Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy, SIUE

(Jan 2007 to July 2008)

Time Resolved Measurement of Metallic Nanoparticles Embedded on

Glass Substrate using Pump-Probe Spectroscopy with femtoseconds

Ti:Sapphire Laser pulses as a tool

Design of Ti: Sapphire Laser Cavity and generation of Laser pulse using

Kerr Lens Mode-locking technique (Self-mode locked) in the Lab with

the help of Dr. Hernando Garcia, Dept. of Physics SIUE.

Several (not many) theoretical term papers related to laser designing and

localized surface plasmonic theory,

Bose Einstein Condensation

Laser cooling and trapping of 87Rb atom and realization of Bose-Einstein

Condensation (BEC).

Study the dynamics of cold atoms.

AWARDS

IK-JU KANG Student Excellency Award 2007/08, SIUE

MEMBERSHIPS

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Member - American Physical Society (APS), 2007

Student member Optical Society of America (OSA) 2006

Life Member- Nepal Physical Society (NPS), 2004

Founder Member of Integrated Forum Of Science and

Technology[INFOST] Nepal.

Computer programmings: Matlab, Mathematica, origin, labview,

MathCAD, Excel etc.

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