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Dr. Chiranjivi Lamsal

Assistant Professor of Physics

Portrait of Chiranjivi LamsalDr. Lamsal started his teaching career in 1996, along with his post-secondary studies. After receiving his Ph.D. in Physics, he worked as a pre-engineering instructor where he gained experience in teaching physics, mathematics, and engineering courses that include: Introductory Physics, Calculus, Engineering Mechanics, Introduction to Programming, and Differential Equation. During his Ph.D., he studied electronic, thermoelectric, and optical properties of vanadium oxides. His research in master’s degree involves the study of structure, packing, and orientation of halomethanes on graphite, and silica substrates at different temperatures using Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS), a classical molecular dynamics simulation package.

Dr. Lamsal’s field of research includes modeling and simulation of material properties using numerical methods, atomistic modeling techniques, and quantum mechanical calculation software packages. He engages undergraduate students in technology-based-research, molecular research, and numerical analysis research. Technology based research includes: (a) Designing, building, and launching a rocket, which provides students with a real-world application of the scientific methods; (b) Building and controlling an intelligent robotic system, which combines physics, mathematics, engineering, and computer programming. Before coming to SUNY Plattsburgh, his research in robotics received a $10,000 Toyota STEM award for the most established, and innovative undergraduate projects in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in tribal colleges and universities.

On the molecular research, Dr. Lamsal mainly uses quantum calculation packages based on electronic structure methods such as Gaussian, a computational chemistry software package. He believes that such computational packages are good tools for involving undergraduate students in research. Even though it is a relatively advanced field of research for beginning undergraduates, user friendly graphical interface can be used to build molecules or reactive systems, to set up input files, and to examine results graphically. He is also open to working with any projects of students’ interest.

Dr. Lamsal also reviews manuscript regularly for the following journals:

Education

  • Ph.D. in Physics, Rutgers University and New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2015.
  • M.S. in Applied Physics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2010.
  • M.S. in Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2002.

Professional Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Physics, SUNY Plattsburgh, 2018–present
  • Pre-Engineering Instructor, Fort Peck Community College, 2015–2018
  • Adjunct Professor, Physics, Bergen Community College (Spring 2015)
  • Adjunct Professor, Computer Science (Educational Opportunity Program), New Jersey Institute of Technology (Summer 2013, and 2014)
  • Lecturer of Physics, Little Angels’ College, Lalitpur, Nepal, 2004–2007

Publications

Journal Articles
  • Lamsal, and N. M. Ravindra. “Ab Initio Calculations of Transport Properties of Vanadium Oxides”. JOM, 70(4), 561 (2018).
  • Paulson, J. Curtis, E. Bartel, W. Owens-Cyr, and C. Lamsal. “High Powered Rocketry: Design, Construction, and Launching Experience and Analysis”. Physics Education, 53(1), 015014 (2018). (student names are underlined)
  • Lamsal, and N. M. Ravindra. “Ab Initio Calculations of Electronic Properties of Vanadium Oxides”. JOM, 67(12), 3022 (2015).
  • Lamsal, D. R. Mishra, and N. M. Ravindra. “Equilibrium Configuration of (H2O)n, for n=1-3”. Nanomaterials and Energy, 3(4), 129 (2014).
  • Lamsal, and N. M. Ravindra. “Simulation of Spectral Emissivity of Vanadium Oxides (VOx) Based Microbolometer Structures”. Emerging Materials Research, 3(4), 194 (2014).
  • Lamsal, and N. M. Ravindra. “Optical Properties of Vanadium Oxides-An Analysis”. Journal of Materials Science, 48(18), 6341 (2013).
Book Chapters
  • Lamsal, and N. M. Ravindra. “Vanadium Oxides: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications”, under review.
  • Lamsal, and N. M. Ravindra (2014). “Vanadium Oxides for Energy and Security Applications”. In Y. Dwivedi, S. B. Rai & J. P. Singh (Eds.), Spectroscopic Techniques for Security, Forensic and Environmental Applications (pp. 195-220). Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-63117-431-5.
Conference Proceeding
  • Lamsal, D. Chen, and N. M. Ravindra, “Optical and Electronic Properties of AlN, GaN and InN: An Analysis”. Supplemental Proceedings: Materials Processing and Interfaces, 1, 701 (2012).
Supervisor of Undergraduate Student Research Activities
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