Saurabh Singh

Saurabh Singh

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: sbs6760@psu.edu

Phone: 814-321-4910

Office Address: 215 Steidle Building, University Park, PA,16802 United States

 

Education

  • Doctor in Philosophy (Ph.D) in Condensed Matter Physics (Feb 2013 – May 2018), School of
    Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
    Dissertation title: “Thermoelectric Properties of Oxides Materials in High Temperature Region”.
  • Master in Philosophy (M.Phil) in Physics (2010 – 2011), School of Physics, Devi Ahilya
    Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India.
  • Master in Science (M.Sc.) in Physics (2007 – 2009), University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India.
  • Bachelor in Science (B.Sc.) in Physics (2004 – 2009), Thakur College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai, India.

 

 Research Interests/Areas of Research

  • Analysis and Characterization
  • Ceramics
  • Composites
  • Computational Materials
  • Energy
  • Nanomaterials
  • Physics
  • Semiconductors
  • Thermoelectrics
  • Thermomagnetics
  • Thermal Diodes
  • Thermal Rectifiers

 

Awards

  • Best oral presentation award at IIT Mandi Research Fair in 2017.
  • Best oral presentation award (NSMCU-2012), Amity School of Science & Technology Delhi, India.
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2012.
  • Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2010.
  • National Graduate Physics Examination (NGPE) award by Indian Association of Physics Teachers in 2006.
  • B.Sc, MSc, M.Phil with throughout distinctions.
  • International travel award for research presentation International Conference on Thermoelectrics 2017, in California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, supported from SERB, Department Science and Technology India.
  • International travel award for research presentation IUMRS-ICAM 2017, The 15th International Conference on Advanced Materials, 27th August – 1st September 2017, Yoshida Campus Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, supported from SERB, Department Science and Technology, India

 

Publications (in Conference Proceedings)

1. Fabrication of a simple apparatus for the Seebeck coefficient measurement in temperature range 300-600 K, Saurabh Singh and Sudhir K. Pandey, AIP Conference Proceedings 1832, 060006 (2017).

2. Theoretical study of thermopower behavior of LaFeO3 compound in high temperature region, Saurabh Singh, Shivprasad S. Shastri, and Sudhir K. Pandey, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1942, 110018 (2018).

3. Investigation of thermoelectric properties of LaFe0.1Co0.9O3 compound, Saurabh Singh, Shubham Singh, Ashutosh Patel, and Simant Kumar Srivastav, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2115, 030614
(2019).

4. Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of Co2CrGa using first principles calculations, Shubham Singh, Saurabh Singh, Nitin Kumar Bijewar, and Ashish Kumar, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2115, 030368 (2019).

5. Investigation of Thermoelectric properties of Magnetic Insulator FeRuTiSi Using First Principle Calculation, Saurabh Singh, Shubham Singh, Nitinkumar Bijewar, and Ashish Kumar, AIP Conference Proceedings 2265, 030453 (2020).

6. Thermoelectric properties of Half-Metallic FeMnScGa Using First Principle Calculation, Shubham Singh, Saurabh Singh, Nitinkumar Bijewar, and Ashish Kumar, AIP Conference Proceedings 2265, 030649 (2020)

 

Publications in Peer reviewed journals – CV/Resume