Shivan Poudel
- Mentored Research for High-School Students
- Subsequent Position:Enrolled at Rose-Hulman Institute of Engineering
- Current:
Teaching
As a teacher, I aim to communicate my enthusiasm for science and for the scientific method. Scientific method is crucial to solving problems, generating ideas, and making policies and decisions. I want students to use the skills acquired in my classroom and lab to secure employment, but more importantly, to apply those skills in the service of humanity.
Courses taught
- PHY101/PHY102: Algebra-based introductory physics course sequence
- PHY211: Modern Physics (Special Relativity and Introductory Quantum Mechanics)
- PHY252: Scientific Modeling and Data Analysis
- PHY321: Classical Mechanics
- PHY323: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- PHY324: Classical Electrodynamics
Students mentored
I have immensely enjoyed working with students. In a big collaboration such as ATLAS, there are several self-contained and well-defined projects to which students can make significant contributions. Below is a list of students I have supervised and their subsequent or current positions.
Washington College Students Talks
- Studying the Top Quark Process as a Background in the Search for BSM Higgs Bosons, Zheng Lu '25, US-ATLAS National Symposium, August 2025
- Development of Kinematics-based Likelihood Discriminant in the Search for BSM Higgs Bosons, Tapas Kumar '24, US-ATLAS National Symposium, August 2024
- Modeling Top Quark Background for New Higgs-Boson Search at the Large Hadron Collider, Zheng Lu '26, ATLAS BSM Higgs Search Meeting, July 2023
- Modeling Top Quark Background for New Higgs-Boson Search at the Large Hadron Collider, Zheng Lu '26, John S. Toll Presentations, Summer 2023
- Trigger studies for Di-Higgs Search at the Large Hadron Collider, Sneha V. Dixit '23, US-ATLAS National Symposium, August 2023
- Developing particle physics lab for undergraduate curriculum, Tapas Kumar '24, John S. Toll Presentations, Summer 2023
- Classification of signal and background in search for Di-Higgs Boson at Large Hadron Collider, Rano Marufova '23, John S. Toll Presentations, Summer 2023
- Higgs Boson as a Tool for Search for New Laws of Physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, Eniya Jaber '23 and Tapas Kumar '24, AstroPhilly22 Conference, Villanova University, 2022
- Higgs Boson as a Tool for Search for New Laws of Physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, Eniya Jaber '23 and Tapas Kumar '24, John S. Toll Presentations, Summer 2022
- Modeling Top-Quark Background in the Search for Di-Higgs at the Large Hadron Collider, Sneha V. Dixit '23, John S. Toll Presentations, Summer 2021
- Background Modeling in the Search for Di-Higgs with the ATLAS Detector, Peyton Stewart '21, John S. Toll Presentations, March 2021
- Background Modeling in the Search for Di-Higgs with the ATLAS Detector, Peyton Stewart '21, ATLAS Di-Higgs Meeting, November 2020
Washington College Students Posters
- Integrating Particle Physics Data Analysis into Undergraduate Curriculum Using Jupyter Notebooks, Kelsey Sanderell '27, American Physical Society Global Summit, March 2026
- Kinematic Studies of BSM Higgs Search in the Di-Lepton bbWW Channel, Yar Mary Amol '27, American Physical Society Global Summit, March 2026
- Reducing Systematic Uncertainties in Top-Quark Modeling in the Search for BSM Higgs Bosons, Kelsey Sanderell '27, ATLAS Collaboration Week at CERN, May 2025
- Modeling Top Quark Background for New Higgs-Boson Search at the Large Hadron Collider, Zheng Lu '26, American Physical Society Global Summit, March 2025
- Modeling Top Quark Background for New Higgs-Boson Search at the Large Hadron Collider, Zheng Lu '26, Fall Family Weekend Poster Session, September 2024
- Developing Particle Physics Lab for Undergraduate Curriculum, Tapas Kumar '24, Fall Family Weekend Poster Session, October 2023
- Classification of Signal and Background in Search for Di-Higgs Boson at Large Hadron Collider, Rano Marufova '23, Fall Family Weekend Poster Session, October 2023
- Higgs Boson as a Tool for Search for New Laws of Physics at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, Eniya Jaber '23 and Tapas Kumar '24, Fall Family Weekend Poster Session, October 2022
- Modeling Top-Quark Background in the Search for Di-Higgs at the Large Hadron Collider, Sneha V. Dixit '23, Fall Family Weekend Poster Session, October 2021
High School Students
Elias Kehm
- Dual-Enrollment w/ CERN Project
- Subsequent Position: Continuing student at Queen Anne County High
- Current: -
Theo Kehm
- Dual-Enrollment w/ CERN Project
- Subsequent Position:Continuing student at Queen Anne County High
- Current: -
Alden Swanson
- Dual-Enrollment w/ CERN Project
- Subsequent Position:
- Current: Enrolled at Williams College
Biratal Wagle
- High School Student Program at CERN
- Subsequent Position:B.Sc. (Ashoka University); M.Sc. (Dartmouth College)
- Current: ML Engineer (Health Data Science, Dartmouth College)
Student's name
- REU 2026 (Kent County High School)
- Subsequent Position:
- Current: Math and Physics Major at Washington College
Washington College Students
Gita Mohammadi
- REU 2026 (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position: Data Science and Business Management Major at Washington College
- Current: Data Science and Business Management Major at Washington College
Kimberly N. Andrews
- REU 2026 (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position: Math and Physics Major at Washington College
- Current: Math and Physics Major at Washington College
Aditya Mallya
- REU 2026 (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position: Math and Physics Major at Washington College
- Current: Math and Physics Major at Washington College
Yar Mary Ajang A. Amol
- AY 2025-26 Toll Fellowship (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position: Math and Physics Major at Washington College
- Current: Math and Physics Major at Washington College
Zheng Lu
- AY 2024-25 Toll Fellowship (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position:
- Current: Graduate Engineering Student at Washington University in St. Louis
Kelsey Sanderell
- AY 2026 Toll Fellowship (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position:
- Current: Environmental Science and Physics Major at Washington College
Rano Marufova
- REU 2023 (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position:Computer Science and Business Major at Washington College
- Current: Data Specialist at Center for Environmental Sciences (Washington College)
Jason Ikenaga
- AY 2022-24 Toll Fellowship (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position: Computer Science Major at Washington College
- Current: Industry Position
Tapas Kumar
- REU 2022 & 2023 (Washington College)
- ATLAS Super Fellow 2023
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (CMS)
- Current: PhD student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (CMS)
Sneha Dixit
- REU 2021 and AY 2022-23 Toll Fellowship (Washington College)
- ATLAS Super Fellow 2023
- Subsequent Position:
- Current: PhD student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Eniya Jaber
- REU 2022 (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position: M.Eng. at Washington University in St. Louis
- Current: M.Eng. at Washington University in St. Louis
Peyton Stewart
- REU 2020 (Washington College)
- Subsequent Position: Grad student at Clemson University
- Current: Account Executive at Catalyst Education
Other Students
Aasharya Bhandari
- CalState@CERN Summer 2026
- Subsequent Position: Continuing B.Sc. (Physics) at St. Xavier’s College
- Current: -
Athena Tran
- CalState@CERN Summer 2026
- Subsequent Position:Continuing physics major at Cal State Uni (Dominguez Hills)
- Current: -
Justin Chrien
- CalState@CERN Summer 2025
- Subsequent Position: Continuing physics major at Cal Poly (Pomona)
- Current: -
Barno Abdulazizova
- CERN Summer Student 2025
- Subsequent Position: M.Sc. (Physics), University of Rome Sapienza
- Current: Strategic Development, Al Beruniy International School
Shikshya Pandey
- CERN Summer Student 2021
- Subsequent Position: M.Sc. (Physics), Pennsylvania State University
- Current: PhD student at Pennsylvania State University
Pratik Kafle
- CERN Summer Student 2021
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at Michigan State University
- Current: PhD student at Michigan State University
Jacob Borison
- REU 2021 (Ohio State University)
- Subsequent Position:
- Current: The Aerospace Corporation
Dmitriy Zubov
- CERN Summer Student 2021
- Subsequent Position: PhD Student at Moscow State University
- Current: PhD Student at Moscow State University
Xiang Zhang
- REU 2021 (Ohio State University)
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at University of Virginia
- Current: PhD student at University of Virginia
Rasmita Timalsina
- CERN Summer Student 2020
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at Catholic University of America
- Current: PhD student at Catholic University of America
Roshan Joshi
- CERN Summer Student 2019
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at Ohio State University
- Current: PhD student at Ohio State University
Chaosong Chen
- REU 2019 (Ohio State University)
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at Pennsylvania State University
- Current: PhD student at Pennsylvania State University
Caeley Pittman
- CERN Summer Student 2019
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at Boston Universiy
- Current: PhD student at Boston University
Zhenyu Wu
- REU 2019 (Ohio State University)
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at University of Virginia
- Current: PhD student at University of Virginia
Rami Dhungana KC
- CERN Summer Student 2018
- Subsequent Position:M.Sc. (Physics), St. Xavier’s College (Kathmandu)
- Current:-
Jessica Sydnor
- CERN Summer Student 2018
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at Western Virginia University
- Current: -
Stephanie Fouts
- REU 2017 (Washington and Lee University)
- Subsequent Position:
- Current:
Kalpanie Liyanage
- CERN Summer Student 2017
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
- Current: Assistant Professor at University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Anthony Ciavarella
- REU 2017 (Ohio State University)
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at University of Washington
- Current: PhD student at University of Washington
Mahesh Thakuri
- CERN Summer Student 2016
- Subsequent Position: President of Pokhara Astronomy Society
- Current: PhD student at Oklahoma State University
Santosh Parajuli
- CERN Summer Student 2015
- Subsequent Position: PhD student at Southern Methodist University
- Current: Postdoc at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign