Sudip Poudel, Ph.D.

Experience

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  New Vision Academy and Oxford high school

  Feb 2009 - Jul 2015

  High School Science Teacher
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  Pokhara University

  Mar 2012 - Jul 2015

  Lecturer in Physics

  Designed courses and prepared course materials for undergraduate Physics courses for engineering students.Responsible for teaching and grading the class of nearly 180 students. Designed and instructed labs for general physics, heat and thermodynamics, optics, sounds & waves, and electromagnetism.

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  National Academy of Medical Sciences (Nepal)

  Feb 2013 - Jul 2015

  Physics Instructor

  Designed Physics course for Pre-Medical students.Taught Physics to Pre-Medical students.

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  The University of South Dakota

  Aug 2015 - May 2021

  Analyzed big data using Matlab and pythonUsed HTML, javascript, CSS, python, and MySQL to develop a User Interface for the SuperCDMS experiment.Used Python and MySQL to develop an automated program to check if the experiment is running as expected.Developed MySQL database for storing all the configuration settings of the experiment. Used ETL for the maintenance of historical data. Used JSON structure for storing and display purposes.Used git for version control and file sharing.Used Geant4, c++ language-based program, for Monte Carlo simulation.Instructed physics lab classes.Gave public presentations of findings at conferences.More than 11 publications in reputed scientific journal. Show less

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2015 - May 2021

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2015 - May 2021
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  The University of Alabama

  Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Set up and calibrated neutron detector. Used the detector to characterize neutron source which was developed at the University. Used Monte Carlo simulation to improve neutron detention efficiency, and overall detection efficiency of LUX dark matter search experiment.Developed AmBE neutron source which is used for dark matter detector calibration.

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  ASML

  Nov 2021 - now

  Senior Optical Sensing Engineer

  Worked on Alignment sensors, which align the wafer at a nanometer scale, for the photolithography process.Designed improvements to improve Alignment sensors.Created and executed the testing plans to qualify the functional/software and mechanical changes in the system.Analyzed data collected during the simulation/machine testingDocumented and presented the Design Plans, Design specifications, testing procedures, and test analysis results.