1. Poster: Light Scattering Study of Biaxiality in Nematic Liquid Crystal Tetrapodes, K. Neupane1, S. W Kang1, S. Sharma1, T. Meyer2, G. H. Mehl2, D. W. Allender1, S. Kumar1, S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, OH 44242, USA, 2Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, June 29 - July 4, 2008. (PHA32)

  2. Poster: Light Scattering Study of a Lyotropic Chromonic Nematic, Yu. A. Nastishin1, K. Neupane2, O. D. Lavrentovich3, and S. Sprunt2 . 1Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA and Institute of Physical Optics, 23 Dragomanov str., Lviv, 79005, Ukraine, 2Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA, 3Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program & Liquid Crystal institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA. 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference,  Jeju Island, Korea, June 29 - July 4, 2008. (LY09)

  3. Poster: Flexoelectric effect in nematic bent-core liquid crystals measured by Dynamic Light Scattering. M. Majumdar1, K. Neupane1, J. T. Gleeson1, A. Jakli2, S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240, USA. 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, June 29 - July 4, 2008. (PHA33)

  4. Poster: Understanding recent Light Scattering Data on Smectic Films through a Discrete Model of Layer Dynamics. I. Oliveira1, S. Sharma2, K. Neupane2, A. Baldwin2, and S. Sprunt2. 1Department of Physics, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57072-970 Maceio-AL, Brazil, 2Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA. 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, June 29 - July 4, 2008. (DYN25)

  5. Talk: Light Scattering Study of Biaxiality in Nematic Liquid Crystal Tetrapodes, K. Neupane1, S. W Kang1, S. Sharma1 , D. Carney2, T. Meyer3, G. H. Mehl3, D. W. Allender1, S. Kumar1, S Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, 3Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, APS March Meeting 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (V8.00005).

  6. Talk: Flexoelectric effect in a bent-core liquid crystal measured by Dynamic Light Scattering, M. Majumdar1 , K. Neupane1 , J. T. Gleeson1, A.  Jakli2 , S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, APS March Meeting 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (W8.00006).

  7. Talk: Light Scattering Study of Biaxial Nematic Phases in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, Collaborators: S. W. Kang1, G. H. Mehl2, D. W. Allender1, S. Kumar1, S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2The University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. Liquid crystal day, 12 October 2007, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, OH, 44242.

  8. Poster: Flexoelectric effect in a bent-core liquid crystal measured by Dynamic Light Scattering, M. Majumdar1, K. Neupane1, J. T. Gleeson1, A. Jakli2, and S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University on Liquid crystal day, 12 October 2007, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, OH, 44242.

  9. Invited Talk: Dynamic Light Scattering Studies of Flexoelectricitya and Biaxialityb in certain Non-calamitic Nematic Liquid Crystals by S. Sprunt. aM. Majumdar1, K. Neupane1, J. T. Gleeson1, S. Sprunt1, J. Harden2, A. Jakli2; bK. Neupane1, S. Kang1, H. Mehl3, D. W. Allender1, S. Kumar1, S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University,3The University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. Portugel......2007.

  10. Invited Talk: Dynamic Light Scattering Studies of Flexoelectricitya and Biaxialityb in certain Non-calamitic Nematic Liquid Crystals by S. Sprunt. aM. Majumdar1, K. Neupane1, J. T. Gleeson1, S. Sprunt1, J. Harden2, A. Jakli2; bK. Neupane1, S. Kang1, H. Mehl3, D. W. Allender1, S. Kumar1, S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University,3The University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. Workshop in Ferroelectric phenomena in liquid crystals, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, OH, June19-28, 2007.

  11. Poster: Dynamic Light scattering study of biaxial nematic ordering in thermotropic liquid crystalline Tetrapodes, K. Neupane1,  S. Kang1, T. Meyer2, G. H. Mehl2, D. W. Allender1, S. Kumar1, S. Sprunt1. 1Kent State University, 2The University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 10-15, 2007, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH.

  12. Poster: Dynamic Light scattering study of Flexoelectric effect in a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal, M. Majumdar1, K. Neupane1, J. T. Gleeson1 and A. Jakli2, S. Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University. Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 10-15, 2007, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH.

  13. Invited Talk: Thermotropic Biaxial Nematic Phase in Bent-Core and Tetrapodic Mesogens by S. Kumar. Collaborators: S. W. Kang1, K. Neupane1, L. Joshi1, Q. B. Wang1, S. Sharma1, S. Sprunt1, R. Dong2, V. Prasad3, K. A. Suresh4, T. Meyer5, G. H. Mehl5, M. Lehmann6, 1Kent State University, 2Brandon University, 3Center for Liquid Crystals Research, 4Raman Research Institute, 5Univeristy of Hull, 6T-U Chemnitz. Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 10-15, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH.

  14. Talk: Observation of a possible tetrahedratic phase in bent-core liquid crystal, David Wiant1 , Krishna Neupane1 , Sunil Sharma1, Antal  Jakli2 , James Gleeson1 , Samuel Sprunt1. 1Department of Physics, Kent State University, 2Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University APS March Meeting 2007, Denver, Colorado, USA (H30.00005).

  15. Talk: Giant Flexoelectricity of bent-core nematic liquid crystals, J. Harden1, B. Mbanga1, M. Majumdar3, K. Neupane3, N. Eber2, K. Fodor-Csorba2, S. Sprunt3, J. T. Gleeson3 and A. Jakli1, 1Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, 2Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, 3Department of Physics, Kent State University, APS March Meeting 2007, Denver, Colorado, USA (H30.00006).

  16. Poster: Fluctuation in liquid crystal films probed by sub-nanosecond photon correlation spectroscopy, S. Sharma, K. Neupane, A. Baldwin, S. Sprunt,  Kent State University at 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Colorado USA(DFCT-23) .

  17. Poster: Light scattering study of biaxial nematic phases reported in thermotropic liquid crystals, K. Neupane1, S. Sharma1,  S. Kang1, S. Kumar1, S. Sprunt1, G. H. Mehl2  Kent State University1, The University of Hull2, Hull HU6 7RX, UK at 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Colorado USA(BIAXP-5).

  18. Poster: Critical behavior at the isotropic to  nematic phase transition in a bent-core liquid crystal, D. Waint, S. Stojadinovic, K. Neupane, S. Sharma, K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Jakli, J. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, Kent State University USA at 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Colorado USA(FERRP-53).

  19. Poster: Critical behavior at the isotropic to nematic phase transition in a bent-core liquid crystals, David Waint, Strahinja Stojadinovic, Krishna Neupane, Sunil Sharma, Katalin Fodor- Csorba , Antal Jakli, James Gleeson,  Samuel Sprunt APS March Meeting 2006 (J1.00202).

  20. Talk: The Nature of Phases, phase transitions, and defects in achiral bent-core and Ge-tetrapodic mesogens exhibiting the biaxial nematic phase by S. W. Kang. Collaborators: Kent State University: K. Neupane, V. Pandya, L. Joshi, Q. Wang, S. Sharma, D. Finotello, S. Sprunt, S. Kumar; The University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK: G. H. Mehl; Center for Liquid Crystals Research, Banglore, India: V. Prasad; 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Colorado, USA (BIAX-O4). 

  21. Invited Talk: More Examples of the biaxial nematic phase by S. Kumar. Collaborators: Kent State University: S.W. Kang, Q. Wang, L. Joshi, B. R. Acharya, A. Primak, K. Neupane, S. Sharma, D. Finotello, S. Sprunt; Raman Research Institute: K. A. Suresh; T-U Chemnitz: M. Lehmann; University of Hull: G. Mehl; Korea University: S. T. Shin, Center for Liquid Crystals Research: V. Prasad; 2nd International Symposium on Biaxial Nematics, Southhampton, UK, Jan 27 (2006).

  22. Poster: Dynamics of Freestanding Smectic Films Studied by Ultrafast Photon Correlation Spectroscopy, S. Sharma, K. Neupane, A. Baldwin, S. Sprunt at Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 19-24, 2005, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH.

  23. Poster: One Nanosecond Photon Correlation Spectroscopy on Smectic Liquid Crystal Films, S. Sharma, K. Neupane, A. Baldwin, S. Sprunt on Liquid crystal day, 22 April 2005, Liquid Crystal Institute Kent OH 44242.

  24. Talk: One Nanosecond Photon Correlation Spectroscopy on Smectic Liquid Crystal Films by S. Sprunt S. Sharma, K. Neupane, A. Baldwin, S. Sprunt on  20th International Liquid Crystal Conference , 2-7 July 2004, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

  25. Talk: One Nanosecond Photon Correlation Spectroscopy on Smectic Liquid Crystal Films, Samuel Sprunt, Sunil Sharma, Anthony Adorjan, Krishna Neupane, Alan Baldwin, APS March meeting 2004 (B22.009).

  26. Conducted Leadership in The Orientating New Teaching Assistants Program conducted by Division of Research and Graduate Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, August 2005.

  27. Participated in a week Teacher Training Programme in Physics Organized by the Directorate of Curriculum and Training, Higher Secondary Education Board in Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal form June 11 – 17, 1999.

  28. Participated in a workshop in Linking Science Education for Higher Secondary to three years Bachelor Programme Organized by Research Center for Educational Innovation & Development, Kathmandu, Nepal May 20 – 23, 2000.