Quantum-Mechanical Modeling of Nanomaterials
Conducted tutorials on Quantum ESPRESSO and graded assignments and student exams.
Quantum ESPRESSODFTNanomaterials
Teaching and mentoring
Teaching
Course support, hands-on tutorials, workshop teaching, and public science education across computational materials science, density functional theory, machine learning, and physics.
Overview
Teaching Snapshot
Teaching experience drawn from academic appointments, course assistantships, workshops, and public outreach.
6course assistantships
1invited DFT workshop
21kYouTube subscribers
3.6MYouTube views
IISc and national courses
Course Support at IISc and NPTEL
Teaching assistant and tutorial work connected to computational materials science, machine learning, and engineering education.
Application of Machine Learning for Solving Challenging Engineering Problems
Conducted hands-on tutorials on training machine learning models for engineering problem solving.
Machine LearningHands-on TutorialsEngineering
Machine Learning for Core Engineering Disciplines
Contributes question papers, assignments, tutorials, and reviews course materials and lectures.
AssignmentsTutorialsCourse Review
FSU Jena
Teaching Assistantships During the PhD
As a Scientific Employee at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Manas supported physics, simulation, statistics, and scientific computing courses.
Modelling and Simulation
Supported a curriculum covering basics of quantum mechanics and standard algorithms used in quantum chemistry codes, including geometry optimization.
Basics of Stochastics and Experimental Design
Served as teaching assistant for foundational statistical thinking and experimental design training.
Algorithms for Scientific Computing
Supported Python programming, introductory machine learning, and classical ML models such as support vector machines and decision trees.
- Created exercise sheets and examination papers.
- Conducted weekly tutorials and graded answer sheets.
- Developed course materials for machine learning and Python.
Workshops and outreach
Public Teaching and Mentoring
Teaching beyond formal courses, including workshops, online lectures, tutorials, and mentoring.
Mastering DFT: A Hands-on Training Workshop
Delivered invited lecture and tutorial sessions for the Janardan Singh Foundation online workshop.
Phys Whiz
Founded Phys Whiz to create tutorials and lectures on physics, computational materials science, and scientific computing. The channel has reached about 21k YouTube subscribers and 3.6 million views.
Student Guidance
Mentors U.S. high school students on applications to top U.S. universities and builds accessible web and Android tools for learners and researchers.