Praveen P. Pathak


EDUCATION:  Ph. D. (Physics)

DESIGNATION: Scientific Officer (E)

E-MAIL: praveen at hbcse dot tifr dot res dot in

RESEARCH INTEREST: Physics Education Research, Misconceptions in Physics, Teaching-Learning, Physics Problem Solving, Assessment, Smartphone-based Experiments, Low-cost Instrumentation 

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Praveen Pathak, Aneesh Kumar, Charudatt Kadoklar, "Center of mass of 2D and 3D objects and the golden ratio," Physics Education (IoP, UK), Accepted for publication in 2024.
  2. Praveen Pathak, Rishi Raj, Yogita Patel, "Magnetically coupled oscillators and a smartphone," The Physics Teachers (AIP Publishing), Accepted for publication (2024).
  3. Mamatha Maddur, Arnab Bhattacharya, and Praveen Pathak, "Studying temperature-dependent sound speed in a constantly-filling beaker using a smartphone," The Physics Teachers (AIP Publishing) Accepted for publication in (2024).
  4. Vivek Lohani and Praveen Pathak, "Image formation by two plane mirrors," Physics Education (IoP, UK), 58 035004 (2022).
  5. Praveen Pathak, "Human reaction time measurement using a smartphone," The Physics Teachers (AIP Publishing) 60, 723 (2022).
  6. Praveen Pathak and Yogita Patel, "Analysing free-falling magnet to measure gravitational acceleration using a smartphone's magnetometer," The Physics Teachers 60, 327 (2022).
  7. Praveen Pathak and Yogita Patel, "Determination of the friction coefficient of an inclined plane using the Doppler effect and smartphones," Physics Education (IoP, UK), 55 065015 (2020).
  8. Praveen Pathak, Shruti Tandon, and M Bhargav Sri Venkatesh, "An approximate approach to the quantum well in the presence of electric field and BenDaniel–Duke boundary condition," European Journal of Physics, 41 035403 (2020).
  9. Gautam Dutta, Mitaxi Mehta, and Praveen Pathak, "Balancing on the edge, the golden ratio, the Fibonacci sequence and their generalization," European Journal of Physics, 39(6), 065805 (2018).
  10. L. P. S. Kaura and Praveen Pathak, "The Jaggery (Gud) Mounds of Bijnor," Student Journal of Physics, accepted for publication (2017).
  11. L. P. S. Kaura and Praveen Pathak, "A Pedagogical Model for the Doppler Effect with Application to Sources with Constant Accelerations," The Physics Teacher (American Association of Physics Teacher's publication) 55, 36 (2017).
  12. Praveen Pathak, and V. Singh, "Yet another encounter with the golden ratio: Balancing laminar bodies on the edge," European Journal of Physics, 37, 055001 (2016).
  13. Shilpi Singh, Praveen Pathak, and Vijay Singh, "Approximate approaches to the one-dimensional finite potential well," European Journal of Physics, 32 (6), November 2011.
  14. R. Makhijani, Praveen Pathak, and Vijay A. Singh, "A pedagogical study of cooling of a granular gas," Resonance - Journal Of Science Education (Indian Academy of Sciences), November (2011).
  15. H. S. Mani, Praveen Pathak, and Vijay Singh, "Energy and Angular Momentum Storage in a Rotating Magnet," American Journal of Physics, 79(8), August 2011.
  16. V. Singh and Praveen Pathak, "Gender asymmetry in selection tests at the pre-college level," Current Science, 98(11), 10 June 2010.
  17. V. Singh, Praveen Pathak, P. Pandey, "An entropic measure for the teaching-learning process," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 388, 4453-4458 (2009).
  18. R. Raorane, R. Mahajan, Praveen Pathak, and Vijay A. Singh, "The Landau theory of phase transitions: a mechanical analog," Resonance - Journal Of Science Education (Indian Academy of Sciences), pp. 704-713, July 2009.
  19. H. Asnani, R. Mahajan, Praveen Pathak, and V. A. Singh, "Effective mass theory of a two-dimensional quantum dot in the presence of Magnetic Field," Pramana, 73 (3), 573 (2009).
  20. Vijay A. Singh, Manoj K. Harbola, and Praveen Pathak, "Defects in Semiconductor Nanostructures," Pramana, 70(2), 255-261, February 2008.
  21. A. Kamra, Praveen Pathak, and V. A. Singh, "A Mean Field Theory of Coulomb Blockade distribution for a Disordered ensemble of Quantum Dots," Physical Review B, 77 115302 (2008).
  22. Praveen Pathak, Vijay A. Singh, Vinay Uppal, "Black hole Physics via dimensional analysis," Resonance - Journal Of Science Education (Indian Academy of Sciences), pp. 475-486, May 2008.
  23. Praveen Pathak, Vijay A. Singh, Himanshu Asnani, "A Potpourri of Fermi Problems," Resonance - Journal Of Science Education (Indian Academy of Sciences), pp. 58-66, June 2007.
  24. Vijay A. Singh, Praveen Pathak, K. Krishna Chaitanya, "Quantum states of neutrons in the earth's gravitational field," Resonance - Journal Of Science Education (Indian Academy of Sciences), pp. 90-100, August 2006.
  25. G. Saraswat, Praveen Pathak, "Electronic transmission in ordered one-dimensional nanostructures: Approach to the Kronig-Penney Model," Prayas, 2(6), pp. 184-189, Nov.-Dec. 2005.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

  1. Coulomb Blockade Distribution for a Disordered Ensemble of Quantum Dots, International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), IIT Mumbai-TIFR, Dec. 2007 (Poster Presentation).
  2. Quantum States of Fullerenes and Atoms in the Earth's Gravitational Field, Annual Convention of Indian Association of Physics Teachers and National Symposium on Impact of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology on Physics Education, Nov. 2-4, 2006 (Oral Presentation).
  3. Quantum States of Fullerenes and Atoms in the Earth's Gravitational Field, International Conference on Mesoscopic and Disordered Systems, IIT Kanpur, Dec. 2006 (Poster Presentation).
  4. A Mean Field Approach to Coulomb Blockade for a Disordered Assembly of Quantum Dots, International Conference on Mesoscopic and Disordered Systems, IIT Kanpur, Dec. 2006 (Poster Presentation)
  5. The role of friction in rolling bodies: testing students' conceptions, evaluating educational systems and testing the test, International conference to Review Research in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (Episteme 2) conference, Feb. 12-15, 2007, HBCSE, Mumbai (Poster Presentation).

BOOK:

  • Indian National Physics Olympiad, Theory Problems and Solutions (2005-2009), Vijay A. Singh and Praveen Pathak,  Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education Publications, Mumbai (2009).

THESIS ADVISOR:

       Prof. Vijay Singh