Bimal K C, Ph.D.

I was born and raised in Nepal, where I earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Physics from Tribhuvan University. In 2019, I obtained a Master of Science in Physics from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). I received my Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Computational Science from UTEP in December 2024 with the Academic & Research Excellence Outstanding Graduate Student Computational Science award.

My Ph.D. research focuses on modeling the free energy and thermal properties of solids, especially transition metals, under high pressures and temperatures. We aim to develop a more accurate method for evaluating thermal properties and equations of state (EOS) in these extreme conditions. This involves computing the free energies of elemental metals and alloys and assessing their phase stability with temperature and pressure. Also, we incorporated the temperature effect in our calculation using harmonic ensemble lattice dynamics (HELD) employing classical molecular dynamics (LAMMPS) as well as quantum molecular dynamics (QMD).

SEEC, Houston Space Center - Houston, TX, 4-7 Feb 2027

Ph.D. Graduation Ceremony, UTEP - El Paso, TX, 14 Dec 2024

Academic and Research Excellence Award (2024), Computational Science, UTEP

Best Oral Presentation Award (2024), NMSU, NM

Academic and Research Excellence Award (2019), Physics Department, UTEP

Dr. Muñoz Research Group Members: Enjoying Indoor Skydiving @iFly (2022)

Lunch with My Research Advisor & Lab Members (2018)

MS Graduation Ceremony (UTEP), Dec. 15, 2019

Outstanding Achievement Award: Better Rated by Students (2019)

APS March Meeting 2024, Minneapolis, MN

Putting Physics into Motion! (Fall 2025), Central Texas College, TX

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