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Nishant Tatar

Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Nov 21 - Jun 25

BTech in Materials Engineering (Minors, Computer Science & Engineering) — CGPA: 7.43/10.0

Molecular Dynamics Simulator Sep 24 - Oct 24
Prof. Raghavan Ranganathan - GitHub Repo

Designed and developed a software system for particle motion simulation, implementing algorithms to solve computational physics problems under system constraints ensuring computational accuracy.
Implemented logging to keep track of system properties like energy, temperature and pressure with time evolution.

Material Characterization Jan 24 - Apr 24
Prof. Superb Misra

Conducted materials characterisation analyses to evaluate structural, chemical and physical properties, identifying constituent elemental compositions.
Techniques used: DSC, SEM, XRD, FTIR

Network Based Detection and Analysis of Fake News Jan 24 - Apr 24
Prof Udit Bhatia - Project Report

Analyzed 9000+ Twitter interactions using graph-based metrics (degree, centrality, modularity) to uncover community dynamics and detect misinformation propagation patterns.
Applied power-law modeling and network statistics to identify high-influence nodes, enabling data-driven strategies for curtailing fake news spread.

Semiconductor Material Research - CPU Design Pipeline Oct 22 - Nov 22
Prof Sriharitha Rowthu - Project Report

Investigated semiconductor manufacturing stages in modern CPU production.
Assessed future material candidates including Ga2O3, HfSe2, and ZrSe2 for next-gen chip fabrication.

Superconductors and Magnetic Levitation Oct 23 - Nov 23
Prof Gopinadhan Kalon - Project Report

Conducted a comprehensive study on Superconductors, covering fundamental principles, historical context, types and applications.
Investigated practical applications of superconductivity in magnetic levitation technology, quantum computing and high field magnets, exploring research trends and properties of topological superconductors.

Characterization of Cu-Ni Alloys via Hardness and X-Ray Diffraction Oct 23
Prof Pradipta Ghosh - Project Report

Conducted experimental analysis of Copper-Nickel alloys using Vickers hardness testing to quantify material resistance to plastic deformation, demonstrating increasing hardness with higher nickel content.
Utilized X-Ray Diffraction and Bragg's Law to determine lattice parameters of Cu-Ni samples, observing decreasing lattice parameters with increasing nickel content, indicative of lattice contraction due to smaller nickel atomic size.

Computational Process Design - GitHub Repo

Worked with Quantum Espresso for computing ground state properties of Platinum and MoS2 band structures.
Wrote LAMMPS scripts for water membrane filtration and polymer chain miscibility using MC simulations.

Networks and Complex Systems - Report

Worked with and understood various statistical and mathematical tools and techniques used for solving large scale graph systems from a networks perspective.
Worked with a dataset of over 200 Nodes, identifying edges, connectivity and various other network attributes for the Indian Railways transportation system.

Inverse Modelling - Presentation

Worked on Various Inverse Modelling techniques to find solutions to physics and astronomical problems with real world data.

Computational Physics - Colab Notebook

Applied Robust Least Squares, RK4, RK2, and various other techniques to solve time evolution of simple Quantum Mechanical systems.

Convener, Student Senate - IIT Gandhinagar April 2024 - April 2025

Elected head of the highest student representative body; led various policy formulation initiatives increasing accountability and feedback; Updated documents 3 years out of date with various levels of versioning.
Student Member of the Student Disciplinary Committee of IIT Gandhinagar, upholding the founding ethos of integrity of the institute.

Problem Stakeholder, Hackrush - IIT Gandhinagar Oct 2022 - Apr 2025

Conducted Cybersecurity workshops training sessions and competitions for 100+ participants, instrumental in growing the culture for Cybersecurity at IIT Gandhinagar.
Developed and curated original CTF challenges across Cryptography, Web, and Forensics domains, enhancing the learning experience for participants.

Management Coordinator, Technical Council - IIT Gandhinagar Jun 2023 - April 2024

Directed a 6-member team to execute a tech orientation program for 250+ freshmen across 3 venues.
Spearheaded the induction of 300+ students into technical clubs, formalizing them into officially recognised entities.

Part of the organising team of the annual institute hackathon, HackRush, as a problem stakeholder from sophomore year, to event lead along with tech lead in the senior undergrad year.