Rohan Bhandari

Rohan is a senior at Columbia University, where he is studying Physics. Previously, Rohan worked in the lab of Professor Richard Osgood, where he investigated the properties of Graphene. Now, Rohan is interested in high energy physics, particuluary the experiments occuring at the Large Hadron Collider. He is working with Professor John Parsons as part of the ATLAS experiment in searching for non-prompt, non-pointing photons, which would be evidence for Supersymmetry.

Rohan is also Co-Technical Lead with the Uganda Program of the Columbia University Engineers Without Borders (CUEWB). The group is installing Multifunction Platforms (MFP) in rural Ugandan communities. MFPs are essentially large diesel engines that we are using for agricultural processing. The MFPs help to reduce the burden on women and allow children to stay in school longer, as they do not need to do the work by hand. In addition, the processed crops can be sold at a higher price, which helps to raise the standard of living for the community.