Talk Programs

Talk Program-August 22, 2019

Today on Thursday at 12:00-14:00, we had a talk program at IoE (Venue: F-Block Conference Hall, Civil Block).
Prof. Dr. Yoshihide Sekimoto, Prof. Dr. Dinesh Manandhar, Mr. Shogo Inadomi and Mr. Go Sato were the presenters. Prof. Sekimoto is Associate Professor of The University of Tokyo (UT). He belongs to Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) Department. Dr. Manandhar is Associate Professor (Project-based) at Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS) of The University of Tokyo (UT). Mr. Shogo belongs to Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, B3 Undergraduate Student. Mr. Sato also belongs to University of Tokyo, Department of Civil Engineering, B3, internship at Sekimoto lab (2 years ago). Following were the discussion agenda of today’s presenters.

Prof. Dr. Sekimoto

  1. Introduction of Research and Projects being conducted by Urban Informatics Lab at IIS, The University of Tokyo
  2. Transport Infrastructure Planning: Challenges and Issues – Cases of Japan

Prof. Dr. Manandhar

  1. Introduction to GNSS and Its Applications
  2. Application Example: GPS/GNSS for Transport Monitoring and Management
  3. GNSS Capacity Building in Asia

Mr. Shogo & Mr. Sato

  1. Public Transport Management and Information System

Thanks very much for your participation and interactions with aforesaid presenters.

 

Talk program-July 25, 2019

Talk Program on “Artificial Intelligence for Engineers and Researchers”

As we know, AI tools have been using in the fields of Civil Engineering such as Construction management, Waste management, Traffic management, Building materials, Hydraulic optimization, Structural, Transportation, Geo-technical, Environmental and Disaster management. In addition to these, AI tools have been using in the specialization fields of Civil Engineering like Structural health monitoring, Pavement maintenance planning, Bridge performance monitoring, Tidal forecasting, Earthquake induced liquefaction, Foundation performance evaluation and so on.

AI is a bunch of logic codes which would be intelligent, efficient and accurate enough to execute the engineering works. Our BE Graduate (061 batch, Electronics and Communication Engineering), Dr. Bishesh KHANAL delivered a scientific lecture on “AI for Engineers and Researchers”. The detail of the program was as follows.

Program Detail:

Guest: Dr. Bishesh KHANAL (Research Scientist, Nepal Applied Mathematics & Informatics Institute for Research, Visiting Researcher, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Science, King’s College London, Visiting Researcher, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London)

Topic of Lecture: “AI for Engineers and Researchers”

Date: July 25, 2019 (A.D.) or Sharwan 9, 2076 (B.S.) THURSDAY

Time: 4:00 pm onward (Arrival Time: 10 min. to 4:00 pm)

Venue: F-Hall (F-Block, GF) Pulchowk Campus, IoE, T.U.

Organizer: Department of Civil, Pulchowk and Thapathali Campus, IoE, TU, Nepal

Thanks very much for your participation and interaction with our Guest.

 

 

Talk program-July 21, 2019

Talk Program on ‘Science of Success for Engineers and Researchers’

We had a talk program on different subject, but that was an interesting for everyone who were participating in the program. Our B.E. Graduate (052 Batch) Topendra KHANAL delivered a lecture on “Science of Success for Engineers and Researchers”. He has been doing research on different dimension of life since 1995, when He was a student at I.O.E., Pulchowk Campus. It was an inspiring lecture for our faculty members, research scholars and students. He interacted with the participants so nicely, all questions were answered so interestingly. We all spent a quality time there. It was about 2 hrs program. He addressed following points in his wonderful lecture.

Points to be addressed:

1) Illusory picture of time, 2) Total manifestation, 3) Success: illusion or reality, 4) Science behind teleportation & materialization-Quantum Physics, 5) Human sufferings and it’s baseline, 6) Physics of relationship, 7) Cosmic consciousness, 8) Science of super consciousness, 9) Art of right listening, 10) Living with high energy and consciousness and 11) Space of oneness and so on.

The detail of the program was as follows.

Program Detail:

Guest: Mr. Topendra KHANAL (B.E. in Civil Engineering from Pulchowk Campus & Master in Applied Buddhism from University Campus, Kirtipur, T.U.)

Topic of Lecture: “Science of success for engineers and Researchers”

Date: July 21, 2019 (A.D.) or Sharwan 5, 2076 (B.S.) SUNDAY

Time: 4:00 pm onward (Arrival Time: 10 min. to 4:00 pm)

Venue: F-Hall (F-Block, GF) Pulchowk Campus, IoE, T.U.

Organizer: Department of Civil, Pulchowk and Thapathali Campus, IoE, TU, Nepal

Thanks very much for your participation and interaction with our Guest.

 

Talk program-July 19, 2019

This time, Mr. Lok Bijaya ADHIKARI was a guest. He has delivered a guest lecture on “Seismic Observation in Nepal”. He is the Chief at National Seismological Center, Department of Mines and Geology. He has completed BSc in Geology from Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Ghantaghar in 1994. Then He completed MSc in Mathematics from Central Department of Mathematics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur in 2002 and PGD in Seismology from International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) and Tokyo University, Japan in 2003. He also completed MSc in Geology in the year 2012. He has a long time experience in seismic observations. He has comfortably presented and interacted with the participants. He has effectively addressed following points in his lecture.

  1. Seismicity and focal mechanism of Mw 7.8 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake
  2. Seismic Stations
  3. Seismic Vault
  4. Earthquake Records
  5. Seismic Data Acquisitions
  6. GPS Networks
  7. Accelerometer networks
  8. National Seismological Network
  9. Earthquake Early Warning System.

Program Detail:

Guest: Mr. Lok Bijaya ADHIKARI (Chief at National Seismological Center, Department of Mines and Geology, GoN)

Topic of Lecture: “Seismological observations in Nepal”

Date: July 19, 2019 (A.D.) or Sharwan 3, 2076 (B.S.) FRIDAY

Time: 4:00 pm onward (Arrival Time: 10 min. to 4:00 pm)

Venue: F-Hall (F-Block, GF) Pulchowk Campus, IoE, T.U.

Thanks very much for your participation and interaction with our Guest.

 

Talk program-July 14, 2019

A senior surveyor/Geomatic engineer Mr. Punya Prasad OLI delivered a lecture on “Efficient survey techniques for engineers and researchers”. He has done Master’s degree in Land Surveying in the year 1972 from North East London Polytechnic, London, U.K. He was a former Director General (DG), Chief of Survey Department, GoN. He addressed following points in his lecture.

  1. Measurement of height of the Mount Everest
  2. Glacier Lake and River Survey
  3. Spatial measurement of shifted blocks during earthquake
  4. National boundary survey
  5. Engineering survey-Building, Bridge, hydro-power, Road, Irrigation, Water supply etc.
  6. Differential GPS
  7. Data Logging-Total Station and other Survey Instruments.

The detail of the program was as follows.

Program Detail:

Guest: Mr. Punya Prasad OLI (Master’s Degree in Land Surveying, 1972, North East London Polytechnic, London, U.K. and Former Director General (DG), Chief of Survey Department, GoN.)

Topic of Lecture: “Efficient Survey Techniques for Engineers and Researchers”

Date: July 14, 2019 (A.D.) or Ashad 29, 2076 (B.S.) SUNDAY

Time: 4:00 pm onward (Arrival Time: 10 min. to 4:00 pm)

Venue: F-Hall (F-Block, GF) Pulchowk Campus, IoE, T.U.

 

Talk program-July 9, 2019

Prof. Dr. Henri Gavin from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA delivered a scientific lecture on earthquake early warning at Pulchowk Campus. His research interests are in the fields of structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, nonlinear dynamics, seismic hazard mitigation for building contents, system identification, the statistical characterization of environmental loads including wind and earthquake, and optimal control with application to systems with controllable damping.

He has been working on earthquake early warning since long time. He is here in Nepal for 3 weeks. His research students from USA have already been here since 2 months and they have been doing a collaborative research works with our students. Through his enlightening lecture He has addressed major issues of earthquake early warning. The program detail was as follows.

Program Detail:

Guest: Prof. Dr. Henri Gavin, Ph.D., P.E. from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University,

Topic of Scientific Lecture: Robust methods for earthquake early warning

Program Date: 9th July 2019 (Tuesday)

Time: 4:00 pm onward

Venue: Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus (F-Hall, GF, F-Block)

Thanks very much for all the participants who were in the today’s program. As per our attendance sheet, total number of participants were 140.

 

Talk program-June 20, 2019

We jointly organized a talk program at Pulchowk Campus. Thapathali Campus was a co-organizer of this program. Our B.E. graduate, Hom Nath Gharti from Princeton University was a guest. He delivered his wonderful lecture on co-seismic and post-earthquake deformation, earthquake induced gravity perturbation, gravity anomalies, magnetic anomalies and so on. In viewing of his presentation, He has been working towards the ground breaking research. It seemed that He has been working towards the some of the unsolved problems in the field of geophysics. The program detail was as follows.

Program Detail:

Guest: Dr. Hom Nath Gharti, from Princeton University, USA (B.E. Graduates, I.O.E., Pulchowk Campus, 054 Batch)

Topic of Lecture: A Spectral-Infinite_Element method: Application to the broad range of geophysical problems.

Date: June 20, 2019 (Thursday)

Time: Sharp 9:00 am onward (Arrival time: Quarter to 9:00 am)

Venue: F-Block Hall (GF), Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus

 

Talk program-June 19, 2019

We organized a talk program as a co-organizer. Thapathali Campus and Pulchowk Campus jointly organized the program. Prof. Marc Veletztos, an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at Merrimack College, USA delivered a nice lecture on ‘Post-earthquake assessment of RC bridge’. The program was so exciting and interesting to everyone, who were participating the program. Prof. Marc interacted so nicely with the audience. The program detail was as follows.

Program Detail:

Guest: Professor Marc Veletzos, Ph.D., P.E., Merrimack College, USA

Topic:  Post-earthquake assessment of RC bridge

Time: Sharp 9 am onwards (Arrival time: 10 minutes to 9am)

Date: June 19, 2019 (Wednesday)

Venue: Conference Hall, Thapathali Campus

 

 

Talk program-June 14, 2019

Assistant Professor Dr. Reyes Garcia delivered a guest lecture at I.O.E., Pulchowk entitled on ‘Seismic Strengthening of existing EC buildings using metal straps and Fiber reinforced Polymers’. Dr. Reyes Garcia is an Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering at the University of Warwick (UK). His detail resume is as follows.

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/people/profile/?tag=rg