CV

Experience

  • Apr. 2023 - Present
    Structural Engineer
    Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc., Japan
  • Nov. 2022 - Mar. 2023
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Institute of Innovative Research (IIR), Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Institute of Science Tokyo), Japan
  • Oct. 2019 - Dec. 2019
    Research Intern
    Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Nov. 2016 - Aug. 2017
    Lecturer
    Department of Civil Engineering, Cosmos College of Management and Technology, Nepal

Education

  • Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2022
    Ph.D. in Civil (Structural) Engineering
    Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Institute of Science Tokyo), Japan
    • Dissertation: Structural behavior of cast-in-place concrete-filled steel tube piles.
    • Advisors: Prof. Susumu (Sam) Kono and Assoc. Prof. Anil C. Wijeyewickrema
  • Sept. 2017 - Sept. 2019
    M.Eng. in Civil (Structural) Engineering
    Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Institute of Science Tokyo), Japan
    • Thesis: Lateral load analysis and influence of ground motion duration on seismic performance of rocking wall-frame buildings.
    • Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Anil C. Wijeyewickrema
  • Oct. 2012 - Oct. 2016
    B.Eng. in Civil Engineering
    Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Honors and Awards

  • Dec. 21, 2022
    Excellent Presentation Award
    Materials & Structures Laboratory (MSL) Young Researchers Presentation 2022, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    Paper title: Concrete-filled steel tube piles: Flexural behavior and design.

  • Sept. 6, 2021
    Excellent Presentation Award
    10th edition of Creating the Future 20 Years from Now (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Tohoku University)

    Paper title: Response simulation of cast-in-place concrete-filled steel tube piles.

  • Oct. 2019 – Sept. 2022
    Monbukagakusho Scholarship
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan (for Ph.D.)
  • Aug. 8, 2018
    Excellent Presentation Award
    10th Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop (MISW 2018), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    Paper title: Performance of RC buildings with masonry infill walls during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake.

  • Dec. 31, 2017
    Shiva Raj Pant Smriti Award (Gold Medal)
    Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  • Oct. 2017 – Sept. 2019
    Monbukagakusho Scholarship
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan (for M.Eng.)