BIKALPA LAMICHHANE

An ambitious water resources researcher with a proactive attitude and strong passion for research who demonstrates a flair for creativity, seeks to carry out research in the field of hydrological/ hydraulics modelling and analysis, climate change, ground- water hydrology, sediment analysis, wastewater treatment, hazard mapping, and sustainable environment processes.

TOEFL IBT: 96 (26 R, 24 S, 24 W, 22 L)

• A Refresher Manual on Fluid Mechanics. (2021) (Reference / Manual Book)
• Comparative Study of Flood and Long Term Mean Monthly Flow Estimation Approaches: Case studies of Six Basins in Nepal. (2023).
• Lamichhane B. (2022). Water Availability Assessment and feasibility study for sprinkler or drip Irrigation system at Rapti Khola. Elective project work submitted to the water resources department of civil engineering, Pulchowk Campus

• Precision Irrigation Lab, Tennessee State University, 01/2024 - Present

       Assessing suitability of METRIC (Mapping Evapotranspiration using Internalized Calibration) model for ETc estimation in hot and humid climate of Tennessee. 

      Drone image analysis and processing. 

      Coding for virtual hot pixel to estimate the actual evapotranspiration as per measured by lysimeter.

• Civil Engineering Researcher, Water Resources, Nepal Centre for Engineering and Research, 05/2022 - 09/2022

       Prepared LIDAR contour in civil 3d for drainage basins identification. 

       Wrote LISP code for DEM contour transformations. 

       Analyzed Hydrological trend by fitting to probability distribution model using  Watershed (2d unsteady hydraulic modelling in HEC-RAS and flow hydrograph      generation using HEC-HMS)

      Coded in VBA for hydrological data analysis

      Used Crawford model for assessment of watersheds.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, 04/2021 - 05/2022

      Analyzed Hydrological trend by fitting to probability distribution model using CumFreq and EasyFit. Investigated hydroclimatic trends and extremes in lesser-studied river basins of Nepal using CMIP-6 models (NF, MF, FF) under two shared socioeconomic pathway SSP 245 and SSP 585. 

      Used R to perform statistical analysis and GIS to perform hydroclimatic characterization of study area. 

Oversee assigned activities under guidance of Research Project Supervisor.

• Certificate of completion: 'Justice in Data Bootcamp', (2023) Organized by National Science Foundation (NSF) & University of Texas, Arlington (UTA).
• Attended: 'Reducing environmental impact of dams with the help of integrated hydrodynamic and environmental models Confirmation' (2023) TU Delft
• Ranked among top 1% students in the entrance examination for bachelor's in engineering (BE) taken by IOE 2017 (Scholarship offered by Government of Nepal for Undergrad studies).
• First Position and offered 100% scholarship in entrance examination taken for High School studies.
• Runner-up in National Civil Engineering Olympiad 2022.
• Gold Medalist in District Level Chess Competition 2018.
• Civil Exhibition Volunteer Work, 2018 & 2019 I.O.E Pulchowk Campus.

• Deputy Secretary at Bagmati UNESCO Club
• President at MESS - Pulchowk
• Member of Nepal Engineers' Association (NEA)
• Member of CESS (Civil Engineering Students Society) of Nepal

• Evapotranspiration estimation using satellite-based energy balance model i.e. METRIC model. Extension Program (2024)
• Snow Harvesting in the Himalayan (Water Scarce) Regions of Nepal, Climate Resilient Study. National Level Ideathon (2023) - First Position (Gold medalist) in Water Resource category
• Best Fit Probability Distribution Model for Frequency Analysis of Extreme Instantaneous Runoff Events at Lothar. 9th National Conference on Science and Technology (NAST) (2022)
• Seismic resistant design of multi-storied hospital building, Dynamic non-linear analysis. Final Year Project (2022)

• Prof. Dr. Prem Chandra Jha, Professor / Researcher at Department of Civil engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Hydrology, Soil Conservation and Watershed management and Irrigation Engineering, Research Supervisor, pcj@ioe.edu.np
• Prof. Dr. Gokarna Bahadur Motra, Professor / Researcher at Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Head of Department (HOD), Undergraduate Project Supervisor, gmotra@ioe.edu.np
• Asst. Prof. Ram Krishna Regmi, Researcher / Lecturer at Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Reservoir optimization, Urban flood inundation modelling and numerical simulations, Taught Time series analysis, rkregmi@pcampus.edu.np
• Er. Umesh Dhital, CEO at Niyatra Cosult Pvt. Ltd., Water resources engineering analysis and design, umeshdhital47@gmail.com