Name: Sunita Ghimire

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering

Email: sunita.ghimire@pcampus.edu.np

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Research Interest/Expertise: 

Structural Analysis and Design;  Seismic Hazard and risk analysis; Ground motion simulation; Casualty estimation; Economic Loss Estimation

Teaching:

Theory of Structures-I, II; Strength of Materials, Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering

•    Bachelor Degree: Civil, Acme Engineering College, Faculty of Science and Technology, Purbanchal University, Nepal,  2013
•    Master Degree: Masters in Earthquake Engineering, Thapathali Campus, IOE, TU, 2016

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Earthquake loss estimation due to damage to residential masonry buildings during scenario earthquakes in Nepal, published in  Progress in Disaster Science, 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2025.100463
2. Effectiveness of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Core Reinforced Concrete Sandwich Panel (RCSP) Over Brick Infill Structure, published in Proceedings of IOE Graduate Conference, August 2024
3. Simulation of the 1934 Nepal Bihar earthquake in Kathmandu, published in Natural Hazards, February 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06400-4
4. Response Spectra for Nepal through Probabilistic Approach, published in Journal of the Institute of Engineering, April 2023
5. Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Nepal, published on Journal of Innovations in Engineering Education, March 2019
6. Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Nepal considering uniform density model, published in Proceedings of IOE Graduate Conference, January 2016