I am delighted to share a development that marks a significant milestone in the academic collaboration between two esteemed institutions: Kathmandu University and Kasetsart University. On May 15, 2024, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, marking a new era of cooperation and shared vision. My personal journey with these universities makes this event particularly …
The presentation slide consists of an introduction to geotechnical engineering, which is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the behavior of earth materials. The presentation defines geotechnical engineering and its importance in the design and construction of civil engineering projects such as buildings, dams, and slope stability. The slide also discusses how geotechnical engineering …
The process of exploring to characterize or define small scale properties of substrata at construction sites is unique to geotechnical engineering. In other engineering disciplines, material properties are specified during design, or before construction or manufacture, and then controlled to meet the specification. Unfortunately, subsurface properties cannot be specified; they must be deduced through exploration. …
Civil Engineering encompasses wide field of study, some of which are structural engineering, transportation engineering, hydropower engineering, water resources, construction management and others. Geotechnical Engineering is also a branch of civil engineering, and it deals with the mechanics of soil and rocks, determining their suitability for the proposed construction of different structures. It is considered …
Challenges and Way Forward – Geotechnical Engineering in Nepal Read More »
On 17 January 2022, at 3:45 am, my body shivered as if I was lying outside on a freezing night. But that wasn’t the case, I was inside the bed enjoying the comfort of a warm blanket. A day before, during the afternoon, I felt some glitch in my throat while supervising soil investigation work …
The idea of reflecting on my past five years and writing about it came after I finished writing a post entitled, “From tee to a shirt.” In that post, I looked back at my past to know how much have I improved and learned from those experiences. I wrote that post when I was 25, …
Suttisak Soralump*1, Avishek Shrestha2, Kobid Panthi2 1. Geotechnical Engineering Research and Development Center (GERD), Bangkok, Thailand 2.SILA Geotechnique Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand Abstract The paper presents various slope stability techniques adopted for the dredging of sand from Boeng Cheung Lake at Cambodia. The sand required for the construction of a new airport was supposed to …
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Upon asking a vivid reader for suggesting a book that is short and sweet, my colleague recommended me, “Tuesdays with Morrie”. I finished it in 3 days, and I liked it. This writing, more than a summary is a collection of texts from the book that I liked and would someday come back to it. …
Book Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man and life’s greatest lesson Read More »
You got to finish what you started. Always be closing. One of the crucial lessons that I learned in life is to finish off what’s started. Be it writing an article, walking 5 km, making a website, learning a song on guitar, or anything, it’s vital to complete it. Else the energy that I spent, …
The pandemic has certainly made our world crazy and uncertain. People are dying and the economy is suffering. Many of us have lost our jobs and even dear ones. It has in one way or the other but definitely affected our normal lives, be it wearing a mask, maintaining social distance or travelling sparsely. In …
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle didn’t fully agree on a definition of happiness. Socrates and Plato argued that it wasn’t just up to fate, luck, or the gods and it was up to the people themselves. To them, happiness was the ultimate goal, something far greater than mere earthly satisfaction. Aristotle, on the other hand, saw …
During the lockdown period, I joined the Netflix community and watched a few series. Vikings was one of those and it easily became my favourite series as it offers a history along with a perspective to manhood, friendship, love, ambition, gods, religion, death, and much. These are the things that have always fascinated me and …
When I had decided to choose civil engineering as my profession, I had no idea that it would offer me a lot of opportunities to travel. Going to Mugu was confirmed when working in RAP3 I was asked by Bill Seal (Engineering Team Leader) to join a team that was conducting a detailed survey for …
Currently, most people are throwing away words like quarantine, isolation and social distancing. Even for myself, I have been using these words synonymously without much care. But turns out, there are differences in these terms which I came to know quite late. Quarantines are for people or groups who don’t have symptoms but were exposed …
My deepest prayers with the ones combating the disease and sincere condolence to the bereaved family. No words can suffice to express gratitude to the forefront battling team of doctors, nurses, health staffs, polices and social volunteers. With the unprecedented spread of coronavirus and the occurring fatalities, many people have begun to question the existence …
Hey Rain. Just what are you? As a child, I used to think whenever god cried, his tears were you. As I grew up, my innocence blurred, I learned the precipitation process and could somewhat figure you out. But despite where you belong, I’m just so freakily surprised with the range of emotions that you …
I was fortunate enough to participate in a program organized by Kyoto University in Japan, along with its partner universities. It was a short term international program on Resilient Society Development under Changing Climate. Although the course was for one month, I had enough memories to last a whole life. My first visit to Japan …
On 4 October 2019, I had the opportunity to accompany Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suttisak Soralump and two other Thai colleagues for the investigation of soil erosion problem and storm water management at Ichinoseki, Iwate prefecture, Tohoku region Japan. Here, I shall try to depict the general context along with major findings, and proposed solutions through …
(Even though it’s a technical article, I shall describe it in a mixture of a formal and a narrative tone.) The title of my Master’s degree research was, “Insitu and Laboratory determination of small-strain stiffness-suction-moisture relationship and its application”. First, let’s explain the technical terms used so that what I was looking for becomes apparent …
There is no doubt in the issue that the climate is changing. The magnitude or extent of climate change is projected by different scientific models. The average of many models predicts that at higher emission scenarios the temperature of the earth is going to rise by 4 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level by 2100 …
