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Time Details |
Program |
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July 28, 2023 (Friday) – Arrival at the hotel. Opportunity to connect and networking |
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July 29, 2023 (Saturday) |
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Set up, Preparation and Registration |
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7:30:00 AM – 8:30 AM |
Set up, Registration and Preparation |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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8:40 AM |
Welcome and Housekeeping by Sagar Khadka, GWDC Chapter President & Local Chair |
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8:45 AM |
Opening Remarks and Conference Kickoff by Raju Joshee, Conference General Chair |
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8:55 AM |
Overview of Technical Program Schedule by Upendra Poudel, Conference Technical Chair |
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9:00 AM |
ASNEngr and Our Mission by Surya Thapa, ASNEngr President |
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9:10 AM |
ASNEngr and Our Accomplishments by Thakur Dhakal, ASEngr Past President |
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9:20 AM |
Address by Ghanashyam Paudel Member of External Affairs and past President of Society of Nepalese Engineers UK (SONEUK) |
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Chief Guest and Distinguished Guest |
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9:30 AM |
Address by Chief Guest, Mr. Kumar P Kharel, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Nepal, Washington, D.C. |
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9:45 AM |
Address by Distinguished Guest, Harry Bhandari, PhD, Maryland State Delegate and Chair of Maryland Legislative Asian-American & Pacific-Islander Caucus |
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9:55 AM |
Award Distribution Program by Mangal Maharjan ( Outstanding Performance Award and Society Leadership Award) |
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10:00 AM |
Break (5 minutes) |
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Technical Session 1: Engineering and Construction (Session Chairs: Thakur Dhakal, Dr. Krishna Prasad Dhakal) |
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10:05 AM |
Announcement of Technical Session & Chair by Upendra Poudel |
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10:07 AM |
Technical Session 1 – Announcement by Session Chair |
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10:10 AM |
Water, Energy, Food, and Ecosystem (W-E-F-E) Nexus River Basin Development Policy Paradigm for Multisector Infrastructure Development of Nepal- Dr. Gopi Upreti, Professor Emeritus at Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, and Senior Data Scientist with Mantech Intrernational Corporation in USA |
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10:30 AM |
Managing river basins under the federal system of governance in Nepal- Dr. Sanjay Giri, River Basin Specialist, Royal Haskoning DHV, The Netherlands |
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10:45 AM |
Challenges in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Floodplain Modeling and Mapping- Dr. Vinod Mahat, PE, CFM, Stantec, Laurel, MD |
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11:00 AM |
Strengthening of Concrete Column: Which way to choose? – Utsab Pokharel | Shradha Koirala |
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11:15 AM |
Break (5 minutes) |
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Keynote Speech |
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11:20 AM |
Keynote Speech – Arun Shrestha, CEO & Co-Founder, BeyondID |
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11:45 AM – 2:00 PM |
Lunch & Networking |
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Poster Presentation |
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Networking, Judging of Poster Presentation |
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Technical Session 2 – Engineering, Data Analytics and Management (Session Chairs: Ranjan Pokharel, Bhaskar Joshi) |
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2:00 PM |
Technical Session 2 – Announcement by Session Chair |
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2:05 PM |
Real-time Low-cost Wireless Joint Monitoring System for Highway Bridge Performance – Prakash Bhandari, PhD Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT | Shinae Jang, PhD, P.E., Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT| Song Han, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT | Ramesh B. Malla, PhD, F. ASCE, F. EMI, A.F. AIAA, F. ASNEngr, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT |
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2:20 PM |
Security in Private 5G Networks – Jiwan Limbu Ninglekhu, PhD, Senior Cyber Risk Advisory Specialist, Deloitte |
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2:35 PM |
Data Analytics – Construction Engineering – Aashish Pathak, PE |
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2:50 PM |
A unified science of matter, life and evolution – Ram C Poudel, PhD., Assistant Professor, Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Applachian State University, Boone, NC |
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3:05 PM |
Break (05 minutes) |
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Fireside Chat |
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3:10 PM – 4:10 PM |
Fireside Chat – Kulmani Acharya, Kris Ghimire, and Dr. Deepak Shrestha |
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Technical Session 3 – Energy, Production, distribution and Management (Session Chairs: Dilli Raman Neupane, Deependra Pokharel) |
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4:10 PM |
Technical Session 3 – Announcement by Session Chair |
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4:15 PM |
Virtual Power Plants: Harnessing Distributed Energy Resources for Grid Flexibility – Santosh Dhakal, PE, MBA- President, NU Engineering LLC |
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4:30 PM |
Wind energy as a source of green hydrogen production in the USA -Dr. Rabin Dhakal, Senior Scientist, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) |
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4:45 PM |
Floating Solar Photovoltaic System in Nepalese Context – Dr. Bijaya Paudyal, Enel Green Power, Andover, MA |
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Public Service Announcement/ Information |
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5:00 PM |
The United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps- Americas Health Responders, Presentation by CDR Praveen K. C., P. E., CEM, LEED GA, COR-II, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Sustainable and Transportation Solutions Branch, United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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Happy Hour, Networking Session & Dinner |
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5:15 PM – 7:00 PM |
Happy Hour and Networking (Cash Bar) |
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7:00 PM – 11:00 PM |
Dinner |
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July 30, 2023 (Sunday) |
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9 AM – 11 AM |
Program Wrap up by ASNEngr EC, BoD, Advisors and Conference Team |
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AGM |
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11 AM onwards |
Departure |