Dr. Sanjeema Bajracharya
Deputy Head, RIU
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. Sanjeema Bajracharya is Deputy Head of Research and Innovation Unit (RIU) of Advanced College of Engineering and Management, acem. She is also an Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering.
Education
Dr. Sanjeema Bajracharya achieved her PhD and Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. She was awarded with the prestigious Japanese Government Scholarship during her study in Japan. She also has a combined one-year experience as a post-doctoral researcher in Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo, Japan. She had completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Pulchowk Campus, I.O.E., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, as a recipient of scholarship from Nepal Government and graduated with rank.
Research Interests
Structural Health Monitoring, Steel bridges, Electromagnetic and Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation, Seismic Pounding, Finite Element Modeling, Eco-friendly and sustainable construction materials (rammed earth, bamboo, CSEBs, etc.).
Publications
Journal Papers
1. Bajracharya, S., Sasaki, E., and Tamura, H (2019). “Numerical Study on Corrosion Profile Estimation of a Corroded Steel Plate using Eddy Current”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 15(9), pp. 1151-1164. DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2019.1615961
2. Bajracharya, S. and Sasaki, E. (2019). “Investigation of Effect of Stress on Eddy Current Response using Phase Diagram”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2019.1703759
3. Bhagat, S., Samith Buddika, H. A. D., Kumar Adhikari, R., Shrestha, A., Bajracharya, S., Joshi, R., ... & Wijeyewickrema, A. C. (2018). “Damage to cultural heritage structures and buildings due to the 2015 Nepal Gorkha earthquake”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 22(10), 1861-1880.
Conference Papers (Peer-reviewed)
Akutsu, A., Bajracharya, S., Sasaki, E., Shimozato, T., & Tai, M. (2021). “Eddy current based evaluation of axial force of high-strength bolts”, In IABSE Congress Reports, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE).
Bajracharya, S., and Sasaki, E. (2020). “Evaluation of Eddy Current Response Due to the Applied Stress on a Steel Plate Using Phase Diagram”, Electromagnetic Non-Destructive Evaluation (XXIII), pp. 36-41), IOS Press.
Bajracharya, S. and Sasaki, E. (2019) “Evaluation of Eddy Current Response due to the Applied Stress on a Steel Plate using Phase Diagram”, The 24th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (ENDE2019), Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Bajracharya, S. and Sasaki, E. (2019) “Eddy Current based Stress Measurement of a Steel Plate using Phase Diagram”, 12th Pacific Structural Steel Conference (PSSC2019), Tokyo, Japan.
Bajracharya, S., Sasaki, E., and Tamura, H. (2018). “Numerical Study on Corrosion Profile Estimation of a Corroded Steel Plate using Eddy Current”, Proceedings of the 20th International Summer Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, pp. 5-6.
Bajracharya, S. and Wijeyewickrema, A. C. (Mar, 2017). “Bidirectional validation of the modified biaxial contact element”, International Workshop on Computational Earthquake Engineering: OpenSees for Beginners and Intermediate Users, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Bajracharya, S. and Wijeyewickrema, A. C. (Sept, 2016). “Pounding between Adjacent Buildings during Earthquakes”, 2016 AEARU Young Researchers International Conference, pp. 63-64, Sept. 2016.
Bajracharya, S. and Wijeyewickrema, A. C. (2016). “A biaxial contact element to simulate seismic pounding between asymmetric buildings'', 8th Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop (MISW2016), August 8-9, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Bajracharya, S. and Wijeyewickrema, A. C. (2016). “Development of a biaxial contact element to analyze eccentric pounding between asymmetric buildings under bidirectional excitation”, NEAJ/NESAJ Symposium 2016 on Technologies and Development Policies, June 18, Tokyo, Japan.
Bajracharya, S. and Wijeyewickrema, A. C.(Aug, 2015). “Seismic Pounding Analysis of Adjacent Asymmetric Buildings Offset in the Transverse Direction”, 2016 Taiwan-Japan Symposium on Advancement of Urban Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Technology, pp. 23-26.
Technical report
Wijeyewickrema, A. C., Buddika, H. A., Bhagat, S., Adhikari, R. K., Shrestha, A., Bajracharya, S., ... & Maharajan, R. (2015). Earthquake Reconnaissance Survey in Nepal of the Magnitude 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake of April 25, 2015. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
