Dr. Sanjeeta N. Ghimire joined Florida Polytechnic University as an assistant professor
of civil engineering in August 2024. Before joining Florida Poly, she worked at Western
Illinois University (WIU) for three years as an assistant professor of civil engineering.
Ghimire’s expertise spans critical areas such as dam and spillway safety, hydrology,
water resources, machine learning, climate change and sustainability. She likes to
spend time reading, researching, and addressing complex challenges in the field of
her expertise. She enjoys teaching and prioritizes student-involved research. In her
personal time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family.
Chicago Consular Corps (CCC) Award, 2020
Illinois Section American Society of Civil Engineers (ISASCE) - Technical Institutes
Award, 2019
Graduate College Student Presenters Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018
International Commitment Scholarship, Western Illinois University, 2015
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2020
M.S. in Engineering Technology, Western Illinois University, 2016
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Pokhara University – Nepal Engineering College, Bhaktapur,
Nepal, 2014
Diploma in Architectural Engineering, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2009
Dam and spillway safety
Hydrology
Water resources
Machine learning
Climate change
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2017-current.
Member, ASCE-Quad Cities chapter, 2022–2024.
Vice president, ASCE-Quad Cities chapter, 2024.
Member, Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), 2017-current.
Ghimire, S. N., & Schulenberg, J. W. (2022). Impacts of Climate Change on the Environment,
Increase in Reservoir Levels, and Safety Threats to Earthen Dams: Post Failure Case
Study of Two Cascading Dams in Michigan. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 18(2):
551-564.
Ghimire, S. N., & Schulenberg, J. W. (2021). An Automated Screening Technique to Identify
At-Risk Auxiliary Spillways: Modified Approach in WinDAM. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
147(8), 06021007.
Ghimire, S. N., Schulenberg, J. W., & Neilsen, M. L. (2021). Sensitivity Analysis
of the Auxiliary Spillway Erosion Based on the Material and Structural Properties.
In Geo-Extreme 2021 (pp. 111-126).
Reddy, K. R., Ghimire, S. N., Wemeyi, E., Zanjani, R., & Zhao, L. (2020). Life cycle
sustainability assessment of geothermal heating and cooling system: UIC case study.
In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 205, p. 07003). EDP Sciences.
Ghimire, S. N. & Schulenberg, J. W. (2020). Application of a Screening Technique to
Evaluate Auxiliary Spillway Erosion. Dam Safety Conference 2020. Association of State
Dam Safety Officials.
Ghimire, S. N. (2020). Dam and Spillway Safety: Screening Technique to Identify Risky
Auxiliary Spillways at a Large Scale (Doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois
at Chicago).
Ghimire, S. N., & Hunter, G. D. (2020). Energy Consumption, Window Size, and Environment-Friendly
Building Design: Analysis Using Scale Model Houses. Journal of Development Innovations,
4(1), 64-79.
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