Sanjeeta N. Ghimire

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.

Awards and Honors

• 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

Education

• 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

Expertise

• Dam and spillway safety
• Hydrology
• Water resources
• Machine learning
• Climate change

Professional Activities

• 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.

Select Publications

• 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.