Civil Engineering Engineer

CURRICULUM VITAE

Binod Bhatta

Civil Water Engineer/Hydrologist 4028 Esters Rd. Apt 2092

Email: *************@*****.*** Irving, TX, 75038

Cell Phone No: - 408-***-**** U.S. Permanent Resident Summary

Highly resourceful and dedicated Water Resource Engineer with an excellent customer service record and a superior eye for details. Skilled in explaining complex hydrological & hydraulic engineering concepts clearly and understandably to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences. Highlights

Extensive experience on hydrological & hydraulic modeling, climate change analysis & modeling, land use change analysis, water quality modeling

Extensive hydrology and floodplain management experience

Excellent grasp of mapping software SWAT, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, Mike 11, ArcGIS/QGIS, GMS, MSOffice, and Dyna-CLUE

Superior skills in drafting using AutoCAD & Civil 3D

Outstanding management, communication, & decision making M.Sc. (2017), Water Engineering and Management (WEM), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

Score: 3.43/4.0,

Thesis: Climate and Landuse Change Impacts on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Songkhram River Basin Thailand, Score: Excellent

B.E. (2013), Department of Civil Engineering, Nepal Engineering College, Pokhara University, Nepal Score: 3.85/4.0, 3rd position in the college

Diploma in Civil Eng. (2008)

Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal Score: 80.45%

- Numerical Modeling:- SWAT, SWAT-CUP, GMS, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, HEC-ResSim, HELP, Mike 11, Dyna-CLUE, & Climate Models

- GIS Software:- ArcGIS, QGIS

- Programming:- R, Python

- Drafting:- AutoCAD, Civil3D

Academic Qualification

Technical Skills

Professional Experience

Senior Civil Engineer/Hydrologist, Jade Consult Pvt. Ltd. Hydropower Consultancy Kathmandu Nepal March 2019 to September 2020

Project Involved:

Feasibility and Environmental Impact Assessment Study of Kaligandaki Storage Hydropower Project [850MW],

Updating Feasibility Study, Conducting Detailed Engineering Survey & Design and Preparation of Tender Documents of Simbuwa Khola Hydroelectric Project, Taplejung District, Nepal

[70MW],

Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Assessment Study of Upper Chameliya Hydropower Project Darchula District [45MW],

Responsibilities:

Hydrological analysis of various hydropower projects to identify the design capacity

Collection of hydrological & meteorological data and analyzed impacts of upstream and downstream water rights

Power and Energy calculation of storage and ROR hydropower projects

Climate change impacts assessment on the design discharge and power production

Review and finalization of project layout and alignment in different phase of the project

Performed hydraulic design of the various hydropower components

Responsible to produce technical drawings

Quantity calculation and cost estimation

Coordination with project team members, immediate supervisor and clients

Technical report writing

Performed hydraulic (HEC-RAS, with and without lined and lateral structures) and hydrological models (SWAT)

Installation of hydrometric station; calibration of the station; discharge measurement at different stretches of river using a current meter; measurement and analysis of suspended sediment loads in the river and preparation of hydrological report

Due diligence study of various hydropower projects

Site visits, site visit report preparation, progress monitoring and reporting Water Resource Engineer/Researcher, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Pathum Thani, Thailand June 2017 to February 2019

Project Involved:

Connecting climate change, hydrology and fisheries for energy and food security in Lower Mekong Basin, (Supported by USAID)

A comparative study of global [VIC] and local [SWAT] model for climate change impact assessment in Asia region.(Supported by Korean Gov.)

Model based analysis (SWAT, DynaCLUE) of climate change and land use change impact on water quality and quantity in a Thai tributary river of Mekong (Supported by HSBC)

Model based evaluation (SWAT-GMS) of groundwater vulnerability to climate change in four Asian cities (Supported by APN)

Responsibilities:

Spatial and temporal data collection required for hydrological and meteorological analysis

Focus on hydraulic and hydrological (surface & sub-surface) modelling, stormwater collection system modeling

Contribute to project planning and implementation of project work

Catchment scale water resource modeling, rainfall runoff modeling

Frequent site visits to inspect the water quality and quantity

Climate change assessment using various climate models RCM/GCM, simulation of future land use with modeling techniques

Climate and land use change impact assessment on streamflow, water quality, & sediment yield

Development of sediment model, calibration & validation of the model and its implementation to simulate future sediment load in the catchment

Spatial and temporal analysis of water quality and quantity using ArcGIS

Writing short, concise technical reports

Planning and organizing workshop and field visit Research Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Asia Centre June 2018 to August 2018

Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET-phase3) Project: Literature review to identify what are existing knowledge and gaps in research and policy related to regional wide assessment on managing extreme events (flood and drought) and groundwater for Regional Assessment in the Mekong Region.

Civil Engineer, SILT Engineers & Consultants, Kathmandu Nepal June 2014 to July 2015

Technical Bill Verification

Prepare Bill of Quantity, detail cost estimate, construction site visit and quality control

Assist in design of hydraulic components of hydropower plant during feasibility study

Prepare detail drawings of design components using AutoCAD S Shrestha, B Bhatta, M Shrestha, PK Shrestha, (2018).Integrated assessment of the climate and landuse change impact on hydrology and water quality in the Songkhram River Basin, Thailand https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.306

B Bhatta, S Shrestha, PK Shrestha, R Talchabhadel, (2019), Evaluation and application of a SWAT model to assess the climate change impact on the hydrology of the Himalayan River Basin Paper Publication

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104082

M Babur, S Shrestha, B Bhatta, A Datta, H Ullah, (2020), Integrated assessment of extreme climate and landuse change impact on sediment yield in a mountainous transboundary watershed of India and Pakistan

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-019-5547-z

S Shrestha, NAT Hoang, PK Shrestha, B Bhatta, (2018), Climate change impact on ground water recharge and suggested adaptation strategies for selected Asian cities https://doi.org/10.30852/sb.2018.499

B Bhatta, S Shrestha, PK Shrestha, R Talchabhadel, (2020), Modelling the impact of past and future climate scenarios on streamflow in a highly mountainous watershed: A case study in the West Seti River Basin, Nepal

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140156

MW Trinugroho, B Bhatta, M Babur, (2020), The Seawater intrusion under dam failure in the Cimanuk River Estuary, Indonesia,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101267

*S Shrestha, B. Bhatta, Integrated Assessment of the Landuse Change and Climate Change Impacts on the Sediment Yield in the Songkhram River Basin, Thailand (*under revision)

*M Babur, S Shrestha, B Bhatta, The individual and combined impact of climate change and land use change on hydropower generation at Mangala Powerhouse in Pakistan

*R Talchabhadel, A Aryal, BR Thapa, B Bhatta, Evaluation of precipitation elasticity using the SWAT model and precipitation data from the ground and satellite-based estimates Awards and Honors

Asian Institute of Technology (Full) : M.Sc., Asian Institute of Technology, 2015-17 Pokhara University Merit Scholarship (Full) :B.E., Nepal Engineering College, 2009 - 2013 Institute of Engineering, Merit Scholarship (Full) : Diploma, Western Region Campus 2004 – 2008 References

Prof. Dr. Sangam Shrestha, +662-***-****)

Professor, Chair - Water Engineering and Management Program, Asian Institute of Technology

(AIT), Thailand (******@***.****)

Dr. Ramesh Gautam, PE 916-***-****)

Chief, California Cooperative Snow Survey Program, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA 95821 (******.******@*****.**.***)

Dr. Rocky Talchabhadel, 915-***-****)

Senior Water Resource Researcher, Texas A & M University AgriLife Research Centre at EI Paso, USA, (*****.***@*****.***)

Prof. Dr. Rabin Bhattarai, 217-***-****)

Associate Professor, - Water Resource Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Campaign, USA

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