Hem Bahadur Motra

Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Date of Birth Place of Birth Citizenship Sex 26.04.1981 Gulmi/Nepal Nepali Male

Marital Married Status Spouses Sarita Karki Name Children -

Education
20082010 Masters of Science, Gottfried Wihelm Leibniz Universitt, Hannover, Germany, M.Sc. in Geotechnical and Infrastructures Engineering.
Major Subjects: Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Special Underground Construction, Tunnelling, Soil Dynamics

20022006 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk, Nepal, BE in Civil Engineering.
Major Subjects: Structure Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis

Masters Thesis
Title Stress-Path-Eect on the Interface shear strength between Geosynthetics Supervisors Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Blmel & Dipl.-Ing. Maik Heinemann

Bachelor Thesis
Title Small Hydro Power Project on Arun Khola", Nawalparasi (1.6 MW) Supervisors Dr. Sunil Kumar Lama Friesstrasse 17 Weimar, 99423 (+49) 17656510446 (+49) 3643584109 (+49) 3643584101 hbmotra@gmail.com www.uni-weimar/grk/Hem Bahadur Motra

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Experience
Vocational
01.09.2011 Researcher in Research Training Group 1462,, Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar, Present Assessment of Coupled Experimental and Numerical Partial Models in Structural Engineering.. 01.09.2010 Internships, aqua consult, Hannover, Germany. 31.03.2011 Water, Sewage, Waste and Environmental Engineering. 01.12.2006 Lecturer, Kahmandu Engineering College, Kalimati, Kathmandu, Nepal. 31.07.2008 . 01.09.2000 Civil Overseer, Macchapuchere Engineering Consultancy, Pokhara, Nepal. 31.08.2002 Designs and Supervision of Buildings, Surveying, design, construction of Water Supply,
Sanitary, Irrigation Projects, Micro Hydro, Involved in the valuation of property.

Miscellaneous
01.06.2006 Civil Engineer, Kasthamandap Associates, Kalikasthan Kathmandu, Nepal. 30.05.2008, Involved in Design Review, contract administration, construction management, construction Part Time supervision and quality control activities at the under construction building.

Teaching Areas
Applied Mechanics I/II Strength of Materials Theory of structure Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Finite Element Method Engineering materials and Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Research Interests
Structural Reliability, Risk and Hazard Analysis Uncertainty Quantication in Structural and Geotechical Engineering Simulation and Modeling Techniques for Processing Uncertainty Quality Evaluation of Numerical/Mathematical models Quality Evaluation of Experimental Methods/Models Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering Design and Analysis of Steel and Concrete Structure, Geotechnical Engineering

Publications
Peer reviewed journal papers:
Keitel, K., Jung, B., Motra, H. B., Stutz, H.:Assessment of prognosis quality of coupled partial models considering soil-structure coupling, Engineering Structures, Submitted.

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 Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Quality assessment of models with an application to cyclic creep prediction of concrete, International Journal of Concrete and Computer, Submitted. Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Evaluation of Experimental Measurement Uncertainty in Engineering Properties of PCC Samples, Journal of Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 3 No.3, 2013, pp. 104-113. Keitel, K., Jung, B., Stutz, H., Motra, H. B.:Prediction quality of coupled models - Inuence of dierent coupling scenarios on the soil-structure interaction, Bautechnik- Special Edition "Model quality",90(2013)19-25. Scheiber, F., Motra, H. B.,:Structural health monitoring and numerical simulation, Bautechnik- Special Edition "Model quality" 90(2013)63-68. Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.: Quality assessment of strain measurement in concrete structures, Bautechnik-Special Edition "Model quality",90(2013)69-75.

Selected conference papers:

Scheiber, F., Motra, H. B.: Approach to hybrid modeling in structural engineering - Evaluation of mathematical and physical models coupling: In 7th symposium "Experimental investigations of structures", Technische Universitt Dresden Germany, 5th September 2013, ISSN 1613-6934, pp. 21-33. Motra, H. B, Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Uncertainty quantication on creep deection of concrete beam subjected to cyclic loading, In:11th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability,Columbia University, New York, NY, 16 - 20 June 2013, USA. Motra, H. B, Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Inuence of Measurement Uncertainties on Results of Creep Prediction of Concrete under Cyclic Loading, In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, March 10-14, 2013 /Toledo - Spain, ISBN 978-84-941004-1-3, pp. 805-814. Motra, H. B, Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Probabilistic assessment of concrete creep models under repeated loading with correlated and uncorrelated input variables, In: Proceedings of the 10th International Probabilistic Workshop, Stuttgart, Germany, 15 - 16 November 2012, ISBN 978-3-921837-67-2, pp. 285-301. Motra, H. B, Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Uncertainty Quantication and Sensitivity Analysis on cyclic creep prediction of concrete, In: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on the Application of Computer Science and Mathematics in Architecture and Civil Engineering, Weimar, Germany, 04 - 06 July 2012, ISSN 1611-4086.

Workshops/Training/Summer School
Participant of International PhD Summer School on "Risk and Uncertainty", 26-30 August, 2013, Research Training Group 1462, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. Friesstrasse 17 Weimar, 99423 (+49) 17656510446 (+49) 3643584109 (+49) 3643584101 hbmotra@gmail.com www.uni-weimar/grk/Hem Bahadur Motra

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 Provided Lecture and special project on Special Aspects of Steel Bridge Structures for International Summer School on "Model Validation and Simulation", 05-16 August, 2013, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. Participant of Workshop on "Uncertainty, Reliability and Risk", 24th June, 2013, Research Training Group 1462, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. Participant of Workshop on "Sensitivity, Robustness and Reliability Analysis using optiSlang", 13-15 May, 2013, Dynardo GmbH, Germany. Participant of Course on "Academic Writing and Publishing ", 11-12 October, 2012, Research Training Group 1462, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. Participant of International PhD Summer School on "Risk Analysis", 29th July-4th August, 2012, Vienna University of technology, Austria. Participant of Course on "Modeling in the Production Process", 10-14 March, 2012, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. Participant of Workshop on "Optimization and Stochastic", 24-25 November, 2011, Dynardo GmbH, Germany. Participant on "Teambuilding-Workshop", 10-14 October, 2011, Research Training Group 1462, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. Participant of workshop on "Model Quality", 22-26 September, 2011, RhurUniversity Bochum, Germany. Participant of International PhD Summer School on "Uncertainty Quantication in Mechanics and Material Sciences", August 22-26, 2011, Pforzheim, Germany. Participant for Seminar on "Pipeline Construction and Maintenance Part 2",one semester course, 2009/2010 summer semester, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Participant for Seminar on "Pipeline Construction and Maintenance Part 1",one semester course, 2009 summer semester, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Participant for Seminar on "Geotechnical Problems in Coastal and Port Engineering",one semester course, 2009/2010 winter semester, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Participant of Colloquium on "Soil and Tunnel Engineering", one semester course, 2009/2010 winter semester, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany.

Social Skills and Competences

Good social relationship with another, Politeness, understand the newest world information

Organization Skills and Competence

Leadership, good planner, good surveyor in qualitative method, having good analysis

Technical Skills and Competence

Good planner, having good analysis, expert in qualitative method Friesstrasse 17 Weimar, 99423 (+49) 17656510446 (+49) 3643584109 (+49) 3643584101 hbmotra@gmail.com www.uni-weimar/grk/Hem Bahadur Motra

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Awards and Scholarship

2002-2006 Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship 2008-2010 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for Master Study 2000-2006 Awarded to Tribhuvan University Stipend for eight semester during Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering 2002-2006 Scholarship for Poor and Talent from Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering 1997-2000 Awarded to Tribhuvan University Stipend for six semester during Diploma in Civil Engineering

Computer skills
MS-Oce, Microsoft Project, LaTeX, Corel Draw Matlab, Fortran (basic knowledge), Visual Basic (basic knowledge), Python (basic knowledge) Plaxis 2D, SLOPE/W, SEEP/W, ANSYS, ABACUS, GGU (Geotechnical Simulation), SAP 2000 ArcGIS, MS Access, AutoCAD, optiSLang (Sensitivity, Robustness, Reliability Analysis), Geomagic studio, Geomagic qualify

Memberships
German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) The Safety and Reliability Society (SaRS) International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR) Nepal Engineering Council (NEC) Nepal Engineering Association (NEA)

Languages
Nepali English German Hindi Mothertongue Fluent Fluent Basic

Referees
Prof.Dr.-Ing. Jrg Hildebrand, Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar, Germany, Department of Simulation and Experiment, Room 306, Marienstra e 7A, 99421 Weimar,T:+493643584442, Email: joerg.hildebrand(@)uni-weimar.de Prof.Dr.rer.nat.Tom Lahmer,Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar, Germany, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Room 109, Marienstrasse 15, 99423 Weimar,+49(0)3643/584506, Email: tom.lahmer@uni-weimar.de

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 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Achmus, Leibniz Universitt Hannover, Germany, Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, Room 822, Applestrasse 9A, D-30167 Hannover,+49(0)511/7624155, Email:achmus@igth.uni-hannover.de

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