Bijay Karki

Structural & earthquake engineer · Kathmandu, Nepal (UTC+5:45)

Bijay Karki

A curious mind. A practical approach to engineering.

Four projects, below
Earth at night from orbit, the Indian subcontinent and the Himalaya lit by cities.

Loading the Himalaya

An engineer’s perspective. Better tools for everyday practice.

Rendered from Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · NASA Black Marble

Himalchuli, Ngadi Chuli and Manaslu at dawn, rendered from elevation data.

An engineer’s perspective. Better tools for everyday practice.

Rendered from Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · NASA Black Marble

Work · four projects

Index
  1. EarthQuakeLiveA live earthquake explorer in the browser: plain-language summaries and the full technical record.Live2026
  2. StructureNBC Compliance Tool for ETABSChecks a live ETABS model against NBC 105:2025 clause by clause and writes a PDF compliance report.Live2026
  3. WaterHydroReconRun-of-river hydropower screening: click a river, get a scheme with its uncertainty and sources attached.In progress2026
  4. AirWindFlowReal-time indoor airflow on the GPU: a D3Q19 lattice Boltzmann solver with LES, written in C#.In development2026

About

I am a civil and structural engineer based in Kathmandu, Nepal, with a master's in earthquake engineering from the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University. My work brings together structural engineering, BIM and software development.

I develop tools that help engineers explore complex problems, check designs and automate repetitive tasks. My projects include QuakeLive, an NBC compliance checker for ETABS, HydroRecon and WindFlow. I distinguish modelled results from measurements and make the sources clear.

Education

2025
MSc Earthquake EngineeringInstitute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University
  • Coursework: engineering seismology, structural dynamics, finite element methods, earthquake-resistant design, geotechnical earthquake engineering, numerical methods, and research methodology.
  • Thesis combined finite element analysis, machine learning, and structural optimization. Cut finite-element computational cost by 51.7% while keeping structural feasibility intact.
2022
BE Civil EngineeringInstitute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University
  • Coursework: hydrology, engineering geology, surveying, geotechnical engineering, reinforced-concrete design, steel design, foundation engineering, and transportation engineering.

Certifications

  • Revit Training Program

    Aron Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

  • Advanced Structural Modeling with ETABS and SAP2000

    Skill Corner · 2021

  • Seismic Design Standards

    Department of Urban Development and Building Construction · 2024

  • Machine Learning Specialization

    DeepLearning.AI / Coursera · 2025

  • Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

    Google / Coursera · 2025

  • Data Science and Machine Learning with Python

    Vrit Technologies · 2024

Tools

Analysis & design
ETABS · SAP2000 · SAFE · STAAD Pro · Finite element analysis · Seismic analysis · Reinforced-concrete and steel design · Code-compliance checking · ETABS OAPI · SAP2000 OAPI
BIM & CAD
Revit · AutoCAD · Civil 3D · SketchUp · Revit API · pyRevit · Model coordination · Drawing production · Reinforcement detailing
GIS & data
GIS · pandas · NumPy · PyArrow · Pydantic · Jinja2 · matplotlib · scikit-learn · XGBoost
Programming & web
Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · SQL · HTML · CSS · Next.js · React · Tailwind CSS · FastAPI · REST APIs · Vercel · MCP servers · Automated report generation
Standards
NBC 105 · IS 456 · IS 800 · IS 1893 · IS 13920

Also · websites and research

Websites

Sites I designed.

  • Engineer NepalConstruction and engineering news for Nepal every four hours, government tenders and notices, building-code PDFs and land-area tools; in Nepali and English.
  • UFitAn AI stylist: it reads the weather, the occasion and your own colouring, puts together a complete outfit and shows where every piece is sold at today's price.
  • Petit NoirStorefront for a children's clothing label from Porto: linen, merino and organic cotton for ages 0 to 14.
  • TT MagnetSite for a sintered NdFeB magnet manufacturer in Ningbo: grades N35–N52, custom shapes, samples in 15 days.
  • NEPA Design StudioSite for an interior design practice in Kathmandu, founded 2025.
  • bijaykarki.meThis site: a live Earth with the week's earthquakes, a descent into the Himalaya from real elevation data, four tools.

Research

Size Optimization of Planar Truss Structures under Various Constraints Implementing Modified PSO based on FEM and Surrogate Model

Karki, B. and Tripathi, S.

Proceedings of IOE Graduate Conference, Vol. 16 · 2025

April 2025 · Peer reviewed · ISSN 2350-8914 (online), 2350-8906 (print) · Department of Civil Engineering, Thapathali Campus, IOE, Tribhuvan University

PDF

A hybrid method for sizing planar trusses under stability, stress, displacement, buckling and natural-frequency constraints. A modified particle swarm optimisation uses a CatBoost surrogate in place of most finite-element analyses. Validated on a 6-node 10-bar and an 8-node 15-bar truss, with results close to the best known solutions and about 50% less computational time at no loss of accuracy.

First page of the paper: title, authors and abstract, Proceedings of IOE Graduate Conference, Vol. 16.
First page · Proceedings of IOE Graduate Conference, Vol. 16

Contact · Available for remote work

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