Dr Surya Nath Ghimire
PhD, MSc, MBA, GMICE, GMIStructE

As a postgraduate student demonstrator, teaching fellow/lecturer, and construction trainer, Surya taught different units face to face and online in civil engineering, as well as construction and built environment modules for level 3 to level 7, including BEng/ MEng in Civil Engineering and MSc in Civil Engineering with Structural Engineering students at University of Portsmouth since early 2017.

He applied various teaching methods to engage students and enhance their knowledge and skills in related areas. Likewise, he is also experienced in online training and delivering lessons on a wide range of civil engineering and construction and built environment modules to L3 and L4 apprenticeship candidates, as well as HNC and HND distance learners in civil engineering and construction management.

Peer-reviewed publications

Ghimire, J. Chen., 2018. A Novel Sandwich composite with Graded Layered Core Predicted by Extended Cohesive Damage Model. 12th International Conference on Sandwich Structures (ICSS-12) Lausanne- Switzerland, 19-22 August 2018 (Conference paper)

Ghimire, J. Chen., 2019. An extended cohesive damage model study of geometrical ratio effects on failure mechanism of functionally graded sandwiches with multi-layered cores. Composite Structures 224 (2019) 110999 (Journal paper)

Ghimire, J. Chen., 2019. A Modelling Study on Failure Mechanism of Synthetic Foam Sandwiches with Multi-Layered Core Using Extended Cohesive Damage Model. 9th Advanced Composites in Construction conference, 3-5 September 2019, Birmingham (Conference paper)

Ghimire, J. Chen., 2020. Predicting Fracture Mechanism in Synthetic Foam Sandwiches with Multi-Layered Cores Using Extended Cohesive Damage Model. Engineering Fracture Mechanic (Journal paper)

Conferences and presentations

Predicting failure mechanism of synthetic foam core sandwiches with multi-layered cores. 7 June 2018. (Poster presentation) and Predicting failure mechanism of synthetic foam core sandwiches with multi-layered cores. 18 June 2019. (Short talk presentation) Faculty of Technology Research conference, University of Portsmouth, UK. 

A modelling study on mechanical behavior of synthetic foam sandwiches with multi-layered cores using extended cohesive damage model. (Poster presentation and short talk) 9^th Advanced Composites in Construction (ACIC-2019) international conference, Birmingham, UK, 3-5 September 2019.

Surya's area of research interest is innovative construction materials and looking at its structural behaviour.