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
09.2011- PhD Student, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany, Assessment of Coupled
10.2014 Experimental and Numerical Partial Models in Structural Engineering (GRK 1462).
Overall grade = Very good/(Dr.-Ing., magna cum laude)

PhD Thesis
Title Quality Assessment Methods for Experimental Models in Structural Engineering
Supervisors Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jrg Hildebrand
20082010 Masters of Science, Gottfried Wihelm Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany,
M.Sc. in Geotechnical and Infrastructures Engineering.
Major Subjects: Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Special Underground Construction, Tunneling, Soil Dynamics, Pavement Engineering

Overall grade = 1.47 (Very good/German system), 92.00% equivalent percentage,

GPA = 4, United States System

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Masters Thesis
Title Stress-Path-Effect on the Interface shear strength between Geosynthetics
Supervisors Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Blmel & Dipl.-Ing. Maik Heinemann
20022006 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University,
Pulchowk, Nepal, BE in Civil Engineering.
Major Subjects: Structure Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis

Overall grade = 83.27% (Distinction)

Bachelor Thesis
Title Design of Small Hydro Power Project on Arun Khola", Nawalparasi (1.6 MW)
Supervisors Dr. Sunil Kumar Lama

Experience
Vocational
01.11.2014 Research Assistant/Lecturer, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Department
Present of Geosciences, Marine and Land Geomechanics and Geotechnics.
01.09.2011 Researcher in Research Training Group 1462,, Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar,
30.10.2014 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
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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
Strength of Materials
Theory of structure
Soil Mechanics, Foundation and Special Ground Construction
Tunneling
Applied Geology
Finite Element Method
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Finite Elements in Geotechnical Engineering

Probabilistic Analysis and Reliability in Civil Engineering
Engineering materials and Soil Mechanics Laboratory

Research Interests
Reliable engineering computing
Structural Reliability, Risk and Hazard Analysis
Uncertainty modeling in Structural and Geotechical Engineering
Quality Evaluation of Numerical/Mathematical models
Quality Evaluation of Experimental Methods/Models
Probabilistic Methods in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
Design and Analysis of Steel and Concrete and Geotechnical Structure

Publications
Peer reviewed journal papers:
Keitel, K., Jung, B.,Motra, H. B., Stutz, H.:Quality Assessment of Coupled Partial Models Considering Soil-Structure Coupling. In: Engineering
Structures 59 (2014), pp. 565-573.
Motra, H. B., Hildebrand, J., Dimmig-Osburg, A.:Influence of specimen
dimensions and orientations on the tensile properties of structural steel. In:
Material Testing, Vol. 56, No. 11-12, (2014) 929-936.
Motra, H. B., Hildebrand, J., Dimmig-Osburg, A.:Assessment of Strain Measurement Techniques to Characterize Mechanical Properties of Structural
Steel. In: Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Vol. 17
(2014) 260-269
Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Quality assessment of
models with an application to cyclic creep prediction of concrete. In: International Journal of Reliability and Safety, Vol. 8, No. 2, (2014) 262-283.
Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Evaluation of Experimental
Measurement Uncertainty in Engineering Properties of PCC Samples. In:
Journal of Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 3 No.3, 2013, pp. 104-113.
Keitel, K., Jung, B., Stutz, H., Motra, H. B.:Prognosequalitt eines Gesamtmodells: Einfluss verschiedener Kopplungsszenarien auf die Interaktion
Struktur - Boden. In: Bautechnik- Special Edition "Model quality",90(2013)1925.
Scheiber, F., Motra, H. B.,:Tragwerksmonitoring und numerische Simulation. In: 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. In: Bautechnik-Special Edition
"Model quality",90(2013)69-75.

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 Motra, H. B., Hildebrand, J., Dimmig-Osburg, A. :A probabilistic method

for quality evaluation of experiments in Civil Engineering. In: Measurement,
Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), under Review.
Motra, H. B., Hildebrand, J., Wuttke, F.. :Monte Carlo method for the
evaluation of measurement uncertainty: application to determine material
properties. In: Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, under Review.
Scheiber, F., Motra, H. B., Legatiuk, D., Werner, F. :Uncertainty-based Evaluation and Coupling of Mathematical and Physical Models. In: Probabilistic
Engineering Mechanics, under Review.
Motra, H. B., Stutz, H., Wuttke, F. :Quality assessment of soil bearing
capacity factor models of shallow foundations. In: Soils and Foundations,
under Review.

Selected conference papers:

Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J., Lahmer, T. :Reliability of
Measurement Results for Materials Testing. In: 12th International Probabilistic
Workshop, IPW2014, Weimar/Germany, 4th - 5th November 2014, ISBN: 978-395773-183-8, 228-237.
Scheiber, F. Motra, H. B., Legatiuk, D.; Werner, F. :Model Coupling in Structural Engineering Application. In:12th International Probabilistic Workshop,
IPW2014, Weimar/Germany, 4th - 5th November 2014, ISBN: 978-3-95773-183-8,
283-292.
Scheiber, F., Motra, H. B.:Ansatz zur hybriden Modellierung im Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau -Bewertete Kopplung von mathematischen und
physikalischen Modell. In: 7th symposium "Experimentelle Untersuchungen
von Baukonstruktionen, Technische Universitt Dresden Germany, 5th September
2013, ISSN 1613-6934, pp. 21-33.
Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Uncertainty quantification
on creep deflection 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.:Influence 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.

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 Motra, H. B., Dimmig-Osburg, A., Hildebrand, J.:Uncertainty Quantification

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 Workshop on "Application of optimal experiment design of experiments in civil engineering: theory and application", 23rd January, 2014, Research
Training Group 1462, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany.
Participant of International PhD Summer School on "Risk and Uncertainty", 26-30
August, 2013, Research Training Group 1462, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany.
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 Quantification
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.

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 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

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-Office, 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)

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Languages
Nepali
English
German
Hindi

Mothertongue
Fluent
Fluent
Basic

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