Suman Pokharel
Contact Information
- Email: spokharel11@gmail.com
Education
- Brigham Young University, Fulton School of Engineering and Technology, Dec 2012
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
- Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC)
Publications
Coming soon...
Experience
- Global Engineering Outreach
- Field Trip to Peru, April 2012
- Ventilated indoor spaces containing primitive cook stoves that significantly improved the health and safety of the occupants by minimizing exposure to smoke. (Field trip April, 2012)
- Wrote proposals for different grants such as ORCA, ASME.
- Researched, designed and discussed within a team of six people.
- Analyzed sustainable aspect of the project.
- Grants received: ORCA ($1500) and EPA ($15,000)
- Designed and developed an oven for a rural school near Cusco, Peru.
- NAVAJO Nation Trip, Sept 2010
- Built rain catchers that collected rain water for livestock
- Insulated Navajo’s homes
- Field Trip to Peru, April 2012
- P3 Competition Organized by EPA and ASU on Sustainability
- Competed with teams from 46 different universities on Sustainable projects.
- Shared and discussed various sustainable ideas.
- Teaching Assistant (process control and dynamics, Che436) 08/2012 – current
- Notify students on their mistakes in exams and home work-assignments
- Facilitate professor for improved class lectures
- Monitored student’s performance
- Graded assignments and exam Papers
Skills
- Ability to optimize a process using tools such as CAMECAD, Aspen, APMonitor
- Proficient in Mathcad, Excel and VBA
- Technical and business presentation skills.
- Languages: English, Hindi and Nepali (fluent oral and written).
Interests and Awards
- Activity committee member for the GEO (Global Engineering Outreach) club
- Committee member for Social Innovation Leadership Council (SILC)
- Promoted health in Rampur by providing free treatment for eye cataracts
- BYU full-Scholarship recipient for Fall 2008 & Winter 2009
- BYU full-Scholarship recipient for Fall 2009 & Winter 2010
- Rio Tinto Kennecott Scholarship recipient ($3000)