Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

Education

• PhD Mechanical Engineering (specialization in Urban Environment)
  City University of New York, NY

• ME Mechanical Engineering (specialization in solar energy),
  Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, US

• BE Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal

Research Interests

• Urban climate and the built environment
• Renewable energy
• Impact of climate extremes and the built environment

Publications

• Pokhrel, R.; Gonzalez, J.E.; Ramamurthy, P.; Comarazamy, D. (2023).Impact of Building EnergymMitigation Measures on Future Climate. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ atmos14030463
• J. P. Montoya-Rincon, S. Azad, R. Pokhrel, M. Ghandehari, M. P. Jensen,and J. E. Gonzalez (2022), “On the use of satellite nightlights for power outages prediction,” IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 16729–16739, 2022. https://doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3149485.
• Rabindra Pokhrel, Salvador del Cos, Juan Pablo Montoya Rincon, Equisha Glenn, Jorge E. González. (2021). Observation and modeling of Hurricane Maria for damage assessment, Weather and Climate Extremes, 33, 2021, 100331, , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2021.100331
• Pokhrel, R., and González-Cruz, J. E. (2021). Mitigation options to reduce peak air temperature and air- conditioning demand in the context of a warming climate for a tropical coastal city. ASME. J. Eng. Sustain. Bldgs. Cities. 2: 021004. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051160
• R. Pokhrel, JE González, A Walker. (2019). A new methodology to assess building integrated roof top PV installations at city scales: The tropical coastal city case. ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051160
• Pokhrel, R., Ramirez-Beltran, N., González, J. (2018). On the assessment of alternatives for building cooling load reductions for a tropical coastal city. Energy and Buildings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.10.023
• R Pokhrel, LE Ortiz, JE González, ND Ramírez-Beltran.  (2017). On the Climate Variability and Energy Demands for Indoor Human Comfort Levels in Tropical Urban Environment, ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041401 
• Pokhrel R., González J.E., Hight T., and Adalsteinsson T. (2010). Analysis and design of a paraffin/graphite composite PCM integrated in a thermal storage unit. ASME J. of Solar Energy Engineering, 132 (4), 041006 (8 pages).doi:10.1115/1.4001473  (Named as “Best Paper” of the 2009 ASME Solar Energy Conference out of 177 papers).
• J.K. Cannell, R. Pokhrel, B. Bhandari. (2005). Pico Hydro Turbines: Testing and Development, International Journal of Hydropower & Dams, Issue Three

Courses Taught

• Materials & Structures I - BSC 1310
• Materials & Structures II - BSC 2320