Sandesh Lamsal Ph.D., P.E.

Sandesh Lamsal is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) with a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Structural) from the University of Miami. Before pursuing graduate studies in the U.S., he worked as a Structural Engineer in Nepal, specializing in the design of buildings, bridges, and tensile membrane structures.

With professional and academic experience spanning from bridge design to coastal infrastructure, Lamsal is committed to advancing innovative and sustainable engineering solutions. Beyond his practice, he actively contributes to the engineering community through research, technical presentations, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Sandesh Lamsal presenting research at the ASCE Earth and Space 2024 conference

Conference

ASCE Earth & Space 2024 · Miami

Presenting experimental results on the spatial arrangement of SEAHIVE® breakwater units and their effect on wave energy dissipation.

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Reading the hidden stress field of concrete: an inverse PINN for D-regions

research

Reading the hidden stress field of concrete: an inverse PINN for D-regions

Our new open-access paper in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering reconstructs the internal stress field of reinforced-concrete D-regions, and the load they carry, from mea...

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From spreadsheet to LEAP RC-PIER in one paste: meet EasyLEAP

Blog

From spreadsheet to LEAP RC-PIER in one paste: meet EasyLEAP

EasyLEAP is a zero install React app that turns pasted bearing, column, and cap load tables into a clean LEAP RC-PIER import TXT file.

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Introducing WaveLabX: an open source toolkit for laboratory wave probe analysis

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Introducing WaveLabX: an open source toolkit for laboratory wave probe analysis

WaveLabX is an open source toolkit for incident reflected wave decomposition, with a shared Goda Suzuki spectral core in Python and a zero install browser app.

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Hurricane Sandy Effects on Tottenville, NY, Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning using GIS Mapping

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Hurricane Sandy Effects on Tottenville, NY, Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning using GIS Mapping

A detailed analysis of the effects and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, focusing on its impact on urban development and civil engineering practices.

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Peer-reviewed

Selected Publications

All publications
  1. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering cover

    Research Article · 2026

    Inverse physics-informed neural network for CSFM stress field reconstruction in concrete D-regions

    Sandesh Lamsal, Rubi Bhandari

    Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

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  2. Coastal Engineering Journal cover

    Research Article · 2026

    An experimental study on wave transmission over submerged SEAHIVE® breakwaters

    Sandesh Lamsal, Brian K Haus, Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos

    Coastal Engineering Journal

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Licensed & affiliated

Licenses | Memberships | Certifications

Professional Engineer (P.E.)

Florida Board of Professional Engineers

License PE102354 · valid through February 28, 2027

Member, ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers

Elected Member (M.ASCE) by action of the Board of Direction · 2025

Member, SEI

Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE

Member since 2022

OpenFOAM Foundation Course

OpenCFD Limited (ESI Group)

Certified February 2024 · 16 CPD hours