SUMMARY
Mechanical engineer with a Bachelor of Engineering from Kathmandu University, specialized in hydropower. Strong base in CAD, CFD and thermal design, backed by real workshop time on machining and welding. Seventeen engineering projects — from a fabricated pipeline turbine validated at 4.38 W output to a municipal heat atlas modeling 24.36 GWh of annual demand across 20,715 buildings — plus co-authored research on combined sediment and cavitation erosion in Francis turbines.
EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Engineering Intern · Everest Hydro Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Aug to Oct 2026
- Assisted routine inspection of turbines, valves and cooling systems in the powerhouse.
- Kept daily operation logs and helped prepare maintenance checklists.
- Studied intake, desander and penstock operation during the monsoon sediment season.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Design and Fabrication of a Pipe Inline Turbine
2023
Engineered, welded and field-tested a turbine generating inside a 180 mm pipeline: 4.38 W output, 35% system efficiency, 103 RPM.
Energy Recovery from a Speed Breaker
2023 to 2024
Selected a rack-and-pinion drive through comparative analysis, fabricated the prototype and quantified 1 W measured output against a 4 W theoretical estimate.
Heat Atlas for Panauti Municipality
2025 to 2026
Surveyed 210 homes and modeled 24.36 GWh/yr of heat demand across 20,715 buildings using a hybrid survey and physics model in GIS.
Sediment and Cavitation in a Francis Turbine, ongoing
2026
Multiphase CFD of combined sediment erosion and cavitation on a runner blade — DPM with the Oka erosion model and Schnerr–Sauer cavitation, ANSYS Fluent.
Thirteen more projects, including a 50 tonne cold storage design and residential HVAC sizing, at www.anubhavkhanal.com.np
PUBLICATION
Numerical Analysis of the Synergistic Effect of Sediment Particles and Cavitation Behavior in Francis Turbine Runner Blade
A. H. Adhikari, A. Khanal, G. B. Khatri · Journal / conference name here · 2026
EDUCATION
BE in Mechanical Engineering, Hydropower · Kathmandu University
2022 to 2027
+2 Science · New Horizon Higher Secondary School, Tansen · GPA 3.22
2019 to 2021
SEE · New Horizon Higher Secondary School, Tansen · GPA 3.55
2018 to 2019
SKILLS
DESIGN AND CAD
SolidWorks · 3D modeling · Engineering drawing · Machine element design
SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS
ANSYS Fluent · OpenFOAM · MATLAB · Thermal load and refrigeration sizing
WORKSHOP
Lathe · Milling · Arc, TIG, MIG and gas welding · Prototype assembly and testing
SOFTWARE AND TOOLS
Microsoft Excel, advanced · GIS mapping · Word · PowerPoint · Arduino basics · HTML, CSS and WordPress
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Excel, Advanced
Advanced formulas, data analysis and dashboards.
LANGUAGES
Nepali, native · English, fluent · Hindi, fluent
INTERESTS
Hydropower and energy systems · Prototype building · Web design