Delivered lectures and labs for GY 101/102, GIS, and Remote Sensing. Mentored 100+ students annually in UAV flight operations, digital terrain modeling, and geospatial data analysis.
Modernized Geomatics curricula by integrating UAV and GIS analytics. Supervised 100+ graduate and undergraduate projects in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Land Administration.
Managed 8 staff members and 150+ students. Redesigned curriculum for Photogrammetry and Survey Management, increasing student passing rates to 90%.
Led national land resource mapping across 60+ administrative units. Developed geo-databases for major urban land pooling and feasibility studies in Nepal.
Taught 200+ diploma students in Cadaster, Land Administration, and Survey Management. Focused on bridging the gap between academic theory and industry surveying standards.
Executed topographic river surveys and designed PostGIS databases for integrated WASH and livelihood programs. Integrated field survey data with automated ArcGIS workflows.
Developed a web-based land and climate information prototype for mountain communities using FOSS4G (PostGIS/JavaScript) to enhance local climate resilience.
Optimized surveying workflows using Total Stations and AutoCAD, increasing accuracy by 15%. Developed MCE models for hydropower and road infrastructure site selection.
Digitized thousands of land parcels for the National Land Information System and mapped 100% of targeted households for community disaster vulnerability assessments.
PhD - Aug 2022 - Present
Master of Science in Geoinformatics - Mar 2015 - Mar 2017
Bachelor of Geomatics Engineering - Jun 2009 - Sep 2013
Travel Award University of Colorado Boulder/NAIRR Pilot affiliated workshop, 2026 |Graduate Council Fellow | Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Research Award | NASA/ASU Infiniscope Virtual Tour Training | UCGIS CyberTraining Travel Award | CIROH Developer Conference Travel Award | Finalist – GISS Student Honors Paper, AAG 2025 | Shortlisted – Remote Sensing Paper Competition, AAG 2024 | HydroLearn Fellowship | NASA Graduate Research Funding | DAAD Graduation Support | Erasmus Exchange Student |FIG Young Surveyors Award
Please feel free to contact me at my email address or through my LinkedIn Account below.
pawanthapa42@gmail.com