Bishal Silwal

KU-staff
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering
Block-08, Room: 412
+977-11-415100
bishal.silwal@ku.edu.np
Bio
Honors and Awards
Research
Publication
Biography

Dr. Bishal Silwal is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kathmandu University. Before joining KU, he served as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Pokhara Univerversity. 

He received his BE in electrical engineering degree from Kathmandu University, Nepal in 2009. He received his Master’s degree and PhD degree from School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland in 2012 and 2017 respectively. He then worked as a post-doctoralresearcher at the Department of Electrical Energy, Metals, Mechanical Construction and Systems, Ghent University, Belgium, from July 2017 to October 2019. During his tenure at Ghent University, he was also the member of the core lab of Flanders Make, a strategic institution aimed at capacity building of the Flemish manufacturing industries.  He has published about 14 journals and conference proceedings.

Honors and Awards
  • Oy Strömberg Ab:n Award Scholarship fund by Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
  • Doctoral School Position Aalto-ELEC Doctoral School
  • Outstanding Paper Award Intl. Conference of Electrical Machine and Systems 2013, Busan, South Korea
Research

Electromagnetic and thermal design and modeling of electrical machines and systems, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electrical equipments, electrical vehicles, power security and reliability.

Publication