Royal Bhandari, P.E.

Experience

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  Tech Studio of Engineering

  Dec 2018 - Dec 2019

  Civil Engineer

  • Conducted traffic and road roughness survey through visual inputs• Worked on vertical and horizontal profiles of the Kathmandu-Terai fast track project• Supervised road survey works • Assisted in preparing Detailed Project Report (DPR)

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  Provincial Planning Commission

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Civil Engineer

  • Worked in a multi-disciplinary team of five• Prepared conceptual design, project schedule, cost estimates, and economic analysis• Conducted field visits and data collections

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  The University of Texas at San Antonio

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2022

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Reviewed and recommended changes in TxDOT RDM• Calibrated market penetration rate of automated vehicles (AVs)• Studied the effects of AVs on land use patterns and travel behaviors• Exemplified the changes in speed, travel time, and waiting time of two urban corridors: Corridor Analysis• Measured the impacts of mixed traffic (AV and human-driven vehicles) on the road capacity: Managed Lanes

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  Gannett Fleming

  Sept 2022 - now

  Traffic/ITS Engineer

  • Traffic Projections• Signal Designs• Signal Warrant Analysis• TIAs• Origin-Destination Analysis• Modeling and Simulation