Mr Bikash Devkota

Research Associate

School of Civil Engineering and Construction

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Year	Citation
2025	Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Beecham, S. (2025). The changing frequency of La Niña cycles and their effect on footing design in expansive soils. Journal of Environmental Management, 393(127124), 14 pages. DOI WoS1
2024	Karim, M. R., Devkota, B., Rahman, M. M., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2024). Thornthwaite moisture index and depth of suction change under current and future climate ‒ An Australian study. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 16(5), 1761-1775. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2022	Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., & Nguyen, H. B. K. (2022). Accounting for Expansive Soil Movement in Geotechnical Design—A State-of-the-Art Review. Sustainability Switzerland, 14(23), 27 pages. DOI Scopus26 WoS24

Year	Citation
2025	Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Zapata, C. (2025). Short-Term Thornthwaite Moisture Index (TMI) for Australian Climate. In C. Rujikiatkamjorn, J. Xue, & B. Indraratna (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG), Sydney, Australia, 20/11/2024-22/11/2024 Source details - Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Volume 1: Sensor Technologies, Data Analytics and Climatic Effects (Vol. 402 LNCE, pp. 249-257). Singapore: SPRINGER-VERLAG SINGAPORE PTE LTD. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2025	Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Cameron, D. A. (2025). Modelling of Soil-Vegetation-Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Under Future Climate Scenarios. In C. Rujikiatkamjorn, J. Xue, & B. Indraratna (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Sydney, Australia, 20/11/2024-22/11/2024 Source details - Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Volume 1: Sensor Technologies, Data Analytics and Climatic Effects (Vol. 402 LNCE, pp. 259-267). Singapore: SPRINGER-VERLAG SINGAPORE PTE LTD. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2025	Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, H. B. K., & Cameron, D. A. (2025). Numerical Investigation of Suction Profiles Under Cracked Soil Conditions. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 658 LNCE, pp. 361-371). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI
2023	Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Rahman, M. M., Nguyen, K., & Iqbal, A. (2023). Effect of climate change on depth of suction change-A case study. In E. Rathje, B. M. Montoya, & M. H. Wayne (Eds.), Event/exhibition information: Geo-Congress 2023, Los Angeles, California, 26/03/2023-29/03/2023 Source details - Title: Geo-Congress 2023: Geotechnical Data Analysis and Computation (Vol. 2023-March, pp. 649-660). US: AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS. DOI Scopus6 WoS5

Year	Citation
2025	Paudel, M., & Devkota, B. (2025). A Case Study on Stability and Economic Analysis of Earthen Dam. In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Vol. 658 LNCE (pp. 111-123). Springer Nature Singapore. DOI
2022	Rahman, M. M., Ahenkorah, I., Devkota, B., Karim, M. R., Beecham, S., Chow, C., & Desboilles, J. (2022). A potentially sustainable weed control method using urease enzymes extracted from weeds. In R. Melland (Ed.), Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Weeds Conference (pp. 181-184). Australia: Weed Management Society of South Australia.

Courses I teach

CIVE 2016 UO Structures 2 (2025)
CIVE 3013 Steel and Timber Design (2025)
CIVE 5083 Advanced Soil Mechanics (2025)
CIVE 2016 UO Structures 2 (2024)
CIVE 3007 Geotechnical Engineering (2024)
CIVE 3013 Steel and Timber Design (2024)

Position: Research Associate
Email: bikash.devkota@adelaide.edu.au

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