Dr. Hari Prasad Neopane is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal. He has been working at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University, since 2000 and serving the university with different administrative responsibilities, which include International Master Program Coordinator, Head of Department, Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, Member Secretary of the Turbine Testing Lab, etc. His field of interest is hydropower turbine design and sediment erosion. He received his PhD in Fluid Engineering from the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Norway. He has published more than 150 research articles and three book chapters in national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has received the Education Award (Shikshya Puraskar), the Young Scientist Award, and many more from the government of Nepal for the dedication of his service and contribution to the education sector of Nepal. He has been coordinating several research projects, which include an Erasmus + project on capacity building and many more. He has also handled a number of national and international conferences and training courses related to his field of interest. He has visited more than 25 countries for research and development and international collaboration and cooperation.
Dr. Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug currently works as a professor at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He conducts research on hydro turbines in the Waterpower Laboratory and is a member of the management team of the research center RenewHydro. He is also a Professor at Kathmandu University, Nepal, and he was a Research Scientist at SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway. Dr. Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug received his Ph.D. degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, in 1997 and his professorship in 2005. He has been working with hydro turbines, tidal turbines, and wind turbines since 1992. He is a member of numerous international academic and professional committees within hydropower research.
