Professioinal Activities

  • Society Memberships:
    • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    • Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI)
    • Associate Fellow,  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
    • Founding President and Fellow (Life), American Society of Nepalese Engineers (ASNEngr)
    • Members, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    • Member, Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)
    • Member, American Academy of Mechanics (AAM)
    • Member, Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)
    • Founding Member, International Design for Extreme Environments Association (IDEEA)
  • Editorship:
    • Editorial Board, ASCE/J. of Aerospace Engineering.
    • Editorial Board, International J. of Space Structures.
    • Associate Editor, AIAA/J. of Spacecraft and Rockets (1996-2001).
    • Guest  Editor, ASCE  J. of Aerospace Engineering (April 1998)
    • Editor/Co-Editors, Proceedings, ASCE Earth & Space 2004, 2006 and 2010 Conference
  • Committees: Several Professional  Technical Committees, including:
    • Chair, Space Engineering & Construction Committee, ASCE-Aerospace Division (ASD) (2017-).
    • Founding President, American Society of Nepalese Engineers, ASNEngr (2007-2012)
    • Member, Technical Activities Committee (Board level Committee), ASCE
    • Chair, Executive Committee, ASCE Aerospace Div. (ASD).
    • Founding Chair of Comm. on Dynamics and Controls of ASCE-ASD.
    • Founding Chair, SDM Conference Liaison Committee, ASCE-ASD.
    • Member, Advanced Materials and Structures Committee, ASCE-ASD.
    • Space Engineering & Construction Committee, ASCE-ASD.
    • Member -Task Comm. on Lunar Base Structures, ASCE-Aerospace Division.
    • Member, Special Structures Committee, ASCE-Structures Division (STD)
    • Member, Dynamics Committee, ASCE-Engineering Mechanics Division
    • Task Com. on Dynamics of Lattice Structures ASCE-Structural Division.
    • Member,  Structural Dynamics Technical Committee, AIAA.
  • Conference Organizing and Technical Session Chairs/Co-Chairs
    Served on Planning and Technical Committees more than 40 national and international conferences;  Session organizer/chair for more than 70 technical sessions.  Conferences include:

    • Malla, R. B. (Chair) and Pantet, A. (Co-Chair), Symposium on “MS37: Applied/Computational/Experimental Structural Mechanics, Dynamics, Modeling and Testing of Infrastructure,” 2016 EMI International Conference, Metz, France; October 25-28, 2016 (Organized under the auspices of ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI), Reston, VA., USA.)
    • Ed-in-Chief of Proceedings, Control Group Member of Steering & Technical Committees, and Symposium#4 Chair,  15th ASCE-Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Science, Constructions and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space  2016), Orlando, FL; April 11-14, 2016
    • Steering (Core Group) & Technical Committees, Symposium#4 Chair, and Co-Editor of Proceedings, 14th ASCE-Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Science, Constructions and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space  2014); ), St Louis, MO; October 26-29, 2014.
    • Technical Chair and Proceedings Editor, Annual Conference, American Society of Nepalese Engineers (ASNEngr), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
    • General Chair and Proceedings  Editor,  Annual Conference, American Society of Nepalese Engineers (ASNEngr), 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2017.
    • Proceedings co-Editor and Symposium Chair, 13th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering,  Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments
      (Earth & Space 2010),  Pasadena, CA; April 15-18, 2012.
    • Proceedings Co-Editor and Symposium Chair, 12th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments
      (Earth & Space 2010), Honolulu, HI; March 14-17, 2010.
    • Technical Program Chair, 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Orlando, FL, April 12-15, 2010.
    • General Chair, 10th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments
      (Earth & Space 2006), League City/Houston, TX; March 05-08, 2006.
    • Chair, Student Papers Competition, 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conference, Austin, TX, April 18-21, 2005.
    • Long Range Planning Committee & Organizing Committee, AIAA/ASCE/ASME/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (2000-).
    • General Chair, 9th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space 2004),  League City/Houston, TX, March 07-10, 2004.
    • Organizing Committee (ASCE Representative), AIAA/ASCE/ASME/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials (SDM) Conference in
      2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
    • Co-Chair, Executive Committee, International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Vibration, Noise and Control (SDVNC’95), December 05-07, 1995, Hong Kong.
    • Organizing Committee, International Design for Extreme Environment Association (IDEEA) Conference., Houston, TX, Nov.12-15, 1991.
    • Steering/Technical Committees,  ASCE ASD Conference SPACE & ROBOTICS – 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000,  2002; ASCE ASD Earth & Space conferences – 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012.
  • Technical Sessions Organizing/ Chairing:
    • Session Chair,Session on “Dynamic Testing Techniques and System Identification I,” 2017 AIAA SciTech Forum /58th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conference, Grapevine, TX, CA; Jan. 09-13, 2017.
    • Symposium Chair,Symposium on “MS37: Applied/Computational/Experimental Structural Mechanics, Dynamics, Modeling and Testing of Infrastructure,” 2016 EMI International Conference, Metz, France; October 25-28, 2016; Organized under the auspices of ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, Reston, VA., USA.
    • Session Chair/Co-Chair, Session on “S74 Modeling and Testing of Infrastructure,”2016 EMI International Conference, Metz, France; October 25-28, 2016
    • Session Chair/Co-Chair, Session on “Advanced Analysis for Earthquake Engineering,” 2016 EMI and PMC Conference McMaster Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; May 22-25, 2106. (Organized by ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, Reston, VA)
    • Symposium Chair/Co-Chair, Symposium on “4. Structures in Challenging Environments: Dynamics, Controls, Smart Structures, Health Monitoring, and Sensors,” 15th Biennial ASCE-Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Science, Constructions and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space  2016), Orlando, FL., April 11-15, 2016.(7 sessions)
    • Session Chair, Session Title: “Aerospace and Related Structures,” 15th Biennial ASCE-Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Science, Constructions and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space  2016), Orlando, FL., April 11-15, 2016.
    • Session Chair, Session on “Passive Control and Damping,” 2016 AIAA SciTech Forum /57th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conf; San Diego, CA; Jan. 4-8, 2016.
    • Session Chair, Session Title: “Plenary Session (Keynote and Invited Guest Speakers),  “8th Joint Annual Conference of American Society of Nepalese Engineers (ASNEngr) and Computer Association of Nepal-USA  (CAN-USA), North Brunswick,  NJ Aug.29-30, 2015.
    • Symposium Chair/Co-Chair, Symposium on “4. Structures in Challenging Environments: Dynamics, Controls, Smart Structures, Health Monitoring, and Sensors,”ASCE-Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Science, Constructions and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space  2014), St Louis, MO; October 26-29, 2014.(8 sessions)
    • Session Chair,   Session Title: “Advances in Diagnostic and Monitoring Methods 1”).  Earth & Space 2014 –14th Biennial ASCE Aerospace Div. International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments, St Louis, MO; Oct. 27-29, 2014.
    • Session Chair,   Session Title: ” Advances in Diagnostic and Monitoring Methods 2,” . Earth & Space 2014 -14th Biennial ASCE Aerospace Div. International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments, St Louis, MO; Oct. 27-29, 2014.
    • Session Chair, Session: “Mechanics I,” 2014 EMI Conference; ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, Reston, VA; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; August 5 – 8, 2014.
    • Session Chair, Session: “Computational Mechanics I,” 2014 EMI Conference;ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, Reston, VA; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; August 5 – 8, 2014
    • Session Chair, Session I “Plenary Session,” 7th Joint ASNEngr/CAN-USA Annual Conference; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; June 21-22, 2014.
    • Session Chair, Session on “Dynamic Effects,” ASCE-Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Structures Congress 2015; Boston, MA; April 03-05,2014.
    • Session Chair, Session on “”Very Flexible Aircraft,” AIAA SciTech Forum 2015/55th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conf; National Harbor, MD; Jan. 13-17, 2014.
    • Session Chair, Session on “Connecting with Nepal,” 6th American Society of Nepalese Engineers (ASNEngr)/Computer Association of Nepal (CAN)-USA Annual Conference; Santa Clara, CA: June 29, 2013.
    • Session Chair/Co-chair, Session on “Damping and Vibration Suppression,” 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) conference, Boston, MA; April 08-11, 2013.
    • Session Chair, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) conferences – Boston, MA; June 2011; Notre Dame, IN, June 2012.
    • Session  Chair, ASCE Aerospace Division Biennial  International Conference on Engineering,  Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments
      (Earth & Space conference) –   League City/Houston, Mar 07-10, 2004; League  City/Houston, TX, March 05-08, 2006; Long Beach, CA, March 3-5, 2008; Honolulu, HI, March 14-17,  2010; Pasadena, CA, April 15-18, 2012.
    • Session Chair, AIAA/ASCE/ASME/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conference – Salt Lake City, UT, April 18-19, 1996;
      Atlanta, GA, April 02-06, 2000;   Seattle, WA, April 16-19, 2001; Denver, CO, WA, April 22-25, 2002; Norfolk, VA April 07-10, 2003;
      Palm Springs, CA, April 19-22, 2004;  Newport, RI, May 01-04, 2006; Palm Spring, CA, May 04-07, 2009;  Schaumburg, IL; April 07-10, 2008; Palm Spring, CA, May 04-07, 2009; Denver, CO, April 04-07, 2011 .
    • Session Chair,  Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM) 2007 Annual Conference  and Exposition,  Springfield, MA, June 04-06, 2007.
    • Session Chair, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division (EMD) conference, Blacksburg, VA; June 04-06, 2007
    • Session Chair, 2005 Joint ASME/ASCE/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials (McMat 2005), Baton Rouge, LA, June 01-03, 2005.
    • Session Chair, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference (EMD 2002), Columbia University, New York, NY, June 02-05, 2002.
    • Session Chair, ASCE Aerospace Division Conference SPACE  & ROBOTICS –  Albuquerque, NM, February 26-March 03, 1994; Albuquerque, NM,
      June 01-06, 1996;  Albuquerque, NM, April 26-30, 1998;  Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 27-Mach 02, 2000; Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 17- 21, 2002.
    • Session Chair, SDM/AIAA Dynamics Specialist Conference, Atlanta, GA., April 02-06, 2000.
    • Session Chair, The 3rd Asian-Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics (APCOM’96), Seoul, Korea, September 16-18, 1996.
    • Session Chair, AIAA Dynamics Specialists Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 18-19, 1996.
    • Session Chair, ASCE Structures Congress, Chicago, IL, April 15-18, 1996.
    • Session Chair, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Boulder, CO, May 21-24, 1995.
    • Session Chair, IASS-ASCE International Symposium 1994, April 24-28, 1994, Atlanta, GA, USA.
    • Session Chair, 1st Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Meeting, Charlottesville, VA, June 06-09, 1993.
    • Session Chair, ASCE‑Structures Congress X, San Antonio, TX, April 13 ‑ 15, 1992.
    • Session Chair, IDEEA One Conf., Houston, TX, Nov. 12-15, 1991.
    • Session Chair, ASCE-Structures Congress IX, Indianapolis, IN, Ap