CAREER SUMMARY
Lecturer (Tenure Track) - Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (January 2024 - Present)
Assistant Lecturer - Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (January 2021- August 2021)
Academic Instructor - Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (January 2019- December 2020)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Engineering in Water Engineering and Management at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand (2023)
International Exchange Student at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan (2022-2023).
B.Sc. Engineering (Hons), - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (2019)
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
Climate Change and Hydrology
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding
Hydrological modelling
Memberships
Associate Member: Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (AMIESL)
Graduate Member: Institution of Civil Engineers, UK (GMICE)
Member: Institution of Engineering andTechnology, UK (MIET)
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Gunathilake, M. B., Amaratunga, Y. V, Perera, A., Karunanayake, C.,Gunathilake, A. S., & Rathnayake, "Statistical evaluation and hydrologic simulation capacity of different satellite-based precipitation products (SbPPs) in the Upper Nan River Basin, Northern Thailand. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies"
- Khaniya B., Karunanayake C., Gunathilake M.B., Rathnayake U., "Projection of Future Hydropower Generation in Samanalawewa Power Plant, Sri Lanka"
- Chamaka Karunanayake, Miyuru B. Gunathilake, Upaka Rathnayake "Inflow Forecast of Iranamadu Reservoir, Sri Lanka, under Projected Climate Scenarios Using Artificial Neural Networks"
- Miyuru B. Gunathilake, Chamaka Karunanayake, Anura S. Gunathilake,Niranga Marasingha, Jayanga T. Samarasinghe, Isuru M. Bandara, Upaka Rathnayake "Hydrological Models and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) toSimulate Streamflow in a Tropical Catchment of Sri Lanka"
- Maharaj K T, Karunanayake C, K Kunwar, Chadee A A, Azmathulla Hazi Md,Rathnayake U. "Evaluation of permeable pavement systems (PPS) as bestmanagement practices for stormwater runoff control: A review"
- Janani, H. K, Chamaka Karunanayake, Miyuru B. Gunathilake, ChalakiPrasad, Hazi Md. Azamathulla, Upaka Rathnayake "Integrating Indicators in Agricultural Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change in Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka"