CAREER SUMMARY
Dilum Perera is a dedicated researcher and educator with six years of experience in renewable energy, specializing in hydrogen and syngas production. He is currently a Lecturer at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT). Previously, he served as a Teaching Assistant at Memorial University of Newfoundland, a Visiting Lecturer at Curtin University, Colombo, and a Temporary Lecturer at the University of Moratuwa. His expertise extends to industrial gasifier fabrication, where he contributed as the Chief Designing Engineer for an industrial-scale gasifier project in Sri Lanka.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada – July 2023
- Dissertation: Mass Transfer Resistance of CuCl2 Hydrolysis in a Fixed Bed Reactor
- Funding: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honors)
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka – December 2018
- Dissertation: Design and Development of a 50kW Producer Gas Generator
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
Green hydrogen production, Producer gas production, Renewable energy
Memberships
- Associate Member - Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK - September 2024 - Present
- Associate Engineer - Engineering Council Sri Lanka - January 2020 - Present
- Associate Member - Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka - August 2018 - Present
- Member - Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science- March 2024 - Present
Research Clusters
Thermal Engineering
Thermal Engineering Research unit deal weight thermal energy storage and utilization effectively. Further research on use of renewable energy for local engineering application. Heat and mass transfer studies are carried out on simulation basis to implement innovative heating and cooling technologies and their application engineering processes involve heat transfer.
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