CAREER SUMMARY
- Lecturer (Tenure Track) - Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (September 2023 - Present)
- Assistant Lecturer - Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (November 2022 - August 2023)
- Graduate Research Assistant - Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (June 2019 - October 2022)
- Academic Instructor - Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (January 2019 - June 2019)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- M.Phil. in Civil Engineering - Sri Lankan Institute of Information Technology (2024)
- B.Sc. Engineering (Hons) - Sri Lankan Institute of Information Technology (2019)
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Properties and behaviour of organic soil
- Effectiveness of different ground improvement techniques
- The uplift capacity of pile foundations
- Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in geotechnical engineering.
Memberships
- Associate Member - Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) - 2021
- Member - Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society (SLGS) - 2024
- Associate Engineer - Engineering Council of Sri Lanka (ECSL) - 2021
- Graduate Member - Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom (ICE) - 2019
- Member - Institution of Engineering and Technology, United Kingdom (IET) - (2019)
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Wang Y., Vidurapriya K. V. D., Qin X. and Thilakasiri H. S. "The Microstructure and the Behaviour of Low Organic Clayey Soils in Sri Lanka"
- Vidurapriya K. V. D., Jayaratne G. A. N. and Thilakasiri H. S. "Prediction of Post-Construction Settlement of Road Embankment on Soft Soil Deposits"
- Welikala C.O., Vidurapriya K. V. D. and Thilakasiri H. S. "A Case Study of Assessing the Accuracy of Secondary Consolidation Prediction using Qualitative Approach"
- Thilakarathne T.M.D., Vidurapriya K.V.D. and Thilakasiri H.S. "Computational Approach for Determining the Variation of Coefficient of Secondary Compression in Secondary Settlement Prediction of Soft Soils"
- Vidurapriya K.V.D., Wang Y., Thilakasiri H.S. and Zhu S "A review of the empirical correlations of peaty and organic soils in Sri Lanka"
