CAREER SUMMARY
Dr. Nimal Rajapakse is currently the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology and a Professor of Civil Engineering. Dr. Rajapakse has extensive experience in academic administration, having served in administrative roles in four research universities in Canada.
He served as Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba from November 1997 to June 2000. He was the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC) from 2000 to 2007. He was appointed in 2007 as Director of the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems at UBC. Dr. Rajapakse was recruited to Simon Fraser University, Canada, in July 2009 as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences. He served in that role until 2015. After that, he served as Vice-President (Research and International) of Carleton University, Canada.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- D.Eng. (Applied Mechanics) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1983
- M.Eng. (Structures & Mechanics) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1981
- B.Sc. Hons. (Civil Engineering - University of Sri Lanka (Katubedda), 1977
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Mechanics of nanomaterials and nanostructures
- Geomechanics and elastic wave propagation
- Smart materials and structures
Memberships
- Vice-President and Member, International Association for Applied Mechanics
- Member, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
- Member, American Academy of Mechanics
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Y. Huang, R.K.N.D. Rajapakse "Practical stress solutions for single-edge V-notched tension specimen"
- M. Liyanage, R. Miller and R.K.N.D. Rajapakse "First principles study of hydrogen in lead zirconate titanate"
- M. Liyanage, R. Miller and R.K.N.D. Rajapakse "Multiscale approach for determining hydrogen diffusivity in zirconium"
- M.A.N. Dewapriya and R.K.N.D. Rajapakse "Atomistic and continuum modelling of stress field at an inhomogeneity in graphene"
- Y Sapsathiarn and R.K.N.D. Rajapakse "Mechanistic Models for Nanobeams with Surface Stress Effects"
- D.A. Damasceno, E. Mesquita, R.K.N.D. Rajapakse and R.Pavanello "Atomic-scale finite element modelling of mechanical behaviour of graphene nanoribbons"
- M.A.N. Dewapriya, S.A. Meguid, R.K.N.D. Rajapakse "Atomistic modelling of crack-inclusion interaction graphene"
- Y. Huang and R.K.N.D. Rajapakse "A theoretical process-zone model for delayed hydride cracking initiation at a blunt V-notch"
- P. Kumari, A. Singh, R.K.N.D. Rajapakse and S. Kapuria "Three-dimensional static analysis of Levy-type functionally graded plate with in-plane stiffness variation"
- R.M.H. Khorasany, Y. Singh, A.S. Alavijeh, R.K.N.D. Rajapakse, E Kjeang "In-situ simulation of membrane fatigue in polymer electrolyte fuel cells"
