CAREER SUMMARY
- Academic career for 32 years
- Jan. 2018 to date : Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe
- Sep.2007 to date : Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Univ. of Peradeniya (on sabbatical leave from Jan 2018)
- June 1997-Aug. 2007: Visiting senior Lecturer at Dept. of Mechanical Eng. Univ. Peradeniya for Academic year 1997/98, 2001/2002, 2005, 2006
- Visiting senior Lecturer at Dept. of Civil Eng. Univ. of Peradeniya, 2006
- Visiting Lecturer for Engineering Council(U.K.) Part I examination at Technical College, Kandy
- Consultant Civil Engineer, Senkadagala Construction Co.(Pvt) Ltd, 2000-2006
- July 1992-May 1997 Senior Lecturer, University of Peradeniya
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD 1992 University of California at Santa Barbara,U.S.A.
- MEng. 1989 Nagoya University, Japan
- BSc(Eng) First Class Honours, 1985 University of Peradeniya,
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Modelling of Mechanical Properties and failure of Materials
- Design of Custom made Bone Implants
Memberships
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- SASP Saturusinghe, KRB. Herath and SR Herath "Elastic Properties of Open Cell Metallic Foams Using Finite Element Analysis and Homogenization Technique"
- AMZ Zimmer, MN Mohammad, MH Nowsath and SR Herath "Nonlinear Behaviour of Metal Foams under Tensile Loading"
- SASP Sathurusinghe and SR Herath " Mechanical Properties of Architectured Materials"
- RS Amarasinghe, RAM Rupasinghe, P Anurathan, SR Herath "Effects of geometry of the intramedullary stem of the ulna component of hinged elbow joint prostheses on the bone and implant bending stresses"
- Agahtehrani, A., Gunawardena, S., "Microbifurcation and Macrobifurcation of Fibrous Metal Matrix Composites under Uniaxial Compression"
- Gunawardena S. R., Jansson, S., Leckie, F. A., "Transverse Ductility of Metal Matrix Composites"
- Gunawardena, S. R., Usami, T., "An Elasto-Plastic Large Deformation Analysis of Compressed Cylindrical Shells with Initial Imperfections"