CAREER SUMMARY
- Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade) | November 2023 - Present
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
- Senior Lecturer (GII) | July 2019– November 2023
- Lecturer (Unconfirmed) | January 2019– July 2019
- Lecturer (Probationary) | October 2017–December 2018
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty ofEngineering, University of Jaffna,Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka.
- Research Assistant | June 2017 – September 2017
- Graduate Research Assistant, PhD Candidate |November 2013 – June 2017
Faculty of Engineering and BuiltEnvironment, The National University ofMalaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
- Civil Engineer | March 2013 - October 2013
Design and Planning Division, Ministry ofIrrigation and Water Resources Management,Sri Lanka
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of Philosophy (Civil and Structural Engineering) - 2017
The National University of Malaysia,Malaysia
BSc Eng Hons (Civil Engineering) - 2013
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Minor in Structural Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Structural Strengthening
- Dynamic loading
- Concrete Technology
- Material Engineering
- Waste Based Composite
Memberships
- An Associate Member (AM-15103) Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (2013 - Present)
- Associate Engineer (203674) Engineering Council, Sri Lanka (2018 - Present)
- A Member (MCODE: 1615962) International Water Association (2018 - Present)
Research Clusters
Sustainability in Built Environments
"The built environment touches all aspects of our lives, encompassing the buildings we live in, the distribution systems that provide us with water and electricity, and the roads, bridges, and transportation systems we use to get from place to place. Our research group focuses on research areas such as whole building life cycle assessment, Life cycle costing and Life cycle data for construction materials, Green buildings and sustainable building material research, sustainable management of wastewater and solid waste, drinking water treatment, air pollution and control etc.
Areas: Building Life cycle assessment, circular economy in construction, Sustainability assessment of buildings, building materials, machinery, and transportation Wastewater management, Drinking water treatment, solid waste management, air and noise pollution, water sensitive urban design, water pollution mitigation and management"
Concrete Engineering Solutions
Concrete Engineering, Structural Engineering, Composite construction, Advanced materials, Sustainable construction materials
Biomedical and Forensic Engineering
Scope: Biomedical engineering and smart healthcare, Use of bio-signal, image and video processing in forensic investigations, Forensic civil engineering, Engineering for injury investigation (structural and equipment analysis), Incident reconstruction with biomechanical, civil and electronic engineering.
PUBLICATIONS
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Infrared Image-Based Condition Assessment of 33kV SIR Housed ZnO Surge Arresters
Ms. R.S. Illesinghe, Mr. N.N.K Paranawithana, Prof. M.A.R.M. Fernando, Dr. W.L. Abeygunasekara, “"ENGINEER”, The Journal of Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka” , pp. 67-78