CAREER SUMMARY
Dr. Niranga Amarasingha specializes in Transportation Engineering, boasting over 20 years of training and experience across Sri Lanka, the U.S.A., the Netherlands, India, and Thailand. Beginning her professional journey as a civil engineer in the industry, she later transitioned into academia. A recipient of an Asian Development Bank scholarship, she pursued a master's degree spanning two years, subsequently embarking on her academic career. Holding roles as a lecturer at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and a post-doctoral associate at Kansas State University, U.S.A., she joined SLIIT in 2013.
At present, she teaches transportation engineering modules, with her research centering on a range of areas including traffic engineering and operations, transportation system modeling, planning and simulation, safety and human factors, highway/street design, railroad engineering, and multi-criteria decision making.
Throughout her tenure, she has made significant contributions to various national-level transportation projects. Currently, she serves transportation sector as the president of the Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Civil /Transportation Engineering: Kansas State University, USA
- MSc in Civil /Transportation Engineering: Thammasat University, Thailand
- BSc (Honours) in Civil Engineering: University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Traffic Engineering and Operations
- Transportation System Modeling, Planning and Simulation
- Safety and Human Factors
- Highway/Street Design
- Railroad Engineering
- Multi-criteria Decision Making
Memberships
- The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT)
- The Highway Engineering Society, Sri Lanka (HES)
- The Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics (SLSTL)
- The Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)
- The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
PUBLICATIONS
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Experience of Automatic Traffic Data Collection for Development of Adjustment Factors in Colombo Suburban
12. Ahamed R.W., Lankathilake T.N., Amarasingha, N. , “Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies” , pp. 1695-1707
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PA 16-1-0420 Modeling the Severity of Motorcycle Crashes using the Data from Sri Lanka
11. Amarasingha, N., “Injury Prevention” , pp. A37
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PW 0418 Modeling the Waiting Endurance Time at Urban Signalized Intersections
10. Amarasingha, N. and Jayasinghe, J.A.D.M.N., “Injury Prevention” , pp. A51-A52
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PW 0298 Investigating Red-light-running Rates in Sri Lanka
9. Amarasingha, N. and Ilhaam M.N.M., “Injury Prevention” , pp. A49
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Factors Associated with Rural Run-off-road and Urban Run-off-road Crashes
20. Amarasingha, N., Dissanayake, S., (, 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation and the Environment)