Senior Professor

CAREER SUMMARY

Professor/Dean Faculty of Engineering, SLIIT 2015 March todate

Professor/ Head, Department of Civil Engineering, SLIIT 2014 June to 2015 February

Professor/ Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 2009 October to June 2014

Senior Lecturer/  Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 1997 August October to September 2009

Research Assistant / Department of Civil and Enviorenmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA 1993 September to August 1997

 

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) –       University of South Florida, USA, 1996.

MSc(Soil Mechanics) –          Imperial College of Science Technology and   

                                               Medicine, University of London, UK, 1993.

Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) - Imperial College of Science Technology

                                                         and Medicine, University of London, UK,

                                                         1993.

B.Sc. Engineering (Hons.) ‑ University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 1990.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Research Interests

·         Properties of soft organic soils

·         Ground improvement techniques

·         Construction quality controlling of piles

·         Dynamic and static load testing of piles

·         Integrity testing of piles

·         Dynamic capacity estimation of piles

·         Interpretation of plate load test results

         Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for geotechnical engineering

Memberships

Chartered Engineer of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka 2004.

Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2009.

International Professional Engineer, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2007

Sri Lanka Geotechnical Society

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Research Clusters

Geotechnical and Geo Environment

Ground improvements/Ground investigations Secondary consolidation of organic soils Design of rock socketed piles/Rectification of piles

PUBLICATIONS

  • Conference Proceedings 2006

    Interpretation of Pile Integrity Test (PIT) Results

    Thilakasiri, H. S, (Annual sessions of Institution of Engineers)

  • Conference Proceedings 2006

    Dynamic Testing of End Bearing Bored Piles in Sri Lanka

    Thilakasiri, H. S., Abeyasinghe, R. K., and Tennakoon, B. L.,

  • Journal Publications 2006

    A Review of the Design Practices of Bored and Cast In-situ Piles in Sri Lanka

    Thilakasiri, H. S, “Annual sessions of Institution of Engineers” , pp. 96 - 102

  • Journal Publications 2003

    A study of ultimate carrying capacity estimation of driven piles using pile driving equations and the wave equation method

    Thilakasiri, H. S., Abeyasinghe, R. K., and Tennakoon, B. L., “Annual sessions of Institution of Engineers” , pp. 86 – 92

  • Journal Publications 2011

    Empirical Correlations for Sri Lankan Peaty Soils

    Thavasuthan, T. and Thilakasiri, H. S, “Geotechnical Journal, J. of the Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society”

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