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CAREER SUMMARY
Served as academic member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa from 1984 to 2019. At present serving as Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering/ Senior Lecturer Higher Grade on contract basis at SLIIT
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- B.Sc. Engineering (Mech), University of Moratuwa
- Ph.D. (Naval Arch) University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Thermodynamics systems
- Control Engineering
- Hull design for small vessels and Stability
Memberships
- Member, Institute of Engineers, Srilanka
- Charted Engineer -IESL
- Fellow, The Institue of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology , UK
- Charted Marine Engineer - IMarest
Research Clusters
Thermal Engineering
Thermal Engineering Research unit deal weight thermal energy storage and utilization effectively. Further research on use of renewable energy for local engineering application. Heat and mass transfer studies are carried out on simulation basis to implement innovative heating and cooling technologies and their application engineering processes involve heat transfer.
PUBLICATIONS
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An Automated Rail Gate Management System for Sri Lanka
W.K.Wimalsiri, “The Institute Engineers Sri Lanka” , pp. part B (883-890)
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Knowledge based software fro loading and stability of ships
W.K.Wimalsiri, (International Research Conference University of Moratuwa)
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Design and construction of high speed, hard chine planning hull
W.K.Wimalsiri, (International conference Kotalawala Defence University )
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Manpower needs at craft vocational and technical levels in the oil and gas industry
W.K.Wimalsiri, “Emerging Off-shore Gas and Oil Industry in Sri lanka” , pp. 91
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Probabilistic Approach to Assessment of Damage Survivability of Cargo Ships
W.K.Wimalsiri,
