Education
PhD in Geotechnical Engineering | Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia | Sept. 2013 - May 2017
Thesis title:
Investigation of Long-Term Safe Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Coal Seams with Enhanced Methane Recovery
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Details:
Identified the ideal injection strategies and the optimum conditions to harvest methane from deep coal seams while storing maximum amounts of CO2.
Conducted comprehensive multi-scale experimental and numerical studies to investigate the behaviour of coal matrix during CO2 sequestration.
Key Achievements:
Awarded Departmental Best PhD Thesis Award – 2018 and nominated for the Mollie Holman Medal
Awarded the Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) - 2013
Awarded the Faculty of Engineering International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (FEIPRS) - 2013
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka | July 2008 - Jan. 2013
Key Achievements:
OGPA 3.87/4.0 (First class honours, Rank 1 out of 200 students in the batch)
Awarded Mallika De Mel memorial gold award for the student with best overall performance in Engineering - 2013
Awarded Dr. A.N. Kulasinghe Memorial scholarship by the State Engineering Cooperation for the undergraduate with the best performance in Civil Engineering - 2010
Capstone Project:
Title:
Investigation of indigenous knowledge adopted in Construction of a colonial fort: A case study of Galle Fort with Respect to geotechnical engineering
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Publications:
Ranathunga AS, Madusanka ADNC, Priyankara NH, Alagiyawanna AMN (2013), Investigation of Geotechnical characteristics of Galle Fort Rampart. In: Proceeding of International Symposium on Advances of Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development (ACEPS – 2013), Galle, Sri Lanka, March 2013; pp. 44 – 51.
Ranathunga AS, Madusanka ADNC, Priyankara NH, Alagiyawanna AMN (2013), Investigation of indigenous knowledge used for Galle Fort construction with respect to Geotechnical Engineering. In: Proceeding of the Conference of Young Geotechnical Engineers Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Geotechnical Society (SLGS), April 2013; pp. 17 – 20.