Evidence of Esteem
Invited Speaker and Speaker in Conference Sessions
Resource person for the panel discussion on “The Braided River: Women in Science, careers and Recognition (Elsevier)” in the European Science Open Forum (ESOF), 2022, Leiden, Netherlands - 07/2022
Resource person for the panel discussion session on “Inclusion in Research and Journalism: The North/South Dialogue” in the European Conference on Science Journalism (ECSJ) 2022 Leiden, Netherlands - 07/2022
Resource person for the panel discussion session on “Early Career Women Scientists from Developing Countries Describe their Prize-Winning Research in Climate Change”, at the International Conference on Gender Action and Climate Change (IGCC), 2022 (virtual) - 30/2022
Resource person for the panel discussion session on “Minority and Women in STEM” in the Annual Meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2022 (Virtual) - 02/2022
Main resource person for the webinar on “How to Prepare a Research Paper”, organized by CINEC Campus, Sri Lanka for undergraduate students [~450 participants] - 07/2020
Presented a talk on “Deep Earth Energy”, Annual Civil Engineering Graduate Symposium – 2017 organized by the Civil Engineering Society, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka [~150 participants] - 11/2017
Presented a talk on “Can Deep Coal Seams be Used as a Greener Energy Source?”, organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Information Technology Sri Lanka [~300 participants] - 07/2017
Delivered a public talk on “Deep Coal Seams as a Greener Energy Source”, Geotechnical Forum organized by the Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society (SLGS) [~150 participants] - 05/2017
Panel Discussion on "Inclusion in Research and Journalism: The North/South Dialogue"
European Conference on Science Journalism (ECSJ) 2022 Leiden, Netherlands
Panel discussion on “The Braided River: Women in Science, careers and Recognition (Elsevier)”
European Science Open Forum (ESOF), 2022, Leiden, Netherlands
Awards and Honours
Listed as one of the top 100 Asian Scientists in the year 2023
Won the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World 2022 Awards in Climate Action and the Environment for Asia-Pacific region.
Awarded the Bright Spark Lecture Award by the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for the most promising young geotechnical engineer/academic in 2021
Earned Research Outstanding Award with Distinction, Annual Research Award Ceremony, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2018 and 2019
Nominated for the Young Members Presidential Group (YMPG) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) representing Sri Lanka.
Won the Best Teacher’s Portfolio Report – 2018 by the Staff Development Centre, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
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
Awarded Mallika De Mel memorial gold award for the student with best overall performance in Engineering - 2013
Awarded Dr. A.N. Kulasinghe Memorial scholarship for the undergraduate with the best performance in Civil Engineering - 2010
OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World 2022 Awards in Climate Action and the Environment for Asia-Pacific region
Professional Memberships
Member, International Society of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) - 2017 to date
Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK - 2023 to date
Member, British Geotechnical Association (BGA) - 2024 to date
Graduate Member, Institute of Civil Engineers, UK (ICE) - 2024 to date
Associate Member, Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) - 2013 to date
Associate Engineer, Engineering Council, Sri Lanka (ECSL) - 2019 to date
Member, Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) - 2021 to date
Full Member, Women's Engineering Society (WES) - 2024 to date
Leadership and Interpersonal Skills
Leadership Activities
Executive Member, Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society (SLGS) - 2018 - 2021
Editor – Newsletter, Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society (SLGS) - 2019 - 2020
Member of the organizing committee for the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (ICGE-Colombo-2020), Colombo, Sri Lanka - 2022
Civil Engineering Track session chair for Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon - 2019), 5th International Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Conference held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. - 2019
Civil Engineering Track co-chair for Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon - 2018), 4th International Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Conference held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. - 2018
Member of the organizing committee for IC3G 2016, International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources held in Melbourne, Australia. - 2016
Co-president of the organizing committee of the Civil Engineering Research Exchange Symposium (CERES) 2012 held in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. - 2012
Member of the organizing committee for EFOR 2010, 10-year anniversary exhibition held in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna. - 2010
Leadership Training
AURORA - 2024 (link)
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