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In the Field of Civil Engineering

Australia
Dr. Nadarajah Gowripalan (University of Moratuwa, 1980)
Senior Lecturer
School of Civil & Enviornmental Engineering
The University of New South Wales
http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/staff/nadarajah.gowripalan/
N.Gowripalan@unsw.edu.au
Research Interests:
> High Performance Concrete
> Supplementary Cementitious Materials
> Polymer Modified Concrete
> Alternative reinforcements
Dr. R. Sri Ravindrarajah (University of Sri Lanka, 1971)
Senior Lecturer
Centre for Built Infrastructure
University of Technology, Sydney
http://www.eng.uts.edu.au/~ravir/
r.ravindra@uts.edu.au
Research Interests:
> Concrete Technology.
Dr. Murugesu Sivapalan (University of Ceylon, Civil, 1977)
Professor
Centre for Water Research
The University of Western Australia
http://www.cwr.uwa.edu.au/cwr/people/acad/sivapalan/
sivapalan@cwr.uwa.edu.au
Research Interests:
> Climate-Soil-Vegetation Controls on Hydrologic Variability
> Interactions between Runoff and Water Quality Processes
> Process-Based Modelling of Water Quantity and Quality
> Unified Theory of Hydrology at Catchment Scale Scale
> Problems in Hydrological Modelling
Dr. S. Vigneswaran
Professor
Infrastructure & Enviornment Group
University of Technology, Sydney
Canada
Dr. K.S. (Siva) Sivakumaran
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
McMaster University, Ontario
http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/civil/faculty/sivakumaran/
siva@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
> Structural Engineering
 - Coldformed Steel Structures
 - Fibre-reinforced Composites
Dr. Siva Sivathayalan
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carleton University, Ontario
http://www.cee.carleton.ca/Faculty/Bio_Faculty.php3?Faculty=45
siva_sivathayalan@carleton.ca
Research Interests:
> Static and dynamic behaviour of soils,
> Liquefaction,
> Laboratory testing,
> Constitutive relations,
> Geosynthetics
Singapore
Dr. T. Balendra
Assosiate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
National University of Singapore
http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/civil/aboutus/facultystaff/cvebalen/balen.html
cvebalen@nus.edu.sg
Research Interests:
> Influence of wind and earthquakes on structures
> Effects of soil-structure interaction and the Site effects
> Experiments in wind tunnel laboratory
> Finite element modelling and testing of structures which are subjected to dynamic loadings
Dr. Thirumany Sritharan
Assosiate Professor
School of Materials Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Staff Directory
assritharan@ntu.edu.sg
Research Interests:
> A1 coasting
> Physical Metallurgy and mechanical properties of A1 alloys
> Interfaces in microelectronics, MMCs etc
> Combustion synthesis of ceramics and intermetallics
United Kingdom
Dr. V. Sivakumar
Professor
School of Civil Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
http://www.qub.ac.uk/civeng/people/DrVSivakumar.htm
v.sivakumar@qub.ac.uk
Research Interests:
> Unsaturated soils
United States
Dr. Appiah Amirtharajah (University of Ceylon, 1963)
Professor
School of Civil & Enviornmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.ce.gatech.edu/~aamirtha/
appiah.amirtharajah@ce.gatech.edu
Research Interests:
> Physicochemical processes of mixing, coagulation, flocculation, and filtration in environmental engineering
> Drinking water treatment and safe drinking water regulations
Dr. Annalingam Anandarajah (University of Sri Lanka, 1977)
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
John Hopkins University, Maryland
http://www.ce.jhu.edu/faculty/anand.htm
rajah@jhu.edu
Research Interests:
> Constitutive modeling of soils.
> Finite element modeling of nonlinear dynamic soil-structure interaction.
> In situ determination of stress-strain properties of soils.
> Laboratory study of stress-strain behavior of soils.
> Environmental geotechnology.
> Micromechanics of soils.
> Discrete soil particle analysis.
> Testing and modeling of piles.
Dr. G. (Kumar) Mahinthakumar (University of Peradeniya, Civil 1985)
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
North Carolina State University
http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/faculty/kumar/
gmkumar@eos.ncsu.edu
Research Interests:
> Parallel and distributed computing applications
> Grid computing
> Inverse problems
> Finite element methods
> Particle methods
> Sparse matrix solvers
> Subsurface flow and reactive transport processes
> Genetic algorithms
Dr. Balasingam Muhunthan (University of Peradeniya, Civil 1984)
Assosiate Professor
Department of Civil & Environment Engineering
Washington State University
http://www.ce.wsu.edu/Faculty_Staff/Profiles/muhunthan.htm
muhuntha@wsu.edu
Research Interests:
> Computational geomechanics
> Constitutive modeling of geomaterials
> Microstructure characterization of geomaterials
> Transport in porous media
> Debris flows
> Fundamentals of soil behavior: critical state soil mechanics, micromechanics of soils, and physico-chemical behavior of clays.
Dr. K.K. Muraleetharan (University of Peradeniya, Civil 1983)
Assosiate Professor
School of Civil Engineering & Enviornmental Science
University of Oklahoma
http://cees.ou.edu/faculty/#muralee
muralee@ou.edu
Research Interests:
> Model Based Simulation/Geoenvironmental Engineering
Dr. Nirmala N. Khandan (University of Ceylon, Mech 1970)
Professor
Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
New Mexico State University
http://cagesun.nmsu.edu/~nkhandan/
nkhandan@nmsu.edu
Research Interests:
> Physical and biological technologies for removal of organic contaminants from air, soil, and groundwater
> QSAR techniques for chemical characterization, process engineering, and modeling fate and transport of organic contaminants in the environment
> Treatability studies and process engineering for managing organic chemicals in industrial/municipal wastes
> Computer simulation of natural and engineered processes for in-class teaching, research, publication, and consulting.
Dr. Raj V. Siddharthan (University of Sri Lanka, 1977)
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Nevada
http://unr.edu/homepage/siddhart/my_page.html
siddhart@unr.edu Research Interests:
> Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
> Soil Liquefaction
> Pavement Response and Design
> Design of Foundations and Dams
> Offshore Wave Loading
> Blast Loading
Dr. "Sri" S. Sritharan (University of Peradeniya, Civil 1983)
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
Iowa State University
http://www.cce.iastate.edu/facstaff/struct.htm
sri001@iastate.edu
Research Interests:
> Structural Engineering
Dr. S. Thevanayagam (University of Peradeniya, Civil 1982)
Assosiate Professor
Department of Civil, Structrural, and Environment Engineering
University at Buffalo - State University of New York
http://www.civil.buffalo.edu/Faculty/theva.html
theva@eng.buffalo.edu
Research Interests:
> Geotechnical engineering
> Geoenvironmental engineering
> Liquefaction and post-liquefaction behavior
> Ground improvement
> Insitu testing
> Site characterization
Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan (University of Peradeniya, Civil 1980)
Professor
Department of Civil & Environment Engineering
University of Houstan
http://www.egr.uh.edu/cive/faculty/vipu/
cvipulanandan@uh.edu
Research Interests:
> geotechnical, materials and geoenvironmental engineering

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