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EDUCATION
Ph.D Civil/Structural
Engineering 2006
Wayne State
University , Detroit , Michigan
M.Eng Structural
Engineering 2001
Asian Institute
of Technology , Bangkok , Thailand
B.Sc. Eng.
(Hons) Civil
Engineering 1998
University of Peradeniya ,
Peradeniya , Sri Lanka
Fire Safety and Fire Engineering Science
Graduate level
The Institute of Fire
Engineers, Gloucestershire, GL56 0RH, United Kingdom
PROfessional
Licensing Professional Engineer (PE) - Michigan
HONORS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- The International Education Faculty
Development Fund, Western Michigan University, April 2011
- Faculty Research Travel Fund, Research and
Sponsored Programs, Western Michigan University, January 2011
- Faculty Research Travel Fund, Research and
Sponsored Programs, Western Michigan University, January 2010
- Whos Who in America 2009
- Faculty Research Travel Fund, Research and
Sponsored Programs, Western Michigan University, January 2009
- ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering
Education) 2008 Teaching Fellow
- Great Lakes Cement Promotion Association
(GLCPA) Travel Grant:
Bridge
Professors' Seminar: Design of Concrete Bridges by the AASHTO LRFD
Specifications. August 2007
Building Professors'
Seminar: Engineering and Economics of Reinforced Concrete Buildings.
July 2007
ACBM/PCA Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Program
Workshop. June 2007
-
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Service Award, Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI 48202. April 2006
- Graduate Student Professional Travel Award
College of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202. September 2005
- Dissertation Fellowship, Wayne State
University, Detroit, MI 48202. June August 2005
- Millennium Scholarship (by Norway
Government), Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. September 1999
April 2001
- Sri Lanka Army Ex-Servicemens Association
Scholarship, Colombo, Sri Lanka. August 1996 August 1998
- Sri Lankan Government Scholarship, University
of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. February 1994 August 1998
Professional
Memberships and services
· Member -Transportation Research Board - AFN30
Durability of Concrete (2007- present)
· Member - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
· Member - Structural Engineers Association of Michigan
(SEAMi)
· Professional Member - Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute (PCI)
· Transportation Research Board - AFF30 Concrete Bridges (friend of the
committee)
· Transportation Research Board - AFF40 Dynamics and Field Testing of Bridges
(friend of the committee)
· Reviewer ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering
· Reviewer - Soil
Mechanics: An Introductory Text, by Muni Budhu,
University of Arizona
· Reviewer - Concrete
Codes and Standards for Nuclear Power Plants, Report by The Nuclear Energy
Standards Coordination Collaborative (NESCC)
Honorary Society
Membership
· Chi Epsilon ‑ Civil Engineering Honor Society
CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES
· Chair - Session VI-E,
Advanced Materials in Bridges, Fiber Reinforced Polymers, 8th International
Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges (SMSB), 05 August 2010
· Reviewer - 8th
International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges (SMSB), 03-06
August 2010
·
Organizer and
Instructor: Finite Element Basics and Refined Bridge Structural Analysis - Workshop,
Department of Civil & Construction Engineering, Western Michigan
University.
i.
March 2-3, 2011
ii.
March 3-4, 2010
iii.
June 24-25, 2008
iv.
March 3-4, 2009
v.
June 26-27, 2008
UNIVERSITY/
COLLEGE/ DEPARTMENT SERVICES
· Member of the Grade and Program Dismissal Appeals
Committee (GAPDC), Western Mich., Univ., 2010- Present
· Member of the faculty search committee for two Construction Engineering faculty
positions, Department of Civil & Construction Engineering, Western Michigan
University, academic year 2009-2010
· Observer, Medallion Scholarship Competition, Western
Michigan University, January 23, 2010
· Department curriculum committee, Department of Civil
& Construction Engineering, Western Michigan University, since fall 2007
· Graduate thesis/dissertation committees
i. Griffin Enyart, Master of
Civil Engineering, June 2011 committee member
ii. Michael A. Romkema, Master
of Civil Engineering, August 2010
committee chair
iii. Richard C. Rhodes IV, Master of Civil Engineering, November 30, 2009 committee member
iv. Nahedh M. Alhubail, Master of
Civil Engineering, November 30, 2009
committee member
v. Naif Albelwi, Master of Civil
Engineering, November 30, 2009 committee
member
· Presenter, Department of Civil & Construction
Engineering, Western Michigan University, Fall Open House Recruiting event,
Oct 19, Nov. 2 and Nov. 30, 2007
· Coordinator and presenter, Department of Civil &
Construction Engineering, Western Michigan University, Family Weekend
Recruiting event, October 06, 2007
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
· 2011 AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures
(SCOBS) Annual Meeting. Norfolk, VA May 15-19, 2011
· I-15 Sam White Bridge Move and Workshop, Salt Lake
City, UT, March 26-27, 2011
· 90th Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Annual Meeting, January 23-27, 2011
· 8th International Conference on Short and
Medium Span Bridges (SMSB), 03-06 August 2010
· FHWA Bridge Engineering Conference: Highways for
LIFE and Accelerated Bridge Construction, Orlando, Florida, April 8 and 9, 2010
· 89th Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2010
· 88th Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2009
· ExCEEd Teaching Workshop, West Point Military Academy, NY,
July 23-28, 2008
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· 87th Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2008
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· Portland Cement Association ACBM Undergraduate
Faculty Enhancement Workshop - 2007 Professor's Seminar on Concrete,
· 86th Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Annual Meeting, January 21-25, 2007
· 85th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2006
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Updated: June 8, 2011