Areas of Interest:
Statics and Dynamics of Saturated and Unsaturated Soils
Centrifuge Testing
Finite Element Modeling of Multiphase Porous Media
Computational Modeling of Tire-Pavement Interaction
Dynamics of Retaining Walls Backfilled with Light Weight Materials
High Performance Computing
Constitutive Modeling of Multiphase Porous Media
Education:
BSCE, 1997, University of Peradeniya
M.Eng., Civil Engineering, 2000, University of Tokyo
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2005, University of Oklahoma
Classes typically taught:
Finite Element Analysis
Geotechnical Engineering Design
Earth Slopes and Retaining Structures
Geotechnical Engineering
Soil Structure Interaction Modeling
Mechanics of Materials
Professional Society Membership:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Geo-Institute (GI)
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
Sample Publications: