Dr P.L.N. Fernando of the Department of Civil Engineering spent three months at the end of 2024 at the Institute of Structural Mechanics (ISM), Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany under the DAAD Funding Programme: Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists, 2024. He was involved in an industry funded project related to the Dynamic Response of Metaconcrete with Core-Coated Inclusions, which aligned with his research interest in the dynamic loading on structures. Further, during this visit he delivered a guest lecture titled “Shaken but not broken: Engineering for Blast and Impact Resilience” and had the opportunity to initiate several potential collaborative research projects in mutual areas of interest.
