- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Lecturer (Un-Confirmed)
Contact information
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Construction Technology -Undergraduate -2021
Sustainable Design & Construction -Undergraduate -2022
Construction Management -Undergraduate -2021
Building Construction and Materials -Undergraduate -2021
Quantitative Techniques & Research Methodology -Postgraduate -2021
News Officer, Department of Civil Engineering - (2021 To date)
Member, Accreditation Sub-Commitee, Department of Civil Engineering - (2021 To date)
Research Activities
Smart Construction
Structural Health Monitoring
Innovative Building Systems
Sustainable Construction.
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, University of Cambridge ,2021
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2015
IESL(2015 To date)
ICE(2015 To 2021)
IStructE(2016 To 2020)
Career
Nov-2013 to April- 2014 Trainee Engineer at CSEC structural engineering firm
Worked as a Trainee Engineer in several projects including Lotus Tower Colombo
Honours and Awards
Nominated for the Collaborate to Innovate Awards (Received 2020)
Finalist at the Highways UK 2020 Intelligent Infrastructure Challenge (Received 2020)
Nominated for the Digital Initiative of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards 2020 (Received 2020)
IcGSM Conference scholarship (Received 2018)
CSIC seed funding of £24,000 for field trial of a monitoring technique (Received 2018)
Sri Lanka President’s Awards for scientific publications (Received 2018)
Gates Cambridge Scholarship (Received 2016)
Comprehensive Design Project Award in Civil Engineering (Received 2015)
Special Award for Academic Excellence in Civil Engineering for the graduand who obtains the third highest GPA (Received 2015)
Publications*
PJ Vardanega, GT Webb, PRA Fidler, H. Huseynov, K Kariyawasam, CR Middleton,".Bridge monitoring. In Innovative bridge design handbook.",Butterworth-Heinemann,2021
K Kariyawasam, C Middleton, J Talbot, P Fidler, S Haigh, J Roberts, G Madabhushi,".On the potential for using bridge natural frequencies to detect scour: An experimental study.",IABSE Congress: Resilient Technologies for Sustainable Infrastructure-Proceedings,Christchurch, New Zealand,2021,
KD Kariyawasam, CR Middleton, G Madabhushi, SK Haigh, JP Talbot,".Natural frequency as an indicator of bridge scour (Poster).",Virtual Poster Session - CSIC Distinguished Lecture,Cambridge, UK,2020,
K Kariyawasam, P Fidler, J Talbot, C Middleton ,".Field assessment of ambient vibration-based bridge scour detection.",Structural health monitoring,Stanford, USA,2019,
KKGKD Kariyawasam, PRA Fidler, JP Talbot, CR Middleton,".Field Deployment of an Ambient Vibration-Based Scour Monitoring System at Baildon Bridge, UK.",International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2019 (ICSIC),Cambridge, UK,2019,
MTR Jayasinghe, KKGKD Kariyawasam, C Jayasinghe,".Cost effective building systems for rapid construction in tropical climates.",The 7th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment (ICSBE),Kandy, Sri Lanka,2016,
K.K.G.K.D. Kariyawasm, M.T.R. Jayasinghe, C. Jayasinghe,".Strategies for Planning Mould Free Air Conditioned Buildings in Tropical Climates.",6th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management,Kandy, Sri Lanka,2015,
KKGKD Kariyawasam, HMYC Mallikarachchi ,".Simulation of Low Cycle Fatigue with Abaqus/FEA.",ACEPS,Galle, Sri Lanka,2015,
KKGKD Kariyawasam, HMYC Mallikarachchi,".Estimation of Fatigue Lives of Steel Masts using Finite Element Modelling (Poster).",International Conference on Structural Engineering,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2015,
K.D. Kariyawasam, C.R. Middleton, G. Madabhushi, S.K. Haigh, J.P. Talbot ,".Assessment of bridge natural frequency as an indicator of scour using centrifuge modelling.",Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring,10,2020
MTR Jayasinghe, C Jayasinghe, KKGKD Kariyawasam, LIN De Silva,".Semi-tiered housing for laterite earth sloping lands—a sustainable solution with alternative materials and methods.",Journal of Green Building,13,2018
KKGKD Kariyawasam, C Jayasinghe ,".Cement stabilized rammed earth as a sustainable construction material.",Construction and Building Materials,105,2016
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