- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Particle Technology -Undergraduate -2024
Up-stream Oil and Gas Operations -Undergraduate -2025
Separation Processes -Undergraduate -2024
Course Coordinator of MSc/PG Diploma in Polymer Technology - (2022 To date)
Exhibition committee member - (2022 To date)
Semester 2 Coordinator - (2021 To date)
Coordinator Field Familiarization Program - (2021 To date)
Research Activities
Chemical and Process Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Biotechnology
Computational Biology
Microbial Ecology
Evaluating the Impact of Antimicrobial (AM) Agents on the Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) , SRC Short Term Grant 2024 To Assess the Effects of antimicrobial agents on Microbial Community Composition in WWTP To Evaluate Impact of the antimicrobial agents on Treatment Efficiency in the WWTPs
Assessing the Impact of Ammonia Inhibition on Anaerobic Reactors for Optimized Chemical Oxygen Demand Reduction and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment (Undergraduate Research Project : 2023-2024) Rajenthiram T. , Saththiyananthan U.
A Comprehensive Study on the Assessment and Optimization of Ammonia Recovery Techniques from Effluent to Enhance Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Foster Resource Conservation (Undergraduate Research Project : 2023-2024) Abeysundara A. M. A. L, Thejani N. A. T
Assessment of Sonication Pre-Treatment for Enhancing Color Removal Efficiency in the Electrolysis Treatment of Distillery Spent Wash (DSW) (Undergraduate Research Project : 2023-2024) Hanifa N.M, Heshari K.D
Sonication-Driven Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP), Assessing the Role of pH and External Oxidizing Agent in Anionic Surfactant Wastewater Treatment (Undergraduate Research Project : 2023-2024) Hewage P.P. , Pathmasiri G.G.I.S.
A Comprehensive Investigation of Disinfection Methods & Their Efficiency in Sewage Treatment Plants for Safeguarding Public Health & Environmental Integrity (Undergraduate Research Project : 2023-2024) Herath M.D., Rathnayaka R.M.G.N.
Electrolytic Recovery of Cu from Diluted Copper Sulphate Solution (Undergraduate Research Project : 2024-2025) Welege A.N., Edirisinghe E.S.D.
Wastewater treatment systems, Resource valorization from waste,
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2014 B.Sc. (Hon) of Engineering
PhD, Nanyang Technological University ,2023 Title: Development of Novel Molecular Tools to Study the Dynamics of Individual SAR11 Phylotypes in Microbial Communities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Advisor: Assoc Prof Cao Bin • Environmental Engineering. • Metagenomic analysis of natural and engineered systems. • Microbial ecology modelling • Computational biology • Molecular detection of microbial members
IESL (Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka)(2014 To date)
SLAAS (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science)(2024 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
NTU Research Scholarship (Received 2016)
Best research paper award (Received 2014)
Finalist in Vivli AMR Surveillance Open Data Re-Use Data Challenge (Received 2023)
eDNA Collaborative Microgrants (Received 2024)
Publications*
P.W.Vidanage,".State of Art Technologies for Nutrient Removal from Wastewater.",Earth and Environmental Sciences Library. Springer,2024
Hanifa N.M. , Heshari K.D. , Bandara S.M.T.V., Vidanage P.W.,". Assessment of Sonication Pre-Treatment for Enhancing Color Removal Efficiency in the Electrolysis Treatment of Distillery Spent Wash (DSW).",ERU Symposium 2024 ,University of Moratuwa,2024,
Vidanage, P. W., Kaluthanthri, K. P. H. P. P., & Lahiru, W. C.,".Meta-Analysis Of Microbial Communities Reveals The Insights Into The Ecological Roles Of Microbiota In Wastewater Treatment Plants.",International Research Conference of Sri Lanka Technology Campus,Sri Lanka Technological Campus,2023,256-260
Darshana Wickramasinghe, Poorna Vidanage, Aruna Aththanayaka, Pradeep Jayasinghe, Sampath Dharmasena, Nilangi Ransimali,".Effect of sustained antibiotic stewardship programme in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka to reduce the threat of antibiotic resistance.",13th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR),Online,2021,
Darshana Wickramasinghe, Poorna Vidanage, Aruna Aththanayaka, Pradeep Jayasinghe, Sampath Dharmasena, Nilangi Ransimali,".Characterization of aminoglycoside resistant profiles in clinical strains in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka.",13th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR),Online,2021,
Darshana Wickramasinghe, Poorna Vidanage, Darshani Lokuhewagama, Dinusha Saranasinghe, Sampath Arachchige, Shanaka Pathum,".Knowledge, attitude, and perception on antibiotic usage and resistance of Ayurveda health care staff in Sri Lanka.",13th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR),Online,2021,
P.W.Vidanage, W.A.M.K.P.Wickramaarachchi, P.M.A.M.K.Wickramasinghe, M.Narayana,".Liner Wind Flow Model in Puttalm Region.",SAITM 5th annual International Research Symposium on Engineering,SAITM ,2015,
S. A. S. Perera, K. C. Wasalathilake, U. P. L. Wijayarathne and P. W. Vidanage,".Development of a multi-nutrient fertilizer from liquid waste of solar salt manufacturing process.",Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),University of Moratuwa,2015,
Seungdae Oh Seok-Oh Ko,".Metagenomics Uncovers a Core SAR11 Population in Brackish Surface Waters of the Baltic Sea.",Water,12,2020
M. Narayana, P. W. Vidanage and H. H. M. P. Rathnayake ,".Linear Prediction of wind speed Variation in a Wind Power Plant in Sri Lanka.",The Institution of Engineers , Sri Lanka Transactions 2014 VOLUME I - Part B Technical Papers,,2014
Perera S. A. S., Rathnayaka D. D. T. , Vidanage P. W., Wasalathilake K. C., Wickramasingha H. W. and Wijayarathne U. P. L.,".Development of a Process to Manufacture High Quality Refined Salt from Crude Solar Salt.",International Journal of Chemical, Materials Science and Engineering,7,2013
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