- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
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Contact information
Univerity of Moratuwa
Katubadda
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Industrial Training Coordinator - Coordinating Industrial training of undergraduate students (2023 To date)
CPD coordinator for Department of EE - Coordination of CPD courses offered by the Department of EE (2023 To 2024)
Chairman of Energy Committee - Chairman of energy committee of the University of Moratuwa (2023 To date)
Awards Coordinator -Coordination of graduate and undergraduate awards (2023 To date)
Time Table Committee Member - (2022 To date)
Research Activities
High Voltage Engineering
Applied Electromagnetics
Transient Simulation of Power Systems
Lightning Protection and Earthing
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, University of Manitoba ,2022
Masters, University of Manitoba ,2019
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2016
Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka(2016 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Hasindu Pemathilaka, Mekhala Hemachandra, Shehan Liyanage, Rasara Samarasinghe, Manuja Gunawardana,".A 3D Geometric Approach to Optimizing External Lightning Protection Systems.",Conference 2025 International Symposium on Lightning Protection (XVIII SIPDA),Thessaloniki, Greece,2025,1-6
Eranga Balasuriya, Kasun Ariyarathna, Sachinda Ranatunga, Manuja Gunawardana, Dilum Hettiarachchi,".Mitigating Protection System Maloperations of Mutually Coupled Transmission and Distribution Lines Using Negative Sequence Polarizing Method.",2025 IEEE PES 35th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC),Brisbane, Australia,2025,1-5
B. R. Gunawardana, P. S. N. de Silva, K.T.M.U. Hemapala, M. Gunawardana,".Adaptive switching based control mechanism for mitigating frequency oscillations due to large load drops in low inertia systems.",2024 IEEE 34th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC),Sydney, Australia,2024,1-6
K. A. K. S. Rathnasiri, R. P. S. Dilsara, G. C. L. Siriwardhana, M. Gunawardana, R. Samarasinghe,".Online Partial Discharge Detection & Localization of a Transformer Winding Using Machine Learning.",2024 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (EECon),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2024,19-24
Dulja Bamunusinghe Pabasara Pieris Kopisankar Nagarajah Kopisankar Nagarajah Manuja Gunawardana,".Traveling Wave Based Fault Location and Fault Classification Technique for Distribution Networks with High Renewable Penetration.",International Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Electrical and Electronic Technologies (ICEFEET 2023),Patna, India,2023,01-06
Raveen Sanjaya De Silva Uruththiramoorthy Vinusan Sajitha Kushan Aldeniya Rasara Samarasinghe Manuja Gunawardana,".Optimizing Marx Impulse Generator Settings for Lightning Impulse Testing of Transformers: An Automated Approach for Enhanced Efficiency and Accuracy.",2023 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2023,189-194
H. M. Tavasani, S. Mantach, M. Gunawardana, B. Tabei, B. Kordi,".Localization of Partial Discharge in Power Transformer Winding Using Sparse Autoencoder.", 2022 CIGRE Canada Conference & Expo,Canada,2022,
BATNKB Arachchi, A Demy Antony, JB Gunasinghe, Manuja Gunawardana, Rasara Samarasinghe,".Effect of Contact Angle of Water Droplets on the Electric Field Distribution of Polymer Insulators.",2022 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP),Denver, CO, USA,2022,499-502
A Demy Antony, BATNKB Arachchi, JB Gunasinghe, Manuja Gunawardana, Rasara Samarasinghe,".Analyzing the Optimum Contact Angles of Water Droplets to Mitigate the E-Field Stress on Polymer Insulator.",2022 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2022,1-5
Manuja Gunawardana, Behzad Kordi,".Modelling Transient Response of Nonuniform Transmission Lines Due to Nearby Lightning Strikes.",2021 35th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) and XVI International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2021,01-06
Ashley Ng, Manuja Gunawardana, Behzad Kordi,".Simulation of transmission line bend using a non-uniform transmission line model based on scattering theory.",2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM),Montreal, QC, Canada,2020,1-5
M Gunawardana, B Kordi,".An Enhanced Model for the Analysis of Non-Uniform Multiconductor Transmission Lines Based on Scattering Theory.",2018 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS-Toyama),Toyama, Japan,2018,559-564
SDMS Gunawardana, AAT Kanchana, HAPB Perera, PM Wijesinghe, JR Lucas, R Samarasinghe,".A low cost partial discharge measuring system for a high voltage laboratory.",2016 IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON),Wollongong, NSW, Australia,2016,1-6
SDMS Gunawardana, AAT Kanchana, PM Wijesingha, HAPB Perera, R Samarasinghe, JR Lucas,".A Matlab Simulink model for a partial discharge measuring system.",Electrical Engineering Conference,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2015,29-34
Amir Ali Kaabi Nejadian, Hamed Moradi Tavasani, Manuja Gunawardana, Waldemar Ziomek, Behzad Kordi,".SPICE implementation of multiconductor transmission line model of transformer winding for very fast transient analysis.",Electric Power Systems Research,251,2026
Manuja Gunawardana, Behzad Kordi,".GPU and CPU-based parallel FDTD methods for frequency-dependent transmission line models.",IEEE Letters on Electromagnetic Compatibility Practice and Applications Volume,4/3,2022
Manuja Gunawardana, Shijie Fu, Behzad Kordi,".Transient response of nonparallel frequency-dependent transmission lines due to nearby lightning strikes in the presence of finitely-conducting ground.",Electric Power Systems Research,212,2022
Manuja Gunawardana, Behzad Kordi,".Coupling model for time-domain analysis of nonparallel overhead wires and buried conductors in the presence of lossy ground.",Electric Power Systems Research,213,2022
Manuja Gunawardana, Ashley Ng, Behzad Kordi,".Time-domain coupling model for nonparallel frequency-dependent overhead multiconductor transmission lines above lossy ground.",IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,37/4,2021
Manuja Gunawardana, Feras Fattal, Behzad Kordi,".Very fast transient analysis of transformer winding using axial multiconductor transmission line theory and finite element method.",IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,34/5,2019
Manuja Gunawardana, Behzad Kordi,".Time-domain modeling of transmission line crossing using electromagnetic scattering theory.",IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery,35/2,2019