- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Energy Technology and Environment -Undergraduate -2019
Industrial Project Management -Undergraduate -2019
Machine Design Project -Undergraduate -2019
Engineering Drawing & Computer Aided Modelling -Undergraduate -2015
Manufacturing Technology -Undergraduate -2015
Manufacturing Engineering I -Undergraduate -2015
Basic Engineering Thermodynamics -Undergraduate -2015
Industrial Engineering -Undergraduate -2015
Machine Design Project -Undergraduate -2015
Production and Operations Management -Undergraduate -2015
Social/Community Project -Undergraduate -2015
Machine Design Project -Undergraduate -2015
Thermodynamics of Heat Engines & Work Transfer Devices -Undergraduate -2014
Fundamentals of Machine Element Design -Undergraduate -2014
Industrial Engineering -Undergraduate -2014
Manufacturing Technology -Undergraduate -2014
University of Moratuwa Golden Jubilee Celebration Publication – Working Committee Member - (2022 To 2022)
“Bolgoda Plains”: University of Moratuwa Research Magazine – Editorial Board member - (2021 To date)
Research Activities
Energy Systems
Project Management
Industrial Engineering
Undergraduate final year project - Improving solar BIPV module output by module temperature control (2018)
W. L. R. Fernando - Life cycle environmental performance of commercial turning unit processes - M.Sc. (Eng)
S. U. M. Jagoda - Policy framework for the design and manufacture of environmentally sustainable food packaging - M.Phil. (Eng)
Undergraduate final year project - Developing a Device to Determine the Panel Orientation for Best Annual Solar Energy Generation at a Given Location (2019)
Undergraduate final year project - Developing an optimal model for Solar PV system efficiency enhancement through water cooling (2019)
Renewable Energy
Building Energy systems
Energy Economics
Life Cycle Assessment
Project Management
Industrial Engineering
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2014 B.Sc. Engineering (Hons)
PhD, University of British Columbia ,2019 Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
Other, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ,2014 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants’ (CIMA - UK) Professional Qualification
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)(2019 To date)
Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)(2021 To date)
Career
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Position |
Organisation |
Dates |
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Lecturer (Probationary) Research Fellow |
University of Moratuwa, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of British Columbia, School of Engineering |
2015/12 – Present 2019/05 – 2020/11 |
Sessional lecturer |
University of British Columbia (Okanagan), Faculty of Management |
2018/01 – 2018/05 |
|
Research Assistant |
University of British Columbia |
2016/01 – 2018/12 |
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Teaching Assistant |
University of British Columbia, School of Engineering |
2016/01 - 2018/12 |
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Writing Consultant |
University of British Columbia, Writing & Research Services |
2016/09 - 2018/12 |
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Lecturer (Temporary) |
University of Moratuwa, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
2014/08 – 2015/12 |
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Instructor |
University of Moratuwa Department of Mechanical Engineering |
2014/03 – 2014/08 |
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Mechanical Engineer |
Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority |
2012/05 – 2012/11 |
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Research Fellowship |
at the University of British Columbia, School of Engineering - |
2019/05 – 2020/05 |
1. College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) International Tutor Training Program Certification (2017-2018) – All three levels of tutor certification completed at University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus’ Writing & Research Centre
- Certified Tutor, Level I
- Advanced Certified Tutor, Level II
- Master Certified Tutor, Level III
2. Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans Course on Research Ethics (TCPS 2: CORE) Certification (2017)
– offered by the Canadian federal research agencies the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Honours and Awards
University Graduate Fellowship (2016), University of British Columbia. (Received 2016)
Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship (Received 2016)
University Graduate Fellowship (2017), University of British Columbia. (Received 2017)
2018 Applied Science Rising Stars, University of British Columbia. (Received 2018)
University Graduate Fellowship (2018), University of British Columbia. (Received 2018)
Graduate Deans Thesis Fellowship (2018), University of British Columbia. (Received 2018)
Appreciation of Outstanding Research Performances: Category 1 - Outstanding Award with Distinction (Received 2019)
Publications*
Liyanage, D. R., Hewage, K., Karunathilake, H., & Sadiq, R.,".Life Cycle GHG Emissions Analysis of Building-Level Carbon-Capturing Technologies.",Springer,2023
Kotagodahetti, R., Hewage, K., Karunathilake, H., & Sadiq, R. ,".Renewable Natural Gas as a Greener Energy Source: A Life Cycle Cost–Benefit Analysis.",Springer,2023
Karunathilake, H., Prabatha, T., Sadiq, R., & Hewage, K.,".Overcoming the energy security challenges in developing countries.",Elsevier,2022
S. U. M., Dilanga, W. M. C., Jarathne, D. S. D. S., Punchihewa, H. K. G., Dassanayake, V. P. C., & Karunathilake, H. P.,".A Device to Determine the Panel Orientation for Best Annual Solar Energy Generation at a Selected Location.",Springer,2022
Tharindu Prabatha, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Hirushie Karunathilake, Developing a model for regional waste management.",Wiley,2021
Hirushie Karunathilake, Ezzedin Bakhtavar, Gyan Shrestha, Haroon Mian, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Decision making for risk management: A multi-criteria perspective.",Elsevier,2020
Tharindu Prabatha, Kh Md Nahiduzzaman, Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq, Shagria Alam, Pamela Shaw,".Coupling Behavior-Based Intervention with Pro-Environmentalism. The Dynamics of Energy Usage, Crisis and Its Conservation.",Springer,2020
Hirushie Karunathilake, Kh Md Nahiduzzaman, Tharindu Prabatha, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq, Shagria Alam, Pamela Shaw,".The Nexus of Climate Change and Increasing Demand for Energy: A Policy Deliberation from the Canadian Context.",Springer,2020
Hirushie Karunathilake, Tharindu Prabatha, Shahnawaz Khan, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Energy Use in Water Distribution Systems: A Life Cycle Thinking Perspective in Encyclopedia of Water: Science, Technology, and Society.",Wiley,2019
Jayasekara, S., Jayathunga, D., Weliwita, A., Karunathilake, H., & Witharana, S.,".Evaluation of Cast Aluminium fin tube designs forheat transfer applications.",2023 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology (ASET) International Conference,Dubai, UAE,2023,
Jayathunga, D., Karunathilake, H., Narayana, M., & Witharana, S.,".Selection of phase change materials for high temperature latent heat thermal energy storage for concentrated solar power plants.",2022 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2022,
Hewawasam, D., Subasinghe, L., Karunathilake, H., & Witharana, S.,".Bottom-up cost modeling of lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicle applications.",2022 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2022,
Ariyaratne, R. G. R. N. K., Karunathilake, H. P., & Punchihewa, H. K. G.,".Effect of envelope energy performance enhancement strategies on building energy loads: Case study for a tropical institutional building.",2022 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2022,
S. U. M. Jagoda, H. P. Karunathilake, J. R. Gamage,".Comparative Analysis of the Environmental and Structural Performance of PET Bottle Designs in Sri Lanka.",7th International Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2021 (MERCon 2021),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2021,
Ravihari Kotagodahetti, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rehan Sadiq,".Renewable natural gas as a greener energy source: A life cycle cost-benefit analysis.",Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 2021 Annual Conference,Canada,2021,
Rukmal Liyanage, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rehan Sadiq,".Life cycle thinking-based GHG emissions impact analysis of building-level carbon-capturing technologies.",Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 2021 Annual Conference,Canada,2021,
Hirushie Karunathilake, Rajeev Ruparathna, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Redefining green buildings: BIM based framework for zero impact civil infrastructure.",ASCE Construction Research Congress 2020 (CRC),Tempe, AZ, USA,2020,
Rukmal Liyanage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Gyan Shrestha, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Feasibility study of integrating carbon capturing and utilisation in building level natural gas heating systems.",2nd International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE-02) 2020,Victoria, Canada,2020,
Ravihari Kotagodahetti, Hirushie Karunathilake, Gyan Shrestha, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".A Comparison of carbon capturing technologies for district energy systems: A techno-economic assessment.",2nd International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE-02) 2020,Victoria, Canada,2020,
S.U.M. Jagoda, W.M.C. Dilanga, D.S.D.S. Jarathne, H.K.G. Punchihewa, V. P. C. Dassanayake, H. P. Karunathilake,".Developing a device to determine the panel orientation for best annual solar energy generation at a given location.",11th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2020 (ICSBE),Kandy, Sri Lanka,2020,
Tharindu Prabatha, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rajeev Ruparathna, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Developing a Building Energy and Health Conditions Monitoring Mandate for Canadian Building Sector.",CSCE Construction Specialty Conference 2019,Montreal, QC, Canada,2019,
Tharindu Prabatha, Hirushie Karunathilake, Koliya Perera, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Energy performance improvement in tropical buildings: envelop thermal performance analysis.",10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management,Kandy, Sri Lanka,2019,
Hirushie Karunathilake, Tharindu Prabatha, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Costs of Green Residences in Canada: An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Developing Renewable Powered Building Clusters.",CSCE Construction Specialty Conference 2019,Montreal, QC, Canada,2019,
Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Mitigating risks and overcoming barriers in Canadian renewable energy projects: A partnering approach.",1st International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE-01) 2018,Victoria, BC, Canada,2018,
Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Renewable energy technology selection for community energy systems: A case study for British Columbia.",CSCE Annual General Conference 2017,Vancouver, BC, Canada,2017,
Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq ,".A life cycle perspective of municipal solid waste: Human health risk-energy nexus.",7th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2016,Kandy,2016,
Hasangika, W. A. S., Jaanuvi, S., Karunathilake, H. P., Manthilake, M. M. I. D., Rathnasiri, P. G., & Sugathapala, A. G. T.,".Potential of plug flow digesters for biogas production in the Sri Lankan domestic context.",2015 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) ,Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2015,
Jayathunga, D., Weliwita, J. A., Karunathilake, H., & Witharana, S.,".Economic Feasibility of Thermal Energy Storage-Integrated Concentrating Solar Power Plants.",Solar,3(1),2023
Jayathunga, D., Weliwita, J. A., Karunathilake, H., & Witharana, S.,".Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic-based Clean Development Mechanism for Sri Lanka.",SLEMA Journal,25 (1),2022
Kotagodahetti, R., Hewage, K., Karunathilake, H., & Sadiq, R.,".Long-term feasibility of carbon capturing in community energy systems: A system dynamics-based evaluation.",Journal of Cleaner Production,377,2022
Wanniarachchi, S., Hewage, K., Wirasinghe, C., Karunathilake, H., & Sadiq, R.,".Hydrogen fuel supply chains for vehicular emissions mitigation?: A feasibility assessment for North American freight transport sector.",International Journal of Sustainable Transportation ,,2022
Kotagodahetti, R., Hewage, K., Karunathilake, H., Prabatha, T., Krishnan, H., Kasumu, A. S., Bryant, T., & Sadiq, R.,".Liquefied natural gas exports from Canada to China: An analysis of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMO).",Journal of Cleaner Production ,347,2022
Wanniarachchi, S., Prabatha, T., Karunathilake, H., Li, S., Alam, M. S., & Hewage, K.,".Life Cycle Thinking–Based Decision Making for Bridges under Seismic Conditions. II: A Case Study on Bridges with Superelastic SMA RC Piers.",Journal of Bridge Engineering,27(6),2022
Wanniarachchi, S., Prabatha, T., Karunathilake, H., Zhang, Q., Hewage, K., & Shahria Alam, M. ,".Life Cycle Thinking–Based Decision Making for Bridges under Seismic Conditions. I: Methodology and Framework.",Journal of Bridge Engineering ,27(6),2022
Fernando, R., Gamage, J., & Karunathilake, H. ,".Sustainable machining: environmental performance analysis of turning.",International Journal of Sustainable Engineering ,15(1),2022
Wanniarachchi, S., Hewage, K., Wirasinghe, C., Chhipi-Shrestha, G., Karunathilake, H., & Sadiq, R. ,".Transforming road freight transportation from fossils to hydrogen: Opportunities and challenges.",International Journal of Sustainable Transportation,,2022
Rukmal Liyanage, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Gyan Chhipi-shrestha, & Rehan Sadiq. ,".Carbon Capture Systems for Building-Level Heating Systems — A Socio-Economic and Environmental Evaluation.",Sustainability,13,2021
Haonan Zhang, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Haibo Feng, Rehan Sadiq,".Research on policy strategies for implementing energy retrofits in the residential buildings.",Journal of Building Engineering ,,2021
Anber Rana, Kasun Hewage, M. Shahria Alam, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rehan Sadiq,".Evaluation of financial incentives for green buildings in Canadian landscape.",Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,135,2021
Tharindu Prabatha, Hirushie Karunathilake, Amin Shotorbani, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Community-level decentralized energy system planning under uncertainty: A comparison of mathematical models for strategy development.",Applied Energy ,283,2021
Sarin Raj Pokhrel, Kasun Hewage, Gyan Shrestha, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rehan Sadiq,".Carbon capturing for emissions reduction at building level: A market assessment from a building management perspective.",Journal of Cleaner Production ,294,2021
W. L. R. Fernando, Hirushie Karunathilake, J. R. Gamage,".Strategies to reduce energy and metalworking fluid consumption for the sustainability of turning operation: A review.",Cleaner Engineering and Technology,3,2021
Ravihari Kotagodahetti, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rehan Sadiq,".Evaluating carbon capturing strategies for emissions reduction in community energy systems: A life cycle thinking approach.",Energy,232,2021
Haibo Feng, Rukmal Liyanage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".BIM-based life cycle environmental performance assessment of single-family houses: Renovation and reconstruction strategies for aging building stock in British Columbia.",Journal of Cleaner Production ,250,2020
Hirushie Karunathilake, Tharindu Prabatha, Rajeev Ruparathna, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Project deployment strategies for community renewable energy: A dynamic multi-period planning approach.",Renewable Energy,152,2020
Anber Rana, Piyaruwan Perera, Rajeev Ruparathna, Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Shahria Alam, Rehan Sadiq,".Occupant-based energy upgrades selection for Canadian residential buildings based on field energy data and calibrated simulations.",Journal of Cleaner Production ,271,2020
Ezzedin Bakhtavar, Tharindu Prabatha, Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Assessment of renewable energy-based strategies for net-zero energy communities: A planning model using multi-objective goal programming.",Journal of Cleaner Production ,272,2020
Ravihari Kotagodahetti, Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Gyan Shrestha, Rehan Sadiq,".Prospects of integrating carbon capturing into community scale energy systems.",Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,133,2020
Tharindu Prabatha, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rehan Sadiq,".To retrofit or not? Making energy retrofit decisions through life cycle thinking for Canadian residences.",Energy and Buildings ,226,2020
Hirushie Karunathilake, Walter Merida, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Renewable energy selection for net-zero energy communities: Life cycle based decision making under uncertainty.",Renewable Energy ,,2019
Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Joshua Brinkerhoff, Rehan Sadiq,".Optimal renewable energy supply choices for net-zero ready buildings: A life cycle thinking approach under uncertainty.",Energy and Buildings ,201,2019
Isuru Gamalath, Rajeev Ruparathna, Hirushie Karunathilake, Tharindu Prabatha, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Energy rating system for climate conscious operation of multi-unit residential buildings.",Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy,,2018
T.T. Muthukumarana, Hirushie Karunathilake, H.K.G. Punchihewa, M.M.I.D. Manthilake, K.H. Hewage,".Life cycle environmental impacts of the apparel industry in Sri Lanka: Analysis of the energy sources.",Journal of Cleaner Production,,2018
Hirushie Karunathilake, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Opportunities and challenges in energy demand reduction for Canadian residential sector: A review.",Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ,,2017
Rajeev Ruparathna, Kasun Hewage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Roberta Dyck, Ahmed Idris, Keith Culver, Rehan Sadiq,".Climate conscious regional planning for fast-growing communities.",Journal of Cleaner Production,,2017
Hirushie Karunathilake, Piyaruwan Perera, Rajeev Ruparathna, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq,".Renewable energy integration into community energy systems: A case study of new urban residential development.",Journal of Cleaner Production,,2016
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