- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade I
CV
Contact information
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
design of steel structures -Undergraduate -2017
design of masonry and timber structures -Undergraduate -2017
Research Activities
Applications of Eurocode 5 recommendations to bolted joints of Sri Lankan timber species
Understanding structural behaviour
Optimum design of steel structures
Applications of Eurocode 5 recommendations to bolted timber joints, Understanding structural behaviour, Optimum design of steel structures
Adoption of Eurocodes in Steel and Timber in Sri Lanka, Structure in Architecture, Structural Engineering Education
Education and Professional Affiliations
Masters, University of London / Imperial College of Science and Technology ,1984
PhD, University of London/Imperial College of Science and Technology ,1987
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,1982
Career
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Feb. 1982 - Feb 2021 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Teaching structural design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Supervision of research projects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Research and Consultancy in construction materials and structural design.
Design office experience
With OVE ARUP & PARTNERS, U.K. on the design of the U.K. Pavillion for EXPO '92 in Seville, Spain. (May 1990 - May 1991)
Coordinator of Postgraduate Course on Structural Engineering Design.
QEF Coordinator for IRQUE Project for the Department of Civil Engineering
Editor of the Annual Proceedings of the Seminar Research for Industry (1997-2000), Engineering Research Unit, Moratuwa.
Editor in Chief of Annual Proceedings of Civil Engineering Research Symposium – 2014
Student Counsellor (2006 to 2014)
Quality Assurance Coordinator for the Department of Civil Engineering (to date)
Team Leader of Re- Accreditation Team (to date)
Chairperson of the Working Group to Develop National Annexes to Eurocode 3, Sri Lanka Standards Institution
Member of the Sectoral Committee on Timber and Timber based products of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.
Referee for Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, National Science Foundation Sri Lanka, Open University of Sri Lanka
Editor of Annual Proceedings of the Society of Structural Engineers, Sri Lanka (2011-2012)
Editor of Modulus Journal of the Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka (2011-2012)
Honours and Awards
Raghu Chandrakeerthy Gold Medal (Received 2019)
Award for the best paper in the Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (Received 1990)
Prize for the most innovative article in Modulus (Received 1999)
Recipient of Senate Research Award (Received 2004)
Joint Recipient of the NSF Research Award 2008/2009 (Received 2009)
Raghu Chandrakeerthy Gold Medal (Received 2014)
Publications*
Hettiarachchi, Premini and Nanayakkara, Isuru. ,".An Introduction to the Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode 3.",Self,2019
Godakandage R.L.P. and Hettiarachchi M.T.P,".User-Friendly Design Guidelines for Extended End Plate Type Steel Joints between Columns and Beams .",Annual Sessions of the Society of Structural Engineers,Colombo,2019,
Premachandra K.I.S.G. and Hettiarachchi M.T.P,".Implications of Eurocode for Steel Portal Frames in Sri Lanka.",Annual Sessions of the Society of Structural Engineers,Colombo,2019,
Sakithiyan, P. and Hettiarachchi M.T.P. ,".Application of Eurocodes for bolted joints .",Annual Sessions of the Society of Structural Engineers,Colombo,2018,
Dodangoda, L.P. and Hettiarachchi M.T.P. ,".Load slip behavior of bolted timber joints made of Hora timber species. Load slip behavior of bolted timber joints made of Hora timber species. .",Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium, Engineering Research Unit, University of Moratuwa. ,Moratuwa,2018,
K.Baskaran R. Ganeshwaran,".Do steel transmission towers in Sri Lanka have an optimum base width.",Annual Sessions of the Society of Structural Engineers,Colombo,2014,
M.T.P. Hettiarachchi,".Enhancing the learning environment in Structural Engineering design. .",Annual Sessions of the Society of Structural Engineers,Colombo,2013,
Hettiarachchi, M.T.P. , Welhena, K.M., Chandraratne, P.G. and Priyadharshana, K.H.P.V. (2011,".The potential of nailed all timber box beams..",Proceedings of the 17th Annual Research Symposium, Engineering Research Unit, University of Moratuwa. ,Moratuwa,2011,
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