Department of Civil Engineering



DR. K.R.B. HERATH

Senior Lecturer


Office Address:

Department of Civil Engineering,

University of Peradeniya,

Peradeniya,20400,

Sri Lanka.

Email: krbherath@eng.pdn.ac.lk

Telephone : +94-81-2393543

  • PhD : University of California, Santa Barbara, U. S. A. (1992)
  • MSc : University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne, U. S. A. (1989)
  • BScEng : University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1985)
  • Member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of science
  • In Engineering Mechanics and Materials
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, SLIIT (Visiting Appointment) (Jan. 2015 - To date)
  • Senior Lecturer Grade I, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya (Permanent Appointment)(Aug. 2014 - To date)
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, SLIIT (Visiting Appointment) (May - Aug. 2014)
  • Senior Lecturer Grade I, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya (Aug. 98 - May 2014)
  • Research Assistant, University of California (Jan. 90 - July 92)
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois (Aug. 98 - May 2014))
  • Assistant Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya (Jan. 87 - July 87)
  • Instructor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya (Jan.86 - Dec. 86)
  • Member of Sri Lankan Association for the Advancement of Science
  • H. Abeyruwan, U.I. Dissanayake, D.J. Gallage, K.R.B. Herath, S.R. Herath, M.P. Ranaweera, M. Raviprasad, and M. Vignarajah (2009), ‘Condition assessment of a wrought-iron railway bridge’, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, December 3, 2009
  • Illeperuma W.R.K., Thevamaran R., Herath K.R.B. and Ranaweera M.P. (2008), ‘Multiaxial behaviour of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes’, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, December 2008.
  • C.K. Pathirana, M.M.G.V. Shyamalee, H. Abeyruwan, and K.R.B. Herath (2008), ‘Significance of dynamic analysis of mass concrete weir for moderate seismic loading’, International Conference on Advances in Continuum Mechanics, Materials science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, September 26-27, 2008.
  • Illeperuma W.R.K, Senthuran U., Thevamaran R., Herath K.R.B., and Ranaweera M.P. (2008), ‘Anisotropic Elastic Properties of Graphenes’, International Conference on Advances in Continuum Mechanics, Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, September 26-27, 2008.
  • Thevamaran R., Illeperuma W.R.K., Senthuran U., Herath K.R.B. and Ranaweera M.P. (2008), ‘On the Anisotropy of Carbon Nanotubes’, International Conference on Advances in Continuum Mechanics, Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, September 26-27, 2008.
  • Herath S.R., Thevamaran R., Illeperuma W.R.K., Herath K.R.B. and Ranaweera M.P. (2008), ‘Radial Properties of Carbon Nanotubes’, International Conference on Advances in Continuum Mechanics, Materials Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, September 26-27, 2008.



Department of Civil Engineering