Department of Civil Engineering



Ms. W. A. G. T. N. Gunawardhana

M.Sc.Eng. Student
Ms. W. A. G. T. N. Gunawardhana is an M.Sc.Eng. candidate affiliated to Geotechnical Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Research Title Colloid Mobilization and Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Heavy Metals: A Geo-environmental Insight to the CKDu problem in Sri Lanka

Research Supervisors Dr. T. K. K. C. Deepagoda
  • Gunawardhana, W.A.G.T.N., Wijerathna, W.S.M.S.K., Gunawardana, W.C.T.K., Kawamoto, K. (2022) Modified Sawdust in Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Textile Effluent. In: Dissanayake R., Mendis P., Weerasekera K., De Silva S., Fernando S. (eds) ICSBE 2020. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 174. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4412-2_47
  • Wijerathna, W.S.M.S.K., Gunawardhana, W.A.G.T.N. and Gunawardana, C.T.K. (2020). “Effect of physical and chemical modifications of sawdust for removal of Cr(III) from textile industry effluent”, 2nd International conference of the Center for Environmental Conference of the Center for Environment Studies (CES) of the University of Peradeniya.
  • Gunawardhana, W.A.G.T.N., Wijerathna, W.S.M.S.K., Gunawardana, W.C.T.K. and Kawamoto, K. (2020). “Modified sawdust in adsorption of heavy metals from textile effluent”, 11th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment (ICSBE) 2020.
  • Gunawardhana, W. A. G. T. N., Balakrishnan, B. and Chamindu, D. T. K. K., (2021) “Colloid Stability in Chemically Heterogeneous Soils with Special Reference to a CKDu Prevalence Area in Sri Lanka”, International Conference on Environmental Governance – ICEG 2021, Conference Proceedings pp. 21.
  • Gunawardhana, W. A. G. T. N., Balakrishnan, B. and Deepagoda, T. K. K. C., (2021) “Colloid Mobilization and Transport in Saturated Porous Media: Laboratory Column Experiments and Numerical Verification”, Young Members’ Technical Conference, Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL).
  • Gunawardhana, W. A. G. T. N., Hussain, M. S. A. N., Jazlan, M. J. M. and Deepagoda, T. K. K. C. (2021) “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Soil Colloidal Stability in Chemically-Varied Suspensions”, 12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management-ICSECM 2021.



Department of Civil Engineering