Department of Civil Engineering



Ms. W. S. M. S. K. Wijerathna

M.Sc.Eng. Student
Ms. W. S. M. S. K. Wijerathna is an M.Sc.Eng. candidate affiliated to Environmental Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Research Title Development of a novel and effective treatment technique for the effluent of small scale rubber industries

Research Supervisors Prof. K. B. S. N. Jinadasa,
Dr. R. M. L. D. Rathnayake
  • 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.
  • Wimalaweera, T.I.P., Wei, Y.S., Jinadasa, K.B.S.N., Weragoda, S.K., Ritigala, T. and Wijerathna, S. (2021). “Optimized Pre-Treatment of Rubber Industry Wastewater Effluent by Magnetic Seed Coagulation”, 12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (ICSECM) 2021.



Department of Civil Engineering