DR. (MRS) H. K. NANDALAL
Senior Lecturer
Office Address:
Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Peradeniya,
Peradeniya,20400,
Sri Lanka.
Email: hemalin@pdn.ac.lk, h.nandalal@gmail.com
Telephone : +94 81 2393532
- PhD : Civil Engineering , University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 2011
- MSc : (Soil and Water), Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, 1995
- BSc.Eng(Hons) : University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1984
- Member of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 1989 (M2483) (Charted Engineer)
- Member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
- Member of the Geo-Informatics Society of Sri Lanka
- Hydrology, GIS and RS application in hydrology, Flood modeling, Flood hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment
- August 2011 - To date : Senior Lecturer , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- August 2006 - August 2011 : Lecturer (Probationary) Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- July 1995 – August 2006 : Senior Engineering Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Oct.1993-July 1995 : Post Graduate Student, Department of Water Resources, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
- May.1991-Sep.1993 : Engineering Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Oct.1985-Apr.1991 : Engineer, Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka
- Jan.1985-Sep.1985 : Temporary Instructor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Member of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 1989 (M2483)
- Ampitiya, H.K. (1995), "Stochastic Dynamic Programming Based Approaches for the Operation of A Multireservoir System", MSc Thesis, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
- Ampitiya, H.K., J.J. Bogardi and K.D.W. Nandalal (1996) "Derivation of Optimal Operation Policies for the Reservoirs of the Complex Mahaweli Water Resources Scheme in Sri Lanka via a Stochastic Dynamic Programming Based Approach", Proceedings, International Conference on Aspects of Conflicts in Reservoir Development and Management, City University, London, UK, pp.539 548.
- Nandalal, K.D.W. and H.K. Ampitiya (1997) "The Assessment of Long Term Operation of Multi Unit Reservoir Systems", Engineer, Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Vol XXVI, December, No.2, pp.16 24.
- Nandalal, H.K. (2007), “Importance of Public Participation in Project Implementation: Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project in Sri Lanka”, Proceedings, International Conference on Small Hydropower, Kandy, Sri Lanka, pp. 299-305.
- Nandalal, H.K. (2008), “Global on-line GIS Data Availability for Hydrological Modeling in Sri Lanka”, Proceedings, Second International Symposium, University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka, pp. 95-100
- Nandalal, H.K. and U. Ratnayake (2008), “Verification of a delineated stream network from a DEM: Application to Kalu River in Sri Lanka”, Proceedings, The fifth National Symposium on Geo-Informatics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 187.
- Nandalal, H.K. and U.R. Ratnayake (2008), “Comparison of a river network delineated from different digital elevation models available in public domain”, Proceedings, 29th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, CD_ROM, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Nandalal, H.K. and U.R. Ratnayake (2008), “Comparison of a Digital Elevation Model with the heights extracted from the contour map”, Proceedings, Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Vol 13,1, pp. 145-147.
- Nandalal, H.K. and U.R. Ratnayake (2009), “Editing a Digital Elevation Model to Achieve a correct Stream Network: An application to Kalu-Ganga river in Sri Lanka”, Proceedings, 4th Annual Conference on Towards the Sustainable Management of Earth Resources-A Multi-disciplinary Approach, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, pp. 9-12.
- Nandalal, H.K. (2009), “Stakeholder Analysis in Flood Risk Management at Ratnapura”, Presentation made at International Conference on “Impacts of Natural hazards and Disasters on Social and Economic” held at Ahungalla, Sri Lanka
- Nandalal, H.K. and U. Ratnayake (2009), “Effect of Different Rainfalls on Kalu-Ganga River Runoff”, Abstracts, First National Symposium on Natural Resources Management (NRM2009), Department of Natural Resources, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, pp. 30.
- Nandalal, H.K. and U. Ratnayake (2009), “Flood Plain Residents’ Preferences for Non-Structural Flood Alleviation Measures in The Kalu-Ganga River, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka”, Proceedings, International Exchange Symposium, University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka, pp. 116-119.
- Nandalal, H.K. and U. Ratnayake (2009), “Effect of Grid Size on Delineating River Network”, Proceedings, The Sixth National Symposium on Geo-Informatics, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 75-80.
- Nandalal, H.K. and U. Ratnayake (2009), ”Modeling Kalu-Ganga River Basin for Predicting Runoff for Different Frequency Rainfalls”, Proceeding, Peradeniya University Research Sessions, December 2009, pp. 486-488.
- Nandalal, H.K. and U. Ratnayake (2009), “Use of HEC-GeoHMS and HEC-HMS to perform grid-based hydrologic analysis of a watershed”, Proceedings, Annual Research Sessions, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science , December 2009, In CD.