{"id":13074,"date":"2025-01-15T07:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T07:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileng.helashop.lk\/?page_id=13074"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:57:57","slug":"sb-weerakoon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/sb-weerakoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. S. B. Weerakoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13074\" class=\"elementor elementor-13074\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecd2473 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ecd2473\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63af161 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63af161\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ab568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63ab568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. S. B. Weerakoon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d044a02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d044a02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc8ac6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cc8ac6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae84216 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae84216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Professor<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3480ffc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3480ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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He is a Chartered Engineer, International Professional Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, He is the country representative and Member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), the country representative in the Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee (AFMC), and member of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Survey and Mapping.\nHe was a Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, a Head of the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Peradeniya, and an Adjunct Professor of the United Nations University. He obtained his bachelor\u2019s degree with First Class Honours (1982) specializing in Civil Engineering from the University of Peradeniya and master\u2019s degree (1987) and doctoral degree (1990) from the University of Tokyo, Japan specializing in hydraulic engineering. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics, climate change, hydropower development, flood modelling and storm water drainage. He has over 100 technical publications to his account and he has received presidential research awards. He has obtained number of international competitive research grants including grants from NORAD (Rs.400 Mn from 2014-2019), European Union (Rs.20 Mn from 2015-2018) and United Nations University (from 2007 -2015). He has carried out post-doctoral\/collaborative research in UNESCO-IHE and TUDelft -The Netherlands, South Florida Water Management District-USA, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne-UK, University of Tokyo-Japan, IWMI-Colombo, and University of Life Sciences-Norway during his carrier.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2581\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2581\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Educational Qualifications <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2581\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af299be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af299be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2581\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1dea1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1dea1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d120bf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d120bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>PhD : University of Tokyo (1990)<\/li><li>MEng : University of Tokyo (1987)<\/li><li>BScEng (First Class Hons): University of Peradeniya (1982)<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2582\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2582\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Professional Qualifications <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2582\" class=\"elementor-element 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Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee<\/li><li>Chartered Engineer<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2583\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2583\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Research Interests <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2583\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1457c84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1457c84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2583\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc81327 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc81327\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8478dad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8478dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Hydraulic and Water Quality Modeling<\/li><li>Hydrological Modeling in Ungauged Basins<\/li><li>Computational Fluid Dynamics<\/li><li>River Flow Computations<\/li><li>Mini Hydropower Development<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2584\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2584\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Appointments (Selected) <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2584\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05ec17 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c05ec17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2584\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d47825 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d47825\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f73ae6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f73ae6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Senior Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2014 May &#8211; To date)<\/li><li>Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2006 May &#8211; 2014 May)<\/li><li>Adjunct Professor\/ United Nations University, Tokyo (From 2012)<\/li><li>Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2009 Aug &#8211; 2012 Oct)<\/li><li>Head, Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2008 Jan &#8211; 2009 Jul)<\/li><li>Research Fellow, Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan (2001 &#8211; 2002)<\/li><li>Research Fellow, Water Resources Systems Research Unit, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK (1994 &#8211; 1995)<\/li><li>Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniy, Sri Lanka (1990 Oct &#8211; 2006 May)<\/li><li>Assistant Lecturer, Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1983 Nov \u2013 1990 Oct)<\/li><li>Civil Engineer, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau of Sri Lanka (1982 Sep \u2013 1983 Nov)<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2585\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2585\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Visiting Appointments <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2585\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4e8c49 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4e8c49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2585\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-052bc84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"052bc84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"293047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>2011&amp;2012 (3 months): Erasmus Mundus Scholoar, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, TuDelft, The Netherlands.<\/li><li>2006 Jan -2008 June: Coordinator of the International Secretariat of the IAHS &#8211; PUB Initiative at Int. Water Management Institute (IWMI)<\/li><li>2001 June &#8211; 2002 May : Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan<\/li><li>2000 Oct &#8211; 2000 Dec : Visiting Scholar, Hydrological System Modeling Group, South Florida Water Management District, Florida, USA.<\/li><li>1994 Oct &#8211; 1995 Sept : Research Fellow, Water Resources Systems Research Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom<\/li><li>1985 Oct &#8211; 1990 Oct : Graduate Student, River Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2586\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2586\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Memberships <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2586\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8dfbbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8dfbbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2586\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ff61d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61ff61d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c33094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c33094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body clearfix panel-border\"><ol><li>Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka<\/li><li>Member of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science<\/li><li>Member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences &amp; Country Representative for IAHS.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2587\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2587\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Other credentials <\/h3><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"tk tk-graduation-cap1\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2587\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdbebaa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdbebaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2587\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aab00c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aab00c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-356b564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"356b564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Country Representative for the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)<\/li><li>Country Representative of the Asian Fluid Mechanics Committee (AFMC)<\/li><li>Member of the International Coordination Group of the Asia Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) of GEOSS (Coordinated by University of Tokyo)<\/li><li>Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Survey and Mapping (ISM) of Sri Lanka<\/li><li>Accredited Consultant by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Sri Lanka<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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B. Weerakoon Senior Professor Office Address:Department of Civil Engineering,University of Peradeniya,Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka. sbweera@pdn.ac.lk +94-81-2393566 Biography Prof. S.B.Weerakoon is a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 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