{"id":15592,"date":"2025-03-21T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileng.helashop.lk\/?page_id=15592"},"modified":"2025-11-18T05:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:18:28","slug":"gouri-de-silva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/gouri-de-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. (Mrs) M. M. G. T. 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PhD, University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan<\/li><li>2013 &#8211; MPhil, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/li><li>2007 &#8211; BSc.Eng (Hons), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/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-2451\" 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-2451\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Research Interest <\/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-2451\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe31df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abe31df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2451\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a68ba68 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a68ba68\" 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-9376533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9376533\" 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>Climate Change Analysis<\/li><li>Hydrological and Hydro-dynamic Analyses<\/li><li>Socio-hydrology<\/li><li>Drought Analysis<\/li><li>Flood modeling<\/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-2452\" 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-2452\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Appoiments <\/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-2452\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bda2e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bda2e3\" 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-2452\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1491c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a1491c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b6df34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b6df34\" 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>Sep. 2020 &#8211; To date: Senior Lecturer (Grade II), Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya<\/li><li>Jun. 2019 &#8211; Sep. 2020: Temporary Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/li><li>Oct. 2015 &#8211; Mar. 2019: Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan<\/li><li>May 2012 &#8211; Sep. 2015: Lecturer, International Training Institute of Irrigation and Water Management, Kothmale, Sri Lanka<\/li><li>Apr. 2009 &#8211; Apr. 2012: MPhil Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/li><li>Oct. 2007 &#8211; Jul. 2008: Civil Engineer, Dam Safety and Water Resources Planing Project, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka<\/li><li>Feb. 2007 &#8211; Sep. 2007: A11 Road Project, CML &#8211; MTD Construction Ltd<\/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-2453\" 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-2453\" >\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-2453\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b24cae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b24cae\" 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-2453\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a5d93 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33a5d93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-970a17d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"970a17d\" 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>Associate Member, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (AMIESL)<\/li><li>Member, Alumni Association of the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan<\/li><li>Associate Member, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (AMIESL)<\/li><li>Associate Engineer, The Engineering Council, Sri Lanka (ECSL)<\/li><li>Member, Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association (PEFAA)<\/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-2454\" 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-2454\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Publicationas <\/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-2454\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ff7555 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ff7555\" 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-2454\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-568b9cc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"568b9cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd6769e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd6769e\" 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 align=\"justify\"><p><a>Journal Papers :<\/a><\/p><\/div><ol><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva, M.M.G.T., Kawasaki, A., 2022. Modeling the association between socioeconomic features and risk of flood damage: A local-scale case study in Sri Lanka. Risk Analysis.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/risa.13894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/risa.13894<\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">M.M.G.T. De Silva and Akiyuki Kawasaki, 2018. Socioeconomic Vulnerability to Disaster Risk: A Case Study of Flood and Drought Impact in a Rural Sri Lankan Community.\u00a0<strong>Ecological Economics<\/strong>, Vol. 152, pp. 131-140<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">M.M.G.T. De Silva and Akiyuki Kawasaki, 2020. A local-scale analysis to understand differences in socioeconomic factors affecting economic loss due to floods among different communities.\u00a0<strong>International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction<\/strong>, Vol 47<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva M. M. G. T., Weerakoon S. B., and Herath S., &#8220;Modeling of Event and Continuous Flow Hydrographs with HEC-HMS; Case study in Kelani river basin in Sri Lanka&#8221;,\u00a0<strong>ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering<\/strong>, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp 800 &#8211; 806, April 1, 2014<\/div><\/li><li>Gayanthika, H., Lakshitha, D., Chathuranga, M., De Silva, G., &amp; Sirisena, J. (2025). Comparative Analysis of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products for Drought Assessment in a Data-Poor Region.\u00a0<em>Hydrology<\/em>,\u00a0<em>12<\/em>(7), 166. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/hydrology12070166<\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva M. M. G. T., Weerakoon S. B., and Herath S., &#8220;Event Based Flood Inundation Mapping Under the Impact of Climate Change: A Case Study in Lower Kelani River Basin, Sri Lanka&#8221;,\u00a0<strong>Hydrology: Current Research<\/strong>, Vol. 07, issue 1, March 2016<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva G. T., S.B. Weerakoon, U.R. Ratnayaka, Srikantha Herath, Sarith Mahanama, Flood inundation mapping along the lower reach of Kelani River basin under the impact of climate change,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;ENGINEER&#8221; journal<\/strong>, Vol. XXXXV, No. 02, pp 23 &#8211; 30, April 2012<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva G. T., Herath S., Weerakoon S. B., Rathnayake U. R., Application of WRF with different cumulus parameterization schemes for precipitation forecasting in a tropical river basin, proceeding of the\u00a0<strong>13th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics<\/strong>, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17 &#8211; 21 December 2010<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">M.M.G.T. De Silva and Akiyuki Kawasaki, September 2018. Assessment of socioeconomic impact due to floods in local scale; A case study in Sri Lanka.\u00a0<strong>World Social Science Forum (WSSF)<\/strong>\u00a0Fukuoka, Japan<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">M.M.G.T. De Silva and Akiyuki Kawasaki, November 2017. Socioeconomic impact assessment of frequent water-related disasters in local scale; A case study in Sri Lanka.\u00a0<strong>16th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia<\/strong>, 2017 (16th USMCA 2017), Sendai, Japan<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva M. M. G. T., S. B. Weerakoon, Srikantha Herath, Flood risk analysis under the impact of climate change; A case study in Kelani River basin, Sri Lanka, proceeding of the\u00a0<strong>14th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics<\/strong>, Hanoi, Vietnam, 15th &#8211; 19th October 2013<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva G. T., Herath S., Weerakoon S. B., Rathnayake U. R., Future rainfall trend analysis at the Kelani river basin in Sri Lanka,\u00a0<strong>16th Inter-Governmental and Scientific Planning Group Meetings, Asia Pacific Network (APN) for Global Change Research Networking and Poster session<\/strong>, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 6th April 2011 (Runner-up award)<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva G. T., Weerakoon S. B., Herath S., Rathnayake U. R., Flood inundation modeling along the lower reach of Kelani River basin under changing climate, proceedings of the\u00a0<strong>5th UN-CECAR conference on Disaster Risk Management &amp; Sustainability<\/strong>, United Nations University Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan, 15th November 2011<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva M. M. G. T. , S.B. Weerakoon, Srikantha Herath, &#8220;Statistical approach to forecast rainfall trends in Kelani River basin, Sri Lanka under the impact of climate change&#8221;,\u00a0<strong>8th International Perspective on Water Resources and the Environment<\/strong>, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 4-6, 2016<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva M. M. G. T., Weerakoon S. B., and Herath S., Analysis of future rainfall trends in the Kelani river basin under the impact of climate change, proceeding of the\u00a0<strong>Sri Lanka water convention 2013<\/strong>, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21st March 2013<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva G. T., S. B. Weerakoon, Srikantha Herath, Climate change impacts on floods in Kelani river basin and selected adaptation measures, proceeding of the\u00a0<strong>conference on Sri Lanka &#8211; Japan collaborative research 2013<\/strong>, Sri Lanka, 29th &#8211; 31st March 2013<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">M.M.G.T. De Silva and Akiyuki Kawasaki, September 2017. Local-scale impact assessment of flood and drought over different socioeconomic communities in rural Sri Lanka.\u00a0<strong>5th Conference on Sri Lanka &#8211; Japan Collaborative Research<\/strong>, 2017 (5th SLJCR 2017), Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva G. T., Weerakoon S. B., RatnayakaU. R., Herath S., Forecasting Extreme Rainfall in Kelani River Basin under Changing Climate, Proceedings of the\u00a0<strong>Peradeniya University Research Sessions<\/strong>, Sri Lanka, Volume 16, 24th November 2011<\/div><\/li><li><div align=\"justify\">De Silva G. T., Weerakoon S. B., Herath S., Rathnayake U. R., Event based flood inundation modeling in lower Kelani basin, Proceedings of <strong>2nd SAITM Research Symposium on Engineering Advancements (SRSEA) Colombo<\/strong>, Sri Lanka, 27th and 28th April 2012<\/div><\/li><li>Dharmapala D.G.S.U.,\u00a0 Chathuranga B.G.M., and De Silva M.M.G.T., &#8220;Evaluation of HEC-HMS and SWAT Models for Long-Term Runoff Simulation in Upper Kelani River Basin, Sri Lanka&#8221;, Proceedings of <strong>118th Annual Sessions of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), <\/strong>2024<\/li><li>Gayanthika, H., Lakshitha, D., and De Silva, G. &#8220;Accuracy Assessment of Seasonal Satellite Rainfall Estimates Compared to In-situ Observations in Mi Oya River Basin, Sri Lanka&#8221;,\u00a0<\/li><li>Proceedings of <strong>118th Annual Sessions of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), <\/strong>2024<\/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-2455\" 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-2455\" >\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-2455\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-044ffce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"044ffce\" 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-2455\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d52e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d52e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f404c64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f404c64\" 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>MEXT scholarship for reading Doctor of Philosophy degree by the government of Japan (Oct. 2015 &#8211; Sep. 2018)<\/li><li>International Master Scholarship for reading Master of Philosophy degree by the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan (Jun. 2009 &#8211; Jan. 2012)<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. (Mrs) M. 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