{"id":15677,"date":"2025-03-24T09:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T03:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileng.helashop.lk\/?page_id=15677"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:40:09","slug":"sahan-bandara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/sahan-bandara\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sahan Bandara"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15677\" class=\"elementor elementor-15677\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb7f075 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb7f075\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a98ae6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a98ae6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1250\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" open>\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1250\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Biography <\/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-1250\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f7586 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15f7586\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1250\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-631a121 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"631a121\" 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-55c3ba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55c3ba4\" 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<p>Dr. Sahan Bandara received a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Science specialized in Civil Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2016. Thereafter, he worked as a temporary lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, until he was awarded a scholarship from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia in 2017 to pursue his higher studies. His PhD thesis was titled \u201cCondition assessment of timber poles using advanced NDT techniques\u201d. He has served as a research fellow for the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure, Swinburne University from July 2020 to July 2021, where he engaged in consultancy projects with Australian Power Distribution Companies. Currently he is serving as a senior lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya. His research interests are ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete, structural retrofitting, structural health monitoring and timber structures.\u00a0<\/p>\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-1251\" 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-1251\" >\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 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Engineering<\/li><\/ul>\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-1253\" 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-1253\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> 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-1253\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e988c0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e988c0f\" 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&#8211; Temporary Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya<\/li><\/ul>\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-1254\" 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-1254\" >\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-1254\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea41cbb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea41cbb\" 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-1254\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab68b57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab68b57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7228f26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7228f26\" 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<ul><li>Associate Member of Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka<\/li><\/ul>\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-1255\" 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-1255\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Awards <\/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-1255\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d1a3ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d1a3ba\" 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-1255\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717b981 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"717b981\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b736f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04b736f\" 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<ul><li><b>Professor Chandrakeerthy Award<\/b> for the best paper presented at the annual sessions of the Society of Structural Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2025<\/li><li><strong>URC Research Awards 2024<\/strong> &#8211; University of Peradeniya. Awarded for the outstanding research contributions at the University of Peradeniya in 2024<\/li><li><strong>Access Engineering PLC award<\/strong> for the best paper published in MODULUS 2022 \u2013 Society of Structural Engineers, Sri Lanka<\/li><li><strong>Swinburne University Post Graduate Research Award<\/strong>, Australia 2017<\/li><li><strong>Ceylon Development price for the best performance in Civil Engineering<\/strong>, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2016<\/li><\/ul>\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-1256\" 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-1256\" >\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-1256\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c473f56 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c473f56\" 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-1256\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f3a70 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45f3a70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70d0ade elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70d0ade\" 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<h4 align=\"justify\"><strong><a>Journal Papers :<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p>Wijesundara, S., Hemachandra, T., Bandara, S., &amp; Wijesundara, K. (2025). Investigation of the shear capacity of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete beams using machine learning techniques. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 1-18. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wijesundara, S., Wijesundara, K., &amp; Bandara, S. (2025). Machine learning approach for predicting the compressive strength of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC). In Structures (Vol. 75, p.108704). Elsevier<\/p>\n<p>Wijaya, H., Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., Gad, E., &amp; Shan, J. (2024). Failure assessment of deteriorated steel light poles. Results in Engineering, 23, 102621.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., &amp; Wijesundara, K. K. (2024). Retrofitting Shear Critical Beams using Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC). ENGINEER, 57(02), 31-41.<\/p>\n<p>Buddika, H. S., Amarathunga, A. M. R. S., Menike, D. C. D., Dayaratna, E., Bandara, S., &amp; Yapa, H. D. (2024). Use of Machine Learning Techniques to Predict the In-situ Concrete Compressive Strength using Non-Destructive Testing. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 57(3).<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., &amp; Gad, E. (2023). Power Distribution System Faults and Wildfires: Mechanisms and Prevention. Forests, 14(6), 1146.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Wijesundara, K., &amp; Rajeev, P. (2023). Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete for Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Concrete Structures: A Suitability Assessment. Buildings, 13(3), 614.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., &amp; Gad, E. (2023). A review on condition assessment technologies for power distribution network infrastructure. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 1-18.<\/p>\n<p>Madhushan, S., Buddika, S., Bandara, S., Navaratnam, S., &amp; Abeysuriya, N. (2023). Uses of Bamboo for Sustainable Construction\u2014A Structural and Durability Perspective\u2014A Review. Sustainability, 15(14), 11137.<\/p>\n<p>Rajeev, P., Bandara, S., Gad, E., &amp; Shan, J. (2022). Structural assessment techniques for in-service crossarms in power distribution Networks. Infrastructures, 7(7), 94.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., &amp; Gad, E. (2021). Structural health assessment techniques for in-service timber poles. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 1-21<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., Gad, E., &amp; Sriskantharajah, B. (2021). Damage severity estimation of timber poles using stress wave propagation and wavelet entropy evolution. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, 4(1), 011006.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., Gad, E., Sriskantharajah, B., Flatley, I. (2021) Structural Health Assessment of Timber Utility Poles using Stress Wave Propagation and Artificial Neural Network Techniques. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 40(4), 1-21<\/p>\n<p>Sriskantharajah, B., Gad, E., Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., &amp; Flatley, I. (2020). Condition assessment tool for timber utility poles using stress wave propagation technique. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 1-21<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., Gad, E., Sriskantharajah, B., &amp; Flatley, I. (2020). Health monitoring of timber poles using time\u2013frequency analysis techniques and stress wave propagation. Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 1-19.<\/p>\n<p>Mudiyanselage, S., Rajeev, P., Gad, E., Sriskantharajah, B., &amp; Flatley, I. (2019). Application of stress wave propagation technique for condition assessment of timber poles. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 15(9), 1234-1246.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., Gad, E., Sriskantharajah, B., &amp; Flatley, I. (2019). Damage detection of in-service timber poles using Hilbert-Huang transform. NDT &amp; E International, 107, 102141.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 align=\"justify\"><strong><a>Conference Papers :<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Rajeev, P., Bandara, S., Fernando, S., &amp; Gad, E. (2024). Structural Health Monitoring of Cable Stays in Power Distribution Networks. Procedia Structural Integrity, 64, 523-530.<\/p>\n<p>S, Madhushan., S, Bandara., S, Buddika., &amp; N, Abeysooriya (2024). Advancing Bamboo Structural Grading Subjected to Axial Compressive Load. MODULUS, Society of Structural Engineers, Sri Lanka 34 (02), 6-12<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P &amp; Gad, E. (2023). Suitability Assessment of Composite Cross-arms. In ICSBE 2023<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Wijaya, H., &amp; Rajeev, P. (2022). Automated Structural Health Monitoring of Timber Poles using Guided Wave-based Techniques. In European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Palermo, Italy 2022<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Jayasinghe, S., &amp; Bandara, C. S. (2022). Potential for low-cost housing in Sri Lanka \u2013 case study. In ICSBE 2022<\/p>\n<p>Lambert, M., Bandara, S., Dissanayake., U. (2022) Effect of Tendon Layout for Deflection in Bonded Post-tensioned Slabs. In MODULUS- Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka 2022<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., &amp; Gad, E. (2021). Machine learning algorithms for health monitoring of timber utility poles using stress wave propagation. In European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring: Special Collection of 2020 Papers-Volume 1 (pp. 739-748). Springer International Publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Rajeev, P., &amp; Gad, E. (2021). Deterioration Modelling of Timber Utility Poles. In ICSECM 2019 (pp. 417-426). Springer, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S. N., Rajeev, P., Gad, E., Sriskantharajah, B., &amp; Flatley, I. (2020). Non-destructive Techniques for Condition Assessment of Timber Utility Poles. In ACMSM25 (pp. 941-951). Springer, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Bandara, L, Wijesundara, K. Usage of Total Crack Strain Model to Predict the Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development 2017 (ACEPS &#8211; 2017), March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Bandara, S., Bandara, L, Wijesundara, K. Numerical Simulation of Prediction of Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams using Total Crack Strain Model. Proceedings of the 7 th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2016 (ICSBE &#8211; 2016), December 2016.<\/p>\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-1257\" 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-1257\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Grants <\/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-1257\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf47271 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf47271\" 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-1257\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b89c54 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b89c54\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f4b27f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f4b27f\" 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<ul><li>Peradeniya University Research Grant 2023 &#8211; Structural retrofitting using Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) jacketing<\/li><\/ul>\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-1258\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"9\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1258\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><h3 class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Teaching <\/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-1258\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbe4e33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bbe4e33\" 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-1258\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077ba39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"077ba39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781a678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"781a678\" 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<ul><li><div align=\"justify\">Design of Structures, Prestressed Concrete Design, Mechanics of Materials<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sahan Bandara Senior Lecturer Office Address:Department of Civil Engineering,University of Peradeniya,Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka. sahan@eng.pdn.ac.lk +94-71 745 0090 Biography Dr. Sahan Bandara received a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Science specialized in Civil Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka &hellip; 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