Mr. S.Kamalakkannan
Lecturer (Probationary)
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Office Address:Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering,Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. |
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Email: kamals@eng.pdn.ac.lk |
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Telephone: 077-1263647 |
Kamalakkannan is a Lecturer at the Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Peradeniya. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Peradeniya in 2017 and thereafter he obtained his Master of Philosophy (Mphil) degree in Sustainable Manufacturing from University of Peradeniya in 2021. His MPhil thesis title was “Design and Development of a Decision Support System for Eco-design Based on Life Cycle Management”. Also, he was awarded a scholarship by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-India) to pursue research in the Department of Engineering Design. Further, as an engineer and researcher in the area of sustainable manufacturing and industrial engineering, he has been involved in many research and development projects among different manufacturing industries and organizations nationally and internationally. His research interests include Sustainable Development, Sustainable Manufacturing, Life Cycle Assessment and Management, Supply chain management, Eco-Design, Product Design & Development, and Additive Manufacturing.
MPhil – University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka, 2020
B.Sc. Production Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2018 (Second Class)
Member of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)
IIT Madras - GRIESHMA Postgraduate Research Sponsorship, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
IEOM Undergraduate Student Research Paper Competition -3rd place, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM)-2018, Indonesia.
Sustainable Manufacturing
Product Design and Development
Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
Additive Manufacturing
Kamalakkannan, S., Kulatunga A.K. (2021) IIOT Applications for Sustainable Manufacturing. In: Hussain C.M., Di Sia P. (eds) Handbook of Smart Materials, Technologies, and Devices. Springer, Cham. (read)
International Peer-Reviewed JournalsKamalakkannan, S., Kulatunga, A.K., 2021. Optimization of Eco-design Decisions Using Parametric Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol.27, pp.1297-1316.
Kamalakkannan, S., Kulatunga, A.K. and Kassel, N.C., 2020. Environmental and social sustainability of Sri Lankan tea industry in the wake of global market challenges. International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 4, Nos. 2/3/4.
Kamalakkannan, S., Kulatunga, A.K. and Bandara, L.A.D.A.D., 2020. The conceptual framework of IoT based decision support system for life cycle management. Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 43, pp.423-430.
Kulatunga, A.K, Peiris, R.L., Kamalakkannan, S., 2021. Evaluation of Environment Sustainability of Clay Roof Tiles Manufacturing Practices in Sri Lanka using LCA Technique. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Vol.LIII, No 4, pp.21-32.
Kamalakkannan, S., Wasala, W.M.C.B., Kulatunga. A.K., Gunawardena, C.R., Bandara, D.M.S.P., Jayawardana, J., Rathnayake R.M.R.N.K., Wijewardana, R.M.N.A., Weerakkody, W.A.P., Ferguson, I., Chandrakumar, C., 2022. Life Cycle Assessment of Food Loss Impacts: Case of Banana Postharvest Losses in Sri Lanka. Procedia CIRP.
International Peer-Reviewed Conference ProceedingsKamalakkannan, S., Pieris, R.L., Kulatunga, A. K., “Life Cycle Assessment of Ceramic Floor Tiles in Sri Lanka”, 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 5-7 March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kamalakkannan, S., and Kulatunga, A. K., “Life Cycle Assessment of Rice Processing in Sri Lanka”, 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 7-9 March 2018, Bandung, Indonesia.
