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Dr. Nandika Miguntanna
Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade)
Faculty of Engineering | Civil Engineering
Career Summary
- Senior Lecturer (Higher Grade), Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), March 2023- to date
- Head, School of Technology, SLTC Research University, Padukka, Sri Lanka, April 2019- to Feb 2023.
- Senior Lecturer (Grade I) in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SLTC Research University, January 2018- Feb 2023.
- Program Lead, Environmental Technology Degree Program, SLTC Research University, January 2018 to August 2020.
- Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), Malabe, Sri Lanka, January 2011- to January 2018.
- Head of the Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, SAITM, January 2013- to January 2018.
- Head of the Research Unit of Faculty of Engineering, SAITM, January 2011- to January 2018.
- Sessional Academic, School of Urban Development, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, July 2006 – November 2010.
- PhD Research Scholar, School of Urban Development, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, July 2006 –November 2009.
- Research Assistant, Port of Brisbane Environmental Project, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, July 2006 – February 2008.
- Temporary Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, August 2005- April 2006.
- Trainee Engineer, Kolon-Samsung Consortium, Galle, Sri Lanka, September 2003 – December 2003.
- Trainee Engineer, Southern Provincial City Council, Galle, Sri Lanka, October 2002 – December 2002.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Philosophy
Specialization - Water and Environmental Engineering
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia
(July 2006–November 2009)
- Bachelor of Science of Engineering (First Class Honors)
Specialization - Civil Engineering
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (Jan: 2001 - February 2005)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Responsive Research Seed Grant awarded by the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research at SLTC (2019).
- Full Scholarship for the participation to Environmental Protection and Green Technology workshop organized by National Tsingn Hua University, Taiwan; awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2014).
- ITEC Full Scholarship for the participation to Special Course on Environment Governance in South Asia organized by Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India; awarded by the Ministry External Affairs, Government of India (2014).
- QUT Write-up Scholarship awarded by Queensland University of Technology (2009).
- QUT Tuition Fee Wavier Scholarship for Doctoral studies at QUT, Australia, from July 2007-2009; awarded by Queensland University of Technology (2007).
- Presidential award for postgraduate studies; awarded by Government of Sri Lanka (2006).
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Stormwater pollution, mitigation and management
- Water quality and treatment
- Water Sensitive Urban Design
- Solidswaste Management
- Waste Reuse
Memberships
Associate Member of Institute of Engineers , Sri Lanka
Ongoing Research
- Analysis of microplastic pollution in surface waters and removal potential using conventional water treatment processes- Case Study Aththanagalu Oya Sri Lanka
- Analysis of Performance Characteristics of different types of Compost Blankets in improving the quality of the storm water runoff
- Assessment of performance of different types of porous pavements materials in urban landscape in improving the storm water quality
- Assessment of the treatment potential of urban stormwater runoff using porous pavement systems containing recycled materials
My Publications
Journal Publications
- Miguntanna, N.P., Goonetilleke., A., Egodawatta P. and Kokot., S. " Understanding nutrients build-up on urban road surfaces " Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol.22, Issue 06, 2010, pp.806-812,
- Miguntanna, N.P., Liu, A.,Egodawatta., P., and Goonetilleke., A., " Characterizing nutrients wash-off for effective urban stormwater treatment design " Journal of Environmental Management, vol.120, 2013, pp.61-67,
- S.Sendanayake, N.P. Miguntanna, M.T.R. Jayasinghe., " Estimating incident solar radiation in tropical islands with short term weather data " Journal of European Scientific Journal (ESJ), vol.10, Issue 03, 2014, pp.1857 – 1881,
- S.Sendanayake, N.P. Miguntanna, M.T.R. Jayasinghe., " Validation of Design Methodology for Rainwater Harvesting for Tropical Climates " Asian Journal of Environment and Pollution, vol.11, 2014, pp.87-93,
- S.Sendanayake, N. P. Miguntanna, M.T.R. Jayasinghe " Predicting solar radiation for tropical islands from rainfall data " Urban and Environmental Engineering, vol.09, Issue 02, 2015, pp.109-118 ,
- Liu, A., Miguntanna, N. S., Miguntanna, N. P., Egodawatta, P. and Goonetilleke, A. " Differentiating Between Pollutants Build-Up on Roads and Roofs: Significance of Roofs as a Stormwater Pollutant Source " Journal of Clean Soil Air Water, vol.44, Issue 05, 2016, pp.538-543,
- Dabare, G., Gunathilake,M., Miguntanna, N.P., Laksiri, K.,and Rathnayake,U. " Climate Variation and Hydropower Generation in Samanalawewa Hydropower Scheme, Sri Lanka " Journal of Engineer, vol.53, Issue 03, 2020, pp.19-25,
- Wijesiri, B., Liu, A., Miguntanna, N., He, B., Goonetilleke. A., " Understanding Nutrient Dynamics for Effective Stormwater Treatment Design " Science of The Total Environment , vol.850, 2022,
Conference Proceedings
- Miguntanna N.P.,Goonetilleke., A. and Egodawatta., P. Understanding nutrients build-up process on urban road surfaces in Second infrastructure theme postgraduate conference on Rethinking Sustainable Development-Planning, infrastructure engineering, year 2009, Australia,
- Miguntanna N.P., Goonetilleke., A., Kokot., S. and Egodawatta., P. Analysis of nutrients wash-off processes on urban road surfaces in International conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE 2009), year 2009, Australia,
- Miguntanna N.P., Goonetilleke., A., Egodawatta P. and Kokot., S. Understanding nutrients build-up on urban road surfaces year 2009, Seoul, Korea,
- Wahalathanthrige, N. D. D. and Miguntanna N.P ., Evaluation of the Performance of Permeable and Porous Pavements in Urban Landscape in International Conference on Urban Science and Engineering (ICUSE 2020) , year 2020, IIT Bombay, India,
- Siriwardhana, K.D., Miguntanna N.P., Potential Reuse of Greywater using constructed wetland: Design and Implementation of Vertical Constructed Wetland System: A Case Study in SLTC, International Research Conference (IRC 2022) , year 2022, Sri Lanka,