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Mr. Udara Perera
Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering | Civil Engineering
Career Summary
- Assistant Lecturer • Department of Civil Engineering,Faculuty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. (February 2023 - Present)
- Lecturer (Probationary) • Department of Engineering Technology,Faculty of Technology, General sir John Kothalawala Defence University (April 2022 - February 2023)
- Visiting Lecturer • Department og building services technology, University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC) (July 2022 - December 2022)
- Junior Design Engineer • Access Engineering PLC (October 2020 - April 2022)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- MSc.(Major component of research) in Civil Engineering • University of Moratuwa (Reading)
- BSc.(Hons) in Civil Engineering • University of Moratuwa | Washington Accord Accredited | Second Class Upper Division (GPA 3.43)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Building Information Modelling
- Artificial Intelligence in construction
- Sustainable construction and green building rating
Memberships
- Associate Member (AM) | Institute of Engineering Sri Lanka (IESL) | Membership ID – AM 26119
- Green Building Accredited Professional (AccP) | Green Building Council Sri Lanka | Membership number – 22087
- Autodesk Certified Professional in Revit for structural Engineering (ACP) | Autodesk Inc | Certification ID - ADSK-154-1287
Ongoing Research
- Development of BIM based tool to assess passive design stratergies for high-rise buildings in Sri Lanka
My Publications
Journal Publications
- Mohammadsaeid Parsamehr, Udara Sachinthana Perera, Tharindu C Dodanwala, Piyaruwan Perera, Rajeev Ruparathna " "A review of construction management challenges and BIM-based solutions: perspectives from the schedule, cost, quality, and safety management" " Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022,
- Pasindu Meddage, Imesh Ekanayake, Udara Sachinthana Perera, Hazi Md Azamathulla, Md Azlin Md Said, Upaka Rathnayake " "Interpretation of machine-learning-based (black-box) wind pressure predictions for low-rise gable-roofed buildings using Shapley additive explanations (SHAP)" " buildings, 2022,
- Udara Sachinthana Perera, Chandana Siriwardana, Ishani Shehara Pitigala Liyana Arachchi " "Development of critical infrastructure resilience index for cities in Sri Lanka" " International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 2023,
- W. K. V. J. B. Kulasooriya, R. S. S. Ranasinghe, Udara Sachinthana Perera, P. Thisovithan, I. U. Ekanayake & D. P. P. Meddage " "Modeling strength characteristics of basalt fiber reinforced concrete using multiple explainable machine learning with a graphical user interface" " Scientific Reports, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40513-x,
- X. Zhang ORCID logo ; A. U. Weerasuriya ORCID logo ; U. S. Perera ORCID logo ; J. Wang ORCID logo ; C. Y. Li ORCID logo ; K. T. Tse ORCID logo ; K. C. S. Kwok " "Effects of internal wall design on cross-ventilation of an isolated building" " Physics of Fluids, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0202386,
Conference Proceedings
- Udara Sachinthana Perera; M. G. I. Tharaka; A. U. Weerasuriya; C. S. Lewangamage; R. Ruparathna; R. Mallawaarachchi Suitable Passive Design Strategies for Residential High-rise Buildings in Sri Lanka year 2024, November 2023,