Upaka Rathnayake

Upaka Rathnayake is a professor of civil engineering and has been working in academia since 2006. He holds his PhD from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university). He has worked in several countries in the capacity of both academician and researcher including in Ireland, Japan, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Australia and Sri Lanka.

Research interests:
Water resources management
Hydrological modelling
Climate analysis
Multi-objective optimization
Soft computing techniques
Explainable artificial intelligence
Remote sensing and GIS
Teaching profile:
Fluid Mechanics
Hydraulics & Hydrology
Water Resources Management
Structural Mechanics
Soil Mechanics
Research Methodology

Professional Memberships:
Member of Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) - Membership Number AM-26454
Member of Engineers New Zealand - Membership Number 2002538
Member of Water Engineers, New Zealand
Life Member of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Member of National Science Foundation – SL, NSF/STMIS/009455
Member of International Association of hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

National & International Achievements:
2023 – Presidential Awards, Sri Lanka for top scientific publications in 2019.
2021, 2020, & 2019 University Excellent Researcher award - SLIIT, Sri Lanka
2018 & 2016 – Outstanding reviewer award – Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier

External Positions:
Senior adjunct researcher, Munster University of Technology, Ireland (2023 - to date)
International advisory member, Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College, India (2023 - to date)