CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

The Civil Engineering Research Symposium was one of the most highlighted Events of year 2017. 

The Symposium enlightened the future engineering minds on the  30^th of November 2017 at the Civil Engineering Auditorium with the overall coordination by Prof.S.A.S.Kulathilake. First session of the event was chaired by Prof.S.A.S.Kulathilake with Dr.H.R.Pasindu as the secretary where as the second and third sessions were chaired by Dr.L.I.N.De Silva with Prof.A.A.D.A.J.Perera as the secretary.

The event emphasized on the Undergraduate researches of the Batch 12 of Civil Engineering Department. The Symposium was proceeded in three sessions in front of a respected panel and the students of the Department of Civil Engineering throughout the day despite the bad weather. The presentations made the event much more interesting with enthusiastic questions from the audience. 

The event wrapped up in style descending the bright ideas of the seniors to the junior undergraduates to be continued into the future.

Session 01

Comparison of Nailed Timber box beams with Nail Laminated Timber beams	Dr.(Mrs) MTP Hettiarachchi	Miss KPIE Ariyarathne
Finite element analysis on the effect of deep embedded retaining structures on the settlement of raft foundations	Dr.  LIN de Silva	Mr. MP Amarasinghe
Shear strength and permeability characteristics of compacted residual soils in an unsaturated state	Prof. SAS Kulathilake	Mrs. HPW Dilanthi
Evaluating multifaceted benefits of river restoration projects undertaken in Sri Lanka and future directions to develop Recommendations for further improvement	Dr. RLHL Rajapakse	Mr. WGCS Gayan
Volumetric design and performance analysis of Superpave and marshal  mix designs for Sri Lankan conditions	Prof. WK Mampearachchi	Mr. HAMB Kadurugamuwa
Use of Nano CaO loaded mesoporous Al2O3 for removal of Fourides from ground water rich in hardness	Prof. MW Jayaweera	Miss PAN Peris
Removal of Cadimium in hard water with nano zero valentrion (NZVI)	Prof. MW Jayaweera	Mr. RDJ Martin
Failure modes in stone columns in very soft clays	Prof. SAS Kulathilake	Miss MHM Harshani

Session 02

Prediction of creased geometry of thin folded membranes using finite element analysis	Dr. HMYC Mallikarachchi	MR. S. Mierunalan
Development of an undisturbed density measurement for heavy tamping model studies on MSW	Dr. UP Nawagamuwa	Mr. AMDC Bandara
Use of ozonation and photocatalysis for degradation of Glyphosate in potable water in CKDu Prevalent areas	Prof. (Ms) WB Gunawardana	Miss PP Jayasekara
A study on recontamination risks in water distribution systems, using a network model.	Prof.(Mrs) N. Rathnayake	MR. MHV Lasantha
Application of ERP system for construction industry	Prof. AADAJ Perera	Miss FST Hewawitharana
A study on water retention in ancient cascade systems	Dr. TMN Wijayarathna	Mr. JSI Thilakarathna
Study of Operational improvements of introducing electronic toll collection to expressways in Sri Lanka	Dr.HR Pasindu	Mr. CJ Vidanapathirana
Estimating the vehicle operating cost used for economic feasibility analysis of highway construction	Dr.HR Pasindu	Mr. DASSS Ranawaka

Session 03

Influence of matric suction on pullout resistance of soil nails	Prof. SAS Kulathilake	Mr. P Rajeeevkaran
Generic algorithm applications for optimization and novelty in engineering design	Prof. WPS Dias	Mr. K Thaniroshan