FOCUS AREAS
Environmental Geotechnics group centres on research where the geotechnical principles, processes and techniques that are applied in situations with a major environmental component.
Our main focuses are: geochemistry and geohydrology, waste management, use of waste material in construction, soil and water conservation and the impact of climatic changes on geo-environment.
PROJECTS/GRANTS
- Investigation on the Applicability of use of Bottom Ash for Restoration of Clay Mines in Sri Lanka, Senate Research Council Long-term Grant, University of Moratuwa, 2019.
PUBLICATIONS
- Jayasinghe JMT, Nawagamuwa UP, De Silva KHSS (2019), Effect of salinity on the rate of consolidation of Sri Lankan soft peat, Geotechnical Journal, Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society, Vol. 7 No.1.
- Ranathunga AS, Ranjith PG, Liu X. (2018). Fired-Siltstone Based Geopolymers for CO2 Sequestration Wells: A Study on the Effect of Curing Temperature. Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon - 2018), 4th International Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 30th May – 1st June 2018; pp. 595-600. IEEE, doi.org/10.1109/MERCon.2018.8421984.
- Nawagamuwa UP, Hornberger GM, Gunda T (2018), Temperature and precipitation influences on soil moisture in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Journal of NSF, Sri Lanka (JNSF), 46(4), 519-526
- Jayakody SHS, Bandara KN, Karunawardena A, Nawagamuwa UP (2018), Trial MSW fill at Meethotamulla abandoned dump site, 9th Annual NBRO Symposium, 18-19 December 2018, PP283-288
- Silva KHSS, Nawagamuwa UP (2016), Effect of salinity on consolidation of peat, Civil Engineering Research Symposium Moratuwa (CERS2016), December 2016
- Basnayake ABMRS, Nawagmauwa UP (2016), Development of an Undisturbed Method to Measure Density of Improved Municipal Solid Waste using Heavy Tamping, Civil Engineering Research Symposium Moratuwa (CERS2016), December 2016
- Harshani HMD, Nawagamuwa UP, Senanayake A (2015), Evaluation of cover soil properties of Sri Lankan waste dumpsites in Colombo District, Journal of NSF, Sri Lanka (JNSF), 43 (2):189-194
- Nawagamuwa UP, Muhilan K (2015), Long Term Settlement Behaviour of Dump Wastes in Sri Lanka; Case Study on Bloemendhal Dump Site, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development (ACEPS- 2015), Galle, Sri Lanka, March 2015.
- Nawagamuwa UP, Senarahtne M, Dilanka T (2015), Study on Compaction Characteristics of Lateritic Soil/Quarry Dust - Stabilized Municipal Solid Waste, International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2015
- Nawagamuwa UP, Rajeevan R, Tharanga WU (2015), Study on the Strength Characteristics of MSW in Sri Lanka, Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Fukuoka, Japan, November 2015.