Dr De Silva obtained his Ph.D. in Soil and Structural Mechanics from Ecole Centrale des Arts of Manufacturers France, Master of Engineering Degree in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok and B.Sc.(Eng.) Hons. Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.He has held several senior positions such as Chairman, National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Chairman, Marine Pollution Prevention Authority, Acting Chairman Ceylon Fishery Harbors Corporation, Board Member, Common Amenities Board, United Nations National Consultant on site investigation - UNDP / UNCHS /NBRO, Member of special presidential task force on Watawala earth slide, National Co-ordinator, Institutional strengthening of oil spill contingency management project , Co-ordinator, task force on Puttlam district fisheries development, and Consultant to Central Environmental Authority. Dr De Silva is resident in Sri Lanka.
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Dr Watawala obtained his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, his MEng in Structural Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, and BSc(Eng) Hons from University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. Dr. Watawala is a specialist in structural dynamics with a track recordof several large scale structural design projects. Presently Dr. Watawala is the Chief Technology Officer of Mobitor Corporation, a company he co-founded, that has since become a leading software product company engaged in wireless enterprise software. He manages large teams engaged in developing highly technical enterprise software products. He is the architect behind an award winning Enterprise Claims Management product and is widely acclaimed in the field of Object Oriented Design & Development in USA. He is a Registered Professional Engineer of the State of California. Dr Watawala currently resides in San Francisco, USA.
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Mr. Fernando is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Canada (P.Eng), a Chartered Engineer of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and has a BSc (Eng) Hons from University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. During the last twenty years he has held several senior positions as a Project Management Consultant – withextensive participation in Institutional Capital Development work in Ontario Canada. He spent the early part of his career in Colombo as Director/General Manager of Stafford Engineering Co, Colombo, Civil Engineer/Project Manager of Aitken Spence & Co Ltd. and as a Civil Engineer at Highways Department, Colombo. Mr. Fernando currently resides in Ontario, Canada.
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Dr Ameratunga obtained his PhD, from Monash University, Australia, his MEng from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok and BSc(Eng) Hons from University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia and a Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland.He is a Senior Principal at Coffey International Partners Ltd, the largest geotechnical consultancy firm in Australia. He is the Geotechnical Project Manager for the on going A$1.88b Gateway Upgrade Project, the largest road infrastructure project ever undertaken by Queensland Transport. He also holds Chair in the Australian Geomechanics Society, Queensland Division and is a visiting lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
Dr. Ameratunga has been a practicing Civil Engineer for over 30 years, specializing in geotechnical engineering. He is renowned in the industry for his valued contributions in the geotechnical field and is a sought after consultant in the Australian construction industry. He has been involved in most major geotechnical projects in Brisbane and in numerous other award winning, multi-billion dollar projects involving roads, tunnels, buildings, bridges, rock works, soil stabilizations, underground railway stations, subways, etc. in Australia and Singapore. He has also worked as the geotechnical consultant to international consortiums and regularly presents technical papers at local and international conferences. Dr Ameratunga presently resides in Brisbane, Australia.
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Mr Sivakumaran obtained his MBA from the University of Sydney and his BSc (Eng) Hons from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya. He is a chartered civil engineer of the Institution of Civil Engineers (London) and Institution of Engineers,Australia. He is a major Shareholder & Director of Ryder Construction Pte Ltd that carries out various construction works in Singapore and heads SJS Associates that provides project management and other consultancy services to the Singapore Construction Industry. He has over 30 years of experience in the management of major building and civil engineering construction works and is a specialist in the commercial and contractual aspects of the construction business. Mr Sivakumaran currently resides in Singapore.
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Prof Kumaraswamy is a Professor at the Dept. of Civil Engineering of the University of Hong Kong. After his B.Sc.(Eng.) from Sri Lanka, he worked on designs, construction and construction management in Sri Lanka and in Nigeria, before earning a M.Sc. in Construction Management and then a Ph.D. both from Loughborough University, UK.
As a Construction Manager and then a Director of the first construction project management company in Sri Lanka, he led many innovative project assignments and internationally funded consultancies. He has been active (and held offices)in many professional bodies, including the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, Chartered Institute of Building and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He contributes widely to industry development / link bodies in Hong Kong, such as Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board, the Construction Industry Institute Hong Kong, the Asian Construction Management Association (where he was president from 1999 – 2002) and the Centre for Infrastructure & Construction Industry Development (where he is the honorary Executive Director from it’s launch in 2002). He is also very active in the international construction project management research community. Professor Kumaraswamy currently resides in Hong Kong.
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