Mr Indishe Senanayake

Research student

Email:indishe.senanayake@uon.edu.au

Career Summary

Biography

Indishe obtained his Bachelor of the Science of Engineering Degree and research based Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 2006 and 2012 respectively. His MPhil research was on ‘Site Suitability Analysis for Water Harvesting Structures in Suriyawewa, Hambantota District Using GIS Techniques’.

After graduation, he worked as a lecturer at the Department of Earth Resources Engineering at his alma mater for five years and as a research engineer at the Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Sri Lanka for one and a half years. His main research interests are on environmental planning and natural resource management through remote sensing and GIS based approaches.

Currently, Indishe is working on estimating soil moisture at high spatial resolution using satellite remote sensing as his PhD research at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment.

Keywords

GIS
environmental engineering
hydrology
satellite remote sensing
soil moisture

Languages

Sinhalese (Mother)
English (Fluent)

Professional Experience

Professional appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/10/2013 - 31/3/2014	Visiting Consultant	Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies Space Applications Division Sri Lanka
1/3/2012 - 30/9/2013	Research Scientist/Engineer	Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies Space Applications Division Sri Lanka
21/2/2005 - 5/8/2005	Trainee Engineer	Lanka Ceramic Limited Kaolin Refinery and Ceramic Research & Development Centre Sri Lanka

Teaching appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/1/2017 - 31/12/2017	Casual Academic	Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia) Engineering Australia
25/7/2016 - 8/11/2016	Casual Academic	University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment School of Engineering
4/7/2016 - 30/7/2016	Casual Research Assistant	University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment School of Engineering
11/10/2010 - 28/2/2012	Lecturer	University of Moratuwa Department of Civil Engineering Sri Lanka

Awards

Award

Year	Award
2017	AGU Fall Meeting Student Travel Grant American Geophysical Union

Prize

Year	Award
2019	JpGU Student Travel Support 2019 Japan Geoscience Union

Research Award

Year	Award
2020	1st Place and People's Choice Award - 2020 Three Minute Thesis, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle FEBE, UoN
2018	Best Poster Presentation Award - Mine Rehab Conference 2018 The Tom Farrell Institute
2018	President’s Award for Scientific Publications in 2016 National Research Council, Sri Lanka
2017	The Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Postgraduate Research Prize in Environmental Engineering and Surveying 2017, University of Newcastle, Australia Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)
2015	NRC Merit Award for Scientific Publication -2013 (Sri Lanka) National Research Council, Sri Lanka

Teaching

Code	Course	Role	Duration
SURV2650	Spatial Data Systems and Remote Sensing Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)	Tutor	24/7/2017 - 3/11/2017
SURV2650	Spatial Data Systems and Remote Sensing University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment	Tutor	25/7/2016 - 8/11/2016

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