• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Project management specialization) from University of Calgary, Canada (2011)
• B.Sc. Engineering Honours (Civil) degree from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2003)

• Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (2019 –to date)
• Academic Chair, B.Sc. Construction Project Management Program, School of Construction, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada (2016-2018)
• Instructor, BSc. Construction Project Management Program, School of Construction, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada (2012-2016)
• Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada (2011)
• Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada (2005 -2010)
• Temporary Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2003-2005)
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (2004-2005)
• Civil Engineer (Trainee), Maga Engineering Private Limited Sri Lanka (2002)

• SAITSA Instructor Excellence Award, SAIT Polytechnic, Calgary, Alberta. 2014.
• Young Professional Best Paper Award, 103rd Annual Conference and AGM of Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA), June 2010.
• Annual Poster Competition Award, Canadian Prairie & Northern Section (CPANS) of Air and Waste Management Association, February 2010.
• Paul F. Gans Scholarship for Graduate studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 2009 – 2010.
• AACE International Award, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International, 2009 – 2010.
• AACE International Award, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International, 2008 – 2009.
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Calgary, 2005 – 2010.
• MIND Scholarship, Munasinghe Institute for Sustainable Development, Sri Lanka, 2002 – 2003.
• Education Department Cooperative Society (EDCS) Scholarship for undergraduate studies, EDCS, Sri Lanka, 1999-2003

• Young professional member – Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) 2010-to date
• Associate Member of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) 2011-to date
• Member of the Canadian Prairie & Northern Section (CPANS) of Air & Waste
• Management Association 2010-to date

• Waste management in construction
• Lean construction and Building Information Modeling (BIM)
• Improving sustainability in construction

• Project Planning and scheduling
• Virtual project management
• Construction Project Management
• Building Planning and Estimating

• Visiting Lecturer – MEng/MSc in Civil Engineering Programme (4^th Batch), Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna (June 2019 – to date)
• Coordinator, Engineering Education Centre, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna (December 2019 – to date).
• Liaison Officer of IESL – Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna (December, 2019 – to date).
• Faculty representative to the Board of Management of the Centre for International Affairs (CINTA), University of Ruhuna (September 2019 – to date).
• Faculty representative to the Ethical Review Committee – Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna (May 2019 – to date).
• Faculty Coordinator for “Techno 2019”, National Engineering and Technology Exhibition organized by IESL.
• Reviewer to the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Inderscience Pubishers, United Kingdom since 2010
• Reviewer to Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management (JSWTM), Widener University, PA, USA since 2012
• Served as the faculty lead of Program Quality Assurance (PQA) project – Bachelor of Science Construction Project Management and carried out the program Self-study, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta. 2016
• Developed a Program Quality Assurance (PQA) Action plan that spans over 5 years in collaboration with School, and other departments in SAIT in 2016/17. Successfully implemented the PQA action plan in 2017/18 which reflected in overall improvement in program KPIs.
• Collaborated with Corporate Training department at SAIT to develop a Construction Project Management Training Program for Alberta Health Services (AHS) which involved four instructors in the program in 2017/18.
• Initiated and successfully lead a team to obtain the accreditation for the BSc CPM program from Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Centre (PMI-GAC) 2016-2018.
• Faculty Representative for Scholarly Activity sub-committee, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta. 2016

• Project Management consultant, Kanas Corporation, Calgary, Canada (2013-14)

Journal Paper, Books/Book Chapter:

• Wimalasena B. A. D. S., Madanayake S., Weerasinghe T., Ruwanpura J. Y. and Hettiaratchi J. P. A. (2010). “Recycling as a Construction Waste Management Technique”. Journal of Waste and Resource Management, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, 163(2), 49-58.
• Hettiaratchi, J. P. A., Verduga, B. E. F., Rajbhandari, B. K., Ruwanpura, J. Y. and Wimalasena, B. A. D. S. (2010) “Prediction of Waste Generation Rates at Construction Sites: A Statistical Approach, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, Inderscience Publishers, 6 (1), 82-95.

Conferences:

• Nazir, M.N, Wimalasena, S., and Sipka, R. (2016). “Insulated Concrete Form (ICF)Construction in High-Rise Residential Buildings”, Proceedings of CSCE annualconference, London, ON, Canada, June 1-4, 2016.
• Wimalasena, S. and Darwish, C. (2014). “BIM to enhance on-site construction wastemanagement”, Proceedings of 29th International Conference on Solid WasteTechnology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• Wimalasena, B. A. D. S., Ruwanpura, J. Y., and Hettiaratchi, J. P. A. (2010), ” On-siteConstruction Waste Management: Activity-Based Waste Generation “, Proceedingsof International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment (ICSBE-2010), Kandy,Sri Lanka. Vol 1, 282- 289.
• Wimalasena, B. A. D. S., Ruwanpura, J. Y., and Hettiaratchi, J. P. A. (2010). “PlanningOn-Site Construction Waste Management: Prediction of Quantities”. Proceedings of Air & Waste Management Association Conference, June, 2010, Calgary, AB. This publication was recognized by Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) as “Young Professional Best Paper Award”.
• Wimalasena, B. A. D. S., Ruwanpura, J. Y., and Hettiaratchi, J. P. A. (2010). “Modeling Construction Waste Generation towards Sustainability”. Proceedings of Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice, May, Banff, AB., 1498-1507.
• Wimalasena, S., Ruwanpura, J. Y. and Hettiaratchi, J. P. A. (2007). “Construction And Demolition Waste Management Tools And Practices In Construction Projects: Review” Proceedings of the CSCE Annual Conference, June, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, 715-720.
• Chandrakeerthy,S. R. DE S., Wimalasena,B. A. D. S. (2004). “Feasibility of Brickwork Columns for Use in the Lower-Storey of Two-Storeyed Houses”, Proceedings of Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) Annual sessions 2004, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp 171-179.

Abstracts:

• Soorige D.M and Wimalasena, S. (2020). “Use of lean construction principles to reduce material waste and improve sustainability of construction”, Proceedings of the 7th Annual Research Symposium (ARS 2020), University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. (accepted for publication)

Poster Presentations:

• Wimalasena B.A.D.S., Ruwanpura, J.Y. and Hettiaratchi, J.P.A. “Developing a Planning Tool for Construction Waste Management”, Canadian Prairie & Northern Section (CPANS) of Air and Waste Management Association, February 2010. (This poster was awarded the best poster award)