Dr Kumudu Amarawardhana
- Doctor of Philosophy (Maritime Engineering) 2023
Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) course 2020 (Accredited by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), United Kingdom)
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Engineering (Energy Systems) 2014
University of Gavle, Sweden
- Certificate in Sustainability & Economics - Top Industrial Managers Europe European Summer School 2012
The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
- Postgraduate Diploma in Defence Management 2008
Junior Command & Staff College, Sri Lanka Air Force China Bay, Sri Lanka (Accredited by the University of Kelaniya)
- Aeronautical Engineers鈥 Course (Mechanical) 2007
Indian Air Force Technical College, Bangalore, India
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering 2001
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Kumudu Amarawardhana is a lecturer at the Capability Systems Centre at 91色情片 Canberra, specialising in microgrid systems and integrating renewable energy resources. She obtained her doctorate degree from the University of Tasmania and has served as a university lecturer for about five years, making significant contributions to STEMM education in regional areas of Australia. She also holds an MSc in sustainable energy engineering, a certificate in sustainability and economics from Sweden, and a BSc in mechanical engineering (Honours) from Sri Lanka.
With over a decade of experience as an engineer in the Sri Lanka Air Force, she brings invaluable industrial exposure in mechanical, aeronautical, and explosive engineering. Her current focus is on leading a project to professionalise mission engineering in defence and various other industries.
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Amarawardhana KN, El Sawah S, 鈥楤uilding Australia's future: Educating mission engineering practitioners for workforce readiness鈥, Climate Smart Engineering Conference (CSE25), 27-28 Aug 2025, Adelaide.听
Amarawardhana, KN., et al., Professionalising mission engineering in Australia: 91色情片 Canberra's Innovative Micro-credential Model, Systems Engineering Journal, 2025听
Amarawardhana, KN., et al., Professionalising mission engineering in Australia: 91色情片 Canberra's Innovative Micro-credential Model, SETE 23-25 Sep 2024, Melbourne, Australia
Amarawardhana, K.N., et al., Hybrid multi-constraint handling technique for microgrid sizing and energy management system optimisation. Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 (under journal review)
Amarawardhana, K.N., et al., Impact of constraint handling techniques on solution quality of microgrid sizing & energy management system optimisation, Open University Research Sessions 2023, Sri Lanka
Amarawardhana, K.N., Enshaei, H. & Jayasinghe, SDG Review on constraint handling techniques for microgrid energy/power management systems. Energy Syst (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12667-022-00549-w
K. N. Amarawardhana, S. D. G. Jayasinghe, H. Enshaei, A. Fleming, D. Fernando and M. Herath, 鈥淚mpact of Wave Energy Integration on Sizing and Energy Management of a Microgrid: Case study,鈥 2022 IEEE 7th Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC), Nadi, Fiji, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/SPEC55080.2022.10058400
K. N. Amarawardhana, S. D. G. Jayasinghe, H. Enshaei and K. C. Senaviratne, 鈥淩epair-based Constraint Handling Techniques for Sizing and Energy Management Optimisation in Microgrids,鈥 2022 IEEE 7th Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC), Nadi, Fiji, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/SPEC55080.2022.10058341
K. N. Amarawardhana et.al (2020) 鈥楪rid-interactive rooftop Photo voltaic clusters with third party ownership鈥, International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2020: pp. 102-111
K. N. Amarawardhana et.al., 鈥楪rid-interactive rooftop Photo voltaic clusters with third-party ownership鈥, at the Special Session on 鈥楽mart Distribution Networks and Microgrids鈥 of the International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems held at Melbourne, Australia on April 25-27, 2019
Kithsiri U.G. et al. (2018) A Remote Mode master鈥檚 degree Program in Sustainable Energy Engineering: Student Perception and Future Direction. In: Auer M., Guralnick D., Simonics I. (eds) Teaching and Learning in a Digital World. ICL 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 715. Springer, Cham
SMNKG Bandara, KN Amarawardhana (2018); 鈥楨nergy Conservation Through Changing Human Behavioural Approach; Challenges and Way Ahead for Sri Lanka Navy鈥 International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 8(12) (ISSN: 2250-3153), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.8.12.2018.p8418
K. N. Amarawardhana, N. S. Senanayake, Ruchira Abeyweera, 鈥楳odeling of Energy Utilization of Tourism Industry of Sri Lanka and Prediction of Future Energy Demand鈥, International Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol. 5 No. 5, 2015, pp. 87-94. doi: 10.5923/j.ijee.20150505.01
K. N. Amarawardhana, 鈥楪reening Sri Lanka Tourism, two-way approach; Demand and Supply鈥 at 8th International Research Conference on 鈥業nculcating Professionalism for National Development鈥 held at KDU, 27th-28th August 2015
KN Amarawardhana, MSc Thesis on 鈥楳odeling of energy utilisation of tourism industry to predict the future energy demand to showcase Sri Lanka-The 鈥楳iracle of Asia鈥 (available at https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A716526&dswid=-3875)
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