Harshinie Karunarathna

Harshinie Karunarathna

School of Engineering
Address: Room 102, Reynolds, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 232638
Email: harshinie.karunarathna@plymouth.ac.uk

Role

Harshinie Karunarathna

Qualifications & background

Educational Qualifications

BSc(Eng)Hons (Batchelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)

MSc (Master of Science in River, Estuary and Coastal Engineering, Imperial College, London)

DIC (Diploma in Imperial College, London)

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy in Coastal Engineering, Saitama University, Japan)

Honours and Awards

Award for the Best Undergraduate Project in Water Engineering (1990). The award was made by the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

MONBUSHO scholarship (1992-1995) for research work conducted at Saitama University, Japan. The Award was made by the Government of Japan.

Post doctoral fellowship (1997). The fellowship was awarded by the Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Award for outstanding research performance (2000). The award was made by the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Professional membership

Associate Memeber, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka

Honorary Member, International of Hydraulic Research (1997-2000)

Teaching interests

Fluid Mechanics

Hydraulic Engineering

Coastal Engineering

Coastal Processes

Sediment Ttansport

Research interests

Near-shore wave climate

Non-linear wave modelling

Dynamics of rip currents

Long waves

Beach erosion control

Morphodynamics of estuaries

Publications

Recent Publications

International Journals

A Boolean Model for Porphodynamic Response of Estuarine Systems to Global Climate Change and Human Interference
Reeve, D.E. and Karunarathna, H. (in review)
Marine Geology

Long-term Morphodynamic Evolution of Estuaries: An Inverse problem
Karunarathna, H. and Reeve, D. (in rpress)
Journal of Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Low Frequency Waves in the Surf and Swash

Karunarathna, H. and Chadwick, A.J. (2007)

Ocean Engineering , Vol.34(16)

A Boolean Approach to Prediction of Long-term Evolution of Estuary Morphology

Karunarathna, H. and Reeve, D.E.

Journal of Coastal Research (in press)

A New Analysis for the Coastal Processes for the Slapton Barrier Beach System

Chadwick, A.J., Karunarathna, H., Gehrels, R. O'Brien, D. and Dales, D. (2005)

Maritime Engineering, Vol. 158, ICE

Numerical Experiments of Swash Oscillations on Steep and Gentle Beaches

Karunarathna, H., Chadwick, A.J. and Lawrence, J. (2005)

Coastal Engineering, Vol. 52, Elsevier Publications

An Experimental Study of Rip Channel Flow

Dronen, N., Karunarathna, H., Fredsoe, J., Summer, M. and Deigaard, R. (2002)

Coastal Engineering, Vol.45, Elsevier Publications

Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings

Predicting Morphodynamic Response of a Coastal Plain Estuary Uisng a Boolean Model
Karunarathna, H. and reeve, D.E.(2007)
5th IAHR Symposium on River Coastal and estuarine Morphodynamics, Twente, The netherlands.

A Risk based Framework for Predicting Long-term beach Evolution
Simmonds, D., Davidson, M., Reeve, D., Chadwick, A., Dong, P., Spivack, M., Kizhisseri, Karunarathna, H. and Wu, X. (2006)
Int. Conf. in Coatsal Engineering, San Diego, USA

Long Waves Induced by Topographical Scattering of Short Wave Groups
Zou, Q.-P., Karunarathna, H. and Miles, J.W. (2005)
Proceedings of 12th Canadian Coastal Conference, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Low-frequency Waves in the Surf and Swash
Karunarathna, H. and Chadwick, A.J. (2005)
Waves 2005, Madrid Spain.

Mixed sediment Transport on Mixed Course Grain Sized Beaches: Modelling and Measurements
Lawrence, J. Karunarathna, H. Chadwick, A.J. and Fleming, C. (2002)
International Conference in Coastal Engineering, Cardiff, UK.