Engineering Assistant

Uditha C. Bandara

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Apt # 301, Cell: 315-***-****

Seattle, WA 98125 Office: 509-***-****

OBJECTIVE Seeking a position to employ my expertise in numerical modeling of contaminant fate

and transport and hydrodynamics in surface and subsurface water bodies.

EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Research Associate Spring 2010-present

Computational Science and Mathematics Division, Pacific Northwest National Labo-

ratory (PNNL), Richland, WA.

• Developing, implementing and validating high performance computational algo-

rithms to model transport phenomena in porous media with application to CO2

sequestration.

• Optimizing and integration of computational algorithms to simulate subsurface

biogeochemical processes with existing high performance models.

• Performing and interpreting numerical simulations in supercomputing clusters.

Research Assistant Fall 2005-Fall 2009

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam,

NY.

• Developing and improving 3D numerical models to predict water quality, efflu-

ent/contaminated sediment fate and transport in coastal water bodies. I devel-

oped the following numerical models to simulate:

– Interaction, transport and fate of oil and sediments in coastal waters.

– Bubble breakup and coalescence in marine oil/gas blowouts.

– Fate and transport of oil leaks from sunken/broken ships in the ocean.

• Literature review, analysis and numerical representation of physico-chemical pro-

cesses, computer coding, data preparation for model inputs, results visualiza-

tion/interpretation in terms of plots and animations, and model validation.

Instructor-Fluid Mechanics Summer 2009

School of Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY.

• Successfully completed lecturing and grading.

Teaching Assistant-Fluid Mechanics Spring 2009

School of Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY.

• Conducted lab classes and helping sessions for undergraduates.

Site Engineer Fall 2003-Fall 2005

National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Sri Lanka.

Worked for a water supply project costing $ US 120 million to supply drinking water

to greater Colombo area, Sri Lanka.

Teaching Assistant Spring 2003-Fall 2003

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri

Lanka.

• Conducted design, lab, and field classes for undergraduates in Hydraulics, Envi-

ronmental, Structures, and Surveying.

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EDUCATION Ph.D, Civil and Environmental Engineering, December 2009

Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. (GPA 3.96/4.0)

Dissertation: Modeling Aggregation and Breakup Processes

for Oil/Gas Spill Models and Oil-Sediment Transport Models.

Advisor: Prof. Poojitha Yapa

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, July 2007

Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. (GPA 3.96/4.0)

Thesis: Modeling Deepwater Oil/Gas Transport Processes.

Advisor: Prof. Poojitha Yapa

B.S.Eng.(Hons), Civil and Environmental Engineering, December 2002

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. (GPA 5.06/6.0)

JOURNAL • Bandara, U. C., Tartakovsky, A. M., and Palmer, B. J. (2011). “Effects of

PUBLICATIONS wettability alteration on the long term safety of CO2 sequestration in deep saline

aquifers: a pore-scale study,” Geophysical Research Letters.(in preparation)

• Bandara, U. C., Tartakovsky, A. M., and Palmer, B. J. (2011). “Pore-scale

investigation of CO2 storage mechanisms in geological formations,” International

Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.(accepted for publication)

• Bandara, U. C., and Yapa, P. D. (2011). “Fate and Transport of Oil in Sediment

Laden Coastal Waters,” Journal of Hydro-environment Research.(in press)

• Bandara, U. C., and Yapa, P. D. (2011). “Bubble Sizes, Breakup, and Coales-

cence in Deepwater Gas/Oil Plumes,”Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137(7),

729.

• Yapa, P. D., Dasanayaka, L. K., Bandara, U. C., and Nakata, K. (2010). “A

Model to Simulate the Transport and Fate of Gas and Hydrates Released in

Deepwater,”Journal of Hydraulic Research 48(5): 559-572.

CONFERENCE • Bandara, U. C., Tartakovsky, A. M., and Palmer, B. J. (2011). “Pore-scale

PRESENTA- investigation of CO2 sequestration in deep saline formations,” Poster, Tenth An-

TIONS nual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration. Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-5,

• Yapa, P. D., Dasanayaka, L. K., Bandara, U. C., and Nakata, K. (2008).

“Impact of an Accidental Release of Methane Gas in Deepwater,”,Proceedings,

OCEANS’08 MTS/IEEE,, Quebec, Canada, September 15-18.

• Suzuki, S., Sukizaki, S., Ishihara, Y., Yabe, I., Nakata, K., Yapa, P. D., Dasanayaka,

L. K., Bandara, U. C., (2008). “Research Activities by the Marine Environment

Survey and Assessment Subgroup in the Research Consortium for Methane Hy-

drate Resources (MH21 Project) in Japan,” Proceedings, OCEANS ’08 MTS/IEEE,

Quebec, Canada, September 15-18.

• Yapa, P. D., Dasanayaka, L. K.,Bandara, U. C., Sukizaki, S., and Suzuki, S

(2008). “A Model for Gas and Hydrates Plumes in Deep Ocean,”, Proceedings,

OCEANS’08 MTS/IEEE KOBETECHNO-OCEAN’08 (OTO’08), Kobe,Japan,

April 8-11.

COMPUTER • Parallel processing: MPI, Global Arrays

SKILLS

• Languages: FORTRAN90, C/C++, Shell scripting, Matlab

• Software : Tecplot, Fluent, AutoCAD, LaTex, ArcGIS, Adobe Photoshop

• Operating systems : Windows, Linux, Mac

LEADERSHIP • Vice President of Civil Engineering Society, University of Peradeniya. 2002

SKILLS

• Assistant Secretary of Civil Engineering Society, University of Peradeniya. 2001

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ACTIVITIES • Member of Seattle-Kings cricket team 2010-present

• Captain of high school cricket team. 1990-1993

• Member of high school volleyball team. 1990-1995

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