Associate Professor Guna Hewa Alankarage

Associate Professor in Water Engineering UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (P2-36)
tel +61 8 830 23094

email Guna.Hewa@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment
Research Degree Supervisor

About me

https://slesa.org.au/
https://www.lotuslanka.com.au/

Welcome to Guna Hewa's homepage! Guna is a Civil Engineer and a Hydrologist. Dr Guna Hewa was raised and educated in Sri Lanka, completing her Civil Engineering degree there in 1994. Guna's introduction to the field of hydrology commenced when she completed her Masters in Hydrology in 1996, for which she won a prestigious Irish government Fellowship. The next step in Guna's career was moving to Melbourne to undertake a PhD at the University of Melbourne, which Guna completed in 2001.

Guna joined UniSA in 2003, and since then, she has been educating both undergraduate and postgraduate students in Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering. She has also been the Program Director for Masters of Water Resources Management, delivered through... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Civil Engineering
Agriculture, Land and Farm Management
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Environmental Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences

Highlights

Ungauged catchment predictions, Flood and Low Flow Hydrology, Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), Hydrological Losses and Catchment Modelling, Reclaimed Water for Irrigation, Soil Hydrology, Efficent Irrigation, Land-use Change and Climate Change Impacts on Catchment Hydrology.

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2013	Oliver, M, Hewa, G & Pezzaniti, D 2013, 'Subsurface drip irrigation with reclaimed water: issues we must think now', in H Bjornland & S Wheeler (eds), Sustainable irrigation and drainage IV: technologies and policies, 4, WIT Press, Southampton, pp. 203-211. Open access 3
2008	Tallaksen, L & Hewa, AG 2008, 'Extreme value analyses', in A Gustard & S Demuth (eds), Manual on low-flow estimation and prediction, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland, pp. 57-70.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Andualem, TG, Hewa, GA, Myers, BR, Peters, S & Boland, J 2023, 'Erosion and sediment transport modeling: a systematic review', Land, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1-20. Open access
2023	Chand, JB, Hewa, G, Hassanli, A & Myers, B 2023, 'Basic economics on deficit irrigation and water quality dynamics for horticulture production in a greenhouse environment', Australian Journal of Crop Science, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 52-60. Open access
2022	Ahmed, A, Alrajhi, A, Alquwaizany, A, Al Maliki, A & Hewa, G 2022, 'Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using Watershed Geomorphic Data in the Onkaparinga Basin, South Australia', Sustainability, 14, 23, article no. 16270, pp. 1-23. Open access
2022	Awad, J, Hewa, G, Myers , BR, Walker, C, Lucke, T, Akyol, B & Duan, X 2022, 'Investigation of the potential of native wetland plants for removal of nutrients from synthetic stormwater and domestic wastewater', Ecological Engineering, vol. 179, article no. 106642, pp. 1-8. 3 2
2022	Hagos, YG, Mengie, MA, Andualem, TG, Yibeltal, M, Linh, NTT, Tenagashaw, DY & Hewa, G 2022, 'Land suitability assessment for surface irrigation development at Ethiopian highlands using geospatial technology', Applied Water Science, vol. 12, no. 5, article no. 98, pp. 1-11. Open access 15 13
2022	Hossain, S, Chow, CW, Cook, D, Sawade, E & Hewa, GA 2022, 'Review of chloramine decay models in drinking water system', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, vol.8, no. 5, pp. 926-948. Open access 7 6 1
2022	Hossain, S, Chow, CW, Cook, D, Sawade, E & Hewa, GA 2022, 'Review of nitrification monitoring and control strategies in drinking water system', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 7, article no. 4003. Open access 6 4
2022	Hossain, S, Hewa, GA, Chow, C & Cook, D 2022, 'Smooth optimisation of demand patterns in water distribution system hydraulic model', Water e-journal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-10.
2022	Hossain, S, Hewa, GA, Chow, CW & Cook, D 2022, 'Development and comparison of water quality network model and data analytics model for monochloramine decay prediction', Water (Switzerland), vol. 14, no. 13, article number 2021. Open access
2022	Ratnayake, DC, Hewa, GA & Kemp, DJ 2022, 'Challenges in quantifying losses in a partly urbanised catchment: a South Australian case study', Water (Switzerland), vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 1-21. Open access 1 1
2022	Ratnayake, DC, Hewa, GA, Kemp, DJ & Ahmed, AA 2022, 'Application of multi-criteria decision-making methods to identification of soil moisture monitoring sites in an urban catchment in South Australia', Water Science and Engineering, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 294-304. Open access
2022	Semananda, NP & Hewa, GA 2022, 'Estimation of low flow statistics for sustainable water resources management in South Australia', Hydrology, vol. 9, no. 9, article no. 152, pp. 1-12. Open access 3 1 1
2022	Shahzad, H, Myers, B, Boland, J, Hewa, G & Johnson, T 2022, 'Stormwater runoff reduction benefits of distributed curbside infiltration devices in an urban catchment', Water Research, vol. 215, pp. 1-13. 4
2022	Shahzad, H, Myers, B, Hewa, G, Johnson, T, Boland, J & Mujtaba, H 2022, 'Characterizing the stormwater runoff quality and evaluating the performance of curbside infiltration systems to improve stormwater quality of an urban catchment', Water (Switzerland), vol. 14, no. 1, article no. 14. Open access 3 2
2022	Shahzad, H, Myers, B, Hewa, G, Johnson, T, Boland, J & Sadhpare, HR 2022, 'Analyzing the impact of hydrological storage and connected impervious area on the performance of distributed kerbside infiltration systems in an urban catchment', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 608, pp. 1-16. 1
2021	Ahmed, A, Hewa, G & Alrajhi, A 2021, 'Flood susceptibility mapping using a geomorphometric approach in South Australian basins', Natural Hazards, vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 629-653. 10 7
2021	Ahmed, A, Ranasinghe-Arachchilage, C, Alrajhi, A & Hewa, G 2021, 'Comparison of multicriteria decision-making techniques for groundwater recharge potential zonation: case study of the willochra basin, South Australia', Water (Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 4, article no. 525, pp. 1-26. Open access 9 7
2021	Andualem, TG, Kassa, M, Getachew Demeke, G, Hewa, G, Dar, IA, Pham, QB & Yamada, TJ 2021, 'Grand Ethiopian renaissance dam and hydrologic hegemony over Abbay Basin', Sustainable Water Resources Management, vol. 7. no. 6, article no. 102, pp. 1-11. 3 3
2021	Chand, JB, Hewa, G, Hassanli, A & Myers, B 2021, 'Deficit irrigation on tomato production in a greenhouse environment: a review', Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, vol. 147, no. 2, article no. 0001529, pp. 1-10. 10 9
2021	Chand, JB, Hewa, G, Hassanli, A & Myers, B 2021, 'Plant biomass and fruit quality response of greenhouse tomato under varying irrigation level and water quality', Australian Journal of Crop Science, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 716-724. Open access 2
2021	Hossain, S, Cook, D, Chow, CW & Hewa, GA 2021, 'Development of an optical method to monitor nitrification in drinking water', Sensors, vol. 21, no. 22, article no. 7525, pp. 1-18. Open access 4 4 1
2021	Hossain, S, Hewa, GA, Chow, CW & Cook, D 2021, 'Modelling and incorporating the variable demand patterns to the calibration of water distribution system hydraulic model', Water (Switzerland), vol. 13, no. 20, article no. 2890. Open access 8 7
2021	Shahzad, H, Myers, B, Hewa, G, Boland, J & Johnson, T 2021, 'Evaluating the performance of a hydrological model to represent curbside distributed infiltration wells in a residential catchment', Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, vol. 26, no. 8, article no. 04021027. 3 3
2020	Akhter, F, Hewa, GA, Ahammed, F, Myers, B & Argue, JR 2020, 'Performance evaluation of stormwater management systems and its impact on development costing', Water (Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 2, article no. 375 pp. 1-20. Open access 4 4 1
2020	Hewa, G, Hassanli, A, Myers, B & Chand, J 2020, 'Evaluation of deficit irrigation and water quality on production and water productivity of tomato in greenhouse', Agriculture, vol. 10, no. 7, article no. 1-18, pp. 1-18. Open access 11 7 94
2020	Hossain, S, Chow, CW, Hewa, GA, Cook, D & Harris, M 2020, 'Spectrophotometric online detection of drinking water disinfectant: a machine learning approach', Sensors, vol. 20, no. 22, article no. 6671, pp. 1-29. Open access 15 13
2019	Hossain, S, Hewa, GA & Wella-Hewage, S 2019, 'A comparison of continuous and event-based rainfall-runoff (RR) modelling using EPA-SWMM', Water (Switzerland), vol. 11, no. 3, article no. 611 pp. 1-34. Open access 38 34
2018	Liffner, JW, Hewa, GA & Peel, MC 2018, 'The sensitivity of catchment hypsometry and hypsometric properties to DEM resolution and polynomial order', Geomorphology, vol. 309, pp. 112-120. 12 12
2016	Akhter, MS & Hewa, GA 2016, 'The use of PCSWMM for assessing the impacts of land use changes on hydrological responses and performance of WSUD in managing the impacts at Myponga Catchment, South Australia', Water (Switzerland), vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 1-17. Open access 42 38
2016	Oliver, M, Hewa, GA & Pezzaniti, D 2016, 'Thermal variation and pressure compensated emitters', Agricultural Water Management, vol. 176, pp. 29-39. 8 5
2016	Wella-Hewage, CS, Hewa, GA & Pezzaniti, D 2016, 'Can water sensitive urban design systems help to preserve natural channel-forming flow regimes in an urbanised catchment?', Water Science and Technology, v .73, no. 1, pp. 78-87. 19 18
2015	Gamage, S, Hewa, G & Beecham, S 2015, 'Modelling hydrological losses for varying rainfall and moisture conditions in South Australian catchments', Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, vol. 4, part B, pp. 1-21. Open access 13 9
2014	Ahammed, F, Hewa, GA & Argue, JR 2014, 'Variability of annual daily maximum rainfall of Dhaka, Bangladesh', Atmospheric Research, vol. 137, pp. 176-182. 33 23
2014	Oliver, MMH, Hewa, AG & Pezzaniti, D 2014, 'Bio-fouling of subsurface type drip emitters applying reclaimed water under medium soil thermal variation', Agricultural Water Management, vol. 133, pp. 12-23. Open access 34 23 1
2014	Oliver, MMH, Pezzaniti, D & Hewa, AG 2014, 'Emitter clogging in a reclaimed water irrigation scheme with controlled suspended', International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning: Encouraging the Unified Approach to Achieve Sustainability, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 847-860. Open access 1
2013	Walpita Gamage, SHP, Hewa, G & Beecham, S 2013, 'Probability distributions for explaining hydrological losses in South Australian catchments', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 4541-4553. Open access 8 8
2012	Ahammed, F & Hewa, GA 2012, 'Development of hydrological tools using extreme rainfall events for Dhaka, Bangladesh', Water International, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 43-52. 9 9
2012	Ahammed, F, Hewa, GA & Argue, JR 2012, 'Applying multi-criteria decision analysis to select WSUD and LID technologies', Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 844-853. 18 15
2012	Ahammed, F, Hewa, GA & Argue, JR 2012, 'Introducing leaky-well concept for stormwater quantity control in Dhaka, Bangladesh', Applied Water Science, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 115-123. Open access 7
2012	Argue, J, Pezzaniti, D & Hewa, G 2012, 'Design criteria for channel-forming flows in waterways of urbanising catchments', Australian Journal of Water Resources, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 121-130. 1
2012	Liyanagamage, SP & Hewa, GA 2012, 'Link between flow regime and the catchment hypsometry: analysis of South Australian Basins', Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, vol. 17, no 2, pp. 1287-1295. 8 8
2010	Walpita Gamage, SHP, Hewa Alankarage, G, Daniell, T, Wella Hewage, CS & Kemp, D 2010, 'Modeling 100 year ARI floods in South Australian Catchments', Journal of Hydrologic Environment, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 13-25.
2008	Lee, AR, Hewa Alankarage, G, Pezzaniti, D & Argue, JR 2008, 'Improving stream low flow regime in urbanized catchments using water sensitive urban design techniques', Australian Journal of Water Resources, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 121-132.

Conferences

Year	Output
2021	Akhter, F, Hewa, G, Ahammed, F, Myers, B & Argue, J 2021, 'Performance evaluation of event-based designs of WSUD technologies using continuous simulation modelling', Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2021, Engineers Australia, pp. 56-70.
2019	Ahammed, F, Hewa Alankarage, G, Argue, JR & Tsai, CW 2019, 'ICSM: a new stormwater management strategy to support the urban growth of developing countries in Asia', in GF Scott & W Hamilton (eds), World environmental and water resources congress 2019: water, wastewater, and stormwater; urban water resources and municipal water infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers, 80-92. Open access
2019	Burger, H, Awad, J, Hewa, G & Van Leeuwen, J 2019, 'Simulation of the suppressive effect of zinc on cyanobacteria in paper mill wastewater', in S Elsawah (ed.), 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Supporting Evidence-Based Decision Making: The Role of Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2019, The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 1084-1090. Open access 1
2018	Akhter, F, Argue, J, Hewa, G, Ahammed, F & Myers, B 2018, 'Selection of appropriate water-sensitive systems for stormwater quantity control in South Australia', Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: Water and Communities, HWRS 2018, Engineers Australia, pp. 1-15. 1
2018	Kemp, DJ & Hewa, G 2018, 'An investigation into the efficacy of Australian Rainfall & Runoff 2016 procedures in the Mount Lofty ranges, South Australia', Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: Water and communities, HWRS 2018, Engineers Australia, pp. 407-428. Open access 3
2016	Argue, J, Ahammed, F, Hewa, G, Myers, B & Pezzaniti, D 2016, 'ICSM: a strategy to manage flooding in urban catchments experiencing regrowth', Novatech 2016 9th International Conference on planning and technologies for sustainable management of Water in the City, GRAIE, pp. 1-8. Open access
2014	Ahammed, F, Hewa, AG & Argue, JR 2014, 'Flood management using 'stormwater source control' principles in Dhaka City, Bangladesh', 35th Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium 2014, Engineers Australia, pp. 413-420. 1
2013	Hidayat, S, Pezzaniti, D & Hewa, AG 2013, 'Impact of time resolution on modeling performance in runoff volume and peak discharge estimation', in J Piantadosi, R Anderssen & J Boland (eds), 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 2904-2909. Open access
2013	Subhashini, W, Hewa, G & Pezzaniti, D 2013, 'Assessing the ability of infiltration-based WSUD systems to manage channel-forming flow regimes in greenfield catchment developments: a catchment scale investigation', in Piantadosi, J, Anderssen, RS and Boland, J (eds), MODSIM 2013: 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 3050-3056. Open access 1
2012	Ahammed, F, Hewa, AG & Argue, JR 2012, 'Hydraulic designs of WSUD technologies for stormwater management in Dhaka, Bangladesh', in N Chileshe et al. (eds), 6th International conference and workshop on the built environment in developing countries (ICBEDC 2012), ICBEDC, pp. 826-837. Open access
2012	Ahammed, F, Hewa, GA & Argue, JR 2012, 'Applying WSUD principles to manage stormwater in Dhaka, Bangladesh', OZ Water 2012: Australia's National Water Conference & Exhibition, Australian Water Association, pp. 1-8.
2012	Maheepala, S, Hewa, G, Myers, B, Pezzaniti, D & Sharma, A 2012, 'Towards the development of stormwater flow management targets in the greater Adelaide region', 3rd IWA Rainwater Harvesting and Management International Conference, International Water Association, pp. 1-10.
2011	Ahammed, F & Hewa, AG 2011, 'Adaptation to climate change on water resources in Bangladesh', 34th IAHR world congress and 33rd hydrology and water resources symposium, Engineers Australia, pp. 718-725. Open access 1
2011	Ahammed, F, Hewa, AG & Argue, JR 2011, 'An overview of water sensitive urban design for sustainable stormwater management in South Australia', 3rd International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2011), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, pp. 487-496. Open access
2011	Fallah Zadeh, R, Johnson, EA, Woolford, EJ & Hewa, AG 2011, 'Applications of Vandewiele's monthly water balance model for predicting climate change effects in Australian catchments', in Eric M Valentine (ed.), 34th IAHR World Congress and 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium - IAHR 2011, Engineers Australia, pp. 1363-1370.
2011	Hewa, G & Peel, M 2011, 'Ungauged catchment predictions of low flow quantiles: How reliable are they?', in S Peiris (ed.), Statistical concepts and methods for the modern world, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, pp. 92-101.
2011	Subhashini, W, Hewa, G & Pezzaniti, D 2011, 'Challenges in calibrating storm water management model (SWMM) to a rural catchment', in EM Valentine (ed.), 34th IAHR World Congress and 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: IAHR 2011, Engineers Australia, pp. 1506-1513.
2011	Walpita Gamage, SHP & Hewa, AG 2011, 'Statistical methods for modeling floods in South Australia', Statistical concepts and methods for the modern world, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Collection, pp. 57-67.
2010	Hewa, AG, Chowdhury, MNH & Argue, JR 2010, 'Stormwater harvesting at BIANCO site, Gepps Cross, South Australia - in the perspective of monitoring and modelling of Stormwater Quality', 3rd International Perspective on Current and Future Water Resources and Environment EWRI Conference, IIT Madras, pp. 1-13.
2010	Saha, BK & Hewa Alankarage, G 2010, 'Developing an Improved Flood Forecasting Mechanism for the Township of Gawler, South Australia', in Dr. Chardra S Pathak, 3rd International Perspective on Current and Future Water Resources and Environment EWRI Conference, IIT Madras, pp. 1-10.
2009	Hewa Alankarage, G, Argue, JR & Pezzaniti, D 2009, 'Setting Criteria for Channel-Forming, Environmental and Flood Flows for Waterways in Urbanising Catchments', 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis, Engineers Australia, pp. 148-156.
2009	Masan, MN & Hewa, AG 2009, 'Developing regional flood frequency models for Victoria, Australia by using Index Flood (IF) approach', in SR Anderssen (ed.), 18th World IMACS Congress and International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, MODSIM09, The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 3407-3413. 1
2009	Subhashini, W, Hewa, G, Walpita Gamage, SHP, Daniell, T & Kemp, D 2009, 'Regional flood studies in South Australia 2: at-site flood frequency analysis', 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Engineers Australia, pp. 568-578.
2009	Walpita Gamage, SHP & Hewa, G 2009, 'Stormwater management: water quality improvement through wetlands: a case of Warriparinga Wetlands in SA', 6th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference and Hydropolis, Engineers Australia, pp. 979-986.
2009	Walpita Gamage, SHP, Hewa, G, Subhashini, W, Daniell, T & Kemp, D 2009, 'Modelling the extreme floods of South Australian catchments', in RS Anderssen (ed), 18th World IMACS Congress and International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, MODSIM09, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 3435-3441. Open access 2 1
2009	Walpita Gamage, SHP, Hewa, G, Subhashini, W, Daniell, T & Kemp, D 2009, 'Regional flood frequency analysis in South Australia stage 1: quality of flow data and catchment attributes', 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Engineers Australia, pp. 556-567.
2008	Hewa Alankarage, G & Van Leeuwen, JA 2008, 'Analyses of Censored Water Quality Data - A Case of Mount Bold Reservoir', in Martin Lambert, Trevor Daniell & Michael Leonard, Engineers Australia, pp. 2404-2413.
2008	Hewa Alankarage, G 2008, 'Comparing the performance of four selected models in low flow frequency analyses- A case of Scott Creek in South Australia', in Martin Lambert, Trevor Daniell & Michael Leonard, Engineers Australia, pp. 906-916.
2008	Lee, AR, Hewa Alankarage, G & Pezzaniti, D 2008, 'Sensitivity analysis and model calibration of the SWMM parameters in the perspective of low flows', in Martin Lambert, Trevor Daniell & Michael Leonard, Engineers Australia, pp. 2253-2260.
2008	Lee, AR, Hewa, AG & Pezzaniti, D 2008, 'Sensitivity analysis and model calibration of the SWMM parameters in the perspective low flows.', in L Martin, T Daniell & M Leonard (eds), 31st Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Engineers Australia, pp. 2253-2260.
2008	Nicholson, BH & Hewa Alankarage, G 2008, 'Performance of Four Flow Measuring Techniques Under Variable Tail Water Condition - A Case Study of Dry Creek, South Australia', in Martin Lambert, Trevor Daniell & Michael Leonard, Engineers Australia, pp. 283-292.

Reports

Year	Output
2014	Myers, B, Pezzaniti, D, Kemp, D, Chavoshi, S, Montazeri, M, Sharma, A, Chacko, P, Hewa, GA, Tjandraatmadja, G & Cook, S 2014, Water sensitive urban design impediments and potential: contributions to the Urban Water Blueprint (Phase 1): Task 3: The potential role of WSUD in urban service provision, Goyder Institute for Water Research, Adelaide, South Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Standards Australia Technical committee for measuring flow in open channels and closed conduits

SA Flood studies for updating Australian Rainfall & Runoff (ARR) - A guide for flood estimation

Benchmarking ARR-2019 procedures for South Australia

Goyder project “A decision support framework for identifying optimal water supply portfolios: Metropolitan Adelaide case study.”

Establish Articulation pathways for Institute of Technology University of Moratuwa (ITUM), Sri Lanka graduates to UniSA STEM Engineering programs

Co-founder, Member and President (2021/2022), Sri Lankan Engineers in South Australia (SLESA) (www.slesa.org.au)

Co-founder, Lotus Lanka - "Hope for a brighter future" (www.lotuslanka.com.au)

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Debre Tabor University	ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian Construction Design and Supervision Works Corporation	ETHIOPIA
Government of Nepal	NEPAL
Government of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Hokkaido University	JAPAN
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology	SAUDI ARABIA
National Cheng Kung University	TAIWAN
National Taiwan University	TAIWAN
SA Water Corporation	AUSTRALIA
Space Down Under	AUSTRALIA
Swinburne University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
Thuyloi University	VIET NAM
Trility Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
United Arab Emirates University	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Engineering and Technology	PAKISTAN
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Moratuwa	SRI LANKA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Yonsei University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Committee Member Standards Australia for CE-024 -Measurement of water flow in open channels and closed conduits	2022
Fellow Engineers Australia	2022
Member Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA)	2022
Co-editor Hydrology Special Issue: Climate Change Effects on Hydrology and Water Resources, MDPI Hydrology - Publishers	2021
President Sri Lankan Engineers in SA (SLESA) Incorporated	2021
Member Institution of Engineers Australia	2017
Member Hydrological Society of South Australia	2017
Member Australian Water Association (AWA)	2017

Other

Member, National Scientific Committee for Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium (HWRS) 2021– Digital Water Online Conference

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Flood Hydrology, Surfacewater Hydrology, Hydraulics, Hydrological Modelling, Stormwater Mangement and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD)

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
110321 - Estimating plantation forest water use in the south east of South Australia	Current
Effectiveness of a rainwater tank rebate scheme in reducing runoff volume in a residential catchment	Current
Hydrological Modelling of Dry Creek Under the Changing Land Use and Climate	Current
Optimisation of phytocapping technology using engineered growth media and selected native plant species for Southern Australia	Current
The development of improved flood estimation procedure for South Australia	Current
An exploration of the impact of initial soil moisture on initial loss and catchment response in partly urbanised flash flood catchments in a Mediterranean climate	Completed
An investigation into the feasibility of stormwater management using WSUD principles in Dhaka, Bangladesh	Completed
Assessment of observed rainfall variability and its implications for WSUD in Australia	Completed
Assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of wicking bed irrigation systems for urban agriculture	Completed
Comparison of potential methods for fluoride removal from groundwaters in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands with a view to developing a novel, low-cost treatment method	Completed
Deficit irrigation and water quality dynamics for tomato production in a greenhouse environment	Completed
Development of an integrated monochloramine residual management tool	Completed
Dynamics of emitter clogging in relation to subsurface thermal variation	Completed
Investigating the hydraulic efficiency of distributed curbside infiltration systems to manage stormwater runoff- a catchment scale study	Completed
Investigation of the presence and control of cyanobacteria in paper mill wastewaters	Completed
Methodologies to assess the performance of water sensitive urban design systems in greenfield catchment developments	Completed
Probabilistic nature of hydrological losses in South Australian humid catchments	Completed
System performance and economic feasibility assessment of conventional and hybrid stormwater drainage systems	Completed
Transboundary river water sharing dispute resolution through benefit sharing: a case study of the Teesta River between India and Bangladesh	Completed

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