Prof. (Mrs.) Amarasinghe B.M.W.P.K..

BSc Eng (Moratuwa), MSc (UK), PhD (UK), CEng., MIESL

Professor

Prof. Dr. Padma Amarasinghe graduated in Chemical Engineering in 1983 with a First Class Honours. She joined the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Moratuwa in 1984 as a lecturer. Padma obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D from the University of Manchester (UMIST), United Kingdom in 1986 and 1990 respectively. She is involved in teaching Unit Operations and Particle Technology. She has served as the Head of the Department from 2001 to 2004. She has current research interests in Particle Technology and applications in environmental pollution control, Equilibrium and kinetic characterization of adsorbents and process development, Rice bran stabilization, optimization of oil extraction and process equipment design and Fluidized bed and spouted bed technology for drying. Padma was promoted to the post of Professor in 2009. She is a Charted Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka.She has received E O E Pereira Award of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, University of Moratuwa Outstanding Research Award and Presidential award for scientific research for her the research work. She serves as the reviewer for several international research journals and also a member of the Research committee on Engineering science and Architecture, National Science and Foundation. She received the Commonwealth Fellowship from UK’s association of commonwealth universities to purse post doctoral research work at the University of Leeds, UK., Fulbright Fellowship from US- Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission under advanced research and university lecturing awards, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA and Research fellowship from National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka.