Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

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Mr. K.K.D.W.S.Kannangara

Position: Lecturer

waruna@geo.sab.ac.lk

Office: +94-0453453071

Qualifications

MSc in Geodetic Engineering, University of Bonn, Germany, 2022

BSc (Hons) in Surveying Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2004

Profile

Waruna Kannangara is a Lecturer at the Department of Surveying and Geodesy, Faculty of Geomatics at the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. Following his graduation he has served as a surveyor, quantity surveyor and cost consultant to reputed foreign and local organizations in Sri Lanka, U.A.E, and the Maldives and gained sound knowledge in surveying and quantity surveying. He joined the Faculty of Geomatics in 2015 and at present, he is coordinating the land surveying field practical programs and he conducts teaching related to construction surveying and deformation monitoring for undergraduate students.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

Student Member - International Association of Geodesy (IAG), 2022

Member of AACE International (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering)

Research Interests

Positioning and navigation

Gravity anomalies in Sri Lanka

Crustal Deformation

Sea Level Rise

Satellite Altimetry

Current Research Projects

  • Application of GNSS-IR for Monitoring Water Surface Variation in Sri Lanka: Insights from Coastal Sea Level and Inland Water Analysis.

 

  • Analysing GNSS-derived PWV and ECMWF ERA5 PWV over Sri Lanka.

 

  • Mapping Ocean Variability for Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions of Sri Lanka Constrained by Geodetic Infrastructure.

Recent Publications

Peer-reviewed journal papers

  • Gunathilaka, M.D.E.K. and Kannangara, W.S. (2021) ‘An Investigation into Sea Level Rise in Sri Lankan Waters with Satellite Altimetry, Journal of Geospatial Surveying, 1(2), p. 14-22. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4038/jgs.v1i2.30.

Abstracts in presentations & conference proceedings

  • Deshapriya, C.M.K.S., Kannangara, K.K.D.W.S. (2023)  Assessment of Positioning Accuracy for Surveying using Smartphones with Dual-Frequency Multi-GNSS Receiver, NARA Scientific Session 2023.
  • Kannangara, K.K.D.W.S. (2022). Estimation of Vertical Land Motion in the Western Tropical Pacific Islands from GPS, Satellite Altimetry and Tide Gauge measurements, 12th Annual Research Sessions of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka - 2022.
  • Gunathilaka, M.D.E.K., Kannangara, K.K.D.W.S., and Samarapperuma S.A.H.M. (2017). Estimation of Sea Level Rise in Colombo with Satellite Altimetry Data. KDU IRC 2017, Ratmalana, 3-4 August 2017.