Research Supervision

PhD supervision

• Co-supervisor of PhD in civil engineering at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  Student: D.P.P. Meddage (March 2022 – Present)
  Project Title: Designing next-generation tall buildings for extreme wind loads induced by Indian Ocean cyclones under future climate changes

MSc supervision

• Co-supervisor of MSc in civil engineering at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  Student: U. S. Perera (May 2022 – Present)
  Project Title: A holistic framework for designing ‘near-zero energy’ residential high-rise buildings in Sri Lanka

• Co-supervisor of MSc in civil engineering at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  Student: H. A. Pathirana (October 2021 – Present)
  Project Title: The implications of adopting Eurocodes for designing disaster-resilient buildings in Sri Lanka.

• Co-supervisor of MSc in civil engineering at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  Student: D. P. P. Meddage (March 2020 – December 2021)
  Project Title: Wind effects of a low-rise building surrounded by boundary walls.

• Co-supervisor of MSc in civil engineering at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  Student: P. H. Kandamby (March 2020 – Present)
  Project Title: Investigating the effect of trees on wind pressure on a low-rise building.

• Co-supervisor of MSc in civil engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Student: Wang Huiqi, Lu Bin, Chow Chung-Hong (September 2018 – May 2019)
  Project Title: The Multi-objective optimization of the lift-up design to maximize pedestrian wind and thermal comfort near lift-up buildings.

• Co-supervisor of MSc in civil engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Student: Ming Hei Wong (February 2018 – December 2018)
  Project Title: A feasibility study of using a surrogate model for evaluating the pedestrian-level wind environment in built-up areas.

• Co-supervisor of MSc in civil engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Student: Ting Sum Chung (September 2017 – Aughust 2018)
  Project Title: A feasibility study of using a surrogate model for evaluating the pedestrian-level wind environment in built-up areas.

Undergraduate Research

• Co-supervisor of BSc in civil engineering at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
  Student: Chiu Chun Hoi, Kam (September 2020 – May 2021)
  Project Title: Characterization and modeling of reactive air pollutant dispersion near an isolated building.

• Co-supervisor of BSc in civil engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Student: Chiu Chun Hoi, Kam (September 2020 – May 2021)
  Project Title: Characterization and modeling of reactive air pollutant dispersion near an isolated building.

• Co-supervisor of BSc in civil engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Student: Yong Xin Lai, Tsz Hin Wong, Yu Fung Lam (September 2018 – May 2019)
  Project Title: Performance evaluation and sensitivity analysis of three optimization algorithms in building envelop design.

• Co-supervisor of BSc in civil engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Student: Micheal Abner, Nga Chi Lam (September 2017 – May 2018)
  Project Title: Developing an artificial neural network (ANN)-based surrogate model for pedestrian-level wind environment assessment.