Department of Civil Engineering - Faculty of Engineering, KDU

Final Year Project Exhibition 2025 ( 2024)

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February 14, 2025
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Faculty of Engineering proudly hosted the “Ignite” Engineering Exhibition 2025 on the 13th and 14th of February, showcasing innovation, creativity, and engineering excellence. The exhibition featured projects across three main categories: Final Year Projects, Undergraduate Projects, and School Projects, drawing participation from students and aspiring young innovators.

The event commenced with a series of interactive workshops on Day One, designed to inspire and educate both undergraduates and schoolchildren. These sessions focused on practical engineering concepts and emerging technologies, fostering curiosity and hands-on learning.

Projects were evaluated based on engineering discipline clusters, with the best undergraduate and final-year projects recognized accordingly. In the school category, the top three projects were selected and awarded for their ingenuity and potential.

From the Civil Engineering Discipline, the award for the best final year project was won by Ms. Nuwandie Bandara.

The final-year projects selected for the exhibition from the Department of Civil Engineering were;

Research TitleName of the StudentName of the Supervisor/s
Evaluating the effectiveness of copper slag waste as fine aggregate in concrete Nuwandie BandaraEng. BHJ Pushpakumara
The effect of particle size, shearing rate, and sample height on the small direct shear box test for cohesionless soil.Sukith SiriwardhanaProf. SAS Kulathilaka and Dr. TA Madanayake
Evaluating the effectiveness of the 2020 beach nourishment project at Mt.Lavinia beach WADB YashoranDr. NK Gunasekara
Detecting Changes in the Onset of Monsoons in Kelani River BasinKANA SiriwardaneDr. NK Gunasekara
Investigating the potential of natural  graphite as a conductive filler in self-sensing  concrete HPMM GunasekaraEng. BHJ Pushpakumara
Modeling the corrosion behavior of Pre-stressed Concrete structuresHSS GamageEng. BHJ Pushpakumara
Enhancing Wastewater Treatment Practices in the Sri Lankan Automobile Service Stations and Repair ShopsKMVS KarunanayakeDr. Methsiri Samarakoon
Study on Sustainable Treatment Method for Textile WastewaterON GunawardhanaDr. Methsiri Samarakoon
Characteristics of masonry blocks manufactured with copper slag wasteSHW ManamperiEng. BHJ Pushpakumara
Cooling effect in wetlands in urban areas: case study in Western province, Sri LankaKU PereraDr. NS Miguntanna

The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the strongest and longest-running academic departments in the Faculty of Engineering at KDU. The department has a vast spectrum of scope to provide the latest knowledge in the field of Civil Engineering education, research, and development to produce competent Engineers.There are opportunities for students to gain strong theoretical knowledge as well as practical exposure through activities such as survey camps, industrial training, and industrial visits. The department also facilitates the Faculty of Graduate Studies of KDU in conducting MSc in Civil and Structural Engineering degree programme.The Department of Civil Engineering is occupied with well-qualified academic staff, academic supportive staff, and non-academic staff. Most of the lecturers have earned their PhD degrees from renowned universities in the world. The degree programmes offered by the Department of Civil Engineering are followed by both foreign and local students as officer cadets and day scholars. Students get an opportunity to be involved in many clubs and societies operating at the university and department levels.The department possesses seven laboratories equipped with the most updated apparatus facilitating undergraduate education and research. Among these equipment, there are several high-quality and high-capacity machines such as 1000kN UTM machine and 3000kN Compression Testing machine.The Department of Civil Engineering will continue to produce qualified Civil Engineers and Building Service Engineers who will excel in their careers for the betterment of society.

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