Department of Civil Engineering - Faculty of Engineering, KDU

Dr. ASM Mendis

Senior Lecturer Gr II
Qualifications
Research Interests
Teaching Areas
Publications
Memberships
  • Qualifications

  • Qualifications

    • PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2017
    • BSc Engineering (Hons) Degree, First Class, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2013
    • Certificate in teaching methodologies on Higher Education, Internal Quality Assurance Unit, SLIIT
  • Research Interests

  • Research Interests

    • Sustainable Building Materials
    • Multi- scale modelling of building materials
  • Teaching Areas

  • Teaching Areas

    • Structural Mechanics and Analysis
    • Structural Design
    • Construction Building Materials
  • Publications

  • Publications

    Research Monographs

    • Behaviour of reinforced crumbed rubber concrete (CRC) beams under static and repeated loading, PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, Australia (2017)
    • Investigating Structural Properties of Masonry Blocks and Panels Manufactured with Crushed Coconut Shells (CCS), Construction and Demolition Waste (C&DW) and Rice Husk Ash (RHA), Undergraduate Thesis, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (2013)

    Research Publications in referred Journals

    • Mendis ASM, Al-Deen S and Ashraf M, Behaviour of similar strength crumbed rubber concrete (CRC) mixes with different mix proportions, Construction and Building Materials, 2017, Vol: 137, Pages: 354 – 366 
    • Mendis ASM, Al-Deen S and Ashraf M, Effect of rubber particles on flexural behaviour of reinforced crumbed rubber concrete beams, Construction and Building Materials, 2017, Vol: 154, Pages: 644-657 
    • Mendis ASM, Al-Deen S and Ashraf M, Flexural shear behaviour of reinforced crumbed rubber concrete beams, Construction and Building Materials, 2018, Vol: 166, Pages: 779-791
    • PM Dharmasena, DPP Meddage, and ASM Mendis, Investigating applicability of sawdust and retro-reflective materials as external wall insulation under tropical climatic conditions (Asian Journal of Civil Engineering) – 2022
    • Sajani Gamage, Sandini Palitha, DPP Meddage, Shayani Mendis, Hazi Md Azamathulla, Upaka Rathnayake, Influence of crumb rubber and coconut coir on strength and durability characteristics of interlocking paving blocks – 2022

     Research Publications in refereed Conference and Symposia

    • Herath H.M.V.K. and Mendis A.S.M, Investigating Mechanical and Durability Properties of Crumbed Rubber Concrete containing Recycled Concrete Aggregates (SLIIT International Conference on Engineering and Technology (SICET2022)) – 2022
    • Wijayantha U.K.N.K., Mendis A.S.M. and Tharaka H.G,, Predicting the compressive strength of Crumbed Rubber Concrete using 3D non linear regression (12th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2021) -2021
    • Mendis ASM, Al-Deen S, Ashraf M, An Experimental study on Flexural and Shear Behaviour of reinforced Crumbed Rubber Concrete (CRC) Beams, In: 28th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia 22 – 25 October 2017, Adelaide Australia
    • Mendis ASM, Nikeshala WAT and Subashi GHMJ, Long term performances of the masonry blocks manufactured using waste materials, In the second Annual sessions of the Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka (SSESL), September 2012
    • Mendis ASM, Nikeshala WAT and Subashi GHMJ, Properties of masonry panels and blocks manufactured with Crushed Coconut Shells, In the Second International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment (ICSBE), Kandy, Sri Lanka, December 2012

     Research Publications in non-refereed Conference and Symposia

    • Mendis ASM and Nikeshala WAT, A Comparison of long term and short term performances of blocks manufactured with waste materials, In the Second Engineering Graduate Symposium on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, January 2013.
  • Memberships

  • Memberships

    • Associate Member -IESL
    • Member SLAAS

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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Contact Info

Address :
Head of the Department
Department of Civil Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University,
Ratmalana, Sri Lanka.

 

Email : hodce@kdu.ac.lk

Phone :
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+94710219277

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