Post by Admin on Jan 5, 2017 3:23:16 GMT
Dear Alumni and Friends,
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of our alumnus; Dr. Priyantha P. Gunaratna who met with the train accident and passed away on January 3 2017 in Sri Lanka.
Dr. Priyantha obtained his Master of Engineering from AIT in the Division of Water Resources Engineering,in December 1984 with a GPA 4.0/4.0 and was awarded the Hisamatsu Prize as the most outstanding graduate student in Water Resources Engineering, his thesis advisor was Prof. Suphat Vongvisessomaji.
Dr. Priyantha proceeded to obtain his Ph.D in the field of Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science from Clarkson University, USA in 1989 and his Research Supervisor at Clarkson University was Professor H.T. Shen who is also an AIT alumnus.
Upon completing Ph.D as expected of AIT graduates he served his home country Sri Lanka for nearly 19 years.
He worked at Lanka Hydarulic Institute, Sri Lanka as a Senior Research Engineer until 1999 and thereafter as a senior university academic staff member at Faculties of Engineering at University of Ruhuna and University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He was one of the pioneer staff members at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna and contributed immensely towards development of the new faculty and served as the first Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in the faculty.
Since June 2008, he have been attached to Coastal Zone & Waterways Management Section of the Dubai Municipality, Dubai, UAE as a Senior Marine Projects Specialist.
His daughter Thamali Menaka Gunaratna is also an AIT undergraduate alumna in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 2013.
On behalf of the Institute, we wish to express our condolences to Ms.Thamali Menaka Gunaratna and her family during this time of bereavement.
Alumni Affairs| Office of Advancement
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of our alumnus; Dr. Priyantha P. Gunaratna who met with the train accident and passed away on January 3 2017 in Sri Lanka.
Dr. Priyantha obtained his Master of Engineering from AIT in the Division of Water Resources Engineering,in December 1984 with a GPA 4.0/4.0 and was awarded the Hisamatsu Prize as the most outstanding graduate student in Water Resources Engineering, his thesis advisor was Prof. Suphat Vongvisessomaji.
Dr. Priyantha proceeded to obtain his Ph.D in the field of Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science from Clarkson University, USA in 1989 and his Research Supervisor at Clarkson University was Professor H.T. Shen who is also an AIT alumnus.
Upon completing Ph.D as expected of AIT graduates he served his home country Sri Lanka for nearly 19 years.
He worked at Lanka Hydarulic Institute, Sri Lanka as a Senior Research Engineer until 1999 and thereafter as a senior university academic staff member at Faculties of Engineering at University of Ruhuna and University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He was one of the pioneer staff members at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna and contributed immensely towards development of the new faculty and served as the first Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in the faculty.
Since June 2008, he have been attached to Coastal Zone & Waterways Management Section of the Dubai Municipality, Dubai, UAE as a Senior Marine Projects Specialist.
His daughter Thamali Menaka Gunaratna is also an AIT undergraduate alumna in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 2013.
On behalf of the Institute, we wish to express our condolences to Ms.Thamali Menaka Gunaratna and her family during this time of bereavement.
Alumni Affairs| Office of Advancement