Biography
Dr. Kumudu Amarawardhana is a lecturer at the Capability Systems Centre at UNSW Canberra, specialising in microgrid systems and integrating renewable energy resources. She obtained her doctorate degree from the University of Tasmania and has served as a university lecturer for about five years, making significant contributions to STEMM education in regional areas of Australia. She also holds an MSc in sustainable energy engineering, a...view more
Dr. Kumudu Amarawardhana is a lecturer at the Capability Systems Centre at UNSW Canberra, specialising in microgrid systems and integrating renewable energy resources. She obtained her doctorate degree from the University of Tasmania and has served as a university lecturer for about five years, making significant contributions to STEMM education in regional areas of Australia. She also holds an MSc in sustainable energy engineering, a certificate in sustainability and economics from Sweden, and a BSc in mechanical engineering (Honours) from Sri Lanka.
With over a decade of experience as an engineer in the Sri Lanka Air Force, she brings invaluable industrial exposure in mechanical, aeronautical, and explosive engineering. Her current focus is on leading a project to professionalise mission engineering in defence and various other industries.
My Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Maritime Engineering) 2023
Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) course 2020 (Accredited by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), United Kingdom)
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Engineering (Energy Systems) 2014
University of Gavle, Sweden
- Certificate in Sustainability & Economics - Top Industrial Managers Europe European Summer School 2012
The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
- Postgraduate Diploma in Defence Management 2008
Junior Command & Staff College, Sri Lanka Air Force China Bay, Sri Lanka (Accredited by the University of Kelaniya)
- Aeronautical Engineers’ Course (Mechanical) 2007
Indian Air Force Technical College, Bangalore, India
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering 2001
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
My Research Activities
Amarawardhana KN, El Sawah S, ‘Building Australia's future: Educating mission engineering practitioners for workforce readiness’, Climate Smart Engineering Conference (CSE25), 27-28 Aug 2025, Adelaide. (In press)
Amarawardhana, KN., et al., Professionalising mission engineering in Australia: UNSW Canberra's Innovative Micro-credential Model, Systems Engineering Journal, 2025 (under journal review)
Amarawardhana, KN., et al., Professionalising mission engineering in Australia: UNSW Canberra's Innovative Micro-credential Model, SETE 23-25 Sep 2024, Melbourne, Australia
Amarawardhana, K.N., et al., Hybrid multi-constraint handling technique for microgrid sizing and energy management system optimisation. Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 (under journal review)
Amarawardhana, K.N., et al., Impact of constraint handling techniques on solution quality of microgrid sizing & energy management system optimisation, Open University Research Sessions 2023, Sri Lanka
Amarawardhana, K.N., Enshaei, H. & Jayasinghe, SDG Review on constraint handling techniques for microgrid energy/power management systems. Energy Syst (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12667-022-00549-w
K. N. Amarawardhana, S. D. G. Jayasinghe, H. Enshaei, A. Fleming, D. Fernando and M. Herath, “Impact of Wave Energy Integration on Sizing and Energy Management of a Microgrid: Case study,” 2022 IEEE 7th Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC), Nadi, Fiji, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/SPEC55080.2022.10058400
K. N. Amarawardhana, S. D. G. Jayasinghe, H. Enshaei and K. C. Senaviratne, “Repair-based Constraint Handling Techniques for Sizing and Energy Management Optimisation in Microgrids,” 2022 IEEE 7th Southern Power Electronics Conference (SPEC), Nadi, Fiji, 2022, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/SPEC55080.2022.10058341
K. N. Amarawardhana et.al (2020) ‘Grid-interactive rooftop Photo voltaic clusters with third party ownership’, International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2020: pp. 102-111
K. N. Amarawardhana et.al., ‘Grid-interactive rooftop Photo voltaic clusters with third-party ownership’, at the Special Session on ‘Smart Distribution Networks and Microgrids’ of the International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems held at Melbourne, Australia on April 25-27, 2019
Kithsiri U.G. et al. (2018) A Remote Mode master’s degree Program in Sustainable Energy Engineering: Student Perception and Future Direction. In: Auer M., Guralnick D., Simonics I. (eds) Teaching and Learning in a Digital World. ICL 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 715. Springer, Cham
SMNKG Bandara, KN Amarawardhana (2018); ‘Energy Conservation Through Changing Human Behavioural Approach; Challenges and Way Ahead for Sri Lanka Navy’ International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 8(12) (ISSN: 2250-3153), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.8.12.2018.p8418
K. N. Amarawardhana, N. S. Senanayake, Ruchira Abeyweera, ‘Modeling of Energy Utilization of Tourism Industry of Sri Lanka and Prediction of Future Energy Demand’, International Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol. 5 No. 5, 2015, pp. 87-94. doi: 10.5923/j.ijee.20150505.01
K. N. Amarawardhana, ‘Greening Sri Lanka Tourism, two-way approach; Demand and Supply’ at 8th International Research Conference on ‘Inculcating Professionalism for National Development’ held at KDU, 27th-28th August 2015
KN Amarawardhana, MSc Thesis on ‘Modeling of energy utilisation of tourism industry to predict the future energy demand to showcase Sri Lanka-The ‘Miracle of Asia’ (available at https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A716526&dswid=-3875)
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Educational approaches in digital mission engineering