Mr. UI Samarawickrama

B.Sc. Agric (Ruhuna, Sri Lanka), M.Sc. (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Lecturer
Dept of Soil Science
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Phone

:

+94 41 22 92 200 / Ext 206

+94 776193399 (Mobile)

Fax

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+94(0)41 229 2384 (Through Dean's Office)

E-mail

:

udaranga@soil.ruh.ac.lk

udaranga_w@yahoo.com

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FULL NAME

Udaranga Iroshan Samarawickrama

 

ADDRESS

OFFICE: Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Mapalana, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka.

 

NATIONALITY

Sri Lankan

 

LANGUAGE ABILITY

English , Sinhala (Mother tongue)

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • JASSO Scholarship -2010

 

HIGHER EDUCATION

  • M.Sc. degree in Geo-Informatics at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2016.

  • B.Sc. in Agriculture at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, in 2010

 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

  • Lecturer

  • Scientific Assistant

  • Research Assistant

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS IN PEOFFESSIONAL BODIES

  • Member of the Sri Lanka Association of the Advancement of Science (SLAAS).

  • Member of the Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka (SSSL).

 

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

 

Samarawickrama UI, Manjula Ranagalage, MKDK Piyaratne 2016: Development of a Thermal Risk Map Case Study: Kelaniya City of Sri Lanka. Asian Journal of Geoinformatics. 16(3), 18-22

 

Udaranga Samarawickrama, Manjula Ranagalage, Dimuthu Piyaratne 2017: Textbook on Analysis of Urban Heat Island. Published by LAMBERT Academic Publishers (ISBN 978-3- 330-02139-6) Germany.

 

A.C.P. Priyankara, U.I. Samarawickrama, M.K.D.K. Piyaratne, K.K.L.B. Adhikaram, A.L.K. Wijemannage 2017: Interoperable Web-Gis Service for Collecting Meterological Data : A Case Study in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, January, 2017

 

K.K.L.B. Adhikaram, A.C.P. Priyankara, M.K.D.K. Piyaratne, D.T. Andrahannadi, U.I. Samarawickrama 2017: Robust Method for Adding Samba Users as a Batch with Individual User Names and Passwords. Proceedings of the University of Ruhuna 14th Academic Sessions, March, 2017

 

Samarawickrama UI, Manjula Ranagalage, MKDK Piyaratne 2017: Study the Relationship between NDVI and NDBI on the Status Changes in Urban Heat Islands: A Remote Sensing Based Analysis on Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Geospatial World Forum, January, 2017

 

A.C.P. Priyankara, K.K.L.B. Adhikaram, M.K.D.K. Piyaratne, D.T. Andrahannadi, U.I. Samarawickrama 2016: Use of GIS Technology to Improve QOS in Computer Networks. Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, 2016

 

Wijekoon, W.M.C.J, Wanniarachchi, S.D, Samarawickrama U.I. 2016: Soil Carbon Storage Potential of the Home Gardens Adjoining Selected Natural Forests of the Southern Sri Lanka. International Forestry and Environment Symposium, Department of Forestry and Environment, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, September, 2016

 

Leelamanie DAL, Karube J, Samarawickrama UI 2013: Stability analysis of aggregates in relation to the hydrophobicity of organic manure for Sri Lankan Red Yellow Podzolic soils. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 59(5), 683–691

 

Leelamanie DAL, U.I. Samarawickrama 2012: Distribution of soil water repellency along different particle sizes of coastal sand dunes in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, January, 2012

 

Leelamanie DAL, Samarawickrama U.I, Karube J 2011: Sessile drop contact angle as affected by the particle size and the drop size. Proceedings of the University of Ruhuna 8th Academic Sessions, March, 2011

 

U.I. Samarawickrama, Leelamanie DAL 2011: Aggregate Stability of Soils as Affected by Animal Manure. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, December, 2011

 

Leelamanie DAL, U.I. Samarawickrama 2011: Relation of Animal Manure Addition to Water Repellency of Soils. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, December, 2011

 

Leelamanie DAL, U.I. Samarawickrama, 2011: Use of Hydrophobic Green Manure to Reduce Adverse Effects of Global warming through Reducing Organic Matter Depletion. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture (ICICCA 2011), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, December, 2011

 

Geo-Informatics applications in Soil Science