Experience

Scottsdale Construction Systems

• Australia
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Structural Engineer

  • Apr 2014 - Present

• Senior Structural Engineer

  • Apr 2014 - Present



Wade Design Engineers

• Australia
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Structural Engineer

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Gained sound knowledge of load calculation and evaluation of all the building components under different wind categories based on the wind regions in accordance with Australian Standards (AS 1170 part 0 to 3) Gained sound knowledge of earthquake design Gained expert knowledge of design and inspection of transportable structures, switch rooms, control rooms, residential, commercial and industrial buildings in accordance with Australian Standards (AS 4100, AS/NZS 4600, AS 3600, AS 1170 part 0 to 4, AS 4055) and Building Codes of Australia Gained expert knowledge of design and site inspection for cold-formed steel and hot rolled-structural steel Gained expert knowledge of design of cold-formed steel and hot-rolled steel components including using Microstran, Cold-steel and beam for windows softwares Gained experience in writing reports, project planning, achieving specific deadlines and organizing skills Improved communication skills by dealing with clients in various organisations Improved the capacity of work under pressure independently and as a team member Gained sound knowledge of preparation of structural drawings and checking of the drawings drawn by drafters Improved experience of checking the design done by junior engineers



OneSteel Australian Tube Mills

• Structural Engineer

  • Apr 2010 - Apr 2012

  Gained sound knowledge of defining load paths to all structural elements from roof to floor in various types of buildings under cyclonic and non-cyclonic regions in accordance with Australian Standards (AS 4100, AS/NZS 4600, AS 1170 part 0 to 3) Gained expert knowledge of structural modelling and design of residential, commercial and industrial buildings using Microstran structural analysis and design software Gained expert knowledge of analysis and design of heavy structures including connections such as steel frames, test rigs and steel shelves using Microstran and Limcon structural analysis and design softwares Gained sound knowledge of developing advanced finite element models capable of simulating the non-linear ultimate strength behaviour using PATRAN and MARC Gained sound knowledge of preparing design capacity tables based on Australian Standards (AS/NZS 4600 and AS 4100) Gained expert knowledge of structural checking and designing of new and existing structures in accordance with Australian Standards (AS4100) Improved knowledge of developing programs using National Instruments data logger and Labview software to data acquisition report generation applications Gained extensive experience in innovative thinking, writing reports, project planning, achieving specific dead lines and organizing skills Gained extensive experience in structural detailing and checking of structural drawings Developed sound knowledge of health and safety policies, procedures, hazard reporting and safe work practices



Rio Tinto Alcan

• Canada

• Civil / Structural Engineer

  • Aug 2008 - Feb 2009

  Designed and modified the existing pipe racks, foundations and steel frames due to the arrival of new plat forms Modelled and designed steel tanks using finite element analyses program Checked the structural design done by other engineers Checked the structural drawings drawn by drafters Achievements: Gained expert knowledge of load calculation and evaluation of heavy structures (Pipe racks, steel plat-forms, steel frames - open and closed) under cyclonic wind conditions in accordance with Australian Standards (AS 4100, AS 1170 part 0 to 3) Gained sound knowledge of structural modelling, analysis and design of heavy structures using Microstran structural analysis and design software and in accordance with Australian Standards (AS4100, AS 1170) Improved knowledge of modelling and design of steel tanks using Strand 7 Finite element analysis software Improved knowledge of connection designs using Limcon Improved the capacity of structural detailing and checking of structural drawings drawn by drafters Gained sound knowledge of health and safety policies, procedures, hazard reporting and safe work practices



Structerre Consulting Engineers

• Australia
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Structural Engineer

  • Oct 2006 - Aug 2008

  Conducted design and inspection of residential, commercial and industrial building Prepared design and inspection reports and dealt with clients Mentored junior engineers for their design works and checked their design Prepared and presented a design tables for innovative sections based on clients requirements Achievements: Gained sound knowledge of load calculation and evaluation of all the building components under different wind categories based on the wind regions in accordance with Australian Standards (AS 1170 part 0 to 3) Gained expert knowledge of design and inspection of residential, commercial, industrial, aged care centres and retainment villages projects and other structures in accordance with Australian Standards (AS 4100, AS/NZS 4600, AS 3600, AS 1170 part 0 to 3, AS 4055, AS 1684) and Building Codes of Australia Improved preparation and presenting skills for new design tables for innovative sections (i.e., top-hat roof battens, LSB back to back sections, lipped C section, etc ;) Gained expert knowledge of design of cold-formed steel and hot-rolled steel components including connections using Microstran, Limcon, Cold-steel and beam for windows softwares Gained expert knowledge in designing concrete slabs and beams using Slab program Gained expert knowledge in designing timber and masonry buildings Gained experience in writing reports, project planning, achieving specific dead lines and organizing skills Gained expert knowledge of design and site inspection for steel, concrete and timber structures Improved communication skills by dealing with clients in various organisations Improved the capacity of work under pressure independently and as a team member Gained sound knowledge of preparation of structural drawings and checking of the drawings drawn by drafters Improved experience of checking the design done by junior engineers



Queensland University of Technology

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD research scholar

  • Mar 2003 - Oct 2006

  Thesis title: Distortional Buckling Behaviour of Cold-formed Steel Compression Members at Elevated Temperatures Responsibilities: Investigated the mechanical properties of low and high strength light gauge cold-formed steels at ambient and elevated temperatures and developed new design equations Developed suitable experimental methods, including test sections, end supports, and test set-up for the light gauge cold-formed steel compression members subjected to distortional buckling mode at ambient and elevated temperatures Developed advanced finite element models capable of simulating the elastic buckling and non-linear ultimate strength behaviour of light gauge cold-formed steel compression members under ambient and elevated temperatures Detailed parametric study using the validated finite element model to extend the database on fire performance involving distortional buckling by considering the effects of mechanical properties, steel grade and geometry of the section Developed appropriate design formulae for light gauge cold-formed steel compression members subject to distortional buckling at both ambient and elevated temperatures Conducted tutorial classes for undergraduate students and supervised six research higher degree students



University of Moratuwa

• Sri Lanka
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• research scholar

  • Dec 2001 - Mar 2003

  Thesis title: Design of Cost Effective Composite Reinforced Brickwork - Ferro Cement Water Tanks Responsibilities Developed a computer program to analyse the shell type cylindrical water tanks with conical roof and spherical bottom by using Visual Basics programming language Obtained the optimum shape of the tank by conducting sensitivity analyses using the developed computer programme Thesis title: Design of Cost Effective Composite Reinforced Brickwork - Ferro Cement Water Tanks Responsibilities Developed a computer program to analyse the shell type cylindrical water tanks with conical roof and spherical bottom by using Visual Basics programming language Obtained the optimum shape of the tank by conducting sensitivity analyses using the developed computer programme