THUSITHA RATHNAYAKE
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Profession

1. Graduate Research Assistant   (May 2022- Ongoing)

The University of
​British Columbia (UBC)

  • Graduate Research Assistant​ - Civil Engineering Program​
​            Conduct ongoing research related to the environmental system engineering.

Highlighted Trainings

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Mandatory Training for UBC Employees

1. Chemical Safety
2. Privacy & Information Security - Fundamentals Part 1
3. Privacy & Information Security - Fundamentals Part 2
4. Workplace Violence Prevention Training
​5. Preventing and Addressing Workplace Bullying and Harassment
​6. New Worker Safety Orientation


2. Research & Professional Staff  (Jan 2018- April 2022)

Asian Institute of Technology

  • Environmental Engineering & Management Program (EEM)
  • Marine Plastics Abatement Program (MPA) 
Work Responsibilities
  • Teaching and coordinating more than 50 postgraduate students, per semester, who conduct research in Environmental Engineering & Management (EEM) and Marine Plastic Abatement (MPA) laboratories.
  • Coordinate laboratory operations. Planning and designing postgraduate level environmental research methodologies, analysis parameters, engineering designs & fabrication, operation of the experimental setups. Furthermore, conducting training sessions, assisting research fellows for journal publications, help addressing peer review comments, content development for online and offline teaching, and provide intellectual guidance.

3. Content Developer (Freelancer)

  • ​Working as a freelancer for Liquid Purification Engineering International Co., Ltd (LPE), Thailand. The company has hired me as their content developer. LPE is one of the Thailand’s leading & largest company of membrane technology-based separation processes, in many sectors. ​
  • ​Also, I am working as a digital content creator and subject matter analyst for the Geoinformatics Center (GIC), Asian Institute of Technology  (AIT). GIC has hired me as a freelancer to create promotional outputs. Some of the highlighted outputs were indicated in the "Digital Content Creation" page. ​
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LPE- wEBSITE
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GIC- wEBSITE

4. Research Associate/ Research Assistant (May 2017- Dec 2017/ March 2011- July 2015)

​Asian Institute of Technology

  • Environmental Engineering & Management Program (EEM)
Work Responsibilities
Technical Assistance to the Research Projects (related to wastewater treatment, and solid waste, anaerobic digestion, 3R)
  • Engineering system designs for the externally funded research projects. 
  • Handling technical detailing of the projects, coordinating, and conducting lab experiments.
  • Assisting and guiding post-graduate students in their laboratory-based research.
  • Project related activities through desktop/online research work, preparation of project communication materials- PowerPoint presentation, and teaching materials.
 Project Administration, Communication, and Project Finance Management
  • Handling all project preparation, documentation, responding to inquiries and requests for project information, and communicating with the Institute's central administration and project donors on administrative matters.
  • Preparing and managing budgets and financial reports for joint venture projects, disbursing project funds and keeping records/bookkeeping of project expenses, preparing advances and reimbursements, budget revision works, and overall monitoring of the project funds.
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  • About Me
  • Education
  • Profession
  • Project Experience
  • Digital Content Creation
  • Publications
  • Contact