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Research Focus
Nipuni is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the School of Natural and Built Environment. Her research involves experimental investigations of environmental fluid mechanics and coastal engineering.
Particulars
Nipuni graduated with a first class (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and received a GPSS-GLI fellowship to complete her master’s degree in Sustainability Science at the University of Tokyo in Japan. Upon completing her master’s degree, Nipuni moved to Coventry, United Kingdom for commencing her doctoral studies in Civil Engineering which was funded by the EPSRC-DTP partnership award at the University of Warwick. Nipuni’s PhD dissertation focused on the mixing of soluble pollutants in complex open channel flow regimes.
Teaching
CIV1121 – Hydraulics
CIV1015 – Mathematics 1
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Research output
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Assessing climate-change-driven impacts on water scarcity: a case study of low-flow dynamics in the lower Kalu River Basin, Sri Lanka
Fernando, R., Ratnasooriya, H., Bamunawala, J., Sirisena, J., Nipuni Odara, M. G., Gunawardhana, L. & Rajapakse, L., 07 May 2024, In: Water. 16, 10, 24 p., 1317.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Longitudinal dispersion and hyporheic exchange of neutrally buoyant microplastics in the presence of waves and currents
Odara, M. G. N., Waghajiani, D., Obersterescu, G.-C. & Pearson, J., 10 Sept 2024, In: Microplastics. 3, 3, p. 503-517Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unlocking the mysteries of drought: integrating snowmelt dynamics into drought analysis at the Narayani River Basin, Nepal
Bajracharya, S., Gunawardhana, L. N., Sirisena, J., Bamunawala, J., Rajapakse, L. & Odara, M. G. N., 13 Nov 2024, (Early online date) In: Natural Hazards.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Longitudinal mixing in flows with submerged rigid aquatic canopies
Odara, M. G. N. & Pearson, J., 22 Aug 2023, In: Water. 15, 17, 17 p., 3021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling microplastic and solute transport in vegetated flows
Stride, B., Abolfathi, S., Odara, M. G. N., Bending, G. D. & Pearson, J., 04 May 2023, In: Water Resources Research. 59, 5, 17 p., e2023WR034653.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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