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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 doctoral training 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
CIV1021/1121 - Hydraulics 1
CIV3006 - Project 3 supervision
CIV3063 - Hydraulics 3 (from 2025/26)
CIV7021 - Water and wastewater treatment (from 2025/26)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Attenuation and longitudinal mixing in vegetated wave-current flow
Galappaththige, N. O. M. & Pearson, J., 29 May 2025, Coastal Engineering Proceedings. Cox, D. (ed.). American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 38. 2 p. management.172Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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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., 01 Mar 2025, In: Natural Hazards. 121, 5, p. 5267-5291 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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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