Nimal Rajapakshe

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Nimal Rajapakse
Born
NationalitySri Lankan
Alma materUniversity of Ceylon (BS)
Asian Institute of Technology (MS, DEng)
OccupationAcademic, Professor

Nimal Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan-born academic and engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a professor of engineering at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada.[1]

Education[]

After a year in a school in his village near Attanagalla, he came to Olcott College and after a year entered Ananda College in grade three.[citation needed] Four generations of his family studied at Ananda College. He gained admission to the University of Ceylon in 1973 from where he graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1977.[citation needed]

He received a scholarship to study at Asian Institute of Technology in 1979, from which he received a master's degree in 1981 and a Doctor of Engineering in 1983.[citation needed] He was a recipient of Thai King's Scholarship for doctoral studies. Asian Institute of Technology honored him as the Notable Alumni Speaker of the May 2017 graduation.[2]

Career[]

He was the Vice-President (Research and International) of Carleton University from September 2015 to October 2016.[3] He was a department head and civil engineering professor of University of Manitoba from 1985 to 2000.[citation needed] He served as department head and mechanical engineering professor of University of British Columbia.[citation needed] He became the Director of at UBC in 2007 and served until 2009. He was Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences in Simon Fraser University from 2009 to 2015.[4][5]

He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.[citation needed] He has received several prizes and awards for research and professional excellence.

References[]

  1. ^ Nimal Rajapakse - School of Engineering Science - Simon Fraser University
  2. ^ Simon Fraser University dean returns to alma mater, discusses partnership
  3. ^ "Rajapakse, Nimal". carleton.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  4. ^ "Nimal Rajapakse". scholar.google.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  5. ^ "SLIIT appoints distinguished professor and educator Nimal Rajapakse as Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
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