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Qualifications
PhD in progress
M Eng, RMIT Uniiversity, Melbourne, Australia 2002
B Eng (Hons), Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, 1998
Dip in Eng, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 1985
Grad Cert in Tertiary Teaching and Learning, RMIT Uniiversity, Melbourne, Australia 2000
Teaching Areas
Soil Mechanics, Geomechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, Foundation Designs and Construction,
Transport Infrastructure
Unit Coordinator of:
EK 781- Geomechanics
EK 844 – Infrastructure Designs and Construction II
Research Interests
Environmental Geomechanics
Landfill technology including modeling of landfill liner behaviour
In-situ remediation of contaminated soils using electrokinetics
Innovations in dealing with soil salinity
Engineering properties of unsaturated soils, expansive soils and compacted soils
Memberships
Member of Institution of Engineers, Australia
Member of Australian Geomechanics Society
Member of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Recent Publications
JJayasekera, S. & Mohajerani, A. (2001). A study of effects of municipal landfill leachate on a basaltic clay soil. Australian Geomechanics. September.
Jayasekera, S. & Mohajerani, A. (2001). An investigation of long term effects of leachate on Landfill clay liners. Proceedings of GeoEnvironment 2001, New Castle, November 2001.
Jayasekera, S. & Mohajerani, A. (2002). Long-term strength and bearing capacity characteristics of a basaltic clay soil subjected to landfill leachate. Proceedings of the international conference on environmental geomechanics, Monte Verita, Switzerland, July 2002.
Jayasekera, S. & Mohajerani, A. (2003). Some relationships between shrink-swell index, liquid limit, plasticity index, activity and free swell index. Australian Geomechanics. June.
Jayasekera, S. (2003). Volume change and hydraulic conductivity properties of an expansive clay exposed to landfill leachate. Proceedings of the international conference on problematic soils, Nottingham, UK, July 2003.
Jayasekera, S. (2004). Electroosmotic and hydraulic flow rates through kaolinite and bentonite clays. Australian Geomechanics. June.
Jayasekera, S.; Mewett, J.; Hall, S. (2004). Effects of electrokinetic treatments on the properties of a salt affected soil. Australian Geomechanics. December.
Jayasekera, S. & Hall, S. (2005). Lime enhanced electrokinetic treatments to modify the properties of a saline-sodic soil. Proceedings of the international conference on problematic soils, GEOPROB 2005, Famagusta, N. Cyprus, May 2005, Vol 2, pp 913-923.
Jayasekera, S. (2005). Electrokinetics to deal with salinity impacts on urban and rural infrastructure: A laboratory based investigation. Proceedings of the Women in Research (WiR) ‘Women Doing Research’ 2005 conference, Gladstone, Queensland, November 2005.
Jayasekera, S. & Hall, S. (accepted). Modification of the properties of salt affected soils using electrochemical treatments. International journal of geotechnical and geological engineering, Springer.
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