Dr. Suranga Gunerathne
Teaching Interests
Dr. Gunerathne has a background of civil engineering specialized in structural and geotechnical engineering. He enjoys teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. He is interested in teaching engineering mechanics, including:
- Statics
- Dynamics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Solid Mechanics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Computer Applications in Engineering
- Soil Mechanics
Research Interests
Dr. Gunerathne’s research goal is to develop more efficient, sustainable, and resilient solutions for society’s infrastructure needs by understanding and analyzing the behavior of soil-structure interaction. Specially, his focus is on:
- Foundation Engineering
- Analytical and Numerical Methods in Geomechanics
- Off-shore and Near-shore Foundations
- Soil-buried Structures / Tunneling
- Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
- Geothermal energy
- Earth Retaining Structure