Malitha Rajapaksha, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, earned in 2016. He subsequently attained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation Engineering from Texas Tech University. During his doctoral studies, Dr. Rajapaksha actively contributed to Project 0-6868, a significant initiative funded by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and coordinated by the Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation (TechMRT) at Texas Tech University. His doctoral dissertation, grounded in the data collected from this pivotal project, has resulted in the publication of two articles in reputable journals in the year 2023. At King’s, Dr. Rajapaksha focuses on delivering courses in Transportation Engineering, Construction Materials, and Geotechnical Engineering.
Education
B.Sc.(Eng), Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University
Publications and Presentations
Menn, M. Dalton; Rajapaksha, Malitha; and Senadheera, Sanjaya. (2019), “Evaluation of Mechanical Response of an Industry-Scale Flexible Pavement System,” Proceedings of 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC.
Rajapaksha M., M. C., Athukorallage, B., Senadheera, S., & James, D. (2023). Temporal and spatial temperature predictions for flexible pavement layers using numerical thermal analysis and verified with large datasets. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02008
Rajapaksha M, M. C., Shankar, V., & Senadheera, S. (2024). Improved empirical convection heat transfer coefficient model to predict flexible pavement layer temperatures. Construction and Building Materials, 411, 134206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.134206
