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Dr Buddhi Wijesiri
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
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):
Personal details
Keywords
Water Quality, Stormwater, Environmental Modelling
Research field
Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Water and Environmental Engineering) (Queensland University of Technology)
- BSc (Hons1) (Mining and Minerals Engineering) (University of Moratuwa)
Professional memberships and associations
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Associate Editor - Frontiers in Environmental Science (Section: Water and Wastewater Management)
- Member International Water Association (IWA)
- Member Australian Water Association (AWA)
- Member Institute of Engineers Australia
Teaching
Undergraduate
- EGB274 Environmentally Sustainable Design
- EGH471 Advanced Water Engineering
- EGH400 Research Project
Postgraduate
- ENN470 Integrated Water Management
- ENN596 Industry Project
- ENN671 Net-zero Wastewater Treatment and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD)
- ENN593 Project (Engineering Management)
Publications
Research outputs by year
- Wijesiri, B., Liu, A. & Goonetilleke, A. (2020). Impact of global warming on urban stormwater quality: From the perspective of an alternative water resource. Journal of Cleaner Production, 262, 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199956
- Mahappu Kankanamalage, B., Liu, A., He, B., Yang, B., Zhao, X., Ayoko, G. & Goonetilleke, A. (2019). Behaviour of metals in an urban river and the pollution of estuarine environment. Water Research, 164, 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131793
- Mahappu Kankanamalage, B., Egodawatta, P., McGree, J. & Goonetilleke, A. (2016). Assessing uncertainty in stormwater quality modelling. Water Research, 103, 10–20. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/222334
- Mahappu Kankanamalage, B., Deilami, K., McGree, J. & Goonetilleke, A. (2018). Use of surrogate indicators for the evaluation of potential health risks due to poor urban water quality: A Bayesian Network approach. Environmental Pollution, 233, 655–661. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223300
- Mahappu Kankanamalage, B., Deilami, K. & Goonetilleke, A. (2018). Evaluating the relationship between temporal changes in land use and resulting water quality. Environmental Pollution, 234, 480–486. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115313
- Wijesiri, B., Liu, A., Jayarathne, A., Duodu, G., Ayoko, G., Chen, L. & Goonetilleke, A. (2021). Influence of the hierarchical structure of land use on metals, nutrients and organochlorine pesticides in urban river sediments. Ecological Engineering, 159. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207082
- He, B., Mahappu Kankanamalage, B., Ayoko, G., Egodawatta, P., Rintoul, L. & Goonetilleke, A. (2020). Influential factors on microplastics occurrence in river sediments. Science of the Total Environment, 738. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202151
- Bonotto, D., Mahappu Kankanamalage, B. & Goonetilleke, A. (2019). Nitrate-dependent uranium mobilisation in groundwater. Science of the Total Environment, 693, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131837
- Booysen, M., Mahappu Kankanamalage, B., Ripunda, C. & Goonetilleke, A. (2019). Fees and governance: Towards sustainability in water resources management at schools in post-apartheid South Africa. Sustainable Cities and Society, 51, 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131597
- Wijesiri, B. & Hettiarachchi, A. (2021). How gender disparities in urban and rural areas influence access to safe drinking water. Utilities Policy, 68. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206920
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Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Generation characteristics and human health risk prediction of high-risk pollutants in urban road stormwater runoff, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, China - 2019A1515110353, Lead CI, 2020 - 2022, RMB100,000 ($21,652)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Investigation of the water pollution implications on urban liveability in China and Australia, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Government and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation - 2018M643194, Lead CI, 2018 - 2020, RMB813,811 ($176,206)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Simulation of pollutant build-up loads and stormwater quality fluctuations on urban road surfaces, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - 21806110), Investigator (unnamed), 2019 - 2021, RMB 200,000 ($43,305)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Comprehensive water quality improvement and ecological remediation of Liang River, Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China - 2019B110205003, Investigator (unnamed), 2019 - 2022, RMB500,000 ($108,262)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Toxicity variations and its control of urban road stormwater treatment/storage processes based on stormwater reuse safety, Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China - 2019A1515010843, Investigator (unnamed), 2019 - 2022, RMB100,000 ($21,652)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Physical and chemical properties of urban road deposited sediments influenced by traffic characteristics and total petroleum hydrocarbons adsorption mechanism, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - 41601510, Investigator (unnamed), 2017 - 2019, RMB190,000 ($41,140)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Development of a comprehensive research agenda to overcome challenges in urban water management in Brazil and Australia, São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), Brazil and Australian Technology Network (ATN) - 16/50327-4, Investigator (unnamed), 2017 - 2019, $20,000
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Outstanding doctoral thesis award
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Spatial and temporal distribution of toxic stormwater pollutants on typical urban impervious surfaces for stormwater reuse, Shenzhen Government, China - 827-000102, Investigator (unnamed), 2016 - 2018, RMB4,500,000 ($974,359)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Development of models for predicting total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) build-up, Shenzhen University, China - 2016007, Investigator (unnamed), 2016 - 2018, RMB60,000 ($12,991)
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Modelling Simultaneous partial Nitrification Anammox and Denitrification (SNAD) processes within biofilters
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Prasanna Egodawatta, Professor Ana Deletic, Professor David McCarthy - Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification (SNAD) Process for Nitrogen Removal in Biofiltration Systems: Impact of media types and plants
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ana Deletic, Professor David McCarthy - Physics-Informed Deep Learning-Based Distributed Hydrologic Modelling Using High-Resolution Data
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Prasanna Egodawatta, Dr Zhongzheng Wang - Refining IDW Method Through the Integration of Topographic Effects and Storm Direction for Improved Rainfall Interpolation
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Prasanna Egodawatta
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.