SEEK: Salford Environment for Expertise and Knowledge
Kaushal Keraminiyage
Dr Kaushal Keraminiyage
postal addressRoom 432a, Maxwell Building, The University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom, M5 4WT.
email addressK.P.Keraminiyage@salford.ac.uk
telephone01612955150
Key Memberships
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Member of Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law & the Built Environment
From October 2003 to September 2010.
Member of School: School of the Built Environment
From October 2003 to present.
Full Member of Research Institute: Research Institute for the Built & Human Environment (BuHu)
From September 2008 to September 2009.
Full Member of Research Centre: Centre for Disaster Resilience (CDR)
From October 2009 to present.
Full Member of Research Centre: Research Centre for Education in the Built Environment (RCEBE)
From September 2008 to September 2009.
Associate Member of Research Centre: Construction Information Technology Research Centre (CITC)
From October 2009 to present.
Associate Member of Research Centre: Management in Construction
From September 2008 to September 2009.
Associate Member of Research Centre: IT in Construction
From September 2008 to September 2009.
Profile Summary

My research interests are;

  • Collaborative environments for construction education and research,
  • Building capacities of construction Higher Education Institutions through ICT enabled collaborations
  • ICT for the Built Environment in disaster management contexts
  • Energy conscious construction through process / ICT co-maturation
  • Virtual Learning and Research Environments for the Built Environment

 

Key Qualifications
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2009
PhD . (from University of Salford, UK).
2001
BSc (Hons) . (from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka).
Key Projects
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2009
Sep
Bell Curve
EC - EACEA: Lifelong Learning Programme, £237,337.00.
Principal Investigator: D Amaratunga (40%). Co-Investigators: C Pathirage (30%), U Kulatunga (10%), K Keraminiyage (10%), M Siriwardena (10%).
Key Publications
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Refereed Journal Articles
2009
Mar
Keraminiyage, K & Amaratunga, D & Haigh, R 2009, 'Achieving success in collaborative research: the role of virtual research environments', ITcon, 14(special issue), pp.59-69.abstract
2009
Jan
Keraminiyage, K & Amaratunga, D & Haigh, R 2009, 'A HCI principles based framework to assess the user perception of web based Virtual Research Environments', International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 13(2), pp.129-142.
Book Sections
2011
Jul
Keraminiyage, K 2011 'Restoration of Major Infrastructure and Rehabilitation of Communities', in: Amaratunga, D & Haigh, R (eds.), Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment: Rebuilding for Resilience, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp.236-250.abstract
2008
Sep
Haigh, R & Amaratunga, D & Keraminiyage, K & Pathirage, C 2008 'Infrastructure Lifecycles and Disaster Mitigation', in: Collaborative Relationships in Construction, Hedley Smyth and Stephen Pryke , Blackwell Publishing, London, UK, pp.163-178.
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings
2011
Jul
Keraminiyage, K 2011, Can the game theory concept be applied affectively in post disaster reconstruction decision making?, in: Amaratunga, D & Haigh, R & Keraminiyage, K & Pathirage, C & Kulatunga, U (eds.), 'Proceedings of the Conference on Disaster Resilience', University of Salford, Salford, UK. Conference details: International Conference on Disaster Resilience, Kandalama, Sri Lanka 19th - 21st July 2011.
Published Conference Proceedings
2010
May
Barrett, P & Amaratunga, D & Haigh, R & Keraminiyage, K & Pathirage, C 2010, Book of Abstracts: CIB WORLD CONGRESS 2010: Building a Better World, University of Salford, Salford, UK.
Key Presence
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Conference Organisation
2012
The Technical Director and a member of the organising committee of the Building Education And Research (BEAR) 2008 conference, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka
The Technical Director and a member of the organising committee of the Building Education And Research (BEAR) 2008 conference, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka
2010
May
CIB World Congress 2010 (Salford Quays, United Kingdom, May 2010).
Member - Local organising Comittee / Developing and Managing the congress management system
Honours and Awards
2009
Aug
University of Salford VC early career research scholar (University of Salford, United Kingdom, August 2009).

This scholarship funds and facilitates the research project titled "A road map to develop a fully featured Virtual Environment for Built Environment Research Collaborations"

2007
CIB award for the best paper at the final stage of postgraduate research studies received at the 7th International Postgraduate Research Conference Lowry Centre, Salford,26th -30th March 2007 (2007)
CIB award for the best paper at the final stage of postgraduate research studies received at the 7th International Postgraduate Research Conference Lowry Centre, Salford,26th -30th March 2007
2005
ARCOM best presentation award for the middle stage PhD research category received at the 5th International Postgraduate Research Conference Lowry Centre, Salford, 11th -15th April 2005 (2005)
ARCOM best presentation award for the middle stage PhD research category received at the 5th International Postgraduate Research Conference Lowry Centre, Salford, 11th -15th April 2005
Internal University Support Received
2009
Aug
University of Salford VC early career research scholar (August 2009).
Invited Papers and Lectures
2010
Jun
Use of virtual networks and other mechanisms for capacity building and Disaster risk reduction (UNDP National Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Assessment and Management for the Coastal Zone of Sri Lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, June 2010).
2009
Oct
PhD research training workshop (Changing Roles 09, NOORDWIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands, October 2009).

Invited lecture for the PhD research training programme

2007
May
Guest lecture on 'Qualitative Research Methods' for the for the staff members, postgraduate and undergraduate students of the Department of Building Economics, the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. June 2007 (Sri Lanka, May, 2007)
Guest lecture on 'Qualitative Research Methods' for the for the staff members, postgraduate and undergraduate students of the Department of Building Economics, the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. June 2007
2006
Sep
Guest lecture on 'Virtual Environment for Built Environment Research', Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, August 2006 (Lithuania, September, 2006)
Guest lecture on 'Virtual Environment for Built Environment Research', Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, August 2006
Journal Editorship
2009
Nov
Member of the editorial board - International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment (November 2009).