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Udayangani Kulatunga
Dr Udayangani Kulatunga
postal addressRoom 402 Maxwell Building, University of Salford, The Crescent, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT.
email addressu.kulatunga@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 295 6943
Key Memberships
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Member of School: School of the Built Environment
From September 2008 to present.
Full Member of Research Centre: Centre for Disaster Resilience (CDR)
From October 2009 to present.
Associate Member of Research Centre: Urban Quality Research Centre
From October 2009 to present.
Profile Summary

Disaster risk reduction

Performance measurement and management

Construction research and development

Waste management

 

Key Qualifications
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2008
PhD . (from The University of Salford).
2002
BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying (from The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka).
Key Projects
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2011
Jan
Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaption
British Council, £39,921.00.
Principal Investigator: D Amaratunga (34%). Co-Investigators: R Haigh (33%), U Kulatunga (33%).
2010
Feb
Exploratory partnership with Bangladesh
British Council, £2,000.00.
Principal Investigator: U Kulatunga (100%).
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 Presence
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Honours and Awards
2010
Mar
New researcher scheme (Faculty of Business, Law and The Built Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom, March 2010).

 

The award funds the research project titled “culture and disaster risk reduction”
2010
Mar
INSPIRE exploretory research grant (British Coucil, United Kingdom, March 2010).

 

The award funds the research project titled “risk-based approach to flood risk management in Bangladesh”.
2004
Oct
Graduate Teaching Assistantship (The University of Salford, United Kingdom, October 2004).
2002
Jan
Professor Siri Caldera Memorial Award for the best dissertation in the BSc. Quantity Surveying final year examination (The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, January 2002).
2002
Jan
Outstanding performance award for the best BSc. Quantity Surveying undergraduate for obtaining the highest overall average for four years (Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Sri Lanka, January 2002).
2000
Dec
Education prize for the outstanding undergraduate at the Department of Building Economics, The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors (RICS) , United Kingdom, December 2000).
Internal University Support Received
2010
Mar
New researcher scheme, Faculty of Business, Law and The Built Environment, The University of Salford (March 2010).
Journal Editorship
2010
Apr
Guest Editor: special issue in International Journal of Strategic Property Management on Disaster Management (April 2010 to April 2010).
2009
Jan
Guest Editor , Facilities journal for the special issue on Performance Measurement and Management (January 2009 to April 2010).