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R E S U M E
Roshanka Ranasinghe (B.Sc.Eng (Hons), PhD)
Department of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE
Department of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Deltares
PO Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft
The Netherlands
email: [email protected]
Phone: +31 (0)15 2151 805 Fax: +31 (0)15 2122 921
Education:
Ph.D in Coastal Engineering and Oceanography
Centre for Water Research (CWR), University of Western Australia
Thesis: Dynamics of Seasonally open tidal inlets
Course Work: Environmental fluid dynamics (Prof. Jorg Imberger), Geophysical fluid dynamics (Prof. Greg
Ivey), Computational fluid dynamics (Prof. John Patterson), Coastal Oceanography (Prof. Chari Pattiaratchi)
B.Sc. Eng in Civil Engineering - (1st Class Honours)
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Honours courses: Water Resources engineering;; Concrete structures and technology
Professional Affiliations:
Visiting Professor, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia [ 2012 - to date]
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia [2012 - to date]
Visiting Senior Scientist, NSW Dept. of Environment and Climate Change, Sydney [2010 - to date]
Honorary Associate, University of Sydney [2006 - to date]
Professional member of Engineers Australia (MIEAust) [2000 - to date]
Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships:
Technical Univ. of Delft (Civil Engineering) award for outstanding research output 2011
UNESCO-IHE Rector's award for outstanding research output 2009
NSW Premier’s Senior Research Scientist Award 2006
STINT Fellowship (Govt. of Sweden) for innovative collaborative research 2004
NSW Premier’s Research Scientist Award 2003
Overseas Post-graduate Research Scholarship, University of Western Australia 1994
University Research Scholarship, University of Western Australia 1994
Award for the best performance in Geotechnics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1993
Award for the most outstanding Civil Engineering student, University of Peradeniya 1992
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Employment: positions held and key tasks performed
Associate Professor – Dept. of Water Engineering, UNESCO-IHE/Dept. of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands
Term of Employment: 01. 2008 – to date
Key tasks performed:
Play a leadership role in strengthening the research profile of the coastal engineering sections
at UNESCO-IHE and Delft University (TUD).
Develop and implement capacity building initiatives in developing countries in line with UN
Millennium development goals (MDGs)
Conceive and implement new Research Programs
Design and implement Post doctoral and postgraduate research projects in coastal science
Compete and obtain research funding from external and internal funding programs
Contribute to postgraduate teaching in Coastal Engineering and Coastal Zone Management
Supervise PhD and MSc research
Establish and maintain professional networks with stakeholders and funding agencies
Lead/Participate in international consulting projects
Strategy advisor (Long term morphodynamic modelling) - Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering,
DELTARES, The Netherlands
Term of Employment: 01. 2009 – to date
Key tasks performed:
Design and initiate fundamental research projects on Long term morphodynamic modelling
Provide strategic advice to DELTARES staff engaged in Long term morphodynamic modelling
Develop methods to integrate existing DELTARES modelling software for the determination
climate change impacts on coasts and estuaries
Initiate collaborative R&D projects with UNESCO-IHE/TUDelft
Senior Scientist (Coasts) – Coastal Management Unit (CMU), Dept. of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECC-W, ex DECC)
Term of Employment: 01. 2005 – 31. 12. 2007
Key tasks performed:
Design and manage strategic Coastal Management Unit (CMU) R&D projects
Compete and obtain funding for strategic CMU R&D projects from external and internal
funding programs (incl. ARC Linkage)
Initiate ARC Linkage proposals with leading Australian Universities on topics relevant to
DECC-W core business areas
Establish and maintain professional networks with internal/external clients and stakeholders
Steering committee member for coastal process and management studies undertaken by
external consultants
Review consultant project proposals and reports
Program Director: Research program on Numerical modelling of climate change impacts on
coasts (2009-2014)
Program Director: Research program on Long term morphodynamic modeling (2009-2012)
Program Manager: Post-doctoral Research program on adaptation to climate change (2008-
2010)
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Provide expert advice on coastal/estuarine processes, modelling and coastal monitoring
Mentor and train staff members, post-doctoral researchers and post-graduate students
Participate in community awareness meetings
Participate in media interviews when required
Senior Coastal Officer – Centre for Natural Resources (CNR), Dept. of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources (DIPNR, ex DLWC)
Term of Employment: 01. 2000 – 31. 12. 2004
Key tasks performed:
Provide scientific leadership to the coastal processes research team at CNR
Compete and obtain funding for strategic CNR R&D projects from external and internal
funding programs (incl. ARC Linkage)
Initiate ARC Linkage proposals with leading Australian Universities on topics relevant to
DECC-W core business areas
Ensure high visibility of the CNR coastal processes team’s capabilities and products through
regular national/international conference presentations, media releases and contributions to
departmental newsletters
Establish and maintain professional networks with internal/external clients and stakeholders
Liaise with clients/stakeholders to develop effective project proposals
R&D project management
Provide expert advice on coastal/estuarine processes, modelling and coastal monitoring
Research and develop innovative coastal process analysis and monitoring techniques
Mentor and train staff members and post-graduate students
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Oregon State University (Oregon, USA)/ Australian Defence Force Academy (ACT)
Term of Employment: 04. 1998 – 01. 2000 Key tasks performed:
Develop innovative techniques to analyse digital video images of medium-term shoreline
evolution and nearshore morphological changes
Manager (acting), Coasts, Analysis & Technology (CAT) Unit (May-Sept.2002)
Main Tasks performed
Ensure timely delivery of all CAT unit projects
Administrative management of CAT unit members (33 staff)
Evaluate and recommend approval/disapproval of 2002/2003 CAT projects
Ensure effective staff/financial resource allocation for all 2002/2003 CAT projects
Provide monthly executive summaries of project progress
Participate in executive meetings
Manager (acting), Coasts and Floodplain Management, South Coast Region
(Dec. 2005- Jan. 2006)
Main Tasks performed
Lead the unit (over 20 staff) in the delivery of ongoing projects/programs
Coordinate technical support and policy advice provided to Councils and government
agencies to satisfy program objectives
Oversee and manage staff resources and activities
Participate in executive meetings
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Develop numerical models to study the impact of rip currents on nearshore sediment transport
and morphology
Provide regular project progress reports to the US office of Naval Research (Funding agency)
Consulting Engineer (part-time) - Centre for Water Research, Univ. of Western Australia Term of Employment: 04.1994 – 03.1998
Key tasks performed:
Liaise with Australian and international clients/stakeholders to develop project proposals,
define milestones and prepare interim and final reports
Supervision of engineering and technical staff
Acquisition, analysis, interpretation of a wide variety of hydrodynamic (waves, tides, and
currents) and morphological data
Prepare interim and final reports to clients
Deliver oral presentations describing project progress and outcomes to clients/stakeholders
Assistant Lecturer - Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Term of Employment: 05.1993 – 03.1994
Key tasks performed:
Design, organise, and implement a two-semester water resources design problem for Final year
civil engineering students
Supervise and evaluate tutor and student performances
Conduct laboratory and field experiments for third and final year civil engineering students
Technical Skills and Expertise:
Development of process based, probabilistic and scale-aggregated numerical models to determine climate
change driven physical impacts on coasts and estuaries
Development of 1, 2 and 3 dimensional numerical models to simulate coastal and estuarine processes
Application of a wide variety of 1, 2 and 3 dimensional numerical models (eg. hydrodynamic models,
wave models, sediment transport models, morphodynamic models) to investigate coastal and estuarine
processes (eg. DELFT3D, Mike21NSW, Mike21PMS, Mike21HD, Mike21CAMS, LITPACK, SBEACH,
REFDIF, 2DBEACH (ASR Ltd. model), HAMSOM)
Application of remote sensing techniques for coastal zone management (ARGUS video)
Advanced skills in developing innovative image analysis techniques (MATLAB-based) to extract
quantitative information from digital images (ARGUS video, LIDAR)
Design and execution of multi-disciplinary field experiments
Acquisition of a variety of field data (e.g. water levels, wave characteristics, inlet, estuarine and nearshore
currents, sediment transport rates, meteorological data) using sophisticated instruments
Advanced data analysis and reporting skills
Extensive knowledge of coastal and estuarine processes (including climate change and variability impacts)
Supervision of Scientists:
7 Post Doctoral Fellows (4 ongoing)
16 PhD candidates (11 ongoing)
20 MSc students.
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RESEARCH
Research Interests:
The interaction of coastal hydrodynamics and morphology (i.e. morphodynamics) at medium (days) to
long (century) time scales and associated coastline and nearshore morphological change at medium (~
100m) to large (~100km) spatial scales,
Climate change impacts on coasts and estuaries
Development of engineering tools that can provide probabilistic estimates of coastal hazards to aid
contemporary risk based coastal zone management/planning efforts.
Scale aggregated modelling of long term coastal evolution
Development of innovative coastal risk assessment methods
Tidal inlet processes
Satellite and Video based techniques for coastal monitoring and data assimilation methods
Mixing, stratification, flushing and circulation in estuaries and coastal lagoons
Publications:
4 book chapters includes a chapter on 'Sea Level rise and Coastal Erosion' in the prestigious Handbook of
Coastal and Ocean Engineering, which is published only once every 10 years)
50 journal papers (and 4 more in review) - with a majority in top ranked journals
Includes a full length Article on " Climate Change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted
coastlines " in the prestigious journal Nature Climate Change [2012]
Includes an invited Editorial Commentary on 'Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines' in the
prestigious journal Climatic Change [2009]
Includes an invited review on 'The Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets: Causes and Effects' in
the Coastal Engineering Journal [2003]
17 First author publications
ISI/Scopus h- index - 14; citations per year (last 5 years) - 65
68 peer reviewed conference papers Book Chapters
1. M.J.F. Stive, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2010. Sea level rise and coastal erosion. In: Handbook
of Coastal and Ocean Engineering (Ed. Y. Kim), World Scientific.pp 1023-1038.
2. M. D. Harley, I. L. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE 2007. Monitoring beach processes
using conventional, RTK-GPS and video image-derived survey methods: Narrabeen Beach, Australia.
In: GIS for the Coastal Zone, (Eds. Woodroffe, C.D., Bruce E.M., Puotinen, M., and Furness, R.A),
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, pp. 151-164.
3. B. G. Ruessink and R. RANASINGHE. Beaches. In: Coastal Environments: Dynamics, Climate
Change and Management (Eds. G. Masselink and R. Gehrels), Wiley-Blackwell (in press)
4. D. Roelvink, M. van der Wegen, D. Walstra, R. RANASINGHE. Modelling of Coastal Morphological
Processes. In: Ocean Engineering Handbook (Eds. M. Dhanak & N. Xiros), Springer (in press)
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Journal Publications
1. S. De Vries, J. van Thiel De Vries, L. van Rijn and R. RANASINGHE. Aeolian sediment transport in
supply limited situations Part I; A numerical implementation. Aeolian Research (in review)
2. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE, D. Roelvink. Numerical modelling of the impact of Sea
level rise on large tidal inlet/basin systems. Global and Planetary Change (in review)
3. M. A. DeSchipper, R. RANASINGHE, A. J. H. M. Reniers, R. Holman and M. J. F. Stive. Post Storm
emergence of alongshore variability in nearshore bars: A field data analysis. Marine Geology (in
review)
4. R. RANASINGHE, M. Borsboom and D. J. R. Walstra. Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC
approach: Error quantification. Coastal Engineering (in review)
5. M. J. F. Stive, M. A. de Schipper, A. Luijendijk, R. RANASINGHE, S. Aarninkhof, C. van Gelder-Maas,
J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries, S. de Vries, M. Henriquez and S. Marx. A promising alternative to saving
our beaches from sea level rise: The sand engine. Journal of Coastal Research (in press: accepted 10
June 2013)
6. T. D. Price, B. Castelle, R. RANASINGHE, B. G. Ruessink. Coupled sandbar patterns and obliquely
incident waves. Journal of Geophysical Research (in press: accepted 9 July 2013)
7. J. Mil-homens, R. RANASINGHE, J. van Thiel De Vries and M. J. F. Stive. 2013. Re-evaluation and
improvement of three commonly used bulk longshore sediment transport formulas. Coastal Engineering,
Vol 75: 29-39.
8. R. RANASINGHE, T. Duong, S. Uhlenbrook, D. Roelvink and M. Stive. 2013 Climate Change impact
assessment for inlet-interrupted coastlines. Nature Climate Change, Vol 3: 83-87.
9. A. W. Jiang, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2013. Contemporary Hydrodynamics and
Morphological Change of a Microtidal Estuary: a Numerical Modelling Study. Ocean Dynamics, Vol
63: 21-41
10. A. van Dongeren, R. Lowe, A. Pomeroy, T. Duong, D. Roelvink, G. Symonds and R. RANASINGHE.
2013. Numerical modelling of Low-Frequency wave dynamics over a fringing coral reef. Coastal
Engineering, Vol 73: 178-190.
11. M. Hemer, K. McInnes and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Projections of climate change driven variations
in the offshore wave climate off South Eastern Australia. International Journal of Climatology, DOI:
10.1002/joc.3537.
12. T. Duong, R. RANASINGHE, A. Luijendijk and D. Roelvink. 2012. Climate Change impacts on the
stability of small tidal inlets. Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems, Vol 3:163-171
13. R. Almar, R. RANASINGHE, N. Senechal, P. Bonneton, D. Roelvink, K. Bryan, V. Marieu and J.
Parisot. 2012. Video based detection of shorelines at complex meso-macro tidal beaches, Journal of
Coastal Research, Vol 28(5): 1040-1048.
14. S. de Vries, H. N. Southgate, W. Kanning. and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Dune behavior and Aeolian
transport on decadal timescales. Coastal Engineering, Vol 67:41-53.
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15. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Estimating coastal recession due to sea level
rise: Beyond the Bruun Rule. Climatic Change, Vol 110: 561-574
16. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE, D. Roelvink. 2012. The morphological response of large
tidal inlet/basin systems to sea level rise. Climatic Change, Vol 113: 253-276
17. H. Karunarathna, J. M. Horrillo-Caraballo, R. RANASINGHE, A. Short and D. Reeve. 2012. Marine
Geology, Vol. 299-302: 33-43
18. D. J. R. Walstra, A. H. J. M. Reniers, R. RANASINGHE and G. Ruessink. 2012. On bar growth and
decay during interannual net offshore migration. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 60: 190-200
19. M. Hemer, K. McInnes and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Climate and variability bias adjustment of
climate model derived winds for a southeast Australian dynamical wave model. Ocean Dynamics, Vol
62: 87-104.
20. M. D. Harley, I. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. A re-evaluation of coastal
embayment rotation in SE Australia: the dominance of cross-shore versus alongshore sediment transport
processes. Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), DOI: 10.1029/2011JF001989
21. A. Wenping Jiang, R. RANASINGHE, P. Cowell. and J. Savioli. 2011. Tidal asymmetry of a shallow
well-mixed estuary and the implications on net sediment transport: A numerical modelling study.
Australian journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 9, 1-18
22. A. W. Jiang, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2011. Hydrodynamic variability along a low-energy
estuarine beach located in an open estuary. Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 9, 113-128
23. R. Jongejan, R.RANASINGHE, J. Vrijling and D. Callaghan. 2011. A risk informed approach to
coastal zone management. Australian journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 9, 47-60
24. R. RANASINGHE, C. Swinkels, A. Luijendijk, D. Roelvink, J. Bosboom, M. Stive. and D. Walstra.
2011. Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach: Dependencies and sensitivities. Coastal
Engineering, Vol. 58, 806-811
25. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Assessment and integration of
conventional, RTK-GPS and image-derived beach survey methods for daily to decadal coastal
monitoring, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58, 194-205
26. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE, D. Roelvink, Z. B. Wang and H. D. Niemeyer. 2011.
Process-based and semi-empirical modelling approaches on tidal inlet evolution. Journal of Coastal
Research, SI 64, 1013-1017
27. A. Vila-Concejo, T. P. Austin, D. L. Harris, M. G. Hughes, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2011.
Estuarine beach evolution in relation to the flood-tide delta. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, 190-194.
28. R. RANASINGHE, M. Larson and J. Savioli. 2010. Shoreline response to a single shore-parallel
submerged breakwater. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 57, 1006-1017.
29. A. Vila-Concejo., M. G. Hughes, A. Short. and R. RANASINGHE. 2010. Estuarine shoreline
processes in a dynamic low-energy system, Ocean Dynamics, Vol. 60, 285-298
30. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. D. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2010. Inter-annual variability and controls of
the Sydney wave climate, International journal of climatology, Vol 30: 1322-1335.
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31. R. RANASINGHE and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Rising Seas and Retreating Coastlines, Climatic Change
(Invited Editorial Commentary), Vol 97, 465-468.
32. A. Vila Concejo, A. D. Short, M. G. Hughes and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Formation and evolution of
a sandwave on an estuarine beach, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, Vol. 1, 153-157
33. T. Austin, A. D. Short, M. G. Hughes, A. Vila Concejo and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Tidal
hydrodynamics of a micro-tidal, wave dominated flood tidal delta: Port Stephens, Australia, Journal of
Coastal Research, SI 56, 693-697
34. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE and J. A. Roelvink. 2009. Effect of sea level rise on tidal
inlet evolution, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, Vol 2, 942-946
35. D. Callaghan, R. RANASINGHE and A. Short. 2009. Quantifying the storm erosion hazard for coastal
planning, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 56, 90-93.
36. D. Callaghan, P. Nielsen, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Statistical simulation of wave climate
and extreme beach erosion, Coastal Engineering, Vol 55(5), 375-390
37. E. Gale, C. Pattiaratchi and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Processes driving circulation, exchange and
flushing within Intermittently Closing and Opening Lakes and Lagoons, Marine and Freshwater
Research, Vol. 58(8), 709-719.
38. G. Ruessink, G. Coco , R. RANASINGHE, and I. Turner. 2007. Coupled and Non-coupled behaviour
in double sandbar morphology, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, C07002, doi:
10.1029/2006JC003799.
39. D. Callaghan, P. Nielsen and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Estimating extreme beach erosion frequency
from a Monte Carlo simulation of wave climate. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 88-92.
40. A. Vila-Concejo, M. Hughes, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Flood-tide delta morphodynamics
and management implications, Port Stephens, Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 705-709.
41. I. Turner, D. Whyte, G. Ruessink and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Observations of rip spacing,
persistence and mobility at a long, straight coastline. Marine Geology, Vol. 236, 209-221
42. E. Gale, C. Pattiaratchi and R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Vertical Mixing Processes in Intermittently
Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoons, and the Dissolved Oxygen Response. Estuarine, Coastal and
Shelf Science, Vol. 69, 206-216
43. R. RANASINGHE, I. Turner and G. Symonds. 2006. Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A
Numerical and Physical modelling study. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 53, 589-611
44. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2006. Shoreline Response to Submerged Structures: A Review.
Coastal Engineering, Vol. 53, 65-79.
45. R. Holman, G. Symonds, E. Thornton and R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Rip Spacing and Persistence on an
Embayed Beach. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, C01006, doi:10.1029/2005JC002965.
46. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds, K. Black and R. Holman. 2004. Morphodynamics of Intermediate
Beaches: A Video Imaging and Numerical Modelling Study. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 51, 629-655.
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47. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLoughlin, A. Short and G. Symonds. 2004. The Southern Oscillation Index,
Wave Climate, and Beach Rotation. Marine Geology, Vol. 204, 273-287.
48. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi. 2003. The Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets: Causes and Effects.
(Invited review) Coastal Engineering Journal - Special Issue: Progress in Hydrodynamics and
Morphodynamics of Tidal Inlets -A Global Update, Vol. 45(4), 601-627.
49. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 2000. Tidal Velocity Asymmetry at Inlets located in Diurnal
Tidal Regimes. Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 20(2000), 2347-2366.
50. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets - A Case Study. Coastal
Engineering, Vol. 37(1), 37 - 56.
51. R. RANASINGHE, C. Pattiaratchi, and G. Masselink, 1999. A Morphodynamic Model to Simulate the
Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 37(1), 1 - 36.
52. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. Circulation and Mixing Characteristics of a Seasonally -
Open Tidal Inlet: A Field Study. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 50(4), 281 - 290.
53. R. RANASINGHE, C. Pattiaratchi, and G. Masselink, 1998. Seasonal Inlet Closure: Governing
Processes, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 26, 32 - 41.
54. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1998. Flushing Characteristics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal
Inlet: A Numerical Study. Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 14(4), 1405 - 1421.
Conference Proceedings
1. H. Karunarathna, J. M. Horillo-Carraballo, R. RANASINGHE, A. Short, and D. Reeve. 2012. Cross
shore beach change of a sand and a composite sand gravel beaches. Proceedings of the 33rd International
Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
2. M. Geldenhuys, M. van Ledden, B. Jonkman, M. J. F. Stive, and R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Coastal
adaptation in the developing world: a case study in Durban, South Africa. Proceedings of the 33rd
International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
3. D. Wainwright, D. Callaghan, R. Jongejan, R. RANASINGHE and P. Cowell. 2012. How to weigh
coastal hazard against economic consequence. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on
Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
4. R. RANASINGHE, R. Holman, M. A. de Schipper, T. Lippmann, J. Wehof, T. Minh Duong, D.
Roelvink and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Quantification of nearshore morphological recovery time scales using
Argus video imaging: Palm beach, Sydney and Duck, NC. Proceedings of the 33rd International
Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
5. S. de Vries, M. J. F. Stive, L. van Rijn, R. RANASINGHE. 2012. A new concept for Aeolian sediment
transport rates on beaches. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering
(ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
6. J. Mil-Homens, R. RANASINGHE, J. S. M. van Thiel de Vries, M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Re-assessment
and improvement of bulk longshore sediment transport formulas. Proceedings of the 33rd International
Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
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7. M. A. de Schipper, A. Reniers, R. RANASINGHE, J. MacMahan and M. J. F. Stive. 2012. Wave group
induced motions and their magnitude. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal
Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
8. A. van Dongeren, R. Lowe, A. Pomeroy, T. Minh Duong, D. Roelvink, R. RANASINGHE and G.
Symonds. 2012. Modelling infragravity waves and currents across a fringing reef. Proceedings of the
33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2012, Santander, Spain.
9. M. A. Geldenhuys, S. N. Jonkman, A. A. Mather, R. RANASINGHE, M. J. F. Stive and M. van Ledden.
2012. Coastal adaptation to climate change: A case study in Durban, South Africa. Proceedings of
COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 135-146.
10. T. Duong, R. RANASINGHE, A. Luijendijk, A. Dastgheib and D. Roelvink. 2012. Climate change
impacts on the stability of small tidal inlets. Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 594-
602.
11. A. Dastgheib, M. Rajabalinejad, R. RANASINGHE and D. Roelvink. 2012. A probabilistic approach to
investigate the effect of wave chronology on process based morphological modelling. Proceedings of
COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 708-716.
12. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, R. RANASINGHE and D. Roelvink. 2012. Numerical approach on the inlet
effects on adjacent coastlines. Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 858-869.
13. R. RANASINGHE, R. B. Jongejan, D. Callaghan and J. K. Vrijling. 2012. An innovative approach to
determine economically optimal coastal setback lines for risk informed coastal zone management.
Proceedings of COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India, pp. 1130-1141.
14. R. RANASINGHE, J. Bosboom, S. Uhlenbrook, D. Roelvink, H. Ngo and M. J. F. Stive. 2011. A scale
aggregated model to estimate climate change driven coastline change along inlet interrupted coasts.
Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 286-298.
15. S. De Vries, B. Ahrens, M. Stive and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Dune growth trends and the effect of
beach width on annual timescales. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 712-
724. [Won the award for best student paper]
16. D. J. R. Walstra, B. G. Ruessink and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. The influence of initialization on inter-
annual model predictions. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA, pp. 712-724.
17. R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change impacts on small tidal inlets: Why and How? (Keynote
lecture) - Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok,
Thailand, pp. 1-4
18. T. Duong and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change impacts on the stability of small tidal inlets.
Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok, Thailand,
pp. 8-15
19. B. Siqueira, R. RANASINGHE, D. J. R. Walstra and M. J. F. Stive. 2011. Climate change impacts on
the hydrodynamics of Songkhla lagoon, Thailand. Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change
Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 16-23
20. J. Bamunawala, S. Hettiarachchi, S. Samarawickrama and R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change
impacts on the wave climate off south west Sri Lanka. Proceedings of Symposium on Climate Change
Impacts on Small Tidal Inlets 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 24-27
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21. M. Hemer, R. RANASINGHE and K. McInnes. 2010. Simulating climate change driven variations in
future storm characteristics. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka (on CD Rom)
22. D. Roelvink, M. van der Wegen, A. Dastgheib, D. M. P. K. Dissanayake and R. RANASINGHE. 2010.
Predictability of the main channe and shoal patterns od estuaries and tidal inlets. Physics of Estuaries
and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka (on CD Rom)
23. N. Wikramanayake, P. Wickramagamage, R. M. K. Kumarihamy, E. Vidanapathirana, M. Larson and R.
RANASINGHE. 2010. Seasonally closed inlets of Sri Lanka: classification and field observations.
Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka (on CD Rom)
24. R. Jongejan, J. Vrijling. and R.RANASINGHE. A risk informed approach to coastal zone management.
Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai,
China, Paper No. Management8 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).
25. R. RANASINGHE, C. Swinkels, A. Luijendijk, D. Roelvink, J. Bosboom, M. Stive. and D. Walstra.
Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach. Proceedings of the 32nd International
Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment59
(http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).
26. M. Stive, L. Li, R. Brouwer. J. van de Kreeke. and R. RANASINGHE. Empirical relationship between
inlet cross section and tidal prism. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal
Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment86 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).
27. M. de Schipper, R. RANASINGHE, A. Reniers. and M. Stive. On the initiation of nearshore
morphological rythmicity. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering
(ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment47 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).
28. S. de Vries, M. de Schipper, M. Stive. and R. RANASINGHE. Sediment exchange between the sub-
aqueous and sub-aerial coastal zone. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal
Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment42 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).
29. A. W. Jiang, M. Hughes, P. Cowell, A. Gordon, J. Savioli. and R. RANASINGHE. A hybrid model of
swash-zone lonngshore sediment transport on reflective beaches. Proceedings of the 32nd International
Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. Sediment29
(http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).
30. S. Narayan, T. Suzuki, M. Stive, H. Verhagen, W. Ursem. and R. RANASINGHE. The effectiveness of
mangroves in attenuation cyclone induced waves. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on
Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China, Paper No. waves50 (http://journals.tdl.org/ICCE/).
31. M. A. Hemer, K. McInnes, and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Future Projections of the East Australian
Wave climate. Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on wave hindcasting and forecasting and
coastal hazards, Halifax, Canada.
http://www.waveworkshop.org/11thWaves/Papers/hemeretal_EAusProj_wavesworkshop09.pdf
32. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. A process based approach to derive
probabilistic estimates of coastal recession due to sea level rise. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2009,
Tokyo, Japan (on CD Rom, World Scientific).
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33. M. J. F. Stive, J. van de Kreeke, N. T. Lam, T. T. Tung and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Empirical
relationships between inlet cross section and tidal prism: A review. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics
2009, Tokyo, Japan (on CD Rom, World Scientific).
34. M. Larson, N. Wickramanaike, H. Hanson and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Seasonal closure of Chilaw
Inlet, Sri Lanka: Physical processes and mathematical modelling. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics
2009, Tokyo, Japan (on CD Rom, World Scientific).
35. A. W. Jiang, C. Allery, A. Vila Concejo, P. Cowell and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Dominant
hydrodynamic processes at Port Stephens NSW Australia: A numerical modelling study. Proceedings of
Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom, Engineers Australia).
36. R. Jongejan and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Establishing setback lines for land use planning: A risk
informed approach. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom,
Engineers Australia).
37. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Probabilistic modelling of coastal recession
due to Sea level rise. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom,
Engineers Australia).
38. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short, and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. An empirical model of beach response to
storms. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand (on CD Rom, Engineers
Australia).
39. D. M. P. K. Dissanayake, D. Roelvink and R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Process-based approach on tidal
inlet evolution – Part II, Proceedings of the International Conference in Ocean Engineering, Chennai, India. CD Rom.
40. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short, and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Rotation and oscillation of an embayed
beach. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2008, Hamburg,
Germany. pp. 865-975
41. D. Callaghan, P. Nielsen, M. Larson, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Process determined
coastal hazards. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2008,
Hamburg, Germany. pp. 4227-4236
42. A. Vila-Concejo., M. G. Hughes, A. Short. and R. RANASINGHE. 2008. Estuarine shoreline
processes: a dynamic low-energy system. Proceedings of Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas,
Liverpool, United Kingdom (on CD ROM, Springer).
43. T. Austin, M. G. Hughes, R. RANASINGHE and A. Short, A.Vila-Concejo. 2008. Short- to medium-
term flood-tide delta morphodynamics and implications for shoreline management. Proceedings of
Coast to Coast Conference, Darwin, Australia (on CD Rom).
44. A. Vila-Concejo, A. Short, M. G. Hughes and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Shoreline implications of
flood-tide delta morphodynamics. The case of Port Stephens (SE Australia). Proceedings of Coastal
Sediments 2007, pp.1417-1430.
45. R. RANASINGHE, P. Watson, D.Lord, D. Hanslow, and P. Cowell. 2007. Sea level rise, Coastal
recession, and the Bruun Rule. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD
Rom produced by Engineers Australia.
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46. R. RANASINGHE, D. Lord, D. Hanslow, and K. McInnes. 2007. Climate Change impacts on NSW
coasts and estuaries. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia On CD Rom
produced by Engineers Australia
47. K. McInnes, I. Macadam, D. Abbs, S. P. O’Farrell, J. O’Grady, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007.
Projected changes in climatological forcing conditions for coastal erosion in NSW. Proceedings of
Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia
48. D. Callaghan, M. Larson, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. A process based profile evolution model to
simulate dune erosion. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom
produced by Engineers Australia
49. M. Harley, I. Turner, B. Morris, A. D. Short, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Nearshore wave climate
and localized erosion during high wave events – SE Australia. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07,
Melbourne, VIC, Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia
50. J. Savioli, M. Larson, and R. RANASINGHE. 2007. A design criterion to determine the mode of
shoreline response to submerged breakwaters. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC,
Australia. On CD Rom produced by Engineers Australia
51. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Assessing the accuracy and applicability
of a multi decadal beach survey dataset. Proceedings of the 30th International Coastal Engineering
Conference, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 4000-4008.
52. G. Ruessink, G. Coco, R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2006. A Cross-wavelet study of Alongshore
non-uniform nearshore sandbar behaviour. Proceedings of the 2006 International Joint Conference on
Neural Networks, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 8743-8750.
53. C. Donnelly, R. RANASINGHE and M. Larson. 2005. Numerical Modelling of Beach Profile Change
caused by Overwash. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics ’05, Barcelona, Spain. CD-ROM Published by
World Scientific Press and East Meets West Productions, TX, ISBN-981-238-422-7, 41 pp.
54. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2005. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surfing Reefs. Proceedings of
Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp. 667-672.
55. M. Harley, I. Turner, A. Short and R. RANASINGHE. 2005. Comparison of Video, RTK-GPS and
Conventional Beach Survey Methods. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia, pp.
465-469.
56. D. Whyte, I. Turner and R. RANASINGHE. 2005. Rip Characterisation on the Gold Coast, Australia:
An analysis using Coastal Imaging Techniques. Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA,
Australia, pp. 233-238.
57. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2004. Shoreline Response to Submerged Breakwaters: Multi-function
structures- A special case. Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering
(ICCE) 2004, Lisbon, Portugal. 19 - 24 July 2004, pp. 1984-1996.
58. P. Evans and R. RANASINGHE, Artificial Surfing Reefs: A New Paradigm in Coastal protection, 2001.
Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘01, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, pp. 128 – 133.
59. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLoughlin, P. Evans, and A. Short, 2001. The Southern Oscillation Index,
Wave Climate, and Beach Rotation, Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘01, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia,
pp. 203 – 208.
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60. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds, K. Black and R. Holman, 2000. Processes Governing Rip Spacing,
Persistence, and Strength in a Swell Dominated, Microtidal Environment, Proceedings of the
International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2000, Sydney, Australia, pp. 454-467.
61. G. Symonds and R. RANASINGHE, 2000. On the Formation of Rip Currents on a Plane Beach,
Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2000, Sydney, Australia,
pp. 468-481.
62. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Quantitative Characterisation of Rip Currents
via Video Imaging, Proceedings of Coastal Sediments ‘99, New York, USA, pp. 987 - 1002.
63. R. RANASINGHE, and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. A Model to Identify the Mechanism of Seasonal Inlet
Closure, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing
Countries Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 390 – 40.
64. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Video Imaging: A New Technique for Coastal
Zone Management, Proceedings of Coasts and Ports ‘99, Perth, Australia, pp. 555 - 560.
65. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. A Model to Classify Intermediate Beaches,
Proceedings of the Sixth National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference
(AMOS), Canberra, Australia, pp.67.
66. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1997. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets, Proceedings of the Third
International Coastal Dynamics Conference, Plymouth, UK, pp. 1003 - 1012.
67. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Hydrodynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995. Third
Conference of the Australian Marine and Oceanographic Society, Hobart, Australia.
68. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Dynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995. Proceedings
of the Fourth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, Rio
De Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 282 - 296.
Presentations:
Invited presentations:
Keynotes:
1. R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Quantifying climate change impacts on coasts. Keynote address at
Morphodynamics of Coasts and Estuaries 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
2. R. RANASINGHE. 2011. Climate change impacts on Small tidal inlets: Why and How? Keynote
address at Climate Change impacts on Small tidal inlets Symposium 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
Other:
1. R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Assessing Climate change impacts on Coasts. Institut de recherche pour
le developpement, Toulouse, France
2. R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Assessing Climate change impacts on Coasts: Raising the bar. Water
Colloquium, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands
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3. R. RANASINGHE. 2012. Assessment of 21st century Climate Change impacts in Sri Lanka.
National Science Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
4. R. RANASINGHE. 2010. Numerical modelling of climate change impacts on coasts. CSIRO
Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
5. R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Climate change impacts on Small Tidal Inlets. University of Moratuwa,
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
6. R. RANASINGHE. 2009. Long term morphodynamics modelling with the MORFAC approach,
DELTARES, Delft, The Netherlands
7. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Shoreline response to submerged breakwaters. University of Peradeniya,
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
8. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Introduction to Hydraulic modelling. Seminar on Hydraulic Modelling,
University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
9. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. Modelling of Coastal Processes. Seminar on Hydraulic Modelling,
University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
10. R. RANASINGHE. 2007. A preliminary assessment of the coastal impacts resulting from climate
change.. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Summit, Sydney, Australia.
11. R. RANASINGHE. 2006. Shoreline response to Artificial surf breaks. UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The
Netherlands.
12. R. RANASINGHE, D. Whyte, I. Turner and G. Ruessink. 2006. Rip Observations at the Gold
Coast, Australia.’ ARGUS Coastal Imaging symposium, Sydney, Australia
13. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLouglin, G. Symonds and R.Holman. 2005. Beach rotation and the
Southern Oscillation Index. Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
14. R. RANASINGHE. 2003. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surf Breaks: An Idealised Application
of MIKE21 CAMS. Asia-Pacific DHI Software Conference, Sydney, Australia.
15. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi. 2001. Seasonal closure of tidal inlets. Lanka Hydraulic
Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
16. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi. 2000. Dynamics of seasonally open of tidal inlets.
University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya,Sri Lanka.
17. R. RANASINGHE. 1999. Rip Observations at Palm Beach, Australia.’ ARGUS Coastal Imaging
symposium, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
Conference presentations:
1. R. RANASINGHE, R. B. Jongejan, D. Callaghan and J. K. Vrijling. 2012. An innovative approach
to determine economically optimal coastal setback lines for risk informed coastal zone management.
COPEDEC VIII, Chennai, India.
2. R. RANASINGHE, J. Bosboom, S. Uhlenbrook, D. Roelvink, H. Ngo and M. J. F. Stive. 2011. A
scale aggregated model to estimate climate change driven coastline change along inlet interrupted
coasts. Coastal Sediments 2011, Miami, FL, USA.
3. M. Hemer, R. RANASINGHE and K. McInnes. 2010. Simulating climate change driven variations
in future storm characteristics. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
4. R. RANASINGHE, C. Swinkels, A. Luijendijk, D. Roelvink, J. Bosboom, M. Stive. and D.
Walstra. Morphodynamic upscaling with the MORFAC approach. 32nd International Conference on
Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2010, Shanghai, China.
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5. R. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. A process based approach to derive
probabilistic estimates of coastal recession due to sea level rise. Coastal Dynamics 2009, Tokyo,
Japan.
6. RANASINGHE, D. Callaghan and M. J. F. Stive. 2009. Probabilistic modelling of coastal recession
due to Sea level rise. Coasts and Ports ‘09, Wellington, New Zealand.
7. R. RANASINGHE, P. Watson, D.Lord, D. Hanslow, and P. Cowell. 2007. Sea level rise, Coastal
recession, and the Bruun Rule. Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
8. R. RANASINGHE, D. Lord, D. Hanslow, and K. McInnes. 2007. Climate Change impacts on NSW
coasts and estuaries. Coasts and Ports ‘07, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
9. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2005. Shoreline Response to Artificial Surfing Reefs. Coasts and
Ports ‘05, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
10. R. RANASINGHE and I. Turner. 2004. Shoreline Response to Submerged Breakwaters: Multi-
function structures- A special case. 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE)
2004, Lisbon, Portugal.
11. R. RANASINGHE, R. McLoughlin, P. Evans, and A. Short, 2001. The Southern Oscillation Index,
Wave Climate, and Beach Rotation Coasts and Ports ‘01, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
12. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds, K. Black and R. Holman, 2000. Processes Governing Rip Spacing,
Persistence, and Strength in a Swell Dominated, Microtidal Environment, 27th International
Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE) 2000, Sydney, Australia.
13. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Quantitative Characterisation of Rip
Currents via Video Imaging, Coastal Sediments ‘99, New York, USA.
14. R. RANASINGHE, and C. Pattiaratchi, 1999. A Model to Identify the Mechanism of Seasonal Inlet
Closure, Fifth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries
Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa.
15. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. Video Imaging: A New Technique for
Coastal Zone Management Coasts and Ports ‘99, Perth, Australia.
16. R. RANASINGHE, G. Symonds and R. Holman, 1999. A Model to Classify Intermediate Beaches,
Sixth National Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference (AMOS),
Canberra, Australia.
17. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, 1997. Seasonal Closure of Tidal Inlets, Coastal Dynamics97,
Plymouth, UK.
18. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Hydrodynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet, 1995.
Third Conference of the Australian Marine and Oceanographic Society, Hobart, Australia.
19. R. RANASINGHE and C. Pattiaratchi, Dynamics of a Seasonally - Open Tidal Inlet,
1995.COPEDEC IV, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Research Funding:
Successful research funding applications since 2000 (Total: US $ 11.98 Million)
Year Project Title Collaboration Funding Agency Budget (US $)
2012 Development of an innovative
wind stress model to obtain
robust storm surge forecasts
(PI)
Univ. of QLD Australian
Research Council
(Discovery)
$ 500,000
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2012 Ensemble assessment of climate
change driven coastal change on
South Eastern Australia (CI A)
CSIRO, Univ. of
QLD, Univ. of
Sydney, Deltares (NL)
Australian
Research Council
(Future Fellow)
$ 750,000
[Won and
Declined]
2012 Development of Sea level rise
scenarios for Tamil Nadu, India
(CI A)
Asian
Development
Bank
$ 160,000
2011 Nearshore Monitoring and
Modelling: Inter-scale coastal
behaviour
(CI B)
Deltares (NL) European
Research Council
(ERC)
$ 3,300,000
2010 A model framework to assess
risk and adaptation to climate
change on Australian coasts
(CI A)
Univ. of Sydney,
Univ. of Wollongong,
Univ. of QLD,
Jongejan RMC (NL)
Australian
Department of
Climate Change
(DCC)
$ 650,000
2010 Adaptation to Climate Change:
Sao Tome and Principe
(CI A)
Deltares (NL) World Bank $ 270,000
2009 Climate change impacts on
Small Tidal inlets
(CI A)
Asian Institute of
Technology (TH),
Univ. of Moratuwa
(SL), CSIRO, Deltares
(NL), NASA (USA)
Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs/UNESCO
(NL)
$ 400,000
2009 Morphological changes by large
scale interventions
(CI A)
Deltares, Technical
Univ. of Delft (NL)
Van Oord/
Boskalis (NL)
$ 650,000
2009 Sustainable development of
beaches and dunes
(CI A)
Deltares, Technical
Univ. of Delft (NL)
Van Oord/
Boskalis (NL)
$ 650,000
2008 Finite amplitude behaviour of
nearshore crescentic sandbars
(CI B)
Univ. Utrecht , Univ.
Bordeaux (FR),
Oregon State
Univ.(USA)
National Science
Organisation (NL)
(NWO)
$ 700,000
2008 Investigation of climate change
driven variations in the offshore
wave climate along NSW coast.
(CI A)
CSIRO, Technical
Univ. of Delft (NL)
Australian
Department of
Climate Change
(DCC)
$ 600,000
2006 Climate Change impacts on
NSW beaches and estuaries
(CI A)
CSIRO, Univ. of
QLD, WBM PML
NSW Cabinet
Office (CCIARP)
$ 250,000
2006 Port Stephens Flood Tide delta:
Shoreline management issues
(PI)
Univ. of Sydney,
Danish Hydraulic Inst.
Australian
Research Council
(Linkage)
$ 650,000
2005 Quantifying the coastal erosion
hazard in NSW due to extreme
storms and Sea level rise
(CI A)
Univ. of QLD, Univ.
of Sydney, Lund Univ.
(SE)
Australian Federal
Govt. and NSW
state govt.
(NDMP)
$ 300,000
2004 Regional scale shoreline
response to climate variability
impacts
(PI)
Univ. of NSW, Univ.
of Sydney, Delft
Hydraulics (NL)
Australian
Research Council
(Linkage)
$ 750,000
2004 Modelling coastal dune response
to climate change driven extreme
storms
Lund Univ. (SE), US
Geological Survey,
NASA
Govt. of Sweden,
DIPNR
$ 100,000
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(CI B)
2002 Hydrodynamics of Intermittent
Lakes and Lagoons
(PI)
Univ. of WA, Univ. of
NSW
Australian
Research Council
(Linkage)
$ 600,000
2002 Artificial Surf Breaks as a
Coastal protection Measure
(CI A)
Univ. of NSW, Danish
Hydr. Inst. (DE)
DIPNR $ 450,000
2000 Climate Variability impacts on
Beach Rotation
(CI A)
Univ. of Sydney,
Univ. of NSW,
Oregon State Univ
DLWC $ 250,000
Total R&D funding since 2000 (US $) 11,980,000
Note: CI A (Principal Chief Investigator),CI B (Secondary Chief Investigator), PI (Partner Investigator); NL
(The Netherlands), SE (Sweden), TH (Thailand), SL (Sri Lanka), DE (Denmark), FR (France).
Collaborations:
Institution Role of institution in
collaboration
Topic(s) of
Collaboration
Active
network
since
IN AUSTRALIA
Univ. of Western Australia Research Partner Dynamics of tidal inlets 1994
Lund University (SE) Research Partner Dynamics of Tidal
inlets, Dune erosion
modelling
1996
Oregon State University (USA) Research Partner ARGUS video imaging,
Rip currents
1997
Southampton University (UK) Research Partner Climate Change impacts
on coasts and estuaries
1997
HR Wallingford Ltd (UK) Research Partner Numerical modelling of
coastal processes
1997
Univ. of NSW Research Partner Artificial surf breaks,
rip currents, beach
rotation
1998
Univ. of Sydney Research Partner Flood delta
morphodynamics,
Beach rotation, Sea
level rise and coastal
erosion
1999
Tech. Univ. of Delft (NL) Research Partner Numerical modelling of
coastal processes,
Climate Change impacts
on coasts and estuaries
2000
Danish Hydraulic Institute (DE) Research Partner Numerical modelling of
coastal processes
2001
GeoScience Australia Govt. Stakeholder,
Research Partner
Numerical modelling of
Tsunami impacts
2003
NSW cabinet office Funding agency Climate Change impacts
on NSW beaches
2004
CSIRO (CMAR) Research Partner Climate change driven
variations in the NSW
2004
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wave climate
Univ. of Queensland Research Partner Process based,
probabilistic modelling
of storm erosion and
coastline recession due
to sea level rise
2004
Utrecht University (NL) Research Partner Medium term nearshore
morphodynamics
2004
Deltares (Delft Hydraulics) (NL) Funding agency,
Research Partner
Modelling of coastal
processes, long term
morphodynamic
modelling, ARGUS
video imaging
2004
Univ. of Peradeniya (SL) Research Partner Dynamics of Tidal
inlets, Climate change
impacts on coasts
2004
Commonwealth Dept of Climate
Change
Govt. Stakeholder,
Funding agency
Climate change driven
variations in the NSW
offshore wave climate,
storm erosion and
coastline recession due
to sea level rise
2007
Univ. of Miami (USA) Research Partner Numerical modelling of
coastal processes, Rip
currents
2007
Bordeaux University (FR) Research Partner ARGUS video imaging 2007
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL) Funding agency Climate change impacts
on coasts and estuaries,
Adaptation to Climate
Change in the Mekong
2008
Univ. of Moratuwa (SL) Research Partner Climate change impacts
on coasts and estuaries
2008
Asian Institute of Technology (TH) Research Partner Climate change impacts
on coasts and estuaries
2009
Glasgow University (UK) Research Partner Long term
morphodynamic
modelling
2009
Van Oord (NL) Funding agency Large scale coastal
interventions, Dune
recovery
2009
Boskalis (NL) Funding agency Large scale coastal
interventions, Dune
recovery
2009
Univ. of Plymouth (UK) Research Partner Climate change impacts
on coasts
2010
World Bank Funding agency Adaptation to Climate
Change
2010
Asian Development Bank Funding agency Adaptation to Climate
Change
2012
The Australian National University Research Partner Offshore waves,
Satellite altimetry
2012
Swansea University Research Partner Long term 2012
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morphodynamic
modelling
Professional Service:
Review Services:
Funding Agencies+:
Australian Research Council (ARC) - INTReader for Discovery, Linkage and Future Fellow proposals
Netherlands Research Foundation (NWO) - ALW and STW proposals
Florida Sea Grant - Biennial Research Grant proposals
+Average number of review requests per year (last 3 years): 5
Journals*:
Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans)
Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface)
Coastal Engineering
Marine Geology
Geomorphology
Continental Shelf Research
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Applied Mathematical Modelling
Climatic Change - Springer
*Average number of review requests per year (last 3 years): 20
Scientific Committees:
Steering committee (Co-chair) - European research council project NEMO: [ 2011 - to date]
Steering committee (Chair) - Climate change impacts on small tidal inlets project: [2010- to date]
Scientific advisory committee - UNESCO-IHE Postgraduate Research program on Adaptation to Climate
Change (PROACC): [2008 - 2011]
National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering (NCCOE), Australia [2008 - to date]
Engineers Australia NSW Maritime Panel [2006 - 2008]
UNDP Coastal Zone Environmental Expert Panel [2006 - 2008]
Steering committee - NSW Climate change and adaptation research project: [2006-2010]
Steering committee - NSW Coastal Erosion Hazard model project; : [2005-2008]
Invited advisory services:
Expert advisor on the development of Sea level rise scenarios for Tamil Nadu, India – Asian Development
Bank, Manila, Philippines: [2012]
Expert advisor (coasts) on the development of the Thematic Research programme on Climate change –
National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka: [2012]
Strategy advisor on long term coastal morphodynamic modelling – Harbours, Coastal, and Offshore
Engineering, Deltares, Netherlands: [2009 – to date]
Expert advisor on nearshore hydrodynamics - Australian Tsunami model development project for
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System: [2005-2007]
Expert advisor on Climate change impacts on coasts – The Climate change group of the adaptation task force
of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG): [2004]
Roshanka Ranasinghe Resume
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Organisation of conferences and research meetings:
Steering committee member of Harbour and Ocean Engineering conference 2014, Goa, India.
Steering committee member of Coasts and Ports conference 2009, Wellington, New Zealand.
Initiator/convenor of UNESCO-IHE/DUT Coastal Research Colloquia series [2008-2011]