CURRICULUM VITAE

MANJRIKER GUNARATNE

4910, Ebensburg Drive

Tampa, FL 33647

Office Telephone: 813-974-5818

PERSONAL:

Citizenship:	Naturalized U.S. Citizen

Marital Status:	Married with two children

Language Skills:	Fluent in English, reading knowledge of French

EDUCATION:

Purdue University - Ph.D., December, 1984

University of British Columbia - M.A.Sc. May, 1981

University of Sri-Lanka - B.Sc (Engr. Honors), September, 1978

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Lecturer, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, (October, 1978 - September, 1979)

Co-Instructor, Purdue University (Spring 1983)

Graduate course: Cam-clay model and constitutive relations for soils (with Prof. Robert D. Holtz).

Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University (October, 1984 - August, 1991)

Promoted to Tenured Associate Professor in 1991

Assistant Professor, University of South Florida (August 1991 - May 1995)

Associate Professor, University of South Florida (May 1995 - April 2001)

Professor, University of South Florida (May 2001 - to present)

Undergraduate courses:

Soil mechanics, Soil mechanics laboratory, Foundation engineering, Structural analysis

Strength of materials, Capstone geotechnical design

Graduate courses:

Theoretical soil mechanics, Advanced foundations, Applied soil mechanics, Advanced geotechnical topics, Soil dynamics, Seepage and subsurface drainage, Deep foundations, Matrix structural analysis, Advanced mechanics of materials, Pavement design, Pavement management systems

Developed courses:

Numerical methods (Undergraduate - 1989 - TSU)

Pavement design (Graduate - 1992 - USF)

Advanced geotechnical topics (Graduate - 1993 - USF)

Deep foundations (Graduate - 1995 - USF)

Pavement management systems (Graduate - 1995 - USF)

Professional courses:

EIT Review (Tennessee State University, 1985 - 1991)

PE Review (University of South Florida, 1991 -1998)

Soil Laboratory development:

Tennessee State University:

Setup undergraduate soils laboratory with state of the art equipment. Develop in-house lab. manual.

University of South Florida:

Enhance soil laboratory facilities with field testing equipment.

Pavement Laboratory development:

University of South Florida:

Setup pavement testing laboratory with conventional and Superpave testing equipment.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Member - University of South Florida Publications Council - 1995 - 1998

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

Graduate Program Coordinator - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering - 1996 - 2000

Actively recruit minority, other US and international graduate students, Develop graduate

program advertising literature such as announcements and brochures, Prepare internal

proposals for increased graduate program funding, Update graduate programs policies and procedures, Streamline graduate program administrative activities in collaboration with the Department Chairman.

Associate Chairman - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Jan. 2001 - Nov. 2001

Supervise short-term course scheduling activities with departmental staff and faculty, Update long-term course schedule, Represent Department Chairman at ASCE regional meetings and College of Engineering Executive Committee meetings, Track, report and announce faculty publications, and, Update Civil and Environmental Engineering Web site with departmental staff.

Interim Chairman - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Nov. 2001 - To present

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

General interest in modeling of soil behavior and uncertainty in geotechnical engineering problems. Specific interests and current research concerned with stabilization of weak soils, effects of pile jetting and application of numerical methods to pavement design and management.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROPOSALS:

As the Principal Investigator

1.	"Development of a study plan for formulation and experimental verification of an analytical model for prediction of heavy hypervelocity aircraft ground interaction", Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio (funded $25,000, 1989).

2.	"Development of an analytical model for heavy hypervelocity aircraft - ground interaction", Landing Gear Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio (funded $45,000, 1991).

3.	"Computational study of pavement roughness and other physical factors contributing to aircraft tire wear", Airforce Office of Scientific Research, Research and Development Laboratories, Culver City, California (funded $20,000, 1992).

4.	"Laboratory study of improvement of engineering properties of phosphatic clays by dynamic replacement and mixing", Division of Sponsored Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (funded $6,500, 1992).

5.	"Investigation of Dynamic Replacement and Mixing of Florida organic material", Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida (funded $210,000, 1993).

6.	"Study of pavement texture and spin-up on aircraft tire wear", Wright-Patterson Airforce Base, Ohio (funded $57,000, 1993).

7.	"Investigation of the influence zone of jetting and its impact on axial and lateral load capacities", Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida (funded $156,000, 1994)

8.	"Experimental verification of an analytical model to predict tire - pavement hysteresis friction using pavement texture properties", Systems Research Laboratories, Ohio. (funded, $10,000, 1995)

9.	"Investigation of the relationship between rubber wear characteristics and pavement texture", Systems Research Laboratories, Ohio. (funded, $25,000, 1996)

10.	"Development of a practical pavement management system for Sri Lanka", Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (funded, $ 15,000, 1998).

11.	"Introduction of Superpave design procedures in University of South Florida's civil engineering curriculum", Federal Highway Administration/Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida (funded, $ 125,000, 1998)

12.	"Study of the feasibility of video-logging with pavement condition evaluation", Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida, (funded, $ 461,000, 2001)

As Co-Principal Investigator

13.	"Pavement surface crack index forecasting by neural network and other forecasting models", Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida (with Dr. John Lu), (funded, $80,000, 1997)

14.	"Evaluation, development and implementation of techniques and methodologies applicable for automatic detection of pavement crack depth on Florida roadways", Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida (with Dr. John Lu), (funded, $ 200,000, 1998)

15.	"Long-term behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) systems - numerical/analytical studies", Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida (with Dr. Alaa Ashmawy, funded, $65,000, 1998)

16. "Application of neural network models for forecasting of pavement crack index and

pavement condition rating", Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida (with Dr. John Lu), (funded, $ 150,000, 2000)

PROJECT SUPERVISION:

Undergraduate senior projects:

1.	Computer-Aided Design (CAD) of foundations (1987).

2.	Computer-Aided Design (CAD) of retaining walls (1987).

3.	Correlation of compactive effort and shear strength of clay (1988).

4.	Study of the use of geotextiles for improvement of bearing capacity (1989).

5.	The geotechnical design of an extension to the K parking lot at the Tennessee State University using field and laboratory soil data (1989).

6.	Development of runway design curves for hypervelocity aircraft (1990).

7.	A laboratory investigation of the effects of plants on seepage in soil (1990).

8.	Design and assembly of a cyclic triaxial apparatus (1993).

9.	Design considerations of DRM treated phosphatic clays (1993).

10.	Footing design on organic soil using residual strength properties (1993).

11.	Design comparison of driven and jetted friction piles using the PDA (1995).

12.	Design comparison of driven and jetted end-bearing piles using the PDA (1995).

13.	Comparison of lateral load capacities of driven and jetted piles (1996).

Masters theses/projects:

1.	Reliabilistic comparison of anchored sheet pile walls and reinforced earth retaining walls (1986) - B. Slami.

2.	Development of a microcomputer based graphic package for pile group stress analysis (1987) - B. Foodah.

3.	Development of microcomputer based graphic packages for solving seepage and consolidation problems using the finite difference method (1988) - A. Ali.

4.	Stiffness matrix approach for dynamic analysis of flexible pavements for hypervelocity aircraft operation (1990) - O. Sanders.

5.	Investigation of engineering properties of Florida organic materials (1992) -P. Stinnette.

6.	Finite element modeling of the wear characteristics of an aircraft tire (1993) -S. Tadepalli.

7.	Prediction of pore pressures induced in dynamic compaction (1994) - M. Ranganath

8.	Correlation of pavement texture characteristics to tire wear and tire-pavement friction (1997) - N. Bandara

9.	Pavement surface crack condition forecasting using neural network models (1999) - Z. Lou (with Dr. J. Lu)

10.	Comparison of seepage analysis results to measured performance of earthen dams in the Central Florida phosphate industry (1999) - T.Anderson

11.	A probabilistic model for prediction of asphalt pavement crack depths (2001) - M.A.W. Kumara

12.	Numerical studies on the long-term behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) systems (2001) - A.N.Cira (with Dr. A. Ashmawy)

13.	Application of fuzzy sets and other statistical techniques in landslide hazard zonation mapping, - K.Weerasinghe (2001) (Univ. of Moratuwa)

14.	Investigation of the effect of the sample height on Superpave volumteric properties - (expected in 2002)- Y. Mejia De Pernia

Doctoral dissertations:

1.	Geotechnical data management and analysis system for organic soils (1996) - P. Stinnette.

2.	Field characterization of Dynamic Replacement of Florida organic soils (1996)- A.G. Mullins.

3.	Numerical simulation of Dynamic Replacement of Florida organic soils - (1996) - H.S. Thilakasiri.

4.	Lateral load behavior of jetted and preformed piles (1998) - R.A. Hameed.

5.	Development of a pavement management system for a highway network with sparse condition data (2000) - N. Bandara.

6.	Development and implementation of techniques applicable for automatic detection of pavement crack depth on Florida roadways (2001) - X. Mei (with Dr. J. Lu)

7.	Application of Geographic Information Systems in automated pavement condition data collection (expected in 2004) - A..Mraz (with Dr. A. Ashmawy).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Engineering Assistant, Sri-Lanka Ports Authority, Jan.-May, 1975

Conducted quantity surveys under direction of Building Supervisor, obtained depth soundings and performed position location surveys in a dredger (Colombo harbor.

Engineering Assistant, Sri-Lanka Ports Authority, Jan.-May, 1976

Received in-situ training in soil testing, supervised labor in the Queen Elizabeth quay extension project in Colombo harbor with emphasis on underwater construction.

Engineering Assistant, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau, Sri-Lanka, Jan.-May, 1977

Conducted hydrological data and concrete dam analysis in a river diversion project.

RESEARCH PROGRAM PARTICIPATION:

Summer Research Faculty, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May - August 1991

Conduct finite element studies on tire - pavement interaction and tire wear.

AWARDS:

Scholarly

Prof. E.O.E. Pereira prize for the best student in the overall engineering class, Final Part II Examination, University of Sri-Lanka, September 1977.

Teaching

Outstanding Teacher Award by the ASCE Student Chapter, University of South Florida, April 1994.

Teaching Incentive Program Award, University of South Florida, 1995.

PANEL PARTICIPATION:

National Science Foundation, Geotechnical, Geomechanics and Geoenvironmental Systems Individual Investigator Panel, Engineering Directorate, January 1994.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Technical Advisory Forum (TAF) for prevention of dam failures, January - July 1995.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Technical Advisory Forum (TAF) for Phospho-
gypsum Impoundment, February 1998 - August 1998.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:

Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Florida and Tennessee.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Society of Civil Engineers - Member.

Florida Engineering Society - Member

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Faculty Advisor, Florida Engineering Society (FES) Univ. of South Florida Chapter.

Won the Runner-up award for the most active FES Student Chapter - 2001

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:

ASCE Transportation Engineering Journal - Publications Committee

TRB Committee on Reliability in Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering

TECHNICAL JOURNAL REVIEWS:

Fuzzy Sets and Systems International Journal

ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering

Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

Transportation Research Record

BOOK REVIEWS:

Foundation Analysis and Design - J. E. Bowles, 1995 edition.

Principles of Foundation Engineering - B.J. Das, 1998 edition.

Shallow Foundations - B.J. Das, Book Proposal for CRC Press., Inc.

Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering, B.J.Das, 2000 edition

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Professor Training Course in Geosynthetics, Auburn University, Alabama, June 1994.

Runway Friction Measurement Workshop, NASA Goddard Flight Center, May 1995.

Professor Training Course in Concrete Pavement Design and Management, Portland Cement Concrete Association, Skokie, Illinois, June 1995.

Professor Training Course in Asphalt Technology, National Center for Asphalt Technology, Auburn University, Alabama, June 1998.

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION:

International

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) TOKTEN Consultant for National Building Research Organisation, Sri Lanka, June - August 2000.

Formulate technical guidelines for construction of access and buildings in landslide-prone

areas using the National Hazard Potential Index database.

Regional

ATEC Associates, Tampa, Florida.

SCS Engineers, Tampa, Florida.

Harvey Hall, Civil Engineering Consultant, Bartow, Florida

McKendree, Driscoll & Silver, P.A., Attorneys at Law, Tampa, Florida.

Madrid Engineering Group, Lakeland, Florida.

Paul Scherer and Associates, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Sedco Enterprises Inc., Tampa, Florida.

Overstreet, Miles, Ritch and Cumbie Associates, Kissimmee, Florida

SHORT COURSES CONDUCTED:

1. Mechanistic pavement design - Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka, Feb -March 1999.

2. Pavement management - Road Development Authority, Sri Lanka, July 1999.

3. Application of fuzzy sets mathematics in landslide hazard potential assessment studies - National Building Research Cooperation, Sri Lanka - Dec. 1998- March 1999.

INVITED SEMINARS:

Presented seminars on "Uncertainty modeling in geotechnical engineering" at;

1.	Columbia University, New York, April, 1984.

2.	University of Nevada, Reno, April, 1984.

3.	Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., March, 1985.

4.	Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, May, 1989.

5.	Institution of Engineers Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, August, 1988.

INVITED SEMINARS (Contd.):

Presented a seminar on "Layer stiffness method of predicting dynamic response of flexible pavements to a rolling wheel" at the following institution:

6.	University of Texas, San Antonio, May 1991

Presented seminars on "Innovative pavement management" and "Design of Superior performing

pavements" at the following forum:

7.	Society of Structural Engineers, Sri Lanka, March and June 1999.

Presented seminars on "Modern methods of driven pile capacity evaluation " and "Design of piles
for lateral loads" at the following forum:

8.	Sri Lanka Geotechnical Society, February and August 1999.

THESES:

1.	Gunaratne, M., "A nonlinear elastic finite element program for analysis of shafts and tunnels in oilsands", M.A.Sc. dissertation, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada, May, 1981.

2.	Gunaratne, M., "Use of fuzzy sets mathematics in pavement evaluation and management", Ph.D. dissertation, Purdue University, Dec. 1984.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Foundations for Concrete Structures, Concrete Construction Handbook, Edited by Edward G. Nawy, CRC Press Incorporated, September 1997.

BOOKS:

Foundation Engineering Handbook, CRC Press Incorporated, To be published on October 2003.

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

1.	Gunaratne, M., Chameau, J. L., and Altschaeffl, A. G., "An introduction to fuzzy sets in pavement evaluation", Transportation Research Record 985, 1984, pp. 22-24.

2.	Gunaratne, M., Chameau, J.L., and Altschaeffl, A. G., "Use of fuzzy sets mathematics in pavement management", Civil Engineering Systems Journal, Vol. 2, No.3, Sept. 1985, pp. 166-170.

3.	Gunaratne, M., Chameau, J. L. and Altschaeffl, A. G., "A successive fuzzification technique and its application in civil engineering", Civil Engineering Systems Journal, Vol. 5., No. 2, June 1988, pp. 77-80.

4.	Gunaratne, M., "Density tests above zero air voids ratio line", a discussion to ASCE Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 117, No.9, September 1991.

5.	Gunaratne, M., "An effort to integrate professional experience in geotechnical class designs", Journal of Engineering Education, April 1994.

6.	Gunaratne, M. and Sanders, O., "Response of a layered elastic medium to a moving strip load". International Journal for Analytical and Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 20, March 1996, pp. 191-208.

7.	Gunaratne, M., "Quantification of environmental factors in pavement design", Civil Engineering Systems Journal, Vol. 13, 1996, pp. 45-60.

8.	Gunaratne, M., Ranganath, M., Thilakasiri, S., Mullins G., Stinnette P., and Kuo, C., "Study of pore pressures induced in laboratory dynamic consolidation", Computers and Geotechnics Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, February 1996, pp. 127-143.

9.	Thilakasiri, S., Mullins G., Stinnette P., and Gunaratne, M., "Impact of weight falling onto ground", Discussion in the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 122, No. 5, May 1996, pp. 414-416.

10.	Thilakasiri, S., Gunaratne, M., Mullins G., Stinnette P. and Jory. B, "Investigation of impact stresses induced in laboratory dynamic compaction of soft soils", International Journal for Analytical and Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 20, October 1996, pp. 753-
767.

11.	Hassiotis, S., Chameau, J.L. and Gunaratne, M., "A design method for stabilization of slopes with piles", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering , Vol. 123, No.4, April 1997.

12.	Stinnette, P., Gunaratne, M., Mullins, G. and Thilakasiri, S. "A quality control program for performance evaluation dynamic replacement of organic soil deposits", Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, December 1997.

13.	Gunaratne, M., Stinnette P., Mullins G., Kuo C. and Echelberger, W., "Compressibility relations for Florida organic material", ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 26, No. 1, January 1998.

14.	Thilakasiri, S., Gunaratne, M., Mullins, G., Stinnette, P. and C. Kuo, "An implementation aid for dynamic replacement of organic soils with sand", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 127, No.1, January 2001.

15.	Gunaratne, M., Bandara, N., Medzorian, J., Chawla, M., Ulrich, P., "Correlation of pavement texture characteristics of smooth concrete pavements to tire wear and tire-pavement friction", ASCE Journal of Civil Engineering Materials, Vol. 12, No. 1, Feb. 2000.

16.	Hameed, R.A., Gunaratne, M., Putcha, S., Kuo, C., and Johnson, S., "Laterally loaded behavior of jetted piles", ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 23, No.3, September 2000.

17.	Mullins, G., Gunaratne, M., Stinnette, P., and Thilakasiri, S., "Prediction of dynamic compaction pounder penetration", Soils and Foundations Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, October 2000.

18.	Bandara, N. and Gunaratne, M., "Current and future pavement maintenance prioritization based on rapid condition evaluation", ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 2, March/April 2001.

19. Lou, Z., Gunaratne, M., Lu, J.J., and Dietrich, B.,"Application of a neural network model

to forecast pavement crack condition", ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, December 2001.

20.	Kumara, M.W., Gunaratne, M., Lu, J.J. and Dietrich, B. "Prediction of crack depths in asphaltic pavements based on surface measurements - a probabilistic method", Under review by the ASCE Journal of Engineering Materials, Submitted in March 2002.

REFEREED PROCEEDINGS:

1.	Chameau, J. L., Gunaratne, M., and Altschaeffl, A. G., "Type 2 fuzzy sets in civil engineering practice", Analysis of Fuzzy Information, Vol. II, CRC Press Inc., Catalogue No. 6297, March 1987.

2.	Stinnette P., Mullins G., Gunaratne M. and Kuo C., "Acquisition, reduction and management of data for consolidation testing", Proceeding of the National ASCE Conference in Advances in Site Characterization, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 1993, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, pp. 87-101, Edited by Carlton H. Ho and R.D. Hryciew.

3.	Gunaratne, M., "Fuzzy sets tools for evaluation of the environmental impact pavement serviceability", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields, Vol. 1, pp. 827-844, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 1994.

NON-REFEREED PROCEEDINGS:

1.	Chameau, J. L. and Gunaratne, M., "Performance evaluation in geotechnical engineering using fuzzy sets", Proceedings of the ASCE Speciality Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Jan. 1984.

2.	Gunaratne, M., Chameau, J. L., and Altschaeffl, A. G., "A new approach for reliability analysis of retaining structures". Proceedings of the Symposium on Performance of Foundations, Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE Spring Convention, Seattle, April, 1986.

3.	Gunaratne, M., "A reliabilistic approach for evaluation of liquefaction potential". Proceedings of the International Conference on Constitutive Relations, University of Arizona, Tucson, Jan., 1987.

4.	Gunaratne, M., "A fuzzy-probability approach for evaluation of liquefaction potential using CPT data". Proceedings of the International Symposium on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Engineering, Guangzhou and Guiyang, China, July 1987.

5.	Gunaratne, M., "The role of fuzzy sets in reliability analysis of earthen structures", Proceedings of the Workshop on Knowledge-based Systems and Models of Logical Reasoning, Scientific Center for Organizing and Microfilming Information, F.A., El Cherif and Co., Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 1988.

6	Tadepalli, S.B., Gunaratne, M., Chawla, M., Ulrich, P., and Medzorian, J., "Numerical

prediction of wear slip energy of a straight rolling tire", Proceedings of the Aerospace Atlantic	Conference, Paper No. 941179, ISSN 0148-7191, Dayton, Ohio, April 1994.

7.	Gunaratne, M., Chawla, M., and Ulrich, P. and Bandara, N., "Experimental study of pavement texture parameters", Proceedings of the Aerospace Atlantic Conference, paper No. 961311, ISSN 0148-7191, Dayton, Ohio, May 1996.

8.	Bandara, N., Gunaratne, M., Bandara, H.G. and De Silva, G.A., "Pavement maintenance decision-making using geographic information systems", Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 3rd Transportation Speciality Conference, pp. 433-438, London, Ontario, June 2000.

9.	Weerasinghe,K., Gunaratne ,M., Ratnaweera, P., Puswewela, A., and Arambepola,N.M.S., I.,"Landslide Hazard Mapping in Sri Lanka using Fuzzy Sets Techniques", Proceedings of the ATC3 Workshop on Rain Induced Landslides, Hong Kong, Dec. 2001.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

1.	Mullins G., Stinnette P., and Gunaratne M. ,"Geotechnical properties of	Florida organic material", presented at the ASCE Florida Section Annual Meeting, Cocoa Beach, Florida, September, 1992.

2.	Gunaratne, M., Chawla, M., and Ulrich, P., "Evaluation of B-52 runways for operation of hypervelocity vehicles", presented at the SAE (Society for Automotive Engineers) annual meeting, Burlington, Vermont, October 1994.

3.	Gunaratne, M., Weerasuriya, S., Chawla, M., and Ulrich, P., "Simulation of pavement texture for prediction of hysteresis friction", presented at the Aerospace Atlantic Conference, Dayton, Ohio, May 1995.

4.	Gunaratne, M., Hameed, R.A., and Putcha, S., "Computational and experimental investigation of lateral load behavior of preformed piles", presented at the Fourth World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 1998.

5.	Lou, Z., Lu, J.J., Gunaratne, M. and Dietrich, B., "Pavement surface crack condition forecasting using neural network models", Presented at the Annual TRB meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan. 1999.

6.	Weerasinghe, K., Gunaratne, M., and Ratnaweera, P., "Efforts to develop a landslide hazard potential evaluation methodology", Presented at the Conference on Rain Induced Slope Failures, Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 1999.

7.	Lu, Z., Lu, J.J., Gunaratne, M. and Dietrich, B., "Forecasting of pavement crack performance with an adaptive filter model", Presented at the Annual TRB meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2000.

8.	Kumara, M.W., Gunaratne, M., Lu, J.J. and Dietrich, B. "A Probabilistic method for Predicting Crack Depths in Asphaltic pavements", Presented at the Annual TRB meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2002.

RESEARCH REPORTS:

1.	Gunaratne, M., "A preliminary study of Hypervelocity vehicle - pavement interaction". Final report submitted to the Landing Gear Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, December 1990.

2.	Gunaratne, M., "Computational prediction of static and rolling response of an aircraft tire on a rigid surface as a prelude to wear studies, Report submitted to Landing Gear Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio and Research and Development Laboratories, Culver City, California, September, 1991.

3.	Gunaratne, M., "Computational study of factors contributing to tire wear", Final report submitted to the Landing Gear Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, December 1992.

4.	Gunaratne, M., Mullins, G., Stinnette, P., Ranganath, M., Lepore, S., and Echelberger Jr., W., "Investigation of engineering properties and dynamic replacement and mixing of Florida organic material", Final report submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation, April 1993.

5.	Gunaratne, M. and Wade, C., "Laboratory investigation of dynamic replacement and mixing of phosphatic clays", Final report submitted to the Research Council and Division of Sponsored Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, August 1993.

6.	Gunaratne, M. and Weerasuriya, S.,"Analytical study of the effect of pavement texture on the tire-pavement hysteresis friction", Final report submitted to the Landing Gear Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, October 1994. ~

7.	Gunaratne, M., Mullins, G., Stinnette, P., and Thilakasiri, S., " Stabilization of Florida organic material by dynamic replacement", Final report submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation, April 1997.

8.	Gunaratne, M. and Bandara, N., "Correlation of pavement texture characteristics to tire wear and tire-pavement friction", Final report submitted to the Landing Gear Systems Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 1997.

9.	Gunaratne, M., Hameed, R.A., Kuo, C., Reddy, D.V. and Putcha, S., "Investigation of the effects of pile jetting and preforming", Final report submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation, April 1999.

10.	Lou, Z., Lu, J.J. and Gunaratne, M., "Pavement surface crack condition forecasting using neural network models", Final report submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation, September 1999.

11.	Kumara, M.A.W., Gunaratne, M., and Lu, J.J."A Probabilistic method for Predicting Crack Depths in Asphaltic pavements", Final report submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation, December 2001.