Dr. Arulanantham Anburuvel
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(On Sabbatical Leave)
Senior Lecturer Grade I, Department of Civil Engineering
BSc. Eng (Hons) (Peradeniya), PhD (Hokkaido, Japan)
Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka
Research interests : Traffic control, Traffic simulation modelling, Variable traffic demand forecasting, Feedback estimation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Pavement construction materials, Geopolymer
aanbu007@eng.jfn.ac.lk
+94-21-206-0160
Dr. A. Anburuvel received BScEng Degree with first class honours from University of Peradeniya in 2006 and PhD from Hokkaido University, Japan in 2012. Presently, he is attached to the department of Civil Engineering as a senior lecturer since May 2013.
- May 2019 – To date : Senior Lecturer G I, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna
- May 2013 – Apr. 2019 : Senior Lecturer G II, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna
- Oct. 2009 – Sep. 2012 : PhD Researcher, Hokkaido University, Japan
- Oct. 2007 – Sep. 2009 : Masters, Hokkaido University, Japan
- Jan. 2006 – Sep. 2007 : Temporary Lecturer, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (Nov. 2013 – Apr. 2020)
- Chairman of Academic Development and Planning Committee (ADPC) of the faculty (Dec. 2013 – Feb. 2020)
- Student Counselor (May 2014 – Aug. 2015 and Mar. 2020 – Mar. 2021)
- Part-time Warden/ Male Hostel (May 2014 – Nov. 2018)
- Chairman, Studentships & Awards Committee (2014 – 2017)
- Technical Advisor for Internal Road Design, Kilinochchi Premises, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (Sep. 2017 – To date)
- Coordinator, IITGN Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India (2017 – Feb. 2020)
- Coordinator, Centre for Prosthetic (2018 – 2020)
- Coordinator – Engineering, Higher Education and Research collaboration on Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Technologies project (Jul. 2017 – Apr. 2019)
- Academic Career Guidance Advisor of the Faculty (Mar. 2014 - Feb. 2016, Aug. 2016 - Mar. 2017)
- Chairman, Canteen Committee (2015 – 2016)
- Member, University Curriculum Evaluation Committee (21. 10. 2014 – 29. 02. 2020)
- Member, University Endowment committee (22. 01. 2016 – 30. 04. 2020)
- Member, Interim Committee for the Gender Cell to prepare the by-laws. (2017)
- Member, Research Committee of the Faculty of Engineering (03. 01. 2014 – 30. 04. 2020)
- Member, Board of Study in Engineering of the Faculty of Graduate Studies (01. 02. 2015 – 2020)
- Member, Board of Study in Physical Sciences of the Faculty of Graduate Studies (24. 03. 2014 – 24. 03. 2017)
- Member, Handbook Committee of the Faculty of Engineering
- Member, IT Infrastructure of the Faculty of Engineering
- Member, Studentship & Award Committee (2018 – To date)
- Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) (02. 10. 2015 – 30. 04. 2020)
- Member, Journal Editorial Board of the Faculty of Engineering
- Member, Renewable Energy Park of the Faculty of Engineering
- Member, Industrial Training Unit of the Faculty of Engineering (06. 02. 2015 – 30. 04. 2020)
- Member, Land, Building and Management Committee (LBMC) of the Faculty (02. 02. 2013 – 30. 04. 2020)
- Member, Library Committee of the Faculty of Engineering
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
- Associate Member of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
- Regular Member of Sri Lanka Society of Transport & Logistics
- Member of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
CONSULTANCY AND OTHER SERVICES
- Served as a specialist consultant to undertake transport and traffic surveys planned under Jaffna Integrated Multi-Modal Transportation Study (JIMMTS) on the request of ministry of mega polis and western development.
- Served as a resource person for the part time short course on Highway material testing for technical officers conducted from 22nd May to 24th July 2015 by the department of civil engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna.
- Served as a member of the Jury of Inventions Evaluations at Provincial Level held in year 2016.
Research area:
- Traffic control
- Traffic simulation modelling
- Variable traffic demand forecasting
- Feedback estimation
- Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
- Pavement construction materials
- Geopolymer
Summary of Research: Researcher’s primary focus is to develop an algorithm using feedback estimation techniques to estimate short-term, dynamic Origin-Destination (OD) traffic demand, which is indispensable for online traffic control and management. The algorithm tends to integrate a traffic simulation model in a feedback estimation framework. Traffic simulation models ranging from conventional macro models to sophisticated simulation software packages such as VISSIM are being studied for their applicability in terms of accuracy and computational effort. For feedback estimation framework, Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) technique is being focused presently. Applications covers both freeway and urban traffic networks, and various types of intelligent transportation systems information.