{"id":96,"date":"2018-09-11T10:56:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2025-01-16T05:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T05:35:33","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left mytitles_h2\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Research interests: Agriculture Systems Optimization Engineering<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The linear economic model assumes unlimited resources and waste disposal without consequences, harming the environment and society. The circular economic model minimizes waste and maximizes resource use, designing products for reuse, repair, and recycling. Transitioning requires careful handling as waste becomes a valuable resource for other processes.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/08\/CE-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/08\/CE-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/08\/CE-1024x721.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/08\/CE-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/08\/CE-1536x1081.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/08\/CE-2048x1442.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Advanced technologies like IoT, data science, and automation enable vast data access for complex systems. System engineering principles with digitalization can collect vital information throughout the product lifecycle. My expertise in mechanical design, system engineering, environmental science, and smart technologies allows me to develop a cyber-physical platform for data collection and utilization. I create data-driven models for optimization and control strategies, benefiting circular economy manufacturing. My neural network and computation intelligence work improve data analysis and system dynamic optimization.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the &#8220;Appropriate Mechanization, Energy Optimization, and Smart Agriculture (AMEOSA)&#8221; project in Sri Lanka, I gained experience in technology transformation. My main focus is systems designing and analysis, specifically connecting the circular economy in the context of the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR), within the Food and Agriculture manufacturing sector. Therefore, I welcome collaboration from individuals and industries worldwide who are interested in conducting research in the following fields.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Systems Thinking, Modeling and Dynamics<\/li><li class=\"\">Agricultural Machinery Systems<\/li><li class=\"\">Smart Agriculture<\/li><li class=\"\">Energy<\/li><li class=\"\">Circular Economy in 4IR<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The linear economic model assumes unlimited resources and waste disposal without consequences, harming the environment and society. The circular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/technology\/thilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}