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Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
Ranjith Pathegama Gamage.
Born
Matara, Sri Lanka
NationalityAustralian
Alma materTelijjawila Central College
University of Moratuwa(BSc,)
University of Wollongong(Ph.D,)
Known forSustainable resource extraction
Scientific career
FieldsGeomechanics
InstitutionsNanyang Technological University
Present: Monash University

Ranjith Pathegama Gamage, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering,[1] is an Australian academic based at Monash University, where he holds the position of Professor in Geomechanics Engineering.[2][3] His research has significantly influenced understanding of the Carbon sequestration.[3] He has also developed new sustainable technologies[4] for extracting resources (e.g. minerals)[5][6] from deep earth[7] and natural gas from coal seams, shale, and tight geological formations.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Gamage was born in Sri Lanka and he received his BSc in Engineering (with a UNESCO Gold Medal) from the University of Moratuwa, after which he gained a PhD from Wollongong University, Australia.[8] His PhD was on the “Stress-strain and permeability characteristics of two-phase (water+gas) flow through fractured rocks”.[9] His first job after the PhD was as an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.[2] He returned to Australia in 2003 to work at Monash University.[2]

Academic and research career

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Gamage is the founder and director of the Deep Earth Energy Research Lab[10][11] at Monash University. His research areas include Carbon sequestration, unconventional oil, unconventional gas (shale gas, tight gas, coal seam gas, gas hydrate),[12] deep geothermal energy,[13][14][15][4][16][17] geomechanics, rock mechanics, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methodologies, hydraulic fracturing, sand production from unconsolidated reservoirs, and future technologies for in-situ mining.[2][5] He has also done substantial work in converting industrial waste products into useful and environmentally sustainable materials, such as cement or fertiliser.[18] Around 2015 he began developing a new product for sustainable deep earth resource recovery: called SREMA[19]

Brief list of academic activities:

  • Serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal: Geomechanics and Geophysics for GeoEnergy and GeoResource.[20]
  • Founder and Chair of the International Conference on Geomechanics for GeoEnergy and GeoResources (IC3G) which runs every two years.[21][22][23]

Patents

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  • Slow Releasing Material Agent (SREMA) for rock breaking: For sustainable mining and hydrocarbon recoveries ( Patent No. USA:10 836 955B2).[24]

Awards and honours

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  • 2023: Elected as Foreign Fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering, China (FCAE).[25]
  • 2023: Global Research Leader in Mineral Resources (The Australian).[26]
  • 2023: Global Research Leader in Geotechnical Engineering (The Australian).[27]
  • 2023: IABCA Award (Australia India Science, Research & Development Award), Finalist. “Next generation leaders for Net-zero emission and critical minerals”.[28]
  • 2022: Elected as Foreign Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, India (FINAE).[29]
  • 2021: Elected as Member of European Academy of Science and Arts, Europe (MAE).[30]
  • 2021: Global Research Leader: in the field of Mining and Mineral Resources (The Australian).[31]
  • 2021: Australian Field Leader: in the field of Environmental and Geological Engineering (The Australian). [32]
  • 2020: USA R&D100 Awards, USA (Finalist): often referred to as “the Nobel Prizes of Technology.”[33]
  • 2020: Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), UK.[34]
  • 2020: Fellow of Geological Society, UK.[35]
  • 2020: Global leader in Mining and Mineral Resources (one of the 9 global filed leaders).[5]
  • 2020: finalist for 2020 R&D 100 Awards.[36]
  • 2019: elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.[1]
  • 2017: Elsevier Scopus award for Sustainability.[37]
  • 2013: the Australian Leadership award.[38]
  • 2009: an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for his research work to combat climate change.[39]
  • Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Engineers Australia.[40]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage – Resource recovery innovator". ATSE.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ranjith Pathegama Gamage". Monash University.
  3. ^ a b c "Prof. Ranjith Pathegama". Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia.
  4. ^ a b "IIT Hyderabad Analysis Moots Geothermal Energy As A Greener Alternative To Technologies Currently In Use". BW Education. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  5. ^ a b c "Research September 2020 — Research special report". Research September 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  6. ^ "Unlocking the door' to sustainable mineral and energy recovery". Australian Research Council (ARC). 16 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Buried treasure" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage". Engineering. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  9. ^ Indraratna, Buddhima; Ranjith, P. (2001-06-01). "Laboratory measurement of two-phase flow parameters in rock joints based on high pressure triaxial testing". Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive). 127 (6): 530–542. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2001)127:6(530).
  10. ^ "3GDeep Research Group, Monash University". 3GDeep.
  11. ^ "Deep Earth Energy". Civil Engineering, Monash University.
  12. ^ "Deep beyond fracking: How gas extraction can unearth cleaner energy sources". Monash Lens. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  13. ^ Bhattacharyya, Rica. "IIT Hyderabad analysis says geothermal energy better than photovoltaic energy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  14. ^ "Is Solar All That 'Green'? Here's Why IIT-Hyd Thinks Geothermal Energy Is More Eco-Friendly". The Better India. 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  15. ^ "IIT-H, Monash university analysis moots geothermal energy". The Hindu. 2020-01-09. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  16. ^ "Geothermal energy better than solar power: IIT-Hyderabad and Australian varsity joint study". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  17. ^ "Geothermal Energy is better than photovoltaic energy: IIT-H researchers claims".
  18. ^ P.G. Ranjith, N.L.Ukwattage; M.Bouazza (July 2013). "The use of coal combustion fly ash as a soil amendment in agricultural lands (with comments on its potential to improve food security and sequester carbon)". Fuel. 109: 400–408. Bibcode:2013Fuel..109..400U. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2013.02.016.
  19. ^ P.G. Ranjith, V.R.S.De Silva; M.S.A.Perera, B.Wu (October 2018). "A modified, hydrophobic soundless cracking demolition agent for non-explosive demolition and fracturing applications". Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 119: 1–13. Bibcode:2018PSEP..119....1D. doi:10.1016/j.psep.2018.07.010. S2CID 105571313.
  20. ^ "Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources". Springer.
  21. ^ "International conference on Geomechanics, Geoenergy and Georesources (2018)". IC3G 2018.
  22. ^ "International conference on Geomechanics, Geoenergy and Georesources (2016)". IC3G 2016.
  23. ^ "International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources". www.science-community.org. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  24. ^ "United States Patent Application: 0190153301". appft.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  25. ^ "https://en.cae.cn/cae/html/en/col2232/column_2232_1.html". Chinese Academy of Engineering. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  26. ^ "We delve deep into the data to reveal excellence". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  27. ^ "We delve deep into the data to reveal excellence". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  28. ^ "2023 IABCA FINALISTS". IABCA.
  29. ^ "Expert Pool Members". INAE. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  30. ^ "European Academy of Science and Arts".
  31. ^ "RESEARCH MAGAZINE 2021 : The List: Our top 250 researchers". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  32. ^ "The Australian's Research magazine takes a deep dive into research". Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  33. ^ "USA R&D100 Awards". rd100awards. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  34. ^ IOM3. "Homepage". www.iom3.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  35. ^ "The Geological Society of London - Home". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  36. ^ "Finalists for 2020 R&D 100 Awards are unveiled". Research & Development World. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  37. ^ "Video: Ranjith Pathegama Gamage -- Scopus Awards winner". newscientist.com.
  38. ^ "Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage". Monash University.
  39. ^ "Ranjith Pathegama Gamage". Monash University.
  40. ^ "Prof. Ranjith Pathegama". AGSSEA.
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