Dr. R.M.T.C.B. Ekanayake

Dr. R.M.T.C.B. Ekanayake

Senior Lecturer (Gr II)

Email :thushara@uwu.ac.lk
Phone : (+94) 55 222 6676

  • Fault Diagnosis of Hybrid systems
  • Discrete Event Systems Control and Supervision
  • Systems Modelling with Bond Graphs

Ekanayake, R.M.T.C.B. , Dewasurendra, S.D., Abeyratne, S.G., Ma, L., Cholette, M., & Yarlagadda, P. K. D. V. (2019). Model-based Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis of Dynamic Systems: A Review. Procedia Manufacturing.


Ekanayake, R.M.T.C.B. , Yarlagadda, P. K. D. V., Dewasurendra, S.D., Abeyratne, S.G., & Ma, L. (2016). Model Based Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis of Dynamic Systems: A Review. Paper presented at the 2016 International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE 2016), 2016 World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM2016), Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China.


Ekanayake, R.M.T.C.B. , Yarlagadda, P. K. D. V., Dewasurendra, S.D., Abeyratne, S.G., & Ma, L. (2016b). Optimal Sensor Placement for Fault Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems: An Automata Based Approach. Paper presented at the 2016 International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE 2016), 2016 World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM2016), Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China.


Ekanayake, R.M.T.C.B. , Dewasurendra, S.D., Abeyratne, S.G., & Yarlagadda, P. K. D. V. (2016). Diagnosability of Hybrid Systems using Hybrid Bond Graphs. Paper presented at the University of Peradeniya Research Sessions: iPURSE – 2016, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.


D. C. Herath, R. M. T. C. B. Ekanayake, and S. D. Dewasurendra, “A Methodology for Creating Agents for Distributed control of CIM:A Practical Approach,” in International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2006), Sri Lanka 2006.


T. Ekanayake, , D. C. Herath, , S. D. Dewasurendra, and “Implementation of a Decentralized Supervisory Controller for an Assembly Cell Using a Discrete‐Event Systems Approach,” in International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2006), Sri Lanka 2006. pp. 485‐490.


R. M. T. C. B. Ekanayake , S. Devapriya Dewasurendra (2004) Design and Implementation of Maximally Permissive (Optimal) Supervisory Controller for CIM System ‐ Conveyor Module, Engineer Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, XXXVII (No. 1) 2


Devapriya Dewasurendra and Thushara Ekanayake (29 Jun 2000) Optimal Real‐time Control for Collision Prevention in a CIM System, Proceedings of ‘The Engineering Jubilee Congress ‐ Engineering beyond 2000’



Sri Lanka – QUT Joint PhD scholarship 2015


Asian Development Bank Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies in 2000.


  • Mechatronic Systems Modelling and Simulation
  • Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing
  • Engineering Workshop
  • Engineering Drawing
  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Theory of Machines