Dr Randika Vithanage Wathavana Vithanage

Senior Lecturer

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

Randika received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Immediately after his graduation, he joined Toshiba Corporation in Singapore as an industrial and manufacturing engineer. At Toshiba, he held multiple key roles across their manufacturing department and received the “Employee of the Year” award in appreciation of his work. To broaden his horizons, he commenced his PhD in the United Kingdom and successfully defended the thesis titled “Industrial Robotics for Rolling-stock Maintenance”. Since then, he joined the team at the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) at the University of Strathclyde as a postdoctoral researcher and promoted to be a Knowledge Exchange Fellow and subsequently to Lecturer in Robotics. At the moment, he contributes to multiple projects mainly funded by EPSRC, InnovateUK and BEIS. Randika investigates novel techniques to perform robotically delivered in-process inspection of high-value components in aerospace, nuclear, defence and energy sectors. Randika has published several high impact research articles and delivered multiple international presentations. He is a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) at Engineering Council, United Kingdom and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Randika also a received Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

The BINDT Annual Conference Award: Recipient; 5/9/2019
Presentation Award - RCNDE ESR 2019: Recipient; 10/7/2019

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Publications

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Publications

Virtual-reality-based programming-by-demonstration system for automated robotic ultrasonic inspection: Ramezani Talabari Saeed, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, Pierce Gareth, Mohseni Ehsan, Lam Kwok Ho; British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing 63rd Annual Conference (2026)
CAD-free, fixtureless automated immersion inspection through ultrasound-driven surface adaptation with a linear phased array: Moos Rebecca Faith, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, Pierce Gareth, Shields Matthew, MacLeod Charles Norman; Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026 (2026)
Electrical-thermal thresholds and ultrasonic signatures of fault-induced degradation in aerospace carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites: Dikwal Kwopnan, Mohseni Ehsan, Tunukovic Vedran, Jones Catherine, Tant Katherine MM, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, MacLeod Charles Norman, Munro Gavin, Pierce Gareth; 62nd BiNDT Annual Conference (2026)
Feature segmentation for ultrasonic non-destructive testing of carbon fibre reinforced polymers: Kwasnik Maksymilian, Tunukovic Vedran, Mohseni Ehsan, Pierce Gareth, Hamilton Andrew, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, MacLeod Charles Norman, Munro Gavin, Smith Craig; Annual British Conference on Non-Destructive Testing 2026 (2026)
Non-destructive testing and detection of electro-thermal damage in carbon fibre reinforced composites under fault-representative conditions: Dikwal Kwopnan Maclean, Mohseni Ehsan, Jones Catherine E, Tunukovic Vedran, Tant Katherine MM, Vithanage Randika, MacLeod Charles, Pierce Gareth S, Munro Gavin; 1st International Online Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT 2026), pp. 60-60 (2026)
Accelerating analysis of ultrasonic test data in carbon fibre reinforced polymers with vision foundation models: Kwasnik Maksymilian, Tunukovic Vedran, Mohseni Ehsan, Pierce Gareth, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, Hamilton Andrew, MacLeod Charles Norman, Munro Gavin; 1st International Online Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT 2026) (2026)

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Research

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Professional Activities

Internal Examiner - PhD Viva: Examiner; 21/8/2026
Prof Julien Epps: Host; 20/8/2026
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore: Visiting researcher; 22/6/2026
Lorianne Groo: Host; 8/6/2026
From Fixed to Flexible: The Robotic Revolution in Non-Destructive Testing: Speaker; 8/6/2026
Philip Norman: Host; 26/5/2026

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Projects

UDLA 2527 University of Strathclyde | Lee, Euan: Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Principal Investigator) Loukas, Charalampos (Co-investigator) Lee, Euan (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2029
Sustainable Manufacturing of High-Integrity Aeroengine Components with Excellent Mechanical Properties (Samurai): Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2028
UDLA 2527 University of Strathclyde | Kwasnik, Maksymilian: Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) Hamilton, Andrew (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator) Kwasnik, Maksymilian (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
Frontiers in Electromagnetic Non-Destructive Evaluation Research (FENDER): Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2029
Fusing A Future From Glasgow's Proud Heritage - The Next Wave (Innovation project commission Glasgow City Region - Extension): MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Co-investigator) Ward, Michael (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator) Lines, David (Research Co-investigator) Loukas, Charalampos (Research Co-investigator) Munro, William (Research Co-investigator) Nicolson, Ewan (Research Co-investigator) Watson, Robert (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Allan, Ethan: Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Principal Investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Allan, Ethan (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028