Dr Randika Kosala Wathavana Vithanage

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).

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

Unsupervised machine learning for flaw detection in automated ultrasonic testing of carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites: Tunukovic Vedran, McKnight Shaun, Pyle Richard, Wang Zhiming, Mohseni Ehsan, Pierce S Gareth, Vithanage Randika K W, Dobie Gordon, MacLeod Charles N, Cochran Sandy, O'Hare Tom; Ultrasonics Vol 140 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107313
A study of machine learning object detection performance for phased array ultrasonic testing of carbon fibre reinforced plastics: Tunukovic Vedran, McKnight Shaun, Mohseni Ehsan, Pierce S Gareth, Pyle Richard, Duernberger Euan, Loukas Charalampos, Vithanage Randika KW, Lines David, Dobie Gordon, MacLeod Charles N, Cochran Sandy, O'Hare Tom; NDT and E International Vol 144 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2024.103094
Three-dimensional residual neural architecture search for ultrasonic defect detection: McKnight Shaun, MacKinnon Christopher, Pierce S Gareth, Mohseni Ehsan, Tunukovic Vedran, MacLeod Charles N, Vithanage Randika K W, O'Hare Tom; IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Vol 71, pp. 423-436 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2024.3353408
In-process non-destructive evaluation of metal additive manufactured components at build using ultrasound and eddy-current approaches: Zimermann Rastislav, Mohseni Ehsan, Foster Euan A, Vasilev Momchil, Loukas Charalampos, Vithanage Randika KW, Macleod Charles N, Lines David, Silva Misael Pimentel Espirindio E, Fitzpatrick Stephen, Halavage Steven, McKegney Scott, Rizwan Muhammad Khalid, Pierce Stephen Gareth, Williams Stewart, Ding Jialuo; Journal of Manufacturing Processes Vol 107, pp. 549-558 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2023.10.063
Eddy currents and ultrasonic testing data fusion for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing: Mohseni Ehsan, Tunukovic Vedran, McKnight Shaun, Zimermann Rastislav, Pyle Richard, Poole Alastair, Gomes Rylan, Pierce Gareth, Rizwan Muhammad Khalid, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, MacLeod Charles Norman, Foster Euan, Ding Jialuo, Williams Stewart; 60th Annual British Conference on NDT (2023)
Considerations for process to part inspection for flexible manufacturing NDT: Pierce Gareth, Mohseni Ehsan, Wathavana Vithanage Randika Kosala, Poole Alastair, Hifi Amine, Shields Matthew, Vasilev Momchil, Loukas Charalampos, MacLeod Charles Norman, Dobie Gordon, O'Brien-O'Reilly Janet, Munro Gavin, O'Hare Tom, Grosser Michael, Oakley Alan; 60th Annual British Conference on NDT (2023)

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Research

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Professional Activities

Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology (Journal): Editorial board member; 3/2024
Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Journal): Editorial board member; 12/2023
IMechE MDPS - Priyanka Dhiwa: Advisor; 12/2023
9th Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (Event): Peer reviewer; 11/2023
Using In-Process NDE Inspection to Qualify WAAM Builds: Working towards Qualification for Different NDE Modalities: Contributor; 30/10/2023
Frontiers in Robotics and AI (Journal): Guest editor; 19/10/2023

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Projects

Hybrid Robotics for Future Reconfigurable Manufacturing: Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Principal Investigator); EPSRC DTP with Differential Fee Scholarship; 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Moos, Rebecca Faith: Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Principal Investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Moos, Rebecca Faith (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2027
Hybrid Robotics for Future Reconfigurable Manufacturing: Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Principal Investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
Fusing a future from Glasgow’s proud heritage: Schedule Guaranteed High-Integrity Structures for a Secure, Safe and Resilient Transition to Net Zero (Innovation Accelerator): MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Dobie, Gordon (Co-investigator) Fitzpatrick, Stephen (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Mohseni, Ehsan (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Stratoudaki, Theodosia (Co-investigator) Tant, Katherine Margaret Mary (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
Human-Robot-Collaboration to Inspect High-Value Components Manufactured by Additive Technologies: Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Principal Investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE) | Dawi, Waleed: Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Dawi, Waleed (Research Co-investigator); 12-Jan-2022 - 12-Jan-2026