Academic and Professional Qualifications
Research Interests
- Environmental Engineering
- Water pollution and its control through bioremediation
- Water Resourced Management
- Ecosystem enhancement for sustainable food production
- Ecological Agriculture
Teaching Subjetcs
Undergraduate
- Fluid Mechanics and Irrigation principles
- Land & Water Resources Engineering
- Advanced Land & Water Resources Engineering
- Irrigation Systems Design and Management
- Engineering Mathematics
- Environmental Hydrology
- Paddy Field Engineering
- Engineering Design Philosophy
Postgraduate
- Hydrology and Meteorology
- Water quality for Agriculture and Environment
- Environmental Pollution control Engineering
- Bioreactor & Bio-environment Design & control Systems
- Environmental Monitoring
Education
PhD Biotic Environment (Regional Resources Engineering), - 2000, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Iwate, Japan
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Agriculture, Bio-Environment - 1997, The Graduate School of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (B.Sc. Agric. Hons, Second Class Upper.) - 1991, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya. Sri Lanka.
Appointments
- Head - Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 10/2015 – 10/2018
- Senior Professor (Chair) - Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, 2nd July 2020 to date
- Professor (Chair) - Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, 26th November 2016 to 1 st July 2020
- Professor in Biosystems Engineering on merit - 2nd July 2012 to 25th November 2016
- Visiting lecturer - Board of Study in Agricultural Engineering, Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya
- Council Member - Member of the Council of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL) from 20th April 2018 for a period of 3 years.
- Member of the Board of Management - Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture 2022 to date
- Served as resource person -
- e-Leaming Course on Waste Management in Agribusiness, Organized and conducted by Asian Productivity Organization (APO),Japan Session 1: 27-30 November 2018 (four days) and Session 2: 11-14 December 2018 (four days)
- International Training programme (3 Modules out of 11 modules ) on “Managing Water pollution” on 2 nd – 6 th May 2010 in Marawila, organized by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), UNEP-DHI centre for water and Environment , Netherland, Cap-Net and Cap-Net Lanka (PGIA) (Module 2: Pollution Management as part of IWRM, Module 6: Water quality management: Objectives and Standards and Module 8: Working with Stakeholders)
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS
Awards
Tier 4* Research Award - 2021 For Excellent research contribution based on the transparent research performance scheme stipulated in the UGC circular 05/2018
SUSRED Award-2017a - National Science Foundation (NSF) MPhil research title: Impact of Rainfall Variability on Soil Organic Matter and Nitrogen in Lowland Paddy Field: A case study in Bayawa Minor Irrigation System, PGIA, University of Peradeniya.
SUSRED Award-2017b - National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka MPhil research title: Identification and assessment of technical and socio-economic aspects in cultivating Other Field Crops(OFC)in Bayawa minor irrigation system
NRC Merit Award-2016 - National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific Publication – 2013.
President’s Award 2008 - Scientific Publication- 2008
NRC Merit Award-2016 - National Research Council (NRC) Merit Award for Scientific Publication – 2016. Clean- Soil Air Water 2016, Vol 44 Iss 8 pp 938-948, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 2016, Vol 66, Iss 12, pp 1257-1267.
SUSRED Award-2013 - National Science Foundation (NSF) Award under Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (SUSRED) - 2013 as a principal supervisor of a MPhil research degree; Title of Pollution mitigation in landfill sites: Removal of heavy metals using locally available filter materials, PGIA, University of Peradeniya.
Publications
Book Chapters
Mowjood, M.I.M., K.B.S.N. Jinadasa and B.F.A. Basnayake (2020), Chapter 9. Paddy Field and Constructed Wetland: The Equivalencies. In Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka: Volume 2: A Pursuit for Advancements. Ed. by Ranjith Premalal De Silva , Gamini Pushpakumara , Pahan Prasada and Jeevika Weerahewa, Publisher Springer Verlag, Singapore, ISBN10 9811536724.
Refereed Journals
Jegatheesan, V, Nevelina Pachova, Perlie Velasco, M.I.M. Mowjood, S.K. Weragoda, K. B. S N. Jinadasa et al, Co?development of an integrated assessment framework to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of selected nature?based water treatment technologies in Sri Lanka, The Philippines, and Vietnam, (2022) Environmental Quality Management,
Sumudu Chandrasiri, M.I.M. Mowjood and L.W. Galagedara, (2020), Impacts of rainfall variability on paddy production: A case from Bayawa minor irrigation tank in Sri Lanka Paddy and Water Environment
Udayagee Kumarasinghe, Y. Sakamoto, T. Saito, M. Nagamori, C. S. Kalpage. G.B. Herath, M.I.M. Mowjood, and Ken Kawamoto, (2018), Effectiveness of Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) on heavy metal trap in aquifer at solid waste dumpsite: A simulation study, International Journal of GEOMATE, Nov, 2018, Vol 15, (Issue.51), pp. 225-232.
Ariyawansha, R. T. K., B. F. A. Basnayake, A. K. Karunarathna, M. I. M. Mowjood, (2018) Extension to Michaelis-Menten Kinetics of Single Parameters, Nature Scientific Reports, 2018(8): 16586
Weerakoon,G.M.P.R., K.B.S.N. Jinadasa, G.B.B. Herath, M.I.M. Mowjood, and W.J. Ng (2018) Applicability of constructed wetlands for water quality improvement in a Tea Estate catchment: The Pussellawa case study, Water 2018, 10, 332
Pradeep Gajanayake, Y.G.D.P. Wijewardana, S.K.D. Wijesinghe, M.I.M. Mowjood, L.W. Galagedara (2018) Assessment of the Variability of Soil Properties for OFC Cultivation under Minor Irrigation Systems, Journal of Agriculture and Sustainability Volume 11, Number 1, 2018, 11-34
Udayagee Kumarasinghe, Y. Inoue, T. Saito, M. Nagamori, Y. Sakamoto, M.I.M. Mowjood, and K. Kawamoto (2017) Temporal Variations in Perched Water and Groundwater Qualities at an Open Solid Waste Dumpsite in Sri Lanka, International Journal of GEOMATE, Vol.13 (38), pp.01-08.
Kumara, G.M.P., Samarakoon, S.M.L.D., Wijewardana, Y.G.D.P., Mowjood, M.I.M. and Galagedera, L.W (2017), Evaluation of Paddy Fields System Layout for Other Field Crops (OFC) in s Minor Irrigation System, Tropical Agricultural Research Vol. 28(3) :216-226
Weerakoon, G.M.P.R., Jinadasa, K.B.S.N., Herath, G.B.B. Mowjood, M.I.M., Dongqing Zhang, Soon Keat Tan and Ng Wun Jern(2016), Performance of Tropical Vertical Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands at Different Hydraulic Loading Rates, Journal of Clean – Soil, Air, Water 2016, 44 (9999), 1–11
Sellathurai, T., Sivananthawerl, T., Galagedara, L.W. and M I M Mowjood (2015), Organic Matter Content of a Lowland Paddy Soil as Affected by Plant Growth and Urea Fertilization, Tropical Agricultural Research Vol. 26 (2): 415 – 421.
Conferences, Symposiums and Workshops
Udayagee Kumarasinghe, Y. Sakamoto, T. Saito, M. Nagamori,C. S. Kalpage. G.B. Herath, M.I.M. Mowjood and Ken Kawamoto (2017) Simulation of Two-Dimensional Heavy Metal Transport in an Aquifer at Solid Waste Dumpsite: Estimating the Effectiveness of a Permeable Reactive Barrier on Heavy Metal Pollution Control, Seventh International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Mie, Japan, Nov. 21-24, 2017
Kumara, G.M.P., Wijesinghe, S.K.D., Mowjood, M.I.M. and Galagedera L.W.. (2016), Assessment of suitability of paddy fields in a minor irrigation system for Other Field Crops(OFC) based on soil physical properties, In proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering: Practices for Sustainable Development (ACEPS 2016), March 2016, Galle, Sri Lanka
Nagamori, M., Udayagee Kumarasinghe, Shakila Hettiarachchi, M.I.M. Mowjood, G.B.B. Herath, Y. Isobe, Y. Watanabe, Y. Inoue and Ken Kawamoto (2015) Spatiotemporal variation of water quality around and inside an open solid waste dumpsite in Sri Lanka. In proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development (ACEPS), 9th March, 2015, Galle, Sri Lanka.
Sellathurai, T., L. W. Galagedara and M. I. M. Mowjood (2015). Characterization of alternative wet and dry spells using rainfall indices: A case study in Awlegama, Kurunagala. In:Symposium proceedings of the water professionals’ Day - 2015. Pp 88-94
Sellathurai, T., S.Kamaleswaran, L.W.Galagedara and M.I.M.Mowjood (2015). Impact of alternative wetting and drying on the soil surface organic matter in a lowland paddy field. ICDA 2015, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna. Pp 44
Udayagee Kumarasinghe, M.I.M. Mowjood, G.B.B. Herath, Masanao Nagamori and Ken Kawamoto (2015) Adsorption characterization of Pb, Cu and Ni and Municipal Solid Waste from and open dumpsite, Sri Lanka. In proceedings of the 3 rd International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development (ACEPS), 9th March, 2015, Galle, Sri Lanka.
Kamaleswaran, S. Udayagee Kumarasinghe, M.I.M. Mowjood, G.B.B. Herath, Masanao Nagamori and Ken Kawamoto (2015), Electromagnetic Survey (GEM-2) for Monitoring of Open Dumpsites in Sri Lanka, In proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development (ACEPS), 9th March, 2015, Galle, Sri Lanka.
Udayagee Kumarasinghe, Mowjood M.I.M., Shakila Hettiarachchi, G.B.B. Herath, Masanao Nagamori and Ken Kawamoto (2014), Spatial variability of Pb, Cu, Ni and Fe in groundwater and identification of contaminant plume in an open landfill: A case study in Udapalatha PS, Central Province, Sri Lanka, In proceedings: 5 th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2014, 12 – 15, December 2014, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Kumara, G.M.P., Perera, A.C.S., Pelpitiya, I.P.S.K., Dayawansa, N.D.K. and Mowjood, M.I.M. (2014), Dynamics of urbanization and its impact on hydrology: A case study of Meda-Ela urban stream in Kandy, Sri Lanka, In proceedings: 5th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment 2014, 12 – 15, December 2014, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Mowjood, M.I.M., Galagedera L.W. and S.P.P. Najila Gayani (2014), Small Concentric Constructed Wetland for Treatment of Domestic Wastewater in Tea Estate in Sri Lanka, International Conference on Agricultural Engineering: New Technologies for Sustainable Agricultural Production and Food Security, Eds Y.A. Al Mulla, M. Ahmed and H. Jayasuriya, Acta Hort. 1054, ISHS 2014, 175 – 182.
