Prabhath De Silva, Ph.D.

29 Jul, 2016

Research Interests
  • Flow-thermal applications in automotive engineering
  • Environmental fluid mechanics
  • CFD
  • 1-D tools


Work Experiences


2014 - Present Adjunct Professor, International School of Engineering,
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Teaching automotive engineering courses

1999 - 2013 Senior Project Engineer, General Motors Corporation,
Michigan

Global Simulations Owner (GSO) for HVAC air handling system performance.
Prepared and maintained certain corporate analysis procedures for use in global
engineering centres. Developed pressure based engine cooling circuit 1-D
simulations, CFD prediction of airflow in the cabin interior and air through the
vehicle front-end.


1998 - 1999 CFD Analyst, Visteon Corporation (Contract),
Michigan

Provided analysis, synthesis and design improvement on vehicle climate control
applications; Supported business bidding proposals for winning OEM contracts.


1997 - 1998 Assistant Professor, Thammasat University,
Thailand

Undergraduate teaching: Engineering Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Engineering
Drawing.Supervised final year students’ projects, served in university committees
and conducted administrative duties as needed.


1994 - 1997 Postdoctoral Research Associate,
University of Western Australia, Perth

Fundamental and applied research on environmental fluid flows.
Prepared proposals and communicated with funding agencies for opportunities
and grants.


1991 - 1994 Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Arizona State University

Research on environmental fluid flows and undergraduate instruction/teaching.
Designed and fabricated experiments to simulate complex flow situations.
Flow measuring techniques LDV, PIV, LIF, Schlieren techniques, hot wire anemometry.



Teaching Experiences

1999 – 2002 Adjunct Professor, University of Detroit-Mercy
Dynamics

1997 Assistant Professor, Thammasat University
Fluid Dynamics, Dynamics

1990 – 1992 Graduate Assistant, Arizona State University
Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids

1983 – 1984 Assistant Lecturer, University of Moratuwa
Thermodynamics, Mechanics



Conference & Publications

Refereed Journals

  • De Silva, I.P.D. (2006). Turbulence in stirred jars. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 132(11), pp. 1260-1268.
  • Ivey, G. N., Winters, K. B. & I.P.D. De Silva. (2000). Turbulent mixing in an internal wave energised benthic boundary layer on a slope. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 418, pp. 59-76.
  • De Silva, I.P.D., Brandt, A., Montenegro, L., & Fernando, H.J.S. (1999). Gradient Richardson number measurements in a stratified shear layer. Dynamics of Atmosphere and Oceans. 30, pp. 47- 63.
  • De Silva, I.P.D. & Fernando, H.J.S. (1998). Experiments on collapsing turbulent regions in stratified fluids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 358, pp. 29-60.
  • De Silva, I.P.D., Imberger, J. & Ivey, G.N. (1997). Localised mixing due to a breaking internal wave ray at a sloping boundary. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 350, pp. 1-27.
  • De Silva, I.P.D., Fernando, H.J.S., Eaton, F. & Hebert, D. (1996). Kelvin-Helmholtz billows in nature and laboratory. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 143, pp. 217-231.
  • De Silva, I.P.D. & Fernando, H.J.S. (1994). Oscillating grid as a source of nearly-isotropic turbulence. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 2455-2464.
  • Fernando, H.J.S. & De Silva, I.P.D. (1993). Note on secondary flows in oscillating-grid mixing box experiments. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 5, No. 7, pp. 1849-1851.
  • De Silva, I.P.D. & Fernando, H.J.S. (1992). Some aspects of mixing in a stratified turbulent patch. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 240, pp. 601-625.
  • De Silva, I.P.D., Montenegro, L.M. & Fernando, H.J.S. (1990). Measurement of interfacial distortions at a stratified entrainment interface. Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 9, pp. 174-177.
  • Reddy, T.A., Gordon, J.M. & De Silva, I.P.D. (1987). MIRA: A one repetitive-day method for predicting the long-term performance of solar energy systems. Solar Energy, Vol.39, No. 2, pp.123-133.


Research Papers by Dr. Prabhath De Silva and his ISE students
  • De Silva, I.P.D. (2018). "Hofstadter Points for Exterior Angles" Mathematics Magazine. Accepted for Publication.
  • Tessathan, T., Thammasiri, C., De Silva, P., Hussain, R., & Noomwongs, N. (2017). "Cabin-Ambient Air Exchanges and Their Relation to In-Vehicle CO2 Concentration," SAE Technical Paper 2017-01-1725, doi:10.4271/2017-01-1725.
  • Luangprasert, M., Vasithamrong, C., Pongratananukul, S., Chantranuwathana,S., Pumrin, S. & I.P.D. De Silva. (2017). "In-vehicle carbon dioxide concentration in commuting cars in Bangkok, Thailand,". Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vol. 67, 5, pp. 623-633, doi:10.1080/10962247.2016.1268983​.
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