ACADEMIC DETAILS

  1. Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, PhD at ARC Special Research Center for Ultra Broadband Information Networks [CUBIN], Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia (June 2003-Nov 2006), Awarded June 2007.
    PhD Thesis: Performance Evaluation and Enhancement of Mobile and Sensor Networks

  2. Masters of Engineering in Information Technology in School of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (2000-2002), Awarded Dec. 2002.
    Master Thesis: Energy Efficient Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks

  3. Bachelor of the Science of Engineering in Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Srilanka (1993-1997).

  4. Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (GCUT), The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, Dec. 2010.

CAREER TO DATE

(i) Research Experience

  1. Researcher - (since Dec. 2011 - to date) Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

  2. Lecturer - (since Aug. 2011 - Nov 2011) School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

  3. Research Fellow/Scientist (Level B) - (since Apr. 2011 - July 2011) Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

  4. Research Fellow/Scientist (Level B) - (since Jan. 2010 - Mar. 2011) Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

  5. Research Fellow/Scientist (Level B) - (since Sep. 2007 - Dec. 2009) Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

(ii) Teaching Experience

  1. Lecturer

    2. School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

      Subjects - Undergraduate Course

    • EE4188 - Wireless Communication (2011 - 2nd Sem) (Quality of Teaching, QOT = 4.61/5)
    • EE2008 - Data Structures and Algorithms (2011 - 2nd Sem)

  2. Subject Coordinator/ Casual Lecturer

    3. (with Dr. L. Ayu)
    Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia.

      Subjects - Postgraduate Course

    • 421-619 - Energy for Sustainable Development (2008 - 2nd Sem, 1 hr per week)
    • 421-629 - Energy Efficiency Technology (2009 - 2nd Sem, 1 hr per week)

  3. Adjunct Lecturer

    4. Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia (since Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2014)
    Teaching: School of Computing & Mathematics, Charles Sturt University, Melbourne, Australia.

      Subjects - Undergraduate Course

    • ITC242 - Introduction to Data Communication (2008 - to date, 100%)
    • ITC254 - Wireless Networks (2007 - to date, 100%) (Quality of Teaching, QOT = 6.63/7)
    • ITC333 - Server Administration & Maintenance (2008 & 2009, 100%)

      Subjects - Postgraduate Course

    • ITC482 - Computer Management and Security (2012, 100%)
    • ITC542 - Internetworking with TCP/IP (2008, 100%)
    • ITC431 - Computer Networks (2008 & 2009, 100%)

(iii) Research Laboratory Experience

  1. Electromagnetic Effects Research Laboratory, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (Nov. - Dec. 2011)
    Laboratory Experiment: Investigated sprouting rate of seeds in radio frequency fields - GSM mobile phone and base station radiation (using seeds - soybean).

  2. Department of Radiation Physics & Department of Bio Chemistry, Lund University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden (Sep. 2008)
    Laboratory Experiment: Investigated biological effect of extremely low frequency magnetic fields (using cell plasma membrane).

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Lund University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden (Sep. 2007)
    Laboratory Experiment: Investigated blood-brain barrier permeability in rats exposed to radio frequency and extremely low-frequency electromagnetic radiation - GSM mobile phone radiation (using animal model - rats).

PRIZES AND AWARDS

  1. Awarded "Best Student Paper Award" for the paper: C. D. Abeyrathne (student), M. N. Halgamuge, P. M. Farrell, and E. Skafidas, "Effect of Water on Signal Integrity of on Chip Coplanar Waveguide", EMC Society Symposium, Perth, Australia, Nov. 2011.

  2. Short listed applicant for "2010 L’Oreal Australia for Women in Science Fellowship" out of 170 women scientists applied from all over Australia.

  3. Awarded "Vice-Chancellor’s Engagement Award", The University of Melbourne, 2010.

  4. Short listed applicant for "2009 L’Oreal Australia for Women in Science Fellowship" out of 200 women scientists applied from all over Australia.

  5. Awarded "Vice-Chancellor’s Knowledge Transfer Award", The University of Melbourne, 2008.

  6. Awarded "Solander Fellowship" for research collaboration at Department of Radiation Physics, Lund University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (2008 round).

  7. Awarded "Solander Fellowship" for research collaboration at Department of Neurosurgery, Lund University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (2007 round).

  8. Awarded "Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)" for PhD studies at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

  9. Awarded "Ministry of Education Scholarship" for Undergraduate studies at Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, SriLanka.

  10. "Girl Guide/Girl Scout Awards" in School Education in Sri Lanka.

  11. Awarded "Grade Five Government Scholarship" for School Education in SriLanka.

PUBLICATION LIST

(Google Citations)

* ISI Citations = 62, Google Scholar Citations = 156 with h-index = 7 and g-index = 11.

    Book

  1. M. N. Halgamuge, "Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks: Cellular and Sensor Networks", LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-8383-2117-2, 268 pages, paperback, Euro 79, 2009.

    2. Book Chapters

  2. M. N. Halgamuge, "Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from Mobile Phone", Handbook of Applied Electromagnetics: Volume 1, Chapter 7, WITpress, 2011, (Accepted, 29 Nov. 2010).

  3. C. D. Abeyratne, M. N. Halgamuge and P. Farrell, "Influence of Radical Pair Reactions on the Biological Rhythms", Handbook of Applied Electromagnetics: Volume 1, Chapter 8, WITpress, 2011, (Accepted, 29 Nov. 2010).

  4. D. V. Pham, M. N. Halgamuge, T. Nirmalathas and B. Moran, "A Centralized Real-Time E-Healthcare System for Remote Monitoring and Detection of Epileptic Seizures", E-healthcare Systems and Wireless Communications: Current and Future Challenges, IGI Global, ISBN-13: 978-1613501238, Chapter 19, pp 402-433, Oct. 2011.

  5. M. N. Halgamuge, C. D. Abeyrathne and P. Mendis, "Analysis of Biological Effect of AC-DC Electromagnetic Fields using the Lorenz Model", Biomedical Engineering and Information Systems: Technologies, Tools and Applications, Medical Information Science Reference, ISBN: 978-1-61692-004-3, Chapter 2, pp 31-53, May 2010.

  6. M. N. Halgamuge, S. M. Guru and A. Jennings, "Centralised Strategies for Cluster Formation in Sensor Networks", Classification and Clustering for Knowledge Discovery, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-26073-0, Chapter 20, pp. 315-334, Aug. 2005.

    7. Refereed Journal Articles

  7. J. L. Eberhardt and M. N. Halgamuge, "Reply to Comment on ``Study of Charged Particle’s Behavior in a Biological Cell Exposed to AC-DC Electromagnetic Fields'' and on ``Comparison Between Two Models of Interaction Between Electric and Magnetic Fields and Proteins in Cell Membranes'', Environmental Engineering Science, Volume 28, Issue 10, pp 753-754, October 2011 (Invited Paper).
    Journal Impact Factor = 1.11

  8. M. N. Halgamuge, R. Kotagiri, M. Zukerman and H. Vu, "Handoff Optimization using Hidden Markov Model", IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Volume 18, Issue 7, pp 411-414, July 2011.
    Journal Impact Factor = 1.16

  9. D. V. Pham, A. Syed and M. N. Halgamuge, "Universal Serial Bus Based Software Attacks and Protection Solutions", Digital Investigation, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp 172-184, Feb 2011.
    Journal Impact Factor = 1.03

  10. T. Nanayakkara, M. N. Halgamuge, P. Sridhar and A. M. Madni, "Intelligent Sensing in Dynamic Environments using Markov Decision Process", Sensors, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp 1229-1242, Jan. 2011.
    Journal Impact Factor = 1.91

  11. M. N. Halgamuge and C. D. Abeyrathne, "Behavior of Charged Particles in a Biological Cell Exposed to AC-DC Electromagnetic Fields", Environmental Engineering Science, Volume 28, Issue 1, pp 1-10, Jan. 2011.
    Journal Impact Factor = 1.11

  12. M. N. Halgamuge, H. Vu , R. Kotagiri and M. Zukerman, "A Call Quality Performance Measure for Handoff Algorithms", International Journal of Communication Systems, Volume 24, pp 363-383, 2011.
    Journal Impact Factor = 0.23

  13. M. N. Halgamuge, C. D. Abeyrathne and P. Mendis, "Measurement and Analysis of Electromagnetic Fields from Trams, Trains and Hybrid Cars", Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Volume 141, Issue 3, pp 255-268, June 2010.
    Journal Impact Factor = 0.96

  14. M. N. Halgamuge, J. P. Liyanage and P. Mendis "Wireless Technologies for Integrated e-Operations in Offshore Environments", EJSE Special Issue: Wireless Sensor Networks and Practical Applications, pp 100-112, Dec. 2010.

  15. M. N. Halgamuge, B. R. R. Persson, L. G. Salford, P. Mendis and J. L. Eberhardt, "Comparison between Two Models for Interactions between Electric and Magnetic Fields and Proteins in Cell Membranes", Environmental Engineering Science, Volume 26, Issue 10, pp 1473-1480, Oct 2009.
    Journal Impact Factor = 1.11

  16. F. Shu, M. N. Halgamuge and W. Chen, "Building Automation System Using Wireless Sensor Networks: Radio Characteristics and Energy Efficient Communication Protocols", Special Issue on Sensor Network for Building Monitoring: From Theory to Real Application, Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, EJSE, pp 66-73, 2009.

  17. M. N. Halgamuge, T. K. Chan and P. Mendis, "Experimental Study of Link Quality Distribution in Sensor Network Deployment for Building Environment", Special Issue on Sensor Network for Building Monitoring: From Theory to Real Application, Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, EJSE, pp 28-34, 2009.

  18. M. N. Halgamuge, T. K. Chan and P. Mendis, "Improving Multi-story Building Sensor Network with an External Hub", World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 52, pp 420-423, April 2009.

  19. M. N. Halgamuge, M. Zukerman, R. Kotagiri and H. Vu, "An Estimation of Sensor Energy Consumption", Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Volume 12, 259-295, Jan. 2009.

  20. M. N. Halgamuge, H. Vu , R. Kotagiri and M. Zukerman, "Signal-Based Evaluation of Handoff Algorithms", IEEE Communications Letters, Volume 9, Issue 9, Sept. 2005.
    Journal Impact Factor = 1.14

  21. M. N. Halgamuge, P. Mendis, L. Ayu and T. Ngo, "Energy Optimized Wireless Sensor Network for Building Monitoring", (under review).

  22. M. N. Halgamuge, B. Moran, K. Tolhurst, P. Farrell and P. Mendis, "Radio Communication Issues in Bushfire", (under review).

  23. M. N. Halgamuge, B. Moran and K. Tolhurst, "Potential of Broadband Networks for Innovative Bushfire Intelligence and Communication", (under review).

  24. C. D. Abeyrathne, M. N. Halgamuge, P. M. Farrell, and E. Skafidas, "Performance Analysis of on Chip Dielectric Systems for In-Vivo Chemical Analysis", (under review).

  25. C. D. Abeyrathne, M. N. Halgamuge, P. M. Farrell, E. Skafidas and D. J. Muehsam, "Parametric Amplification at the Biological Membrane as a Mechanism for the Detection of Weak Electromagnetic Fields", (under review).

  26. I. H. Wijesundera, M. N. Halgamuge, T. Nirmalathas and T. Nanayakkara, "A Geographic Primitive Based Bayesian Framework to Predict Cyclone Induced Flooding", (under review).

  27. D. K. Delgoda, K. Saleem, M. N. Halgamuge and H. Malano, "Multiple Model Predictive Flood Control in Drainage Canal Systems with Uncertain Inflows", (under review).

  28. C. D. Abeyrathne, M. N. Halgamuge, P. M. Farrell, and E. Skafidas, "Comparison of Calibration Independent Methods to Estimate Permittivity from S-Parameter Response of Coplanar Waveguide", (under review).

  29. M. N. Halgamuge, "Analyzing the Pineal Melatonin Rhythm on Humans", (under review).

  30. M. N. Halgamuge, K. Y. See and J. L. Eberhardt, "Sprouting of Seeds in Weak Radio Frequency Fields".

  31. C. D. Abeyrathne, M. N. Halgamuge, P. M. Farrell and E. Skafidas, "A comparison of techniques to estimate volume fractions of constituents of mixtures from dielectric measurements", (under review).

    32. Refereed International Conferences

  32. P. Saeedian B. Moran, K. Tolhurst and M. N. Halgamuge, "Prediction of High-Risk Areas in Wildland Fires", 5th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfs’10), pp 399-403, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17-19 Dec. 2010.

  33. C. M. Dissanayake, M. N. Halgamuge, K. Ramamohanarao, B. Moran and P. Farrell, "The Signal Propagation Effects on IEEE 802.15.4 Radio Link in Fire Environment", 5th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfs’10), pp 411- 414, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17-19 Dec. 2010.

  34. C. D. Abeyrathne, P. M. Farrell and M. N. Halgamuge, "Analysis of Biological Effects and Limits of Exposure to Weak Magnetic Fields", 5th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfs’10), pp 415-420, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17-19 Dec. 2010.

  35. D. V. Pham, A. Syed, A. Mohammad and M. N. Halgamuge, "Threat Analysis of Portable Hack Tools from USB Storage Devices and Protection Solutions", International Conference on Information and Emerging Technologies (ICIET’10), pp 1-5, Karachi, Pakistan, 14-16 June 2010.

  36. C. D. Abeyratne, M. N. Halgamuge and P. Farrell, "Effect of Magnetic Field on the Biological Clock through the Radical Pair Mechanism ", International Conference on Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (ICBBB'10), pp 18-23, Rome, 28-30 Apr. 2010.

  37. D. V. Pham, M. N. Halgamuge, A. Syed and P. Mendis, "Optimizing Windows Security Features to Block Malware and Hack Tools on USB Storage Devices", The 28th PIERS, pp 350-355, Cambridge, USA, 5-8 July 2010.

  38. M. N. Halgamuge, T. K. Chan and P. Mendis, "Experiences of Deploying an Indoor Building Sensor Network", SensorCOMM, pp 378-381, Athens, Greece, 18-23 June 2009.

  39. M. N. Halgamuge, T. K. Chan and P. Mendis, "Ventilation Efficiency and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Concentration", Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Volume 5, No. 7, pp 637-640, Moscow, Russia, 18-21 Aug. 2009.

  40. M. N. Halgamuge, C. Abeyratne and P. Mendis, "Effect of Cyclotron Resonance Frequencies in Particles Due to AC and DC ElectroMagnetic Fields", International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (ICBB'09), Volume 52, pp 416-419, Rome, Italy, 28-30 April 2009.

  41. M. N. Halgamuge, "Design Factors for Sustainable Sensor Networks", Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfs’07), pp 106-110, Melbourne, Australia, 4-6 Dec. 2007.

  42. M. N. Halgamuge, "Efficient Battery Management for Sensor Lifetime", Proceedings of IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA’07), Volume 1, pp 56-61, Niagara Falls, Canada, 21-23 May 2007.

  43. M. N. Halgamuge, R. Kotagiri and M. Zukerman, "High Powered Cluster Heads for Extending Sensor Network Lifetime", Proceedings of 6th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT’06), pp 64-69, Vancouver, Canada, 27-30 August 2006.

  44. M. N. Halgamuge, R. Kotagiri, H. L. Vu and M. Zukerman, "Evaluation of Handoff Algorithms Using a Call Quality Measure with Signal Based Penalties", Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'06), Volume 1, pp 30-35, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 3-6 April 2006.

  45. M. N. Halgamuge, H. L. Vu , R. Kotagiri and M. Zukerman, "An Ideal Base Station Sequence for Pattern Recognition Based Handoff in Cellular Networks" , Proceedings of International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA'05), pp 19-24, BMICH, Colombo, 15-18 Dec. 2005.

  46. M. N. Halgamuge, S. M. Guru and A. Jennings, "Energy Efficient Cluster Formation in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Telecommunication (ICT'03), Volume 2, pp 1571-1576, Papeete, Tahity, French Polynesia, 23 Feb.-1 March 2003.

  47. K. Chan, G. Lam, S. M. Guru, M. N. Halgamuge and S. Fernando, "Development of a Smartbolt™ Prototype with Energy Model for Clustered Sensor Systems", Proceedings of International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'02), pp 280-284, Singapore, 18-22 Nov. 2002.

  48. C. Brewster, P. Farmer, J. Manners and M. N. Halgamuge, "An Incremental Genatic Algorithm for Model Based Clustering and Segmentation" , Proceedings of International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, (FSKD'02), pp 586-590, Singapore, 18-22 Nov. 2002.

    49. Non-Refereed Conferences/Workshops

  49. C. D. Abeyrathne, M. N. Halgamuge, P. M. Farrell, E. Skafidas and D. J. Muehsam, "A Model based on Parametric Amplification for Weak Electromagnetic Field Bioeffects", The 34th Annual Conference of Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS): Brisbane, Australia, 17-22 June 2012 (Accepted, March 2012).

  50. C. D. Abeyrathne, M. N. Halgamuge, P. M. Farrell, and E. Skafidas, "Effect of Water on Signal Integrity of on Chip Coplanar Waveguide", EMC Society Symposium, Perth, Australia, Nov. 2011 (This paper won the "Best Student Paper Award").

  51. M. N. Halgamuge and C. D. Abeyrathne, "Biological Cell Exposed to AC and DC Electromagnetic Fields: Theoretical Study", EMF Scientific Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 2011.

  52. T. Nirmalathas, M. N. Halgamuge, B. Moran and T. J. O’Brien, "Epileptic Seizure Detection using Real Time E-Healthcare System", ICT for Sustainability Workshop, Jaffna, Srilanka, 21-22 Dec. 2010.

  53. M. N. Halgamuge, C. Dissanayake, P. Farrell, R. Kotagiri and B. Moran, "Radio Communication Issues in Early Detection of Fire", ICT for Sustainability Workshop, Jaffna, Srilanka, 21-22 Dec. 2010.

  54. M. N. Halgamuge, C. D. Abeyrathne and P. Mendis, "Measurement of magnetic fields from transportation systems", EMF Scientific Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 2010.

  55. C. D. Abeyrathne, P. M. Farrell and M. N. Halgamuge, "Signal Recovery from Noise in Biological Systems", 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress (AIP/ACOFT), Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 2010.

  56. M. N. Halgamuge, C. Abeyratne and P. Mendis, "Influence of Combined AC-DC Electromagnetic Fields on Cell Plasma Membrane", The 31st Annual Conference of Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS), Davos, Switzerland, 14-19 June 2009.

  57. C. D. Abeyrathne, P. M. Farrell and M. N. Halgamuge, "How Much Evidence Exists for Biological Effects of Very Weak Magnetic Fields", EMF Scientific Workshop, Melbourne, Austraia, Nov. 2009.

  58. M. N. Halgamuge, R. Kotagiri and M. Zukerman, "Strategies for Increasing Sensor Network Lifetime", AusCTW'07, Adelaide, Australia, 5-7 Feb. 2007.

  59. M. N. Halgamuge, R. Kotagiri, H. L. Vu and M. Zukerman, "Differentiated Penalties for Evaluating Handoff Algorithm", Proceedings of the AusCTW'06, Perth, Australia, 1-3 Feb. 2006.

  60. M. N. Halgamuge, M. Zukerman, R. Kotagiri and H. Vu, "Towards Better Handoff Algorithms", NICTA Techfest'05, Canberra, Australia, May 2005.

    61. Other Publications

  61. PhD Thesis: "Performance Evaluation and Enhancement of Mobile and Sensor Networks", Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 245 pages, 2007.

  62. Master Thesis: "Energy Efficient Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks", School of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 107 page, 2002.

PHD PROJECT SUPERVISION

Current PhD Students

  1. I. H. Wijesundera (APA Scholarship), co-supervisors: Prof. T. Nirmalathas and Dr. T. Nanayakkara (King's College, University of London)
    Project: Optimal Prediction with Dynamic Sensor Networks Deployed in Geographical Primitives

  2. D. Delgoda (APA Scholarship), co-supervisors: Prof. H. Malano and Dr. K. Saleem
    Project: Sensor Networks for Flood Management in Urban Areas

  3. C. M. Disanayake (MIRS & IBES Top-up Scholarships), co-supervisors: Prof. R. Kotagiri, Prof. B. Moran and A/Prof. P. Farrell
    Project: Radio Propagation Problems in Bushfires

  4. P. Saeedian (APA & IBES Top-up Scholarships) co-supervisors: Prof. B. Moran, Dr. K. Tolhurst and Dr. M. Rezaeian
    Project: Data Assimilation and Bushfire Modelling

  5. C. D. Abeyratne (IPRS & NICTA Top Up Scholarships), co-supervisors: A/Prof. P. Farrell and Prof. S. Skafidas
    Project: Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields

Topics for New PhD Students

  1. Night-time Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Magnetic Fields and Childhood Leukemia via Melatonin Disruption

  2. Radio Propagation Studies and Power Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks

  3. Handoff Management in Cellular Networks

UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT SUPERVISION

Past Undergraduate Project

  1. J. Fan, H. Lu and Y. Lan, co-supervisor: Prof. T. Nirmalathas
    2. Project: All-in-one e-Health Smart phone Monitor, 2011.

GRANTS AND FUNDING

  1. B. Moran, M. N. Halgamuge , K. Tolhurst, P. Farrell and M. Garvey (CFA), "Wireless Sensor Network for Bushfire Detection and Early Warning", Knowledge Partnerships Staff Project Grant, $10,000, 2010.

  2. B. Moran, M. N. Halgamuge K. Tolhurst, M. Garvey (CFA) and P. Farrell, "Data Assimilation and Bushfire Modelling for Early and Rapid Bushfire Detection using Broadband Technology", Interdisciplinary Seed Grant (IBES), $60,000, 2010.

  3. M. N. Halgamuge and P. Mendis, Joint Research Grant, collaboration with Lund University, Sweden, "Interaction between extremely low frequency magnetic fields and living system", $5,000, 2008.

  4. M. N. Halgamuge, P. Mendis and L. Martin (ARPANSA), Knowledge Transfer Grant, "Environmental impact of low frequency electromagnetic field exposure", $10,000, 2008.

  5. M. N. Halgamuge, Solander Grant, $10,000 both 2007 & 2008.

INVITED SEMINAR / GUEST LECTURER

  1. "Radio Frequency and Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Effect on Human", IEEE Talk, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Sri Lanka Chapter and IEEE Sri Lanka, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Jan. 2012.

  2. "Electromagnetic Wave Effects on Human", School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, October 2011.

  3. "Potential Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields", Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, July 2011.

  4. "Environmental Effects of Non-ionizing Radiation and Magnetic Fields", Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Rome, Italy, July 2011.

  5. "Exposure-Risk Association on Living Organisms due to Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields", Institute of Theoretical Electromagnetic Fields, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, July 2011.

  6. "The Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Biological Tissues", IEEE Talk, IEEE Lisbon Chapter, Department of Bioegineering, Institute of Superior Techno (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2011.

  7. "Radio Communication Issues in Early Detection of Forest Fires", IEEE Talk, IEEE São Paulo Section, Brazil, Dec. 2010.

  8. "Biological Effects of Radio Frequency and Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field", IEEE Talk, IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Malaysia Chapter, Malaysia July 2010.

  9. "Biological Effects of Radio Frequency and Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field", Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia, July 2010.

  10. "Blood Brain Barrier and Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields", Department of Pathology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Jan. 2010.

  11. "Effects Extremely Low Frequency and Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields on Humans", Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Oct. 2008.

  12. "Effect of the Electromagnetic Fields on Humans", Scientists in Schools Programm, Brunswick Language School, Melbourne, Australia, 2008.

  13. "Biological Effects of non-ionizing radiation and magnetic fields", IEEE Talk, IEEE Sri Lanka Section, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Colombo, Srilanka, 2008.

  14. "Biological Effects of Extremely Low frequency and Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields", Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Srilanka, 2008.

  15. "Power Management in Sensor Networks", Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Srilanka, 2007.

  16. "Performance Evaluation and Enhancement of Wireless Networks", Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Colombo, Srilanka, 2007.

JOURNALIST / MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

  1. "Is the long-term use of mobile phones safe?" 125th Anniversary Magazine, Southlands Girls' College, Galle, Sri Lanka, 2011.

  2. "Are mobile phones affecting your health?", Melbourne Engineering, Alumni and Friends, Australia, May 2010.

  3. "A mobile concern that isn't going away", Science Alert, Australia, 17th February 2010.

  4. Studio (Melbourne Newsroom), Video interview, Australia, 2010.

  5. "A mobile concern that isn't going away", Melbourne Voice, Vol. 6, No. 2, Australia, 8th February 2010.

  6. "Effect to brain from mobile phone", Vidusara (Scientific Paper), Page 9, Sri Lanka, 25th November 2009.

  7. "Srilankan scientist explains health effects of mobile phone", Sunday Lankadeepa, Page 12, Sri Lanka, 8th November 2009.

  8. "Phones and health", Moreland Leader, Page 15, Australia, 20th April 2009.

  9. "Antenna plan a concern", Moreland Leader, Page 16, Australia, 13th April 2009.

  10. "Scientiest: Explaining health effect of mobile phone", Lankadeepa (Middle East), Page 15, Dubai, 9th July 2008.

  11. "Is long-term exposure to the radiation from mobile phones harmless?", GradNews, Cover page and Page 16, Australia, February 2008.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

Guest Editor

  1. Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Networks and Practical Applications (Second Issue) on Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2010.

  2. Special Issue on Sensor Network for Building Monitoring: From Theory to Real Application (First Issue) on Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2009.

Program Co-Chair

    Wireless Communication Track, International Conference on Communications Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS’07), Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan, 11-13 July 2007.

Publication Chair

    The Fifth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfs’10), Colombo, Srilanka, 17-19 Dec. 2010.

Publicity Co-Chair

    The Sixth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfs’12), Beijing, China, 27-29 September 2012.

Track Co-Chair

  1. Hybrid Information Technology Track, 6th International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech'11), Crete, Greece, 28-30 June 2011.

  2. Hybrid Information Technology Track, 5th International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech'10), Busan, Korea, 21-23 May 2010.

Member, Technical Program Committee (TPC)

  1. The Sixth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS'12), Beijing, China, 27-29 September 2012.

  2. The Sixth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM'12), Rome, Italy, 19-24 August 2012.

  3. International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP'12), Rome, Italy, 24-27 July 2012.

  4. The Third International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS'12), Irbid, Jordan, 3-5 April 2012.

  5. The Seventh IASTED International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (ACSE'12), Phuket, Thailand, 2-4 April 2012.

  6. The Fifth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM'11), Côte d'Azur, France, 21-27 August 2011.

  7. International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP'11), Seville, Spain, 18-21 July 2011.

  8. The Sixth International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS'11), Kandy, Sri Lanka, 16-19 August 2011.

  9. The Second World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE’11), Changchun, China, 17-19 June 2011.

  10. The 23rd Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM’11), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 5-9 June 2011.

  11. The Second International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS’11), Amman, Jordan, 22-24 May 2011.

  12. International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP'10), Athens, Greece, 26-28 July 2010.

  13. The Fourth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM'10), Venice, Italy, 18-25 July 2010.

  14. The 6th IASTED International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (ACSE'10), Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt, 15-17 March 2010.

  15. Intelligent Agents in Sensor Networks and Sensor Web (IASNW’09), Nagoya, Japan, 13-15 Dec. 2009.

  16. International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP’09), Milan, Italy, 7-10 July 2009.

  17. IASTED International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (ACSE'09), Phuket, Thailand, 16-18 March 2009.

  18. The Fourth International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), Colombo, Srilanka, 12-14 Dec. 2008.

  19. International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS’07), Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 8-11 Aug. 2007.

  20. International Conference on Communications Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS’07), Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan, 11-13 July 2007.

Reviewer

  1. IEEE Tran. Vehicular Technology, IEEE Tran. on Circuits and Systems I, IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Comm. Lett., IEEE ICC, IEEE WCNC, IEEE PMIRC, WirelessCom, WIOPT, ICCS.

Memberships of Professional Societies

  1. Member, Bioelectromagnetic Society, USA

  2. Member, Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA

  3. Member, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan

  4. Member, Networking Networking Women (N2 Women), IEEE Communication Society, USA

  5. Member, ARC Research Network in Communications (ACoRN), Australia

  6. Volunteered Scientist in "Scientists in Schools" programm, Australia

  7. Committee Member, University of Melbourne IEEE Student Branch, Australia (2003 June - 2007 June)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Biological Effects of Magnetic-fields and Microwaves
  2. Radio Propagation Problems in Bushfires
  3. Energy Management in Sensor Networks
  4. Handoff Management in Cellular Networks
  5. Wireless Communication

TEACHING INTERESTS

  1. Cellular & Data Communication
  2. Sensor Networks

PERSONAL INTERESTS

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