STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Ruwini EDIRISINGHE
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of PCPM
Phone:
+61399251285
Campus:
City Campus
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Research supervision
Dr Ruwini Edirisinghe is a Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow at RMIT.
Ruwini Edirisinghe specialises in digital innovation (BIM), information and communication technologies (ICT) and smart technologies in building and construction field.
She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In addition, Ruwini is the School of Property, Construction and Project Management representative on the CIB Working Commission W078 (ICT in construction).
Awards and fellowships
- Malcolm Moore Industry Research Award (2015), RMIT University
- Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship Award (2015), RMIT University
- Early Career Researcher International Travel Award (2014), RMIT University
- Endeavour Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Award (2011), Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Research Commercialisation Training Award (2008), Commonwealth Government, Australia
- CIB Working Commission W078 (International Council for Building's working commission, Information Technology for construction) Committee member (PCPM representative)
- Centre for Integrated Project Solutions
- Program Leader (Productivity)
- Program Co-Leader (Collaborative practice and behavioural change)
- RMIT Women Researchers' Network (Steering Committee member)
- IEEE WIE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Women in Engineering) Victoria (Committee member)
- 2013 – Certificate I (Agile Project Management), Charles Sturt University, Australia
- 2009 – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Computer Science), Monash University, Australia
- 2009 – Graduate Certificate (Research Commercialisation), Monash University, Australia
- 2001 – Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science Hons), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- EDIRISINGHE, R.,Woo, J. (2021). BIM-based performance monitoring for smart building management In: Facilities, 39, 19 - 35
- Kodikara Edirisinghe, K.,Pablo, Z.,Anumba, C.,Tereno, S. (2021). An actor–network approach to developing a life cycle bim maturity model (Lcbmm) In: Sustainability (Switzerland), 13, 1 - 25
- EDIRISINGHE, K. (2020). Better Future for Home-Cared Elderly Patients: A Prototype of Smart Clothing In: Handbook of Research on Optimizing Healthcare Management Techniques, IGI Global, United States
- EDIRISINGHE, K.,Stranieri, A.,Wickramasinghe, N. (2020). A Taxonomy for mHealth In: Virtual and Mobile Healthcare: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, IGI Global, United States
- EDIRISINGHE, K.,Andamon, M. (2019). Thermal Environments in the Construction Industry: A Critical Review of Heat Stress Assessment and Control Strategies In: Energy Performance in the Australian Built Environment, Springer, Singapore
- EDIRISINGHE, K. (2019). Digital skin of the construction site: Smart sensor technologies towards the future smart construction site In: Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26, 184 - 223
- EDIRISINGHE, K.,Woo, J. (2019). Smart Building Management and Design Decisions: BIM based Building Performance Monitoring In: Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2019: ‘Constructing Smart Cities’, Hong Kong, China, 17 – 21 June 2019
- EDIRISINGHE, K.,Ng, C.,Goh, H. (2019). Factors affecting time overruns On construction projects in Singapore In: Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2019: ‘Constructing Smart Cities’, Hong Kong, China, 17 – 21 June 2019
- Setunge, S.,EDIRISINGHE, K.,Zhang, K.,Sithamparanathan, K.,Gomez Chavez, K. (2019). Towards future Smart Cities: Internet of Things (IoT) –based intelligent asset management In: Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2019: ‘Constructing Smart Cities’, Hong Kong, China, 17 – 21 June 2019
- Terreno, S.,EDIRISINGHE, K.,Anumba, C. (2019). The influence of managerial strategy on the implementation of BIM in facilities management: a case study In: Proceedings of the 36th CIB W78 2019 Conference (AECO 2019), Newcastle, United Kingdom, 18-20 September 2019
- Intelligent asset management in community partnership. Funded by: Smart Cities and Suburbs Program - 2017 onwards from (2018 to 2019)
- Scientists work with communities to improve urban microclimate. Funded by: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science - Citizen Science Grants from (2017 to 2021)
- WHS Knowledge of evaluated CodeSafe. Funded by: CodeSafe Solutions Pty Ltd Contract from (2014 to 2015)
- Ian Potter Foundation - To attend 'The 7th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS 2014)', Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 Dec 2014 - 24 Dec 2014. Funded by: Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant 2014 Round 2 from (2014 to 2014)
- Multipurpose self-configurable Indoor Wireless Sensor Network for Green Buildings. Funded by: National Research Council Sri Lanka from (2013 to 2016)
Building Information Modelling, facility management, deterioration modelling, sensor networks, wearables, IoT and smart technologies for construction, health and safety, technology adoption, construction digital innovation
1 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions