Dr. Shanaka Kristombu Baduge
Details
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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kasun.shanaka.kristombu.baduge@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0001-5183-701X
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Industry Projects
- Collaborative projects
- Media enquiries
About
Dr Shanaka Baduge is a senior lecturer from the Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, RMIT University. He received his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2016.
His research includes designing and testing cryogenic storage and transportation infrastructure for cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) and Liquid Natural Gas (LNG). He received funding to build a custom-built Liquid He (LHe) free cryostat to test materials at 20 K or below that are needed for future clean energy infrastructure. In addition, he received the prestigious Sir Winston Churchill Fellowship focusing on the Design and Construction of next-generation hydrogen Storage Infrastructure.
He was also the manager of the ARC Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (ARC CAMPH). He is also an inventor of a novel void former system developed using recycled plastics, commercialised by the Australian Reinforcement Company. His innovative work on high-performance concrete is recognized by the Concrete Institute of Australia, which awarded him the Award of Excellence for Technology and Innovation (2019) for pushing the boundaries of concrete codes, promoting, and enabling the practical use of high-performance concrete.
Academic positions
- Senior Research Fellow
- The University of Melbourne
- Department of Infrastructure Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 7 Aug 2017 – 11 Jul 2025
Research interests
His research interests include cryogenic material testing (<20 k), hydrogen energy infrastructure, multi-scale modeling, ultra-high-performance and low-carbon concrete, prefabricated buildings, and AI vision.
