Mr. A. N. Wickramasekara

Awards

• AHEAD Ph.D. Scholarship – 2018

Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka awarded this scholarship to undertake postgraduate studies leading to a Ph.D.

• Australia Awards Fellowship – 2018

A.N. Wickramasekara, participated for Australia Awards Fellowship Programme which was held from 5^th May, 2018 to 26^th May, 2018 at Monash University, Australia with the support of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.This program was conducted by the Department of Management at Monash University, enabling to enhance skills and knowledge in the aspects of research and publishing process.

Research Publications

Papers published in refereed journals

• Wickramasekara, A. N & Perera, H. S. C. (2016). An Improved Approach to Line Balancing for Garment Manufacturing. Vidyodaya Journal of Management, 02(1), 23-40.

Papers published in conferences and Symposiums

• Wickramasekara, A. N., Gonzalez, V. A., O’Sullivan, M., Walker, C. G., and Abdelmegid, M. A. (2021). “Exploring Controlled Experimental Settings for Lean Construction Research.” Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC29), Alarcon, L.F. and González, V.A. (eds.), Lima, Peru, pp. 177–186, doi.org/10.24928/2021/0170, online at iglc.net.
• Wickramasekara, A.N., Gonzalez, V.A., O’Sullivan, M., Walker, C.G., Poshdar, M., and Ying, F. 2020. “Exploring the Integration of Last Planner System, BIM and Construction Simulation.” In: Tommelein, I.D. and Daniel, E. (eds.). Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC28), Berkeley, California, USA, doi.org/10.24928/2020/0047, online at iglc.net.
• Wijewardhana B. V. N, Wickramasekara A. N., Gunasekara S. D. R., (June 2018), “Examining Property Based Crimes and Influencing Dynamics: A Study in Sri Lanka”, presented at 10^th Annual Conference organized by Asian Criminological Society, Malaysia.
• Dinusha L. V. D. N. Wickramasekara A. N. & Ediriweera T. (January 2017), “Impact of Motivational Factors on Employee Performance in ABC (Pvt) Ltd”, presented at Research Symposium, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
• Gurusinghe, C. K. & Wickramasekara A. N., Jayasekara N. (January 2017), “Comparing the Productivity between Dancing Module and Traditional Sitting Module ”, presented at Research Symposium, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
• Udalagama, H. & Wickramasekara A. N. (December 2016), “Learning Effect Assessment of Clothing Assembly Line Balancing ”, presented at Operations and Technology Management Research Symposium, Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
• Perera, W. C. B., Wickramasekara A. N., & Siriwardene M. (February 2016), “Optimization of Bulk Petroleum Distribution System Study Based on ABC(Pvt) LTD Sri Lanka”, presented at Research Symposium, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
• Abeyratne M. D. K. R., Wickramasekara A. N., & Bamunusinghe S. (February 2016), “Optimal Production Scheduling in Process Manufacturing Environment using Mixed Integer Linear Programming”, presented at Research Symposium, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
• Wickramasekara A N, Anuradha P I, Muthulingam A., Parameswara N. P., Perera P. V. N., Ranasinghe H. K. G. S., Senanayake W. G. T. S., Subhashini L. D. C. S. (December 2013), “Flexport Innovations – You Name It – We Make It”, presented at 10th International Conference on Business Management, Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
• Wickramasekara A. N. (June 2013), “A Diverse Approach to Enhance Line Balancing for Apparel Manufacturing”, presented at FMSC – Research Symposium, Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
• Wickramasekara A. N. (April 2010), “Factors that cause Defects on Sanitary-Ware Manufacturing: A Case Study of Production of Commodes”, presented at FMSC – Research Symposium, Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Other Relevant Experience

• Resource Person – (2014 – 2017) Sri Lanka Police

Training Police officers for crime data analysis

• Mentor – Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA Sri Lanka) –– (2010 – 2013)

Business Mathematics & Statistics

• Lecturer – Auston Institute, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Introduction to Statistics

• Visiting lecturer – Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) of University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2017)

Research Skills for Management

• Visiting lecturer – Department of Mathematics of University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2017)

Mathematical Statistics

• Guest lecturer – MBA – University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2017)

Research Methods

• Guest lecturer – Department of Business Economics of University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2016 – 2017)

Research Methods

• Visiting lecturer – Department of Mathematics of University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2016)

Operations Research

• Visiting lecturer – Department of Entrepreneurship of University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2015)

Operations Management

• Lecturer – Business Administration External degree program – (2010 to Present), University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Business Statistics / Operations Research

• Visiting lecturer – Department of Public Administration of University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2012)

Research Methods

• Visiting lecturer – Department of Estate Management & Valuation of University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2012)

Research Methods

Project Information

• 2011 – Nutrition Survey

Nutrition assessment of Northern districts in Sri Lanka

Department of Nutrition of Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka / UNISEF

• 2008 – Lean Manufacturing Project

Hirdaramani (industries), Kahathuduwa.

• 2007 – Project on Rubber and Rubber based Exports

Central Freight Bureau of Sri Lanka