Ranjith Pathegama Gamage

Ranjith Pathegama Gamage, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering,[1] is an Australian academic based at Monash University, where he holds the position of Professor in Geomechanics Engineering.[2][3] His research has significantly influenced understanding of the Carbon sequestration.[3] He has also developed new sustainable technologies[4] for extracting resources (e.g. minerals)[5][6] from deep earth[7] and natural gas from coal seams, shale, and tight geological formations.[2][3]

Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
Ranjith Pathegama Gamage.
Born
Matara, Sri Lanka
NationalityAustralian
Alma materTelijjawila Central College
University of Moratuwa(BSc, 1996)
University of Wollongong(Ph.D, 2000)
Known forSustainable resource extraction
Scientific career
FieldsGeomechanics
Institutions2001–2003: Nanyang Technological University
2003 to date: Monash University

Early life and education

Gamage was born in Sri Lanka and he received his BSc in Engineering (with a UNESCO Gold Medal) from the University of Moratuwa, after which he gained a PhD from Wollongong University, Australia.[8] His PhD was on the “Stress-strain and permeability characteristics of two-phase (water+gas) flow through fractured rocks”.[9] His first job after the PhD was as an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.[2] He returned to Australia in 2003 to work at Monash University.[2]

Academic and research career

Gamage is the founder and director of the Deep Earth Energy Research Lab[10][11] at Monash University. His research areas include Carbon sequestration, unconventional oil, unconventional gas (shale gas, tight gas, coal seam gas, gas hydrate),[12] deep geothermal energy,[13][14][15][4][16][17] geomechanics, rock mechanics, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methodologies, hydraulic fracturing, sand production from unconsolidated reservoirs, and future technologies for in-situ mining.[2][5] He has also done substantial work in converting industrial waste products into useful and environmentally sustainable materials, such as cement or fertiliser.[18] Around 2015 he began developing a new product for sustainable deep earth resource recovery: called SREMA[19]

Brief list of academic activities:

  • Serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal: Geomechanics and Geophysics for GeoEnergy and GeoResource.[20]
  • Founder and Chair of the International Conference on Geomechanics for GeoEnergy and GeoResources (IC3G) which runs every two years.[21][22][23]

Patents
  • Slow Releasing Material Agent (SREMA) for rock breaking: For sustainable mining and hydrocarbon recoveries ( Patent No. USA:10 836 955B2).[24]

Awards and honours

References
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  3. "Prof. Ranjith Pathegama". Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "IIT Hyderabad Analysis Moots Geothermal Energy As A Greener Alternative To Technologies Currently In Use". BW Education. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
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  9. Indraratna, Buddhima; Ranjith, P. (2001-06-01). "Laboratory measurement of two-phase flow parameters in rock joints based on high pressure triaxial testing". Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive). 127 (6): 530–542. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2001)127:6(530).
  10. "3GDeep Research Group, Monash University". 3GDeep.
  11. "Deep Earth Energy". Civil Engineering, Monash University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Deep beyong fracking: How gas extraction can unearth cleaner energy sources". Monash Lens. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  13. Bhattacharyya, Rica. "IIT Hyderabad analysis says geothermal energy better than photovoltaic energy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  14. "Is Solar All That 'Green'? Here's Why IIT-Hyd Thinks Geothermal Energy Is More Eco-Friendly". The Better India. 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  15. "IIT-H, Monash university analysis moots geothermal energy". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2020-01-09. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-10-06.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. "Geothermal energy better than solar power: IIT-Hyderabad and Australian varsity joint study". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  17. "Geothermal Energy is better than photovoltaic energy: IIT-H researchers claims".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. P.G. Ranjith, N.L.Ukwattage; M.Bouazza (July 2013). "The use of coal combustion fly ash as a soil amendment in agricultural lands (with comments on its potential to improve food security and sequester carbon)". Fuel. 109: 400–408. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2013.02.016.
  19. P.G. Ranjith, V.R.S.De Silva; M.S.A.Perera, B.Wu (October 2018). "A modified, hydrophobic soundless cracking demolition agent for non-explosive demolition and fracturing applications". Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 119: 1–13. doi:10.1016/j.psep.2018.07.010. S2CID 105571313.
  20. "Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources". Springer. Springer.
  21. "International conference on Geomechanics, Geoenergy and Georesources (2018)". IC3G 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. "International conference on Geomechanics, Geoenergy and Georesources (2016)". IC3G 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. "International Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-energy and Geo-resources". www.science-community.org. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  24. "United States Patent Application: 0190153301". appft.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  25. IOM3. "Homepage". www.iom3.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  26. "The Geological Society of London - Home". www.geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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