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School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty

Anura P. Rathnayake

Anura P. Rathnayake

Scholarly Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, School of MME, WSU/OC-Bremerton

Strom King 110, OC Bremerton
360-475-7384
a.rathnayakemudiyan@wsu.edu
arathnayake@olympic.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. in Optical Measurements and Control, Saitama University, Japan, 2007
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing focus), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2000

Professional Preparation

  • Assistant Professor in Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, August 2021- July 2022
  • Research Scholar, Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington State University- Prosser, September 2018- July 2021
  • Research Fellow, School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, August 2016 – February 2017
  • Adjunct Faculty and Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington State University- Prosser, March 2016- August 2016
  • Head of the Department, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, July 2011- January 2016
  • Senior Lecturer in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, January 2008- April 2019
  • Lecturer in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, May 2002- December 2007

Recognition and Honors

  • Fulbright Advance Research and Lecturing Fellowship, Department of State, United States of America (March, 2016).
  • Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Education and Training, Government of Australia (August, 2016).
  • IMechE Educational Awards, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, United Kingdom (April, 2017).
  • Best Presenter in technical session on Engineering and Technology, 16th Academic Sessions and 15th Vice Chancellor’s Awards of the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (March, 2019).
  • Best Presenter in technical session on Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Information Sciences, 15th Academic Sessions and 14th Vice Chancellor’s Awards of the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka (March, 2018).
  • Presidential Research awards for scientific publications, awarded by the President of Sri Lanka, Presidential Secretariat, and National Research Council of Sri Lanka (April, 2014).
  • Japanese Government Scholarship for PhD studies at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan (October, 2004).

Teaching Interests

  • Mechanical engineering design
  • Senior capstone design
  • Mechatronics
  • Fundamentals of Engineering

Research Interests

  • Industry-collaborated engineering design
  • Precision agriculture and application technology
  • Remote and proximal sensing in crop production and management

Selected Publications

  • Rathnayake, A. P., Sahni, R. K., Khot, L. R., Hoheisel, G. A., & Zhu, H. (2022). “Intelligent sprayer spray rates optimization to efficiently apply chemicals in modern apple orchards”. Journal of the ASABE. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/ja.14654
  • Schrader, M. J., Rathnayake, A. P., & Khot, L. R. (2022). “Horticultural Oil Thermotherapy Delivery System for Perennial Specialty Crops: A-Proof-of-Concept and Preliminary Results”. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 38(2), 461-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.14786
  • Rathnayake, A. P., Chandel, A. K., Schrader, M. J., Hoheisel, G. A., & Khot, L. R. (2022). “Air-assisted velocity profiles and perceptive canopy interactions of commercial airblast sprayers used in Pacific Northwest perennial specialty crop production”. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, 24(1), https://cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/7039/3797
  • Kothawade, G. S., Chandel, A. K., Schrader, M. J., Rathnayake, A. P., & Khot, L. R. (2021, November). “High throughput canopy characterization of a commercial apple orchard using aerial RGB imagery”. In 2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor) (pp. 177-181). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor52389.2021.9628564
  • Rathnayake, A. P., Chandel, A. K., Schrader, M. J., Hoheisel, G. A., & Khot, L. R. (2021). “Spray patterns and perceptive canopy interaction assessment of commercial airblast sprayers used in Pacific Northwest perennial specialty crop production”. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 184, 106097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2021.106097.
  • Rathnayake, A. P., Khot, L. R., Hoheisel, G. A., Thistle, H. W., Teske, M. E., & Willett, M. J. (2021). “Downwind spray drift assessment for airblast sprayer applications in a modern apple orchard system”. Transactions of the ASABE, 64(2), 601-613. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/trans.14324.
  • Rathnayake, A., L. R. Khot, G.-A. Hoheisel, and H. Zhu. 2021. Intelligent sprayer retrofit for airblast sprayers. Washington State University – Viticulture and Enology Extension News, Fall 2021, page 6-7.
  • Sinha, R., Khot, L. R., Rathnayake, A. P., Gao, Z., & Naidu, R. A. (2019). “Visible-near infrared spectroradiometry-based detection of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 in a red-fruited wine grape cultivar”. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 162, 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2019.04.008.
  • Espinoza, C. Z., Rathnayake, A. P., Chakraborty, M., Sankaran, S., Jacoby, P., & Khot, L. R. (2018). “Applicability of time-of-flight-based ground and multispectral aerial imaging for grapevine canopy vigour monitoring under direct root-zone deficit irrigation”. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(23), 8818-8836. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1500047.
  • Sinha, R. R., Gao, Z., Rathanayake, A. P., Khot, L. R., & Naidu, R. A. (2017). “Visible-near infrared spectroscopy-based Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-3 detection from undetached leaves under field condition”. In 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aim.201700499
  • Rathnayake, A. P., Kadono, H., Toyooka, S., & Miwa, M. (2008). “A novel optical interference technique to measure minute root elongations of Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora Seibold & Zucc.) seedlings infected with ectomycorrhizal fungi”. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 64(3), 314-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2008.02.007.
  • Toyooka, S., Kadono, H., Miwa, M., Rathnayake, A. P. (2008) “Environmental Diagnosis by Optical Measurements of Plant Growth”, Journal of The Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.11395/jjsem.8.333.
  • Rathnayake, A. P., Kadono, H., Toyooka, S., & Miwa, M. (2007) “Statistical interferometric investigation of nano-scale root growth: effects of short-term ozone exposure on ectomycorrhizal pine (Pinus densiflora) seedlings”, Journal of Forest Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-007-0040-x.