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Biography
Dr Rohitha Weerasinghe is a Senior Lecturer at University of Bedfordshire in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating from Imperial College London where he read gas turbine combustion, he worked in academia as well as in the industry for over 20 years.
He has specific expertise in Energy, Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics and computational modelling with working experience in the building industry as an energy and sustainability specialist.
He worked as Head of Sustainability at MWL, Senior Lecturer at UWE and Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs at GCET Oman before joining Bedfordshire.
With a wide portfolio of teaching experience at different levels ranging from diploma to postgraduate levels in Mechanical Engineering and Energy, he has an active portfolio of research in energy, thermofluids, powertrains and sustainability.
Research interests
- Thermofluids, Energy and Powertrain applications.
- Combustion and Computational Fluid Dynamics.
- Low carbon vehicle technologies, positive energy buildings.
- NetZero Apllications.
Teaching Expertise
- Thermofluids
- Mechanical Engineering
- Automotive Engineering
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Energy and Sustainability
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Thermal energy storage solutions for off-grid solar thermal power plant application: a review
Weerasinghe, R., Mortazavi, M., Moonasinghe, P., Velisavljevic, V., Hinchliffe, K. & Fenton, J., 20 Oct 2025, Clean Energy Research. Chen, L. (ed.). Springer Nature, p. 187–199Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Verma, V., Thangavel, S., Dutt, N., Kumar, A. & Weerasinghe, R., 1 Jan 2024, Highly Efficient Thermal Renewable Energy Systems: Design, Optimization and Applications. CRC Press, p. xvii-xviiiResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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Exploring the effects of compression ratio and initial flame kernel radius on combustion characteristics and fuel economy of a dual-fuel spark ignition engine under oxy-fuel combustion mode
Li, X., Zhang, X., Ni, P., Pei, Y., Li, W., Peng, Z., Li, D., Weerasinghe, R. & Mobasheri, R., 16 Dec 2024, In: Fuel. 385, 134098.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Highly efficient thermal renewable energy systems : design, optimization and applications
Verma, V., Thangavel, S., Dutt, N., Kumar, A. & Weerasinghe, R., 21 May 2024, CRC Press. 346 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited book › peer-review
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Introduction to thermal energy storage: solar, geothermal and hydrogen energy
Verma, V., Thangavel, S., Dutt, N., Kumar, A. & Weerasinghe, R., 21 May 2024, Highly Efficient Thermal Renewable Energy Systems: Design, Optimization and Applications. Verma, V., Thangavel, S., Dutt , N., Kumar, A. & Weerasinghe, R. (eds.). CRC Press, p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
23 Citations (Scopus)