BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED https://iesl.lk/SLEN/58/SDG.php Land is a fundamental resource for dignified human living, primarily for safer dwelling in this era. It is required for developing a number of socio-economic sectors too, such as agriculture, forestry, irrigation, plantation, and industries, apart from the need for other large-scale physical infrastructures such as...
Saja co-authored two book chapters in a recently published Springer book titled “Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risk” edited by Amaratunga D., Haigh R., Dias N. (2021) Saja A.M.A., Lafir Sahid S.M., Sutharshanan M., Suthakaran S. (2021) Public Addressing System in Religious Places as Early Warning Dissemination Nodes—A Case Study in Sri Lanka. In:...
BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED Sri Lanka has a coastline that extends over 1,700 km, with numerous coastal and marine ecosystems, which include a variety of economic activities such as fisheries and aquaculture, tourism and ports and shipping. Such economic activities provide livelihood for more than 300,000 people through fisheries and around...
A workshop on Research Leadership for Commonwealth Climate Research Cohort 2021 was delivered on 14th and 15th April 2021 via zoom. The aim of this workshop was to enhance the knowledge and skills on research leadership of the 26 rising- star local researchers of the Commonwealth Climate Research Cohort 2021. The members of cohort...
BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED https://iesl.lk/SLEN/56/SDG.php “Doing the right thing on climate change should be baked into an engineer’s DNA”– Anthony Ingraffea, Professor, Cornell University Climate change has become a major threat to the entire humanity globally. Sri Lanka too continues to experience a number of climate-induced disasters every year, which lead...
The 2nd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development” was held from 24 -25 June 2021 at Asian Institute of Technology, THAILAND (In-person and Virtual) . A conference paper co-authored by Saja was presented and the abstract was published in the conference proceedings. This conference paper was presented by Mathavanayakam Sathurshan , the first author of the paper titled...