Asitha Senanayake
Senior Engineer at NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAsitha Senanayake is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer based in Houston with 10 years of experience applying advanced analysis and field practice to foundation design, slope stability and seepage problems. He holds a Ph.D. in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering from UT Austin and combines rigorous research skills with hands-on project delivery at organizations including NGI and Fugro. Proficient in Python, Matlab and R, he leverages programming to automate analyses and enhance data-driven decision making in complex geotechnical projects. His career blends academia and industry—from teaching and research roles to leading applied engineering studies—giving him a strong footing in both theoretical modeling and constructible solutions. Notably, his early work on pullout resistance testing informs practical recommendations for reinforced earth systems used in transportation infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Civil Engineering at University of MoratuwaMaster of Science (M.S.), Civil Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Civil Engineering at Texas Tech UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinS. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia
English, Sinhalese
Github Skills (29)
forge10
pandas-dataframe9
conda9
data-transfer8
conda-forge8
smithy7
journal7
pydata7
polars7
dataframe7
dataframes7
pandas7
python7
xml7
open-access6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
asitha-sena/PY_Analysis
Mar 2016 - Jul 2022
Contributions:31 commits, 30 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 5 months
asitha-sena/python-ags4
Jun 2020 - Oct 2022
A library to read and write AGS4 files using Pandas DataFrames
Contributions:315 commits, 12 PRs, 99 pushes in 2 years 3 months
polarspythondataframesdata-analysisdata-science
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