LAREEF ZUBAIR         
International Research Institute for Climate and Society,
The Earth Institute at Columbia University,
P.O.Box 1000, (Street: 61 9W), Palisades, NY 10964-8000, U.S.A.
Phone: (1)-845-680-4424    Fax: (1)-845-680-4864    Email: lareef@iri.columbia.edu

• Thesis title: "Studies in Turbulence using Wavelet Analysis for Data Compression and Scale Separation". Research on wavelet transform techniques and on geometric and statistical descriptions of turbulent fluid flow. Coursework: Fractals, Wavelet Transforms, Chaos, Turbulence, Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision, Social Change and the Future, Anglo-Indian Rhetoric, Topics in Technology, Environment and Development in the Third World.

• Awarded University Fellowship, 1989-90. Research projects on High Voltage Capillary Electrospray Processes and Wavelet Transforms of Turbulence, Coursework: Mathematics I and II, Stochastic Processes, Chemical Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics.

• E.O.E. Pereira Gold Medal for the "Best All-Round Student", First Class Honors, Graduated first out of 250. Awarded the Manamperi Prize for the Best Undergraduate Project in Sri Lanka on a Fluidized Bed Rice Husk Combustor, University Colors in Basketball and Chess, University Captain for Chess, Students Union Representative, 9 months In-plant Engineering Apprenticeship at Department of Highways, State Fertilizer Manufacturing Corporation and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation.

• Research on the use of seasonal climate forecasts for water resources management.
• Project management on seasonal climate forecasting for water management in collaboration with Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, National Water Resources Authority, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources and partnerships with University of Peradeniya and the International Water Management Institute.
• Project management of component of Adaptation and Impact Assessment to Climate Change in the Plantation Agriculture Sector in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Tea Research Institute and Coconut Research Institute.
• Project management of Climate component of the project on Human-Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka with CIESIN and CERC of the Columbia Earth Institute.
• Project management of Disaster Hotspots case study for Sri Lanka under the Hotspots project of the Columbia Earth Institute with CIESIN and CHRR.
• Developed collaborative proposal on the development of early warning methodologies for malaria hazard with International Water Management Institute, Anti-Malaria Campaign and University of Sri Jayawardhenapura of Sri Lanka and the Climate Group at Columbia University.  
• Compiler of IRI Asia Climate Update.  Contributor to IRI Climate Digest and Web Pages.

• Supervision of Project Staff on GIS/Documentation/Data Archiving/Website Development/Accounting (Upamala Tennakone, Zeena Yahiya, M.R.A. Siraj)
• M.Sc Superviser for H. Bulathsinhala (Water Resources, University of Moratuwa), Kusalika Ariyaratne (Oceanography, University of Peradeniya) and research supervisor for Janaki Chandimala (Water Resources) and Irugal Bandara (Agricultural Engineering).

• Developed a program of atmospheric and climate research for Sri Lanka.
• M.Phil. Thesis Supervisor for A.U.K. Gunaratne (University of Peradeniya now reading for a Ph.D at Iowa State University) and S. Ramanayake (University of Ruhuna, now Lecturer, Sri Lanka Technical Training Institute).
• Chair of Computers Committee oversaw development of computing facilities, construction of web site and installation of dedicated Internet access.
• Served on the Institute’s Management Committee, Supplies Committee, Staff Welfare Society.
• Organizer, National Conference on Computer Modeling, May 1998.

• Taught Water Resources Management policies, Environmental Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machines, Thermodynamics, Systems Analysis, Energy, Combustion, Environmental Impact Assessment, History Of Technology and Technology Policy.
• Supervised Irrigation Engineering Design, Structures Design and Machine Design.  
• Supervised laboratory classes in Fluid Mechanics, Materials Science, Thermodynamics and Mechanics of Machines.
• Supervised Senior Theses of 12 students in Civil, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering.
• Followed Intensive Course at Teaching Methods Unit, University of Peradeniya.  
• Served as Academic Sub-Warden - Akbar-Nell Hall of Residence.
• Served as Senior Advisor to Mechanical Engineering Students Society.
• Served as University Chess Coach.

• Editor of Newsletter, Curriculum Designer, Lecturer and Trainer for National Environmental Impact Assessment courses.
• EIA Team Leader for Uma Oya River Basin Development project.
• EIA advisor for projects on Ruhunu Refinery and Power Plant, Koholankela Prawn Farms, Rajawella Golf Course and Hotel.  

• Developed wavelet-packet software for velocity estimation and noise reduction.
• Developed tools for analysis of fluid turbulence signals and images.

•  Research on Intermittency, Scaling, Anisotropy and Structure Functions in turbulence.
•  Assisted in fluid dynamics experiments in the atmosphere, wind tunnels, water pipes and tanks.
•  Developed wavelet and wavelet-packet transform software.   
•  Developed wavelet transform data compression and scale separation techniques.
•  System Administrator for VAX/VMS computer systems.

• Lectured Final Year Students on Fluid Mechanics.
• Conducted Laboratory Classes for Undergraduates.
• Installed Distillation Rig and Logic Systems Module.
• Assisted in Research Projects in Biochemical Engineering.

•    Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Indian Meteorological Society, Royal Meteorological Society, American Meteorological Society, American Association of Environmental Engineering Professors and American Geophysical Union.
•    Founder and Editor, 1998-to date, Sri Lanka Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology Network which has produced 13 issues of the South Asia Climate News.
•    Member, Boards of Study for post-graduate courses in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering and Computer Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
•    Course Writer, Philosophy of Engineering, Open University of Sri Lanka (1995-9).
•    Member, National Committee on Atmospheric Sciences, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka (1998-1999)
•    Member, National Steering Committee on Seasonal Climate Prediction, National Water Resources Secretariat, Sri Lanka.
•    Member, Technical Advisory Committee, National Inventors Commission, Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka (1997-99).

•    Frontier Research System for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan, March to June 2002.
•    Ministry of Science and Technology, Sri Lanka, December to January, 2002.
•    Institute for Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, December 1999.
•    International Institute for Theoretical and Applied Physics, Ames, Iowa, August 1998.
•    International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, June 1998.
•    Jawarlhalal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, March 1997.

Good command of English, Tamil and Sinhala and weak knowledge of French.

Experience in Unix, VMS, Cray and PC Systems and Fortran, C, Web and Ingrid programming.
Expertise in Signal and Image Processing, Numerical Analysis, GIS.

Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Climate, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, International Journal of Climatology, NOAA Climate Program Office, United Nations University, International Journal of Climatology, Climate Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Geophysical Research

•    Jun 2006: Zubair, L., Ralapanawe V., Tennakone, U., Yahiya, Z., and Perera, R., Natural Disaster Risks in Sri Lanka: Mapping Hazards and Risk Hotspots, in Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies, Washington, DC: World Bank. 
•    Apr 2006: in press, with J. Chandimala, Epochal Changes in ENSO-Streamflow relations in Sri Lanka, Journal of Hydrometeorology.
•    Apr 2006: provisionally accepted, with S. Peiris and J. Hansen, Use of Seasonal Climate Information to Predict Coconut Production in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Climatology.
•    June 2006: with C.F. Ropelewski, The strengthening relationship of ENSO and the North-East Monsoon rainfall over Sri Lanka and Southern India, Journal of Climate, 19 (8): 1567–1575.
•    Sep 2005: with R. Perera and Z. Yahiya, Was the 2002/03 Maha bumper harvest due to El Nino?, Journal of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, XXXVIII, (4): 63 – 70.
•    Jul 2005, Modernization of Sri Lanka’s Traditional Irrigation System and Sustainability, Science, Technology and Society, 10 (20): 161-195.
•    Nov 2004: May 2003 disaster in Sri Lanka and Cyclone 01-B in the Bay of Bengal, Natural Hazards, 33: 303-318, 2004.
•    Apr 2004: Towards Developing Weather and Climate Prediction for Sri Lanka, Journal of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, XXXVII, 2:53-58.
•    January 2004: A bibliography of climate and its impacts in Sri Lanka, Natural Resources Management Services, Kandy, Sri Lanka ISBN 955-8968-00-5.
•    Sep 2003: Sensitivity of Kelani streamflow in Sri Lanka to ENSO, Hydrological Processes, 17 (12) 2439-2448.
•    Jul 2003: with U. Tennakone, Z. Yahiya, J. Chandimala & M.R.A. Siraj, What led to the May 2003 Floods? Journal of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, XXXVI (3): 51 – 56.
•    Jan 2003: The Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Sri Lankan Maha rainfall, with Suryachandra C. Rao and Toshio Yamagata, Geophysical Research Letters,10 (2): 1063-1066
•    Jan 2003: ENSO influences on Mahaweli streamflow in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Climatology, 23(1):91-102.   
•    Jun 2003: in press, ENSO and Kelani streamflow in Sri Lanka, Hydrological Processes.
•    May 2002: Development of Meteorological Studies in Sri Lanka, Journal of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 35 (2): 14-18.
•    Feb 2002: El Nino Influences on Rice Production in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Climatology, 22 (2):249-260
•    Jan 2002: Diurnal and Seasonal Wind Climate at Sita Eliya, Sri Lanka, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 71 (1-2): 119-127.  
•    Sep 2001: An Assessment of Environmental Impact Assessment in Sri Lanka, Environmental Impact Analysis Review, 21(5): 469-478.
•    February 2000:   A bibliography of climate and its impacts in Sri Lanka, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    May 1999: Energy Conservation in Government Institutions, Journal of the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp 40.
•    Oct 1998: Diurnal and seasonal variation of surface winds at Hambantota, Journal of the National Science Council, Sri Lanka, 25(3).235-245p.
•    Aug 1995: Characterization of Intermittency in Turbulence,, Physics of Fluids, 7 (8) pp. 2089.
•    July 1994: Images of the Future of Sri Lanka, Serendipity, Vol 1, No 6, pp. 245-269.
•    Jun 1994: The Changing Politics of Irrigation in Sri Lanka, Serendipity, Vol 1, No 5, pp. 165-205.
•    Dec 1991: Compression of turbulence data and images using wavelet-packets, with K.R. Sreenivasan and M.V. Wickerhauser, In Studies in Turbulence, Springer-Verlag, eds. T. Gadsky, S. Sirkar and C. Speziale. pp. 489-513.

•    November 2004: Downscaling of Sri Lanka's Maha Rainfall from a GCM and Indian Ocean Dipole and ENSO influences, International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, United Nations University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    November 2004: with Janaki Chandimala, Predictability of Streamflow and Rainfall in the Kelani river basin in Sri Lanka using ENSO, International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, United Nations University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    November 2004: with Upamala Tennakoon and Manjula Siriwardhana, Climate Change Assessments for Sri Lanka from Quality Evaluated Data, International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Environment of the Monsoon Region, United Nations University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    July 2004: Weather, Climate Variability and Climate Change, Workshop Report, Synthesis Workshop on Climate Variability, Climate Change and Health in Small-Island States, pages 13-14, World Health Organization, Bandos, Maldives.
•    May 2004: with Joshua Qian, High-resolution dynamic regional climate downscaling over Sri Lanka, 10th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
•    May 2004: with Ajith Gunaratne, Wind Climatologies From A Mass-Consistent Wind Model For Sri Lanka, 10th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
•    October 2003: with Vidhura Ralapanawe, Assessment of High-Risk Natural Disaster Hotspots of Sri Lanka,  Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Montreal, Canada.
•    June 2003: with Ruvini Perera and Herath Mathrithillake, Using Climate Information for Mahaweli river basin management, World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2003, Philadelphia.
•    December 2002: with Heli Bulathsinhala, Quality Evaluation of Mean Historical Temperature Data in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 58th Annual Sessions, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    Jul 2001, Seasonal Streamflow Predictions from Global Sea Surface Temperatures: Applications to the Mahaweli River in Sri Lanka, Climate Diagnostics Workshop, San Diego, October 2001.
•    Oct 2000: A dynamical model for orographic rainfall in monsoonal Sri Lanka, NOAA 25th Climate Diagnostics Workshop, New York.  
•    April 2000: with Somasundera, S., ENSO influences on rice production in Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the Forum on Agriculture, Climate and Development, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, New York, U.S.A, pp 179-184.
•    Dec 1999: with Gunaratne, A.U.K, A mass consistent wind model for Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the Asian Fluid Dynamics Congress, Shenzen, China.
•    Nov 1999: with Aloysius, R. Simulation of Irrigation Networks: Case of Walawe Basin in Sri Lanka, AIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
•    December 1999: with Somasundara, S.R. and Barr Kumarakulasinghe, S., Indian Ocean warm pools and Outgoing Longwave Radiation over Sri Lanka, Proceeding of the 55th Annual Session, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.
•    Jan 1999: Prospective Uses of Satellite Technologies for Meteorology in Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the First National Conference on Space Science and Technology, Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Moratuwa, 156-160p.
•    Dec 1998: with Ramanayake, S. and Nayakekorale, H.B., Onset and Withdrawal of the South-West Monsoon in Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the 54th Annual Session, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 54.251-252p.

•    N. Fernando, Climate Impacts on Water Scarcity in the Deduru Oya Basin of Sri Lanka, M.A., Climate and Society, Columbia University, August 2006.
•    Warren, L. K., Predicting Malaria Risk Using Climate Parameters: Evaluation of Methods, Senior Thesis, Columbia University, May 2006.
•    Reyes, L. V., Vulnerability to Malaria in Sri Lanka, Senior Thesis, Barnard College, May 2006.

•    N. Aloysius, Climate Change Impacts on Evapo-transpiration in India, M.Sc,  Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota, June 2006.
•    H. Bulathsinhala, Climate Forecasting for Water and Environmental Management in Sri Lanka, M.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, March 2005.
•    K. Ariyaratne, Numerical Model for Simulating Shoreline Change, M.Sc, Oceanography, Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, May 2005. 

•    March 2004: with Vidhura Ralapanawe, Identification of Global Natural Disaster Hotspots Review and Synthesis Meeting, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
•    March 2004: with Gawrie Galapaththy of the Sri Lanka Anti-Malaria Campaign, Malaria and Climate Variability in Sri Lanka, Principal Investigators Meeting of the Joint Program on Climate Variability and Human Health, Atlanta, Georgia.
•    December 2003: Using Climate Information for Water Resources and Disaster Management, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau and Mahaweli Authority Headworks Division, Digana, Sri Lanka.
•    December 2003: Climate Applications, Workshop on Early Warning Systems for Malaria Risk, International Water Management Institute, Uva Provincial Management Training Centre, Sri Lanka.
•    November 2003: Weather, Climate Variability and Climate Change 101, WHO workshop on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Health in Small Island States, Maldives.
•    November 2003: Malaria Early Warning Project, with Aurelia Micko (NOAA/OPGP) and Olivier Briet (International Water Management Insitute) and D.M. Gunawardhana (Sri Lanka Anti-Malaria Campaign), WHO workshop on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Health in Small Island States, Maldives.
•    October 2003: Sustainable River Basin Management under Climate Variability and Change, School of Engineering, UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
•    June 2003: IRI's Sri Lanka Projects, Board of Overseers of the International Research Institute for climate prediction, Palisades, New York.
•    January 2003: Climate Prediction for Water Resources Management in Sri Lanka, Office of the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Colombo.
•    January 2003: Seasonal Climate Predictions and its Applications in Sri Lanka, International Water Management Institute, Colombo.
•    January 2003: Climate Prediction for Water Resources Management, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Colombo.
•    December 2003: Climate Predictions for Mahaweli River Basin Management, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    December 2003: Climate Predictions for Sri Lanka, Center for Environmental Studies, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
•    October 2002: El Nino's impacts half a world away: Stories from Southern Asia, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Open House, Palisades.
•    July 2002: The Impact of Oceans on the Climate of Sri Lanka, Post-Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
•    October 2001: 1997-99 El Nino / La Nina Episode in Sri Lanka: Forecasts, Communication, Responses and Impacts in an Indebted and Peripheral Country., 2001 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
•    December 2001: IRI Seminar on “Lessons from Last ENSO in Sri Lanka”.
•    January 2002: Provided four lectures at the Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology on “Global Climate Predictions”, “Mesoscale Climate Modeling for Sri Lanka”,  “Lessons for Sri Lanka from the last ENSO”
•    February 2002:  “Developing Climate Predictions in Sri Lanka”. Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Reports on the presentation appeared in National Newspapers in Sri Lanka.
•    March 2002: Application of Climate Information and Prediction, Frontier Research System for Global Change Research, Yokohama.
•    May 2002: Climate Variability, Climate Change and Water Resources, Frontier Research System for Global Change Research.
•    March 2001: Sri Lanka Water Resources Project, International Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the International Research Institute, Palisades, New York.  
•    January 2001: IRI Water Resources Applications Project in Sri Lanka, NOAA Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, Maryland.
•    August 2000: Climate Prediction for Water Resources Management, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    August 2000: Climate and its Prediction in the Mahaweli Basin, Environment and Forest Conservation Division, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
•    August 2000: Climate Prediction in the Mahaweli Basin, Water Management Secretariat, Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    August 2000: Climate Prediction for Water Management, Department of Irrigation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
•    August 2000: Climate Prediction for Sri Lanka, Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka.
•    December 1999: Orographic Rainfall Modelling in a Monsoonal Climate, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
•    October 1999: Implications for Sri Lanka from Nuclear Detonation in South Asia, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Colombo.
•    August 1998: A dynamical orographic rainfall model for Sri Lanka, Department of Atmospheric Sciences and International Institute for Theoretical and Applied Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
•    June 1998: Orographic Rainfall Modelling, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
•    February 1998: Use of Wavelet Transforms for Turbulence Data Analysis, Jawarlahalal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Studies, Bangalore, India.
•    October 1993: Scale Separation and Data Compression for Turbulence, ONR / CNRS Conference on Wavelets and its applications, Bordeaux, France.
•    November 1990: Compression of turbulence signals and images, Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Cornell University, Ithaca.

•    July 2004: Empowering the Vulnerable , TIEMPO, 52:3-6, University of East Anglia, UK, pdf version , highlighted in SciDev.net Communities facing climate change need local science.
•    May 2002: Questions for Climate Science from the Mahaweli Water Managers, Frontier Newsletter, Volume 19.
•    June 2002: Climate Change, National Security and British High Commission, The Island, June 22, 2002.  (appeared in TIEMPO newsletter, University of East Anglia as “Saving Weather Data”).   
•    August 2001: FAQ on “Drought in Sri Lanka” published in Lanka Academic Website.
•    December 2001: Essay on “Cricket and Climate in Sri Lanka”, published in TheWicket.com and Ceylon Daily News

•    August 2004, Hazards from excavating the Palk Straits for Shipping, The Island, 5 August, 2004.
•    May 1999: Lessons for South Asia from Nuclear Deterrence in the West, Student Pugwash, Conference on Science and Ethics in the New Millenium, San Diego, California.
•    April 1999:  Hazards for Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka from the excavation of the Palk Straits, Ceylon Daily News, 07-04-99 and Island, 29-03-1999.
•    September 1997: Environmental Issues in Sri Lanka, Achievers Magazine, National Development Bank, Colombo.  
•    May 1997: Visions of Development, Vortex Magazine, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.      
•    March 1993: An illusion of prosperity in Ghana, New York Times.

•    January 1998: Traditional Chemical Technology in Sri Lanka: Learning from John Davy, Cheminique, Journal of the Chemical Engineering Society, University of Moratuwa.
•    April 1999: Windmills and Trojan Horses, Sri Lanka Engineering Newsletter and Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association Newsletter.
•    June 1989: Technology and development in under-developed countries: the case of Chemical Technology in Sri Lanka, Student Pugwash, Boulder, U.S.A., Session on Technology, Development and the Environment.

•    May 1986: The future of the urea plant in the balance, The Island.

•    May 2002: Why Government Institutions fail to Conserve Energy: The Island, May 27, 2002.    
•    March 1999: Energy Audit of the IFS, Report to Director, Institute of Fundamental Studies.
•    August 2002: Conserving Energy at Home: Ceylon Daily Mirror, August 08, 2002
•    October 1997: Energy Audit of the University of Peradeniya, Cheminique, Journal of the Chemical Engineering Society, University of Moratuwa.
•    October 1997: Energy Audit of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Cheminique, Journal of the Chemical Engineering Society, University of Moratuwa.   
•    August 1996: Conservation as an energy source, Ceylon Daily News, August 19, 1996.   

•    May 1999:  Plagiarism in the Faculty of Engineering, Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association Newsletter.   
•    Dec 1998:  The Study of Motion at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Engineering Newsletter.
•    March 1998: Why Some Students at Peradeniya Rag, Ceylon Daily News.
•    March 1998: Ragging at Peradeniya: the harsh truths, Ceylon Daily News.
•    March 1996: On Television at Akbar-Nell Residence Hall, Faculty Day Souvenir, Engineering Students Union, University of Peradeniya.  
•    July 1995: Laced with Wit and Wry Humour: A Review of the History of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, 1951-71 by Prof. S. Mahalingam, Sunday Observer.  
•    November 1991: Restructuring Engineering at Yale, Yale Daily News.