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Dr. Wijitha Senadeera, Ph.D.

Adjunct Research Professor

Present

Fiji National University

Suva

Fiji

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Experienced Academic Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. I am skilled in Research, Industry exposure, course development, higher degree supervision, Teamwork, and Project management. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused on Engineering from University of Queensland, Australia and work experiences in Asia and Europe. Expertise in Mechanical Design and Energy and Process Engineering.

I always value real world applications in my research and strive to give researchers an experience that is beyond what is in the current form. I am excited to share and continue to support and collaborate with the other researchers to expand its potential with my connections, experience and capability and I look forward to the opportunity not only to research but also work to develop new ones and provide advice.

My current research interest is in the physical responses of living cells and tissues of food plant materials to different processes for drying food and application of solar energy in drying operations. I have performed experiments and simulations to obtain a better understanding of plant cell micromechanics, which has resulted in many publications. This research provides insights beneficial to industrialists for controlling process conditions to achieve a desired dried food product while optimising the energy and quality. The knowledge obtained will be useful for the industry to reduce the energy cost and to increase the quality of the dried food by controlling the volume changes of foods.

  • Food Drying
  • Solar Drying
  • Mathematical Modelling
  • Jahirul, M. I. and Brown, R. J. and Senadeera, W. (2018) Correlation between physiochemical properties and quality of biodiesel. In: Application of thermo-fluid processes in energy systems: key issues and recent developments for a sustainable future. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore, pp. 57-81. ISBN 978-981-10-0695-1
  • Gunathilake, D. M. C. C. and Senanayaka, D. P. and Adiletta, G. and Senadeera, Wiji (2018) Drying of agricultural crops. In: Advances in agricultural machinery and technologies. Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, United States,pp. 331-365. ISBN 978-1-4987-5412-5
  • Rathnayaka, C. M. and Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Guan, L. and Gu, Y. T. (2018) Three- dimensional (3D) numerical modeling of morphogenesis in dehydrated fruits and vegetables. In: Advances in agricultural machinery and technologies. Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, United States, pp. 431-454. ISBN 978-1-4987-5412-5
  • Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage, C.M., Wijerathne, W.D.C.C., Karunasena, H.C.P., Senadeera, Wijitha, & Gu, YuanTong (2017) Microscale and multiscale computational modelling of morphological changes in plant cellular structure during drying with a coupled smoothed particle hydrodynamics and coarse grained appraoch. In Liu, Moubin, Han, Xu, Gu, Yuantong, & Li, Zirui (Eds.) Advances in Computational Engineering Science. Scientech Publisher llc, USA, Mason, Ohio, pp. 1-10.
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, Wijitha (2017) Numerical modeling of morphological changes of food plant materials during drying. In: Handbook of drying of vegetables and vegetable materials. Advances in Drying Science and Technology. Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL, United States, pp. 387-427. ISBN 13:978-1-4987-5386-9
  • Senadeera, Wijitha, Bhandari, Bhesh R., Young, Gordon, & Wijesinghe, Bandu (2000) Physical property changes of fruits and vegetables during hot air drying. In Mujumdar, Arun S. (Ed.) Drying technology in agriculture and food sciences. Science Publishers, USA, pp. 149-1
  • Atojunere, E. E., Senadeera, W., Iji, P. and Jamaima, L. (2026). Development of an indirect active solar heating dryer(iashd) for dwarf cavendish banana. Indian Journal of Engineering 23 (59), 1-10
  • Atojunere, E. E., Senadeera, W. (2026). Enhancing drying conditions of Dwarf Cavendish and Fijian Vudi bananas in an Indirect Active Solar Heating Dryer (IASHD) through insulators Installation, Food research, Malaysia, in Press
  • Senadeera, W., Banks, J., Adeletta, G and Brewer, K. (2024). Microstructural Approach Application for Morphological Change Determinations of Grapes during Drying. Processes, 12,720.
  • Tolstorebrov, I., Senadeera, W., Eikevik, T. M., Buntle, M., Saether, M. and Petrova, I. (2024). Study on Drying of Seaweeds and Importance of Glass transition and Stabilization, Processes, 12(2), 373.
  • Ignat T, Wijitha S, Michael B, Trygve E, Barbara S, Adiletta G. Study on Drying and Glass Transition of Apples. Nutri Food Sci Int J. 2024. 13(2): 555856. DOI: 10.19080/NFSIJ.2024.13.555856
  • Senadeera, W. (2023) Sorption characteristics of three different food particulates made from potato, beans, and peas, Indian Journal of Engineering, 20, 1-10, eISSN2319-7757
  • Gunathilake, D.M.C.C., Senadeera, W. (2023) Mild Hydrothermal Treatment for Improving Outturn of Basmati Rice. AgriEngineering 2023, 5,992–1004. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering5020062
  • Adiletta, G., Wijerathna, C., Senadeera, W., Russo, P. and Di Matteo, M. (2022) Micro structural approach of potato and pumpkin drying and rehydration, Indian Journal of Engineering, 19(51). Pp. 166-172. ISSN 2319-7757.
  • Gunatilake, D. M. C. C. and Senadeera (2022) W. Effect of commercial level modified atmospheric storage for Paddy. COJ Reviews and Research, Volume 4, Issue 1, 1-5.
  • Senadeera, Wijitha and Kosse, Vladis (2021) Design and development of a laboratory scale fluidization column for experimentation through student internship program. Indian Journal of Engineering, 18 (49). pp. 40-47. ISSN 2319-7757
  • Rennie, Matthew and Senadeera, Wijitha (2021) Experimental Investigation of Plastic Deformation Characteristics of Welded Carbon Steel Pipe Subject to Lateral Impact Loading. Indian Journal of Engineering, 18 (49). pp. 79-87. ISSN 2319-7757
  • Jahirul, M. I. and Rasul, M. G. and Brown, R. J. and Senadeera, W and Hosen, M. A. and Haque, R. and Saha, S. C. and Mahlia, T. M. I. (2021) Investigation of correlation between chemical composition and properties of biodiesel using principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural network (ANN). Renewable Energy, 168. pp. 632-646. ISSN 0960-1481
  • Rathnayaka CM, Karunasena HCP, Wijerathne WDCC, Senadeera W, Gu YT (2020) A three-dimensional (3-D) meshfree-based computational model to investigate stress-strain time relationships of plant cells during drying. PLoS ONE 15(7):e0235712
  • Senadeera, Wijitha and Adiletta, Giuseppina and Onal, Begum and Di Matteo, Marisa and Russo, Paola (2020) Influence of different hot air-drying temperatures on drying kinetics, shrinkage, and colour of persimmon slices. Foods, 9, 101.
  • Russo, Paola and Adiletta, Giuseppina and Di Matteo, Marisa and Senadeera, Wijitha and Cinquanta, Luciano (2020) The effect of abrasive pretreatment on the drying kinetics and phenolic compounds in goji berries (Lycium barbarum L.). Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. ISSN 0145-8892
  • Rathnayaka, C. M. and Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Polwaththe-Gallage, H. N. and Gu, Y. T. (2019) A 3-D coupled Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Coarse-Grained model to simulate drying mechanisms of small cell aggregates A 3-D coupled Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Coarse-Grained model to simulate drying mechanisms of small cell aggregates. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 67. pp. 219-233. ISSN 0307-904X
  • Wijerathne, W. D. C. C. and Rathnayaka, C. M. and Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Sauret, E. and Turner, I. W. and Gu, Y. T. (2018) A coarse-grained multiscale model to simulate morphological changes of food- plant tissues undergoing drying. Soft Matter, 15. pp. 901-916. ISSN 1744-683X
  • Rathnayaka, C. M. and Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Gu, Y. T. (2018) Application of a coupled smoothed particle hydrodynamics(SPH) and coarse-grained (CG) numerical modelling approach to study three- dimensional (3-D) deformations of single cells of different food-plant materials during drying. Soft Matter, 14. pp. 2015-2031. ISSN 1744-683X
  • Adiletta, G. and Wijerathne, C. and Senadeera, W. and Russo, P. and Crescitelli, A. and Di Matteo, M. (2018) Dehydration and rehydration characteristics of pretreated pumpkin slices. Italian Journal of Food Science, 30 (4). pp. 684-706. ISSN 1120-1770
  • Rathnayaka, C. M. and Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Gu, Y. T. (2017) Application of 3D imaging and analysis techniques for the study of food plant cellular deformations during drying. Drying Technology. pp. 1- 14. ISSN 0737-3937
  • Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage, C. M. and Karunasena, H. C. P. and Gu, Y. T. and Guan, L. and Senadeera, W. (2017) Novel trends in numerical modelling of plant food tissues and their morphological changes during drying - a review. Journal of Food Engineering, 194. pp. 24-39. ISSN 0260-8774
  • Moragaspitiya, Chathurani and Rajapakse, Jay and Senadeera, Wijitha and Ali, Imtiaj (2017) Simulation of dynamic behaviour of a biological wastewater treatment plant in South East Queensland, Australia using Bio-Win software. Engineering Journal, 21 (3). pp. 1-22. ISSN 0125-8281
  • de Silva, S. W. and Du, A. and Senadeera, W. and Gu, Y. (2017) Strained graphitic carbon nitride for hydrogen purification. Journal of Membrane Science, 528. pp. 201-205. ISSN 0376-7388
  • Sitinamaluwa, Hansinee and Zhang, Shanqing and Senadeera, Wijitha and Will, Geoffrey and Yan, Cheng (2016) Carbon-based silicon nanohybrid anode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Materials Technology, 31 (14). pp. 872-883. ISSN 1066-7857
  • Adiletta, G. and Russo, P. and Senadeera, W. and Di Matteo, M. (2016) Drying characteristics and quality of grape under physical pretreatment. Journal of Food Engineering, 172. pp. 9-18. ISSN 0260-8774
  • Sitinamaluwa, H. S. and Wang, M. C. and Will, G and Senadeera, W. and Zhang, S. and Yan, C. (2016) Lithium concentration dependent structure and mechanics of amorphous silicon. Journal of Applied Physics, 119 (24). pp. 1-6. ISSN 0021-8979
  • Polwaththe-Gallage, Hasitha-Nayanajith and Saha, Suvash C. and Sauret, Emily and Flower, Robert and Senadeera, Wijitha and Gu, YuanTong (2016) SPH-DEM approach to numerically simulate the deformation of three-dimensional RBCs in non-uniform capillaries. BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 15 (Suppl 2:161). pp. 349- 370.
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Brown, R. J. and Gu, Y. T. and Senadeera, W. (2015) Application of meshfree methods to numerically simulate microscale deformations of different plant food materials during drying. Journal of Food Engineering, 146. pp. 209-226. ISSN 0260-8774
  • Thibbotuwawa, Namal and Oloyede, Adekunle and Senadeera, Wijitha and Li, Tong and Gu, YuanTong (2015) Investigation of the mechanical behavior of kangaroo humeral head cartilage tissue by a porohyperelastic model based on the strain-rate-dependent permeability. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 51. pp. 248-259. ISSN 1751-6161
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Gu, Y.T. and Brown, R. J. and Senadeera, W. (2015) Numerical investigation of case hardening of plant tissue during drying and its influence on the cellular-level shrinkage. Drying Technology, 33 (6). pp. 713-734. ISSN 0737-3937
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Gu, Y. T. and Brown, R. J. and Senadeera, W. (2015) Numerical investigation of plant tissue porosity and its influence on cellular level shrinkage during drying. Biosystems Engineering, 132. pp. 71-87. ISSN 1537-5110
  • Thibbotuwawa, Namal and Oloyede, Adekunle and Li, Tong and Singh, Sanjileena and Senadeera, Wijitha and Gu, YuanTong (2015) Physical mechanisms underlying the strain-rate-dependent mechanical behavior of kangaroo shoulder cartilage. Applied Physics Letters, 107 (10). pp. 103701-1. ISSN 0003-6951
  • Jahirul, M. I. and Brown, R. J. and Senadeera, W. and Ashwath, N. and Rasul, M. G. and Rahman, M. M. and Hossain, Farhad M. and Moghaddam, Lalehvash and Islam, M. A. and O'Hara, I. M. (2015) Physio-chemical assessment of beauty leaf (Calophyllum inophyllum)as second-generation biodiesel feedstock. Energy Reports, 1. pp. 204-215.
  • Adiletta, Giuseppina and Senadeera, Wijitha and Liguori, Loredana and Crescitelli, Alessio and Albanese, Donatella and Russo, Paula (2015) The influence of abrasive pretreatment on hot air drying of grape. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 6. pp. 355-364. ISSN 2157-944X
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Gu, Y. T. and Brown, R. J. (2014) A coupled SPH-DEM model for micro-scale structural deformations of plant cells during drying. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 38 (15-16). pp. 3781-3801. ISSN 0307-904X
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Brown, R. J. and Gu, Y. T. (2014) A mesh free model for plant tissue deformations during drying. Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) Journal, 55 (EMAC2013). C110-C137. ISSN 1446-1811
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Brown, R. J. and Gu, Y. T. (2014) A particle based model to simulate microscale morphological changes of plant tissues during drying. Soft Matter, 10 . pp. 5249-5268. ISSN 1744- 683X
  • Walker, Lauren and Senadeera, Wijitha (2014) A variable diffusivity model for the drying of spherical food particulates. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 553. pp. 94-99. ISSN 1660-9336
  • Gu, YuanTong and Nguyen, Trung Dung and Oloyede, Adekunle and Senadeera, Wijitha (2014) Analysis of strain-rate dependent mechanical behavior of single chondrocyte: a finite element study. International Journal of Computational Methods, 11 (Suppl 1). pp. 1344005-1. ISSN 0219-8762
  • Jahirul, Mohammad I. and Koh, Wenyong and Brown, Richard J. and Senadeera, Wijitha and O'Hara, Ian and Moghaddam, Lalehvash (2014) Biodiesel production from non-edible beauty leaf (Calophyllum inophyllum) oil: process optimization using response surface methodology (RSM). Energies, 7 (8). pp. 5317-5331.
  • Senadeera, W. and Adiletta, G. and Di Matteo, M. and Russo, P. (2014) Drying kinetics, quality changes and shrinkage of two grape varieties of Italy. Applied Mechanics and materials, 553. pp. 362-366. ISSN 1660-9336
  • Jahirul, M. I. and Senadeera, W. and Brown, R. J. and Moghaddam, L. (2014) Estimation of biodiesel properties from chemical composition – an artificial neural network (ANN) approach. International Scientific Journal of Environmental Science, 3 (3). pp. 1-7. ISSN 978-1499721980
  • de Silva, Suchitra W. and Du, Aijun and Senadeera, Wijitha and Gu, YuanTong (2014) Neutral and charged boron-doped fullerenes for CO2 adsorption. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 5. pp. 413-418. ISSN 2190-4286
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Hesami, P. and Senadeera, W. and Gu, Y. T. and Brown, R. J. and Oloyede, A. (2014) Scanning electron microscopic study of microstructure of gala apples during hot air drying. Drying Technology, 32 (4). pp. 455-468. ISSN 0737-3937
  • Karunasena, H. C. P. and Senadeera, W. and Brown, R. J. and Gu, Y. T. (2014) Simulation of plant cell shrinkage during drying – a SPH–DEM approach. Engineering Analysis and Boundary Elements, 44. pp. 1-18. ISSN 0955- 7997
  • Senadeera, W. and Alves-Filho, O. and Eikevik, T. (2013) Influence of drying conditions on the moisture diffusion and fluidization quality during multi-stage fluidized bed drying of bovine intestine for pet food. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 91 (C4). pp. 549-557. ISSN 0960-3085
  • Jahirul, M. I. and Brown, J. R. and Senadeera, W. and Aswath, N. and Laing, C. and Leski-Taylor, J. and Rasul, M. G. (2013) Optimisation of bio-oil extraction process from Beauty Leaf (Calophyllum inophyllum) oil seed as a second generation biodiesel source. Procedia Engineering, 56. pp. 619-624.
  • Jahirul, Mohammed I. and Brown, Richard J. and Senadeera, Wijitha and O'Hara, Ian M. and Ristovski, Zoran D. (2013) The use of artificial neural networks for identifying sustainable biodiesel feedstocks. Energies, 6 (8). pp. 3764-3806.
  • Senadeera, W. and Alves-Filho, O. and Eikevik, T. (2012) Influence of atmospheric sublimation and evaporation on the heat pump fluid bed drying of bovine intestines. Drying Technology, 30 (14). pp. 1583-1591. ISSN 0737- 3937
  • Kosse, Vladis and Senadeera, Wijitha (2011) Innovative approaches to teaching engineering drawing at tertiary institutions. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 39 (4). pp. 323-333. ISSN 0306-4190
  • Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur and Senadeera, Wijitha and Al-Alawi, Ahmed and Truong, Tuyen and Bhandari, Bhesh and Al-Saidi, Ghalib (2011) Thermal transition properties of spaghetti measured by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermal Mechanical Compression Test (TMCT). Food and Bioprocess Technology, 4 (8). pp. 1422-1431. ISSN 1935-5130
  • Senadeera, Wiji (2009) Density variation of different shaped food particulates in fluid bed drying: empirical models. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 14. pp. 27-34. ISSN 2410-1060
  • Senadeera, Wiji (2009) Minimum fluidization velocity of food materials: effect of moisture and shape. Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 4 (4 - Article 11). pp. 1-19. ISSN 2194-6159
  • Senadeera, Wijitha and Wijesinghe, Bandu and Young, Gordon and Bhandari, Bhesh (2006) Fluidization characteristics of moist food particles. International Journal of Food Engineering, 2 (1 - Article 7). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2194- 5764
  • Senadeera, W (2008). The drying constant and its effect on the shrinkage constant of different shaped food particulates, International Journal of Food Engineering 4(8).
  • Senadeera, Wijitha and Bhandari, Bhesh R. and Young, Gordon and Wijesinghe, Bandu (2005) Modeling dimensional shrinkage of shaped foods in fluidized bed drying. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 29 (2). pp. 109-119. ISSN 0145-8892
  • Senadeera, Wijitha and Bhandari, Bhesh R. and Young, Gordon and Wijesinghe, Bandu (2003) Influence of shapes of selected vegetable materials on drying kinetics during fluidized bed drying. Journal of Food Engineering, 58 (3). pp. 277-283. ISSN 0260-8774
  • Senadeera, Wijitha and Bhandari, Bhesh R. and Young, Gordon and Wijesinghe, Bandu (2000) Methods for effective fluidization of particulate food materials. Drying Technology, 18 (7). pp. 1537-1557. ISSN 0737-3937
  • Senadeera, W. and Bhandari, B. and Young, G. and Wijesinghe, B. (2000) Physical properties and fluidization behaviour of fresh green bean particulates during fluidized bed drying. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 78 (C1). pp. 43-47. ISSN 0960-3085
  • Senadeera, Wijitha, Bhandari, Bhesh R., Young, Gordon, & Wijesinghe, Bandu (1998) Fluidisation behaviour of cylindrical green bean particulates in drying. Tropical Agricultural Research, 10, pp. 192-202.
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