Thanuka Hansameeenu Wijenayaka Pathiranage PhD


Thanuka Hansameeenu Wijenayaka Pathiranage PhD

College Of Arts And Sciences

Department of Computational, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences


Lecturer

MADLA 323

Thanuka.Pathiranage@tamusa.edu
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Biography

 

Dr. Thanuka has over 15 years of teaching experience at various institutions, including the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka, Texas Tech University, San Antonio College, and Texas A&M University–San Antonio. She obtained her bachelor’s degree with a specialization in Mathematical Physics from the Department of Physics and Electronics at the University of Kelaniya. She later earned her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mathematics at Texas Tech University. Her primary research interests include Control Theory and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

 

Awards

 
Year Name of the award
2022 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Brought Honors to the University by Winning Prestigious National and International Awards (2022)
2021

Presidential Award for Scientific Research for highly rated scientific research for the publication “Analysis of an Iterative Scheme for Approximate Regulation for Nonlinear Systems” published in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control (2021)

2018 Presidential Award for Scientific Research for highly rated scientific research for
2018

Vice Chancellor’s Award for Brought Honors to the University by Winning Prestigious National and International Awards (2018)

2008 Gold medal for the best performance in Mathematical Physics at the BSc (Honours) degree(2008).

 

Teaching Summary

 
Year Rank Company/Institute/University
2025-Present Full-time Lecturer Texas A&M University, San Antonio
2016-2025 Senior Lecturer University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2011-2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant  Texas Tech University, Lubbock
2010-2011 Lecturer (Probationary) University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

 

Classes Teaching

 
Course Code Course Name
MATH 1324 Business Mathematics
MATH 3340 Linear Algebra with Applications
MATH 2313 Calculus I

Courses Taught

Course Code Course Name University
MATH 1314 College Algebra Texas Tech University
 MATH 1451 Calcukus I Texas Tech University
MATH 1452 Calculus II  Texas Tech University
MATH 2450 Calculus III  Texas Tech University
AMAT 11223 Vestor Analysis University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka
AMAT 11232 Mechanics I  University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka
AMAT 12253 Numerical Methods I   University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka
AMAT 21262 Scientific Computing I  University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka
AMAT 22292 Scientific Computing II University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka
AMAT 32333 Introduction to Fluid Dyanamics University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka
AMAT 41363 Qualitative and Quantitative Theory of ODE University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka
AMAT 41413 Quantum Machanics and Quantum Field Theory University of kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Resources

 
Topic Info
How Bubble Sort Works Bubble sort. Bubble sort, sometimes referred to as sinking sort, is a simple sorting algorithm that repeatedly steps through the list to be sorted, compares each pair.
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Greedy Method A greedy algorithm is an algorithmic paradigm that follows the problem solving heuristic of making the locally optimal choice at each stage with the hope of finding a global optimum.
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EDI Security Electronic data interchange (EDI) is a major innovation in the practical use of computing. It is already being used extensively in some segments of the retailing
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Publications

 
  • Jane Doe,"Inserting Item to a Sorted List",USTC Teachers Annual (USTA - 2002),8(1),2002
  • Jane Doe, Cross application of Round Robin Scheduling and Shortest Job First Serve in CPU Scheduling to improve preemptive scheduling, Accepted for publication at Kabi Nazrul University Journal - 2011
  • Jane Doe, UB Operator precedence parsing algorithm, Accepted for Computer Science & Engineering R esearch Journal (CSERJ) in Vol. 7 (2011) (ISSN: 1990-4010) of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET)

 

Course Teachings

SubjectNumberSectionDescriptionTermSyllabi
MATH 2012 004 Pre-Calculus Recitation Fall 2026 Syllabus
MATH 2312 008 Pre-Calculus Fall 2026 Syllabus
MATH 2012 006 Pre-Calculus Recitation Fall 2026 Syllabus
MATH 1324 011 Math for Bus/Soc Sci I Fall 2026 Syllabus
MATH 1324 005 Math for Bus/Soc Sci I Fall 2026 Syllabus
MATH 2012 008 Pre-Calculus Recitation Fall 2026 Syllabus
MATH 2312 004 Pre-Calculus Fall 2026 Syllabus
MATH 1024 011 Math Bus/Soc Sci I Recitation Fall 2026 Syllabus