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Hiruni Kammanankada
PhD Candidate
麻豆社madou Water Research Laboratory
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hiruni began her聽PhD聽at WRL in January 2022, joining the Tube Fishway team.聽聽is an innovative fish passage system that aims to enable upstream fish passage over hydraulic barriers (such as dams and weirs) using pipes.聽
Hiruni's thesis the 鈥淔ield Deployment of the Tube Fishway System鈥 will look at retrofitting the Tube Fishway system at real sites across NSW to gather experimental field data. Her end goal is to develop a set of guidelines that will outline the correct design and installation of the Tube Fishway.聽
Hiruni graduated with 1st聽class honours from her Civil and Environmental Engineering degree at 麻豆社madou in 2020 and is also a Water Engineer at Aurecon.聽Hiruni鈥檚聽research interests include:聽
- Fish passage聽
- Fishway hydraulics
Supervisors:聽Associate Professor聽Stefan Felder听补苍诲听Adjunct Professor Bill Peirson
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