Data Analyst Engineer, Cleanwatts Digital S.A., Coimbra,Portugal. [03.01.2023 - 22.06.2023]

Duties and Responsibilities,

  • Providing geospatial solutions to identify optimal locations and hot spots for renewable energy sites.
  • Creating AI forecast models to optimize battery systems within solar communities, predicting production and load requirements.
  • Developed a data ingestion process to automate the transfer of data from multiple sources into a single PostgreSQL database.
  • Designing data analysis tools and web portals to efficiently collect, manage, and display information to the clients.

Geospatial Analyst, Staruplo, SANJOTEC – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia,Portugal. [01.03.2021 - 31.10.2022]

Staruplo is a Portuguese company based in Sao Joa de Madeira that provides artificial intelligence solutions and prototyping services in the fields of Geospatial Intelligence to promote the sustainability of our planet. In starupplo I worked as a Geospatial analyst to

  • Develop sustainable solutions to address global issues of public concern to improve life on Earth (Research-based projects in collaboration with the European Space Agency),
    • Agriculture and Vegetation: Satellite image-derived products to assess vegetation health, water content, and estimate the yield of agricultural sites.
    • Environmental disaster risk: Identify flood, wildfire, and landslide potential areas in Portugal.
    • Climate change and renewable energy: Site suitability assessment for identifying solar, wind, and hydro power plants.
    • Urban planning: Analyze and identify to quantify urbanization and land use change to minimize urban sprawl and spatial planning.
    • Tourism and recreation: Identify tourist hotspots using social media data and identify suitable locations to establish observation points.
  • Employ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the storage, analysis, and visualization of geospatial data to derive insights to meet business needs.
  • Automate project methodologies (Python) and calculations developed with Microsoft Excel to enable automatic updates of project results.
  • Create web-based statistical dashboards for statistical data visualization.
  • Develop Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-based machine learning models for feature identification, extraction, and classification.
  • Establish a comprehensive geo data collection and storage system to ensure easy access to data within the company.

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Geomatics, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. [04.12.2017-01.09.2019]

The Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (SUSL) is a public university in Belihuloya, Balangoda, Sri Lanka. It was founded on 20 November 1991 and consists of eight faculties including the Faculty of Geomatics which is one of the two institutes for geomatics related degrees in Sri lanka and is made of well qualified staff and the latest technological resources. In 2018, I was promoted as an assistant lecturer in the Department Remote Sensing and GIS, the Faculty of Geomatics after serving as an academic supportive staff member in the same department for a year. my duties were included,

  • Conducted supportive lectures and practical classes in Remote Sensing; Digital Image Processing; Satellite Technology; Fundamentals of GIS; Advanced Remote sensing; LiDAR Systems, Ground Penetration RADAR (GPR) and Applications; Fundamentals of Space Science; and Microwave Remote Sensing for undergraduates
  • Proctored examinations and led their preparatory workshops, providing class-pertinent materials
  • Worked as a resource person for software and instrument training/use, as well as a student counselor
and similarly, I worked as a visiting intructor for the Master of Surveying science degree program conduct by the Faculty of Graduate studies in Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Research assistant, Geo informatics Centre, Asian institute of Technology, Thailand [01.06.2017-01.09.2017]

The Geoinformatics Center (GIC) is a leading Remote sensing and GIS organization in Southeast Asia. That is oriented towards the implementation of projects in connection with GIS and Remote sensing. Every year the Geospatial center invites university students with a background in geospatial fields to participate in internships at AIT to engage with staff in various ongoing projects as well as attend training programs conducted by the center which help to foster their background knowledge and offer experiences in new areas during the internship.

In 2017, I joined the Geoinformatics Center for a three-month training program as part of my bachelor's degree. In the internship, I was,

  1. Participated in a project using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to delineate a flooding event in Sri Lanka
  2. Developed a 3D model of the flooding event using data acquired by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
  3. Coordinated workshops at the Geoinformatics Center to inspire and promote the field to students
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