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Anusha Dissanayake

Texas A&M University

Zachry Department of Civil Engineering

College of Engineering
3136 TAMU
College Station , TX  77843  

dissanayake.al@gmail.com

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Task Co-Lead, Post-Doc

Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2021

Dissanayake, A. L., Rezvani, M., Socolofsky, S. A., Bierlein, K. A., & Little, J. C. (2021). Bubble Plume Integral Model for Line-Source Diffusers in Ambient Stratification. J. Hydraul. Eng., 147(5), 04021015.

2020

Barker, C. H., Kourafalou, V. H., Beegle-Krause, C., Boufadel, M., Bourassa, M. A., Buschang, S. G., et al. (2020). Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response. Jmse, 8(9), 668.
Gros, J., Arey, J. S., Socolofsky, S. A., & Dissanayake, A. L. (2020). Dynamics of Live Oil Droplets and Natural Gas Bubbles in Deep Water. Environ. Sci. Technol., 54(19), 11865111875.

2018

Dissanayake, A. L., Gros, J., & Socolofsky, S. A. (2018). Integral models for bubble, droplet, and multiphase plume dynamics in stratification and crossflow. Environ Fluid Mech, 18(5), 1167–1202.

2017

Gros, J., Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A. L., Jun, I., Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., et al. (2017). Petroleum dynamics in the sea and influence of subsea dispersant injection during Deepwater Horizon. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 114(38), 10065–10070.

Conference Presentations - 14

2020

Burd, A., Daly, K., Dissanayake, A., Francis, S., Jokulsdottir, T., Passow, U., et al. (2020). Modeling Marine-Oil-Snow and MOSSFA Events: Progress and Perspectives. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Jun, I., Socolofsky, S. A., Gros, J., Dissanayake, A. L., Barker, C. H., & Hennen, J. (2020). Prediction of Transport and Dissolution of Oil and Gas Released from Accidental Subsea Spills: A Coupled Near- and Far-Field Model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Vaz, A., Paris, C. B., Dissanayake, A. L., Socolofsky, S. A., Gros, J., & Boufadel, M. C. (2019). Dynamic Coupling of Near-Field and Far-Field Models. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Vaz, A., Paris, C. B., Dissanayake, A. L., Socolofsky, S. A., Gros, J., & Boufadel, M. C. (2019). Direct Coupling of Near-field and Far-field models hones predictions of oil spill transport and fate from deep-sea blowout. In 42nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Halifax, Canada : 06/04/19-06/06/19.

2018

Dissanayake, A. L., Burd, A., Daly, K. L., Francis, S., & Passow, U. (2018). Numerical modeling of the interactions of oil, marine snow, and rivering sediments in the ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Jun, I., Wang, B., Dissanayake, A., & Socolofsky, S. A. (2018). Predicting dissolved concentrations in the water column for natural seep plumes in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A. L., & Gros, J. (2018). Development and Validation of a Multiphase Buoyant Jet Integral Model for Subsea Accidental Oil Well Blowouts. In The 8th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics. Notre Dame, IN : 06/04/18-06/07/18.

2017

Gros, J., Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A. L., Jun, I., Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., et al. (2017). Detailed modeling of the dynamic behavior of petroleum in the sea during the Deepwater Horizon accident. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Gros, J., Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A. L., Jun, I., Boufadel, M. C., Zhao, L., et al. (2016). Simulating the aqueous dissolution of petroleum emitted into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. In Gordon Research Conference – Opportunities for Aquatic Sciences to Impact a Changing World. Holderness, NH : 06/26/16-07/01/16: Poster.
Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A., Jun, I., & Gros, J. (2016). Importance of physical, chemical, and hydrodynamic processes in the near field plume of oil and gas blowout models. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Jun, I., Socolofsky, S. A., & Dissanayake, A. (2015). Effect of gas hydrates of the fate of rising hydrocarbon bubbles from natural seeps and accidental releases in the deep ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A. L., Jun, I., Gros, J., Arey, J. S., & Reddy, C. M. (2015). Texas A&M Oilspill Calculator (TAMOC) Modeling Suite for Subsea Spills. In 38th AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Vancouver, Canada : 06/02/15-06/04/15.

2014

Jun, I., Dissanayake, A., & Socolofsky, S. (2014). The fate and transport properties of rising oil droplets and gas bubbles with hydrates from the deep ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Wang, B., Dissanayake, A. L., & Socolofsky, S. (2014). Design of in situ measurements for validation of near field blowout models. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.