Dr.-Ing. Suneth Warnakulasuriya

Beruflicher Werdegang ab Studienabschluss

• Seit 2025        Forschungswissenschaftler COMBINE (MSCA-DN)
• Seit 2025        Forschungswissenschaftler SPP 2388 “Hundert Plus”.
• Seit 2024        TUM, Lehrstuhl für Statik und Dynamik, Leiter des Labors für Computersimulation.
• Seit 2024        Forschungswissenschaftler der AMC-TRR277-Initiative.
• Seit 2023        Forschungswissenschaftler der GECKO (MSCA-DN)
• 2022 – 2024   Technische Universität Braunschweig, Postdoktorand und als Dozent im Kurs „Modellierung und Simulation“.
• 2018 – 2022   TUM, Lehrstuhl für Statik, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter.
• 2017 – 2018   Linde AG, Engineering Division, Pullach, Werkstudent.
• 2015 – 2016  TUM, Lehrstuhl für Terhmodynamik, Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft.
• 2014 – 2015  Co-Energi Pvt. Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Maschinenbauingenieur.

Sonstiges

• seit 2018         Mitglied des technischen Komitees des Open-Source-FEM-Frameworks Kratos Multiphysics.
• 2025                Organisation Mini-Symposiums (Structural Membranes, Baustatik-Baupraxis Forschungskolloquium, GACM)
• 2023                Organisation Mini-Symposiums (Structural membranes)
• 2019 - 2025    Organization des Kratos-Workshops

Publikationen

Dissertation:

Development of Methods for Finite Element-Based Sensitivity Analysis and Goal-Directed Mesh Refinement Using the Adjoint Approach for Steady and Transient Flows. Lehrstuhl für Statik, TUM (2022) nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:91-diss-20221017-1637721-1-3.

Journalbeiträge:

Ansari, Talhah Shamshad Ali, Rainald Löhner, Roland Wüchner, Harbir Antil, Suneth Warnakulasuriya, Ihar Antonau, and Facundo Airaudo (2025). “Adjoint-based recovery of thermal fields from displacement or strain measurements”. In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 438, p. 117818. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2025.117818.

Antonau, Ihar, Suneth Warnakulasuriya, Susanna Baars, Ildar Baimuratov, Tim Wittenborg, Lasse Kreuzeberg, Achyuth Attravanam, and Roland Wüchner (2025). “Challenges in realizing 3rd generation multidisciplinary design optimization”. In: Advances in Computational Science and Engineering 5, pp. 1–21. doi: 10.3934/acse.2025001

Antonau, Ihar, Suneth Warnakulasuriya, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Fabio Michael Bluhm, Majid Hojjat, and Roland Wüchner (2022). “Latest developments in node-based shape optimization using vertex morphing parameterization”. In: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 65.7, p. 198. doi: 10.1007/s00158-022-03279-w.

Antonau, Ihar, Suneth Warnakulasuriya, Roland Wüchner, Facundo Airaudo, Rainald Löhner, Harbir Antil, and Talhah Ansari (2025). “Comparison of the First Order Algorithms to Solve System Identification Problems of High-Fidelity Digital Twins”. In: AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, p. 0285. doi:10.2514/6.2025-0285.

Ferrandiz, Vicente Mataix, Philipp Bucher, Ruben Zorrilla, Riccardo Rossi, S Warnakulasuriya, A Cornejo, and J Garate (2022). “KratosMultiphysics/Kratos: Release 9.2”. In: GitHub Repository. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3234644

Löhner, Rainald, Facundo Airaudo, Harbir Antil, Roland Wüchner, Suneth Warnakulasuriya, Ihar Antonau, and Talhah Ansari (2025). “High-Fidelity Digital Twins: Zooming in on Weaknesses in Structures”. In: AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, p. 0286. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-0286.

Löhner, Rainald, Facundo Airaudo, Harbir Antil, Roland Wüchner, Fabian Meister, and Suneth Warnakulasuriya (2024). “High-fidelity digital twins: Detecting and localizing weaknesses in structures”. In: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 125.21, e7568. doi: 10.1002/nme.7568

Wüchner, Roland., Warnakulasuriya, Suneth., Asl, Reza.Najian., Bletzinger, Kai.-Uwe., D’Acunto, Pierluigi., Herding, Friedrich., Lowke, Dirk., 2024. Free-form Structural Optimization for Additive Manufacturing in Construction. Digital Concrete 2024 – Supplementary Proceedings.https://doi.org/10.24355/dbbs.084-202408200656-0

Sakuma, Mayu, Nick Pepper, Suneth Warnakulasuriya, Francesco Montomoli, Roland Wüchner, and Kai-Uwe Bletzinger (2022). “Multi-fidelity uncertainty quantification of high Reynolds number turbulent flow around a rectangular 5: 1 Cylinder”. In: Wind & structures 34.1, pp. 127–136. doi: 10.12989/was.2022.34.1.127.

Warnakulasuriya, Suneth, Michael Andre, Roland Wüchner, and Kai-Uwe Bletzinger (2018). “Stabilization of a Time-Dependent Discrete Adjoint Solver for Chaotic Incompressible Flows”. In: PAMM 18.1, e201800124. doi: 10.1002/pamm.201800124.

Winterstein, A, S Warnakulasuriya, K-U Bletzinger, and R Wüchner (2023). “Computational wind–structure interaction simulations of high rise and slender structures and validation against on-site measurements - Methodology development and assessment”. In: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 232, p. 105278. doi: 10.1016/j.jweia.2022.105278

Buchbeiträge:

Wüchner, R., Warnakulasuriya, S., Kalender, C., and Winkelmann, U. Aspekte und hintergründe von abgesicherten numerischen strömungs-und sensitivitätsanalysen im windingenieurwesen. Baustatik-Baupraxis (2024), Hamburg, Germany.

Konferenzbeiträge:

Ansari, T., Löhner, R., Wüchner, R., Antil, H., Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Airaudo, F. (2025) “Adjoint-based System Identification for Model Validation and Qualification” In:  The 9th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa.

Martínez-López, G., Warnakulasuriya, S., Wüchner R., Lázaro C. (2025) ”Flutter mitigation in bridges with distortionable cross-sections” In: Forschungskolloquium Baustatik – Baupraxis 2025, Bad Boll, Germany.

Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Ansari, T., Löhner, R., Antil, H., Airaudo, F., Wüchner, R. (2025) “Exploring Damage Localization Possibilities Using Adjoint Methods for Specific Sensor Arrangements” In: 11th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientist, Braunschweig, Germany.

Ansari, T., Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Goldbach, A., Löhner, R., Antil, H., Airaudo, F., Wüchner, R. (2025) “Adjoint-based Stress Identification via Material Tensor Reconstruction in Membrane Structures using Displacement or Strain Measurements” In: XII International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, Munich, Germany.

Antonau, I., Warnakulasuriya, S., Ansari, T., Löhner, R., Antil, H., Airaudo, F., Wüchner, R. (2025) „ Challenges In Realizing A Digital Twin Framework” In: 11th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientists, Braunschweig, Germany.

Ansari, T., Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Löhner, R., Antil, H., Airaudo, F., Wüchner, R. (2025) „Adjoint-based Investigation of Sensor Fault Detection in System Identification“ In: 11th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics for Young Scientist, Braunschweig, Germany.

Antonau, I., Warnakulasuriya, S., Ansari, T., Wüchner, R., Löhner, R., Airaudo, F., Antil, H. (2025) „Advancing high-fidelity digital Twin Technology for Structural Health Monitoring“ In: 13th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Graz, Austria.

Wüchner, R., Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Ansari, T., Airaudo, F., Löhner, R., Antil, H. (2025) „High-Fidelity Digital Twinning Approaches for Coupled Field Problems” In: XI International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Villasimius, Italy.

Ansari, T., Löhner, R., Wüchner, R., Antil, H., Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Airaudo, F. (2025) „Adjoint-Based Material Parameters and Constitutive Model Identification From Deformation Measurements“ In: 3rd IACM Digital Twins in Engineering Conference (DTE 2025) & 1st ECCOMAS Artificial Intelligence and Computational Methods in Applied Science, Paris, France.

Kelemen, M., Wüchner, R., Warnakulasuriya, S. (2024) „Improving algebraic multigrid performance for high-order finite elements with multipoint constraints“ In: 16th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics, Vancouver, Canada.

Antonau, I., Warnakulasuriya, S., Airaudo, F., Löhner, R., Antil, H., Wüchner, R. (2024) “Formulation and Regularization of the Optimization Problem for Adjoint-Based Digital Twin Construction” In: 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.

Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Airaudo, F., Löhner, R., Antil, H., Wüchner, R. (2024) “Optimal Sensor Placement Methodology for Adjoint-based Weakening Localization in Structures” In: 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.

Airaudo, F., Antil, H., Löhner, R., Warnakulasuriya, S., Antonau, I., Wüchner, R. (2024) “On the Use of Risk Measures in Digital Twins to Identify Weaknesses in Structures” In: 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.

Martínez-López, G., Péntek, M., Warnakulasuriya, S., Lázaro, C., Bletzinger, K.-U. (2023). “Reducing the computational cost of forced-motion simulations to obtain flutter derivatives”. In: 16th International Conference on Wind Engineering.

Péntek, M., Martínez-López, G., Warnakulasuriya, S., Bletzinger, K.-U., (2022). “Discussing the appropriate ranges of y+ for the accuracy of CFD simulations at high Reynolds numbers, Conference Proceedings”. In: 8th European-African Conference on Wind Engineering, pp. 219–222.

Warnakulasuriya, S., Péntek, M., Hackett, D., Wüchner, R. (2022). “Investigating the applicability of shape sensitivities for improved wind comfort in balcony regions”. In: 8th European-African Conference on Wind Engineering, pp. 139–142.

Warnakulasuriya, S., Péntek, M., Bletzinge, K.-U. (2022). “Applicability of discrete adjoints for wind comfort optimization”. In: 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Oslo, Norway.