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Sahangi Dassanayake

California Institute of Technology

Contact Details

California Institute of Technology
STUDENT

Education

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California, United States
PhD, 2025
Space Engineering
2020 To 2024
Dissertation: Space Legos: A Concept for In-Space Assembly of Large Structures with a Stationary Robot
Advisor: Sergio Pellegrino

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California, United States
MS, 2020
Space Engineering
2019 To 2020
Advisor: Sergio Pellegrino

University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
MSc, 2020
Structural Engineering
2018 To 2019
Dissertation: Investigation of Creases in Ultra-thin Membranes
Advisor: H. M. Y. Chinthaka Mallikarachchi

University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
BSc, 2018
Civil Engineering
2014 To 2017
Dissertation: Development of Geopolymer with Coal Fired Boiler Ash
Advisor: S. M. Anura Nanayakkara

Honors and Awards

Academic Excellence Award
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (UOM)
2018

Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Research Fellowship
Indian - Sri Lankan Inter-governmental Science and Technology Cooperation Program
2018

The Migara Ratnatunga Trust Award
Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)
2018

Third Place Winner – Section Award for Communications
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2024

Professional Interests
(linked to AIAA member record)

  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Space Exploration
  • Structures

Other Professional Affiliations

Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
2019 - Present

Society of Structural Engineers, Sri Lanka
2019 - Present

Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
2018 - Present