Indrika Abeygunawardena

University of Kelaniya (Retired)

Biofilm is defined as microbial-derived sessile communities enclosed with extra polymeric substances and characterized by cells that are irreversibly attached to a surface. Biofilm bacteria are a serious threat to public health as biofilm formation of bacteria in indwelling medical devices especially in urinary catheters causes persistent infection...

Various types of solid surfaces are used by the manufacturers to carry out packaging of their healthcare products. In order to control microbial hazards, these surfaces are subjected to de-contamination processes to avoid cross-contamination of the products and to improve product safety. The preventive approaches have resulted in the use of microbi...

Assessment of microbiological quality of beach sand has become one of the essential factors in many countries to reduce the risk on health of the bathers and others using these beaches for recreational activities. According to recent studies beach sand may act as a source of fecal pathogens for the overlying seawater. This study was designed to ass...

The production and consumption of traditionally fermented buffalo milk curd provides many economical and food security benefits to both producers and consumers in the country. To improve this traditional product as a value-added product, an investigation was conducted to elucidate the microbial consortium associated with curd using culturable techn...

This research is developed a user-friendly expert system for solid waste composting

Sri Lanka faces many hurdles in trying to manage its wastes and minimize their environmental impact. These hurdles -which include the lack of resources, economic incentives, public awareness and support, and policy framework -stress the importance of resource recovery, reuse and recycling. But overcoming these hurdles will not be easy.

A user friendly expert system, BESTCOMP was developed for better management of solid waste composting by local authorities in Sri Lanka. BESTCOMP expert system mainly focused on the behaviour of the physical, chemical and biological process in composting. The intention had been to provide distant users with scientific and techno-economic informatio...

A user friendly expert system, BESTCOMP was developed for better management of solid waste composting by local authorities in Sri Lanka. BESTCOMP expert system mainly focussed on the behaviour of the physical, chemical and biological process in composting. The intention had been to provide distant users with scientific and techno-economic informati...