Shanaka Baduge believes that with zero emissions, clean hydrogen is an excellent multi-purpose energy storage medium and carrier that can decarbonise economies to mitigate climate change. Shanaka is passionate about exploring and developing new technologies, high-performance materials, and infrastructures to store hydrogen economically and safely. Shanaka is a research fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne and he also holds PhD in structural engineering from The University of Melbourne and bachelor’s in science of engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Shanaka is currently working on research focusing on developing high-performance materials and lining for cryogenic liquid hydrogen (L H2) generation and storage infrastructure. Also, he is also interested in developing cryogenic testing capabilities that required to build future L H2 infrastructure.
He is also the centre manager of the Australian Research Council’s research centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Buildings (ARC CAMP.H). The significance of his research on high-performance concrete and new design guidelines was recognized by the Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA) with a “Victoria Award for Excellence” (2019) in Technology and Innovation. Shanaka is also an inventor and has experience in transforming research into innovation and commercialisation."
Project
To design and construct next generation hydrogen storage infrastructure
Kasun Shanaka Kristombu Baduge
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