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https://www.ucf.edu/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/PM-Profile.jpg382521BIOGRAPHY: Pravin Maduwantha is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Thomas Wahl’s lab at the University of Central Florida. He earned his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, where he also completed his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering with a research focus in coastal engineering. Pravin began his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering…