{"id":6178,"date":"2026-02-18T15:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/?post_type=person&#038;p=6178"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:39:25","slug":"pravin-maduwantha","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pravin Maduwantha<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BIOGRAPHY: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pravin Maduwantha is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Thomas Wahl\u2019s 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 at UCF in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6180 img-fluid aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pravin\u2019s research focuses on compound flooding in coastal regions, with an emphasis on understanding and modeling the joint impacts of multiple flood drivers, such as rainfall, storm surge, and excess river discharge, during extreme weather events. His work involves developing multivariate statistical frameworks and generating synthetic storm events to support hydrodynamic modeling and flood risk quantification. He has developed a statistical framework capable of using observed or hindcast data of flooding drivers to generate large numbers of synthetic storm events, which are essential for robust flood modeling. He also investigates how different types of storms (e.g., tropical cyclones, atmospheric rivers, and extratropical cyclones) generate compound flood hazards in estuarine and urban catchments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"266\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6181 img-fluid aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email: <a href=\"mailto:pravin@ucf.edu\">pravin@ucf.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pravin-maduwantha-b3b8b21aa\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=mBuGGbwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/pravinm.bsky.social\">Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIOGRAPHY: Pravin Maduwantha is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Thomas Wahl\u2019s 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&hellip;","protected":false},"featured_media":6179,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6178","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pravin Maduwantha | Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pravin Maduwantha | Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BIOGRAPHY: Pravin Maduwantha is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Thomas Wahl\u2019s 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&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"382\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"521\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/\",\"name\":\"Pravin Maduwantha | Research\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-18T15:39:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg\",\"width\":382,\"height\":521},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pravin Maduwantha\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/\",\"name\":\"Research\",\"description\":\"Just another EDURES CMS QA Admin site Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pravin Maduwantha | Research","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pravin Maduwantha | Research","og_description":"BIOGRAPHY: Pravin Maduwantha is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Thomas Wahl\u2019s 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&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/","og_site_name":"Research","og_image":[{"width":382,"height":521,"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/","name":"Pravin Maduwantha | Research","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-18T15:39:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/PM-Profile.jpg","width":382,"height":521},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/person\/pravin-maduwantha\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pravin Maduwantha"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/","name":"Research","description":"Just another EDURES CMS QA Admin site Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6182,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6178\/revisions\/6182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}