DrDon Gunasekera
Research Fellow (Industry Researcher)
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
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- Research Fellow (Industry Researcher)Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- +61 3 924 68809 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Projects
National Food Traceability Implementation Program: Implementing Food
Traceability (2020-2024)
Consortium of sponsors including Woolworths, and Meat and Livestock Australia
- Integrity Systems Company, National Livestock Identification System
Gateway Cities Alliance Supply Chain and Logistics White Paper (2020-21)
Committee for Geelong (Gateway Cities Alliance - Geelong, Wollongong and
Newcastle)
Complementary Freight and Supply Chain Opportunities (2019)
Client confidential project
Consultation to Inform the Vintage Rolling Stock Strategy (2019)
VicTrack
National Freight Data Requirements Study: Industry Consultation (Work Package
1) (2018-19)
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure Regional Development and
Cities; iMOVE CRC
National Freight Data Requirements Study: International Approaches (Work
Package 4) (2018-19)
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure Regional Development and
Cities; iMOVE CRC
Modernising the Australian Bureau of Statistics Agricultural Collections
Program (2018-19)
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Aquaponics Urban Farming Food Production Expansion Feasibility Study (2018)
PurePonics through Australian Government Regional Jobs and Investment Packages
- Geelong
Review of the feasibility to establish a DP World facility in the Port of
Newcastle (2017)
DP World Australia Ltd
A second container port for Melbourne? Build it in the west for 2036 (2017)
Avalon Airport Australia Pty Ltd
Peer review of assessment methodology for Melbourne's second port (2017)
Infrastructure Victoria
National Food Traceability Implementation Program: Implementing Food
Traceability (2020-2024)
Consortium of sponsors including Woolworths, and Meat and Livestock Australia
- Integrity Systems Company, National Livestock Identification System
Gateway Cities Alliance Supply Chain and Logistics White Paper (2020-21)
Committee for Geelong (Gateway Cities Alliance - Geelong, Wollongong and
Newcastle)
Complementary Freight and Supply Chain Opportunities (2019)
Client confidential project
Consultation to Inform the Vintage Rolling Stock Strategy (2019)
VicTrack
National Freight Data Requirements Study: Industry Consultation (Work Package
1) (2018-19)
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure Regional Development and
Cities; iMOVE CRC
National Freight Data Requirements Study: International Approaches (Work
Package 4) (2018-19)
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure Regional Development and
Cities; iMOVE CRC
Modernising the Australian Bureau of Statistics Agricultural Collections
Program (2018-19)
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Aquaponics Urban Farming Food Production Expansion Feasibility Study (2018)
PurePonics through Australian Government Regional Jobs and Investment Packages
- Geelong
Review of the feasibility to establish a DP World facility in the Port of
Newcastle (2017)
DP World Australia Ltd
A second container port for Melbourne? Build it in the west for 2036 (2017)
Avalon Airport Australia Pty Ltd
Peer review of assessment methodology for Melbourne's second port (2017)
Infrastructure Victoria
GRANTS
- GRANTAdvanced manufacturing innovation strategy and feasibility to catalyse large-scale prefabricated dwelling adoption8 Dec 2025 - 15 Sep 2027People funded by this grant:
- Woods T,
- Ashraf M,
- Kocaturk T,
- Gunasekera D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAnalysis of the opportunities and challenges relating to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies (relative to other technologies such as direct air capture (DAC) technologies.17 Apr 2024 - 14 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Don Gunasekera
- CONTRACT RESEARCHMapping the workforce of Australian Agriculture - Current State and Future Requirements.24 Oct 2023 - 1 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Elphick-Darling R,
- Gunasekera D,
- Tay D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBarwon South West Clean Energy Investment Footprint.15 Sep 2023 - 30 Apr 2024People funded by this grant:
- Pereira M,
- Bastarrica FM,
- Gunasekera D,
- Goddard-Clegg A,
- Tuck L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHOpportunities for Agri-Food and fibre value adding precincts/hubs within the Loddon Campapse Region14 Apr 2023 - 31 Jul 2023People funded by this grant:
- Downie D,
- Gunasekera D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHScoping Study BCG Regional Economic Development.1 Jul 2022 - 31 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Downie D,
- Gunasekera D,
- Bowman B
- CONTRACT RESEARCHScoping Study: BCG Nexus Project.13 Dec 2021 - 31 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Downie D,
- Gunasekera D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHUnderstanding potential AAM and cargo drone markets for an Australian manufactured drone - market12 Apr 2021 - 30 May 2021People funded by this grant:
- Parsons H,
- Perez-Franco R,
- Creighton D,
- Gunasekera D,
- Johnstone M