Denuwan Vithanage

Phd Candidate

Denuwan Vithanage

Phd Candidate

Teaching

  • 2020 – Present: Department of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

Instructor of record 

    • Taught PHYS500 – Graduate Pedagogy as sole instructor; assumed and revised an existing syllabus, contributing new content and strengthening course structure; responsible for all instruction and assessment.

Teaching assistant

    • PHYS567 – Statistical Mechanics
    • PHYS345/545 – Electronics Lab

    • PHYS342/542 – Experimental Optics

    • PHYS215 – Special Relativity
    • PHYS113 – General Physics I

    • PHYS116 – General Physics II
    • PHYS123 – General Physics Laboratory I

    • PHYS124 – General Physics Laboratory II

    • PHYS112 – Introductory Physics II

    • PHYS121 – Introductory Physics Laboratory I

    • PHYS122 – Introductory Physics Laboratory II 

  • 2018 – 2020: Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Teaching assistant

    • PHY131 – Physics for Music

    • PHY 162 – Physics for Life Sciences & Lab II

    • PHY 192 – General Physics with Lab II

  • 2018: Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya
    • EDU204 – ICT in Education
  • 2017 – 2018: Computing Center, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya,
    • GP106 – Computing
    • FP102 – Introduction to Computing
  • 2016: Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya
    • CS204 – Programming using Database Management Systems
    • CS104 – Structured oriented programming
  • 2013 –  2018: Advanced Level Physics
  • 2010 – 2017: Grade 6 – 11 mathematics
Pedagogical contributions
 
  • Invited guest lecturer — CGST205 (Introduction to Global Engagement), Wesleyan University, Fall 2023
  • Invited guest lecturer — PHYS500 (Graduate Pedagogy), Wesleyan University, Fall 2022 & 2023
  • Research Project Leader — Warrior-Scholar Project, Wesleyan University (2024, 2025, 2026): designed and led a research curriculum for student-veterans transitioning into STEM
  • 2026 Wesleyan Physics Department Outstanding Community Service Award — recognized for contributions to colloquium organization, pedagogy, and founding the Wesleyan Optica Student Chapter