Dineth
Ilapperuma
MSc Computational Biomedical Engineering — Imperial College London
BEng Mechanical Engineering — The University of Manchester
Building at the intersection of fluid dynamics, machine learning, and clinical medicine — from patient-specific CFD of intracranial aneurysms to physics-informed neural networks for real-time haemodynamics. Co-founder of VIMA, an assistive-technology venture secured with £10,000+ in competitive funding.
Projects & Research
From patient-specific haemodynamics to embedded assistive systems — engineering that matters.
News & Milestones
| Jan 15, 2026 | Commenced Imperial MSc dissertation on physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for real-time intracranial haemodynamics, running training on Imperial’s HPC cluster (CX3). |
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| Sep 29, 2025 | Began my MSc in Computational Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London. |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Submitted my undergraduate thesis, “Computational Fluid Dynamics of Intracranial Aneurysms and Rupture Prediction,” to the journal Scientific Reports. |
| Jul 09, 2025 | Graduated from the University of Manchester with an 80% average and was a recipient of the Stellify Award. |
| Jun 08, 2025 | Defended my undergraduate dissertation, Computational Fluid Dynamics for Intracranial Aneurysms, at the University of Manchester viva. Awarded 91%. |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Completed an internship as a Research and Design Engineer at DANWAY. |
| Jul 15, 2024 | Completed an internship as a Research and Design Engineer at NAFFCO. |
| Apr 25, 2024 | The Peer Mentoring scheme was honoured as a recipient of the Peer Support Awards 2024. |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Launched and coordinated the Peer Mentoring program for foundation year students in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Manchester. |
| Sep 19, 2022 | I began my undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester. |
I’m a mechanical and biomedical engineer building computational tools at the intersection of fluid dynamics, machine learning, and clinical medicine.
Currently pursuing my MSc in Computational Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London, where my dissertation develops physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) to provide real-time haemodynamic risk assessment for intracranial aneurysms — work that could replace multi-hour CFD pipelines with sub-second AI inference.
Before Imperial, I graduated with a First-Class BEng in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Manchester (80% overall), where my dissertation on patient-specific CFD of intracranial aneurysms — supervised by Dr. Amir Keshmiri — earned a 91% grade and is currently under review at Scientific Reports.
Beyond the lab, I’m the co-founder of VIMA, an assistive technology venture building haptic-feedback navigation handles for visually impaired users, which secured £10,000+ in competitive funding. I’ve also held leadership roles in the Mechanical Engineering Society (1,200+ members), served as PASS Student Coordinator (200+ mentees), co-founded the Solar Car Society, and led structural engineering for the Hyperloop Manchester team.
Outside of engineering, I shoot 35mm film, appreciate classic cars, and have a particular interest in JLC Reversos.