Video: Ruwanka Purasinghe, Geotechnical Engineer

February 20, 2010

NBC NEWS LEARN

Meet Ruwanka Purasinghe, a geotechnical engineer, in this video from NBC News Learn. You can learn more about Purasinghe and geotechnical engineering in the March 1, 2019, issue of TIME for Kids.

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