Driving Scientific Excellence from Maritime to Mars
The Founder Dr Charuni Dissanayaka
Engineering Changemaker & Deep-Tech Visionary
Dr Charuni Dissanayaka is the Founder and Lead Inventor of AeraLung™ Technologies. Recognised as a Global Talent Exceptional Promise by the Royal Academy of Engineering, her work sits at the intersection of heritage engineering and frontier atmospheric science.
With over a decade of experience in engineering and strategic innovation, Charuni is a Trustee and Director at the Daniel Adamson Preservation Society and a leading voice in maritime decarbonisation. Her leadership is defined by a commitment to translational impact, moving complex research out of the laboratory and into the industries that power our world. Charuni is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of women in STEM while building the mechanical foundation for a carbon-negative, multihabitational future.
The Status: Patent Pending & Technical Validation
AeraLung™ is currently in a high-velocity technical validation phase (TRL 3/4). Our progress is anchored by a robust intellectual property strategy and academic rigour.
Intellectual Property - UK Patent Pending (GB26049XX.3), featuring 18 comprehensive claims spanning the energy, mechanical, material, and multiphase nature of the system.
Validation Pipeline - We are currently orchestrating rigorous experimental testing phase via a strategic partnership with researchers at the University of Liverpool (UoL) and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU).
Funding Status - Technical validation is being advanced through targeted UKRI seed-funding streams and government-backed R&D grants designed to bridge the gap between TRL 3 and industrial deployment.
Next Milestone - Transitioning toward TRL 5 validation within a relevant maritime environment, proving system resilience against extreme particulate loads and thermodynamic stress.
Our Partners: Collaborative Excellence
Collaboration at the Cutting Edge of Engineering
AeraLung™ Technologies is proud to collaborate with world-class institutions to ensure the highest standards of engineering integrity.
University of Liverpool (UoL) Strategic collaboration with high-rigour researchers for technical validation and advanced mechanistic modelling.
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) Academic research partnership focused on translational R&D and industrial scalability.
Daniel Adamson Preservation Society (DAPS), a maritime Living Lab, provides the real-world ecosystem for TRL 5 validation and beyond.