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A workshop was held for the academic staff of the department on Outcome Based Education (OBE) at Cinnamon Grand Hotel Colombo on 9th February 2022. The department has widely adopted OBE in delivering all modules as it is one of the key requirements of international academic accreditation, such as the Washington Accord.

iNFLEXION 2021, the Mentoring Program for the 2018 batch of Civil Engineering Department - University of Moratuwa, organized and conducted by Batch of 2010 in collaboration with Civil Engineering Society, is bringing a special webinar exclusively to all the Civil Engineering undergraduates of the University of Moratuwa.

Photographs of two former heads of the Department of Civil Engineering, Prof. Saman Bandara and Prof. Athula Kulathilake, were unveiled at the department board room on 5th January 2022. The unveiling ceremony was witnessed by the academic and non-academic staff of the department. The current Head Department of Civil Engineering Prof (Mrs) Chintha Jayasinghe and Dean Faculty of Engineering Prof Nalin Wickramarachchi appreciated the exceptional service provided by the two former heads to the department. A plaque was also awarded to the two former heads of the department. The new year calibration of the department followed the unveiling ceremony.

A workshop on opportunities for higher studies was organized for the Research students of the Department of Civil Engineering on 4th January at the department premises. This workshop was conducted by two world-renowned Academics, Prof. Priyan Mendis from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Prof. Rupa Purasinghefrom California State University, Los Angeles.

“Chat with an Engineer – Session 3” organized by the Highway Engineering Society (HES) – Student Chapter, University of Moratuwa was successfully held on 18th December 2021 via Zoom platform with the participation of civil engineering undergraduates around the country. This was the 3rd consecutive session organized by the HES – Student Chapter, University of Moratuwa, focusing on providing an opportunity for enthusiastic civil engineering undergraduates to acquire guidance from industry experts to broaden their knowledge on highway engineering.

The Civil Engineering Society (CES) of University of Moratuwa initiated the "Skill up with CES" webinar series with the aim of providing opportunities for the students to meet the expert and renowned professionals from all around the world. Within two months from the initiation, five successful webinars were carried out under several major topics.

An session on“Buildability and Effective Project Management Techniques for Highrise Building Construction” was conducted as the 4th webinar under the program “SKILL-UP WITH CES- Webinar Series” on 28th November, 2021 from 6.00 p.m. onwards via Zoom platform. The facilitator of this session was Eng. Samitha Jayakody, who is a Charted Engineer and currently Director of, RDC (Pvt) Ltd and a Visiting Lecturer at University of Moratuwa.

The Civil Engineering Society (CES) of University of Moratuwa initiated "Skill up with CES" webinar series with the aim of providing opportunities for the students to meet the expert and renowned professionals from all around the world. The third webinar of the series was conducted on 7th November 2021 by Mr. Asitha Rathnayake (BSc.Eng Hons.(Moratuwa), AMIE (SL), CIMA Dip MA). Mr Asitha is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cambridge,

A team led by Dr. Chandana Siriwardana, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, has won in an international competition organized by Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP) funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The team was among the six equal winners out of 51 candidates representing six countries competed for the "Social Innovation Grand Challenge" organized by APP

Civil Engineering Society of University of Moratuwa initiated the “SKILL-UP WITH CES-Webinar Series” for the undergraduates to get expert advice from renowned professionals from around the world. As the 2nd webinar under this series, Prof. Sunanda Dissanayake (Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE – Chair and Professor of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kennesaw State University, USA) conducted an insightful online session on “Higher educational paths for Civil Engineering undergraduates” on 24th of October, 2021 from 6.00 p.m. onwards.