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The Department Industry Consultative Board (DICB) meeting was held at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, on 9th February 2022 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. DICB meeting aims to obtain insights from the industry on the performance of the graduates produced by the department. The industry Engineers and the department Academics discussed how best to improve students to become best of the class Engineers.

Prof. Mrs. Sujeeva Setunge, who is an alumna of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, is a world-renowned academic and currently the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the STEM college of RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Prof Mrs. Sethunga visited the Department on the 19th January 2022 and, in parallel, conducted an interactive online session for the research students of the Department. She was welcomed to the Department by the Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Prof Mrs. Chintha Jayasinghe, on behalf of the university and the event was organized by Dr Chandana Siriwardana. Prof. Mrs. Sethunge pioneered in initiating RMIT-Sri Lanka Split PhD program.

Transport Research Forum (TRF) is an annual conference organized by the Transportation Engineering Division of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. The prime objective of this conference is to create a platform for researchers in the transportation field to build up their research careers and to share their research findings with other colleagues and the industry. Practitioners, researchers, and academics, including a number of international experts in the areas of Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Planning, are the participants for this event. In addition, representatives from the industry and the related government institutions are also invited every year.

The annual residential surveying camp of the Department of Civil Engineering was successfully held for the 17- batch at ‘KITI-IWM- Kothmale International Training Institute of Irrigation and Water Management’ from 16th-29th January 2022. This surveying camp was held in two slots for the final year undergraduates while maintaining health regulations with the support of the academic and non-academic staff of the Department.

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.