News & Events

In a short period of time, the term “Energy crisis” has become one of the most common terms within Sri Lanka due to frequent power cuts. To give this term a technical value IEEE Power and Energy Society(PES) Student Branch Chapter of the University of Moratuwa had joined hands with the Electrical Engineering Society(EESoc) of the University of Moratuwa by organizing a panel discussion named “Energizing Sri Lanka”. The theme for the event was “Solving Sri Lanka’s present energy dilemma through scientific research and development”.

ADB President officially opened the LECO Microgrid Pilot Project and the LECO-UOM Smart Grid Research Lab at the University of Moratuwa on 11th March 2022.

Prof. Buddhika Jayasekra received the SUSRED Award 2019 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for supervising the PhD degree of Dr. Viraj Muthugala within normal duration of 4 years. Award ceremony was held along with the World Science Day programme on 16^th November 2021 at the BMICH.

The team (STIMULUS) represented by the University of Moratuwa won a FIRST PRIZE at the 3^rdRegional Association of Energy and Power Universities (RAEP) Energy and Electricity Market Business Decision Simulation Competition 2021 organized by the Shanghai University of Electric Power (SUEP), Shanghai, China and the Batangas State University, Philippines. The competition was held online this year. Opening ceremony of the competition was held on 7^th September 2021. The completion had several rounds.

Dr. Asanka Rodrigo conducted a two day training on Solar PV system designing, Installation and Testing for the engineers at the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), which was being held at Sustainable Energy Authority on 6th and 9th November 2021. The outcome of the training will empower the PUCSL’s effort on producing professional solar technicians island wide.

EECon 2021, the Third International Electrical Engineering Conference organized by the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Moratuwa was successfully held on 24th September on virtual mode. EECon 2021 was technically cosponsored by IEEE Sri Lanka Section, and Sri Lanka Chapters of IEEE Power and Energy Society, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and IEEE Power Electronics Society. 

IEEE FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE (“GAMMEDDATA IEEE API”) – Phase 2, which was organized by the IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter of the University of Moratuwa has been awarded as one of the GOLD WINNERS of DARREL CHONG STUDENT ACTIVITY AWARD 2021.  It’s a remarkable milestone of the student branch chapter to be affiliated with this award by continuing its glorious streak of that phase

The paper “Simulation and hardware implementation of automatic load balancer for distribution transformers” based on the final year undergraduate project conducted by Mr. Rajitha V Liyanage, Mr. Muditha Senevirathna and Mr. Akalanka Kanankege, supervised by Prof. Anura Wijayapala, Prof. JP Karunadasa and Eng. Arosha Fernando, emerged winners of the best paper contest of the 1st Sri Lankan Power Engineering Conference held virtually on 24^th October 2021.

The Annual general meeting of the Electrical Engineering society (EESoc) of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa was held for the 25th consecutive time on the 30^th of July 2021 from 6.00 pm onwards in virtual mode with the presence of the Head of the Department Prof. K.T.M.U. Hemapala, other academic staff members and undergraduates of Department of Electrical Engineering.

Dr. Logeeshan Velmanickam has been appointed as a Senior Lecturer Gr-II in the Department of Electrical Engineering with effect from 4^th August 2021 by the Council of University of Moratuwa.