Prof. Sisil Kumarawadu Delivered Prof. R H Paul Memorial Lecture 2020 titled “Engineering Education, Training, Practice, and R&D” at the Wimalasurendra Auditorium, IESL, on the 10th of February, 2020.
Chapa Sirithunge, a final year PhD student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa attended and presented at the 14th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2019) which was held from December 18-20, 2019 at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. Chapa is a member of the Intelligent Service Robotics Group led by Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara and Dr. Chandima Pathirana.
Sahan Priyanayana, a Mphil student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa attended and presented at the IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference which was held from November 12 - 14, 2019 in The Depok City, Indonesia. Sahan is a member of the Intelligent Service Robotics Group led by Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara and Dr. Chandima Pathirana. He presented a paper titled “Evaluation of Navigation Commands Based on Conceptual Attributes to Enhance Human-Robot Interaction”.
Department of Electrical Engineering inaugurated the new 2019/20 intake of three postgraduate taught courses, MSc/PG Dip in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Installations and Industrial Automation on Friday, 29th November 2019 at 2pm at the Electrical Engineering seminar room. Emeritus Professor Samarajeewa Karunaratne attended the inaugural ceremony as the key note speaker.
A delegation from Shanghai University of Electric Power visited the Department of Electrical Engineering on 5th December 2019. The delegation included Ms. Zhang Chuan - University Vice President, Mr. Yang Xiu - Vice Director, Innovation Center of Energy and Electric Power, Mr. Bi Zhongqin - Vice Dean, Computer Science and Technology College, Ms. Xu Xinyan - Vice Director, Academic Affairs Office, Ms. Zhao Yan - Vice Dean, Electronics and Information Engineering College, Ms. Luo – Staff, International Exchange and Cooperation Office.
Dr. Jayatunga attended the 9th IEEE ISGT conference which was held from 29th September to 3rd October 2019 at the University of POLITECHNICA, Bucharest, Romania with her joint PhD candidate Dilhani Chathurangi, to present the paper titled “Evaluation of Maximum Solar PV Penetration: Deterministic Approach for Overvoltage Curtailments”.
Prof. Sisil Kumarawadu has been bestowed with an honorary position of Overseas Distinguished Professor in the College of Electronics and Information Engineering of the Shanghai University of Electric Power (SUEP).
Chapa Sirithunge, a final year PhD student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa attended and presented at the 14th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2019) which was held from December 18-20, 2019 at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. Chapa is a member of the Intelligent Service Robotics Group led by Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara and Dr. Chandima Pathirana.
Tharushi Kalinga, an MSc Research Student at Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa attended the Second Nepal Winter School in AI held from 10th to 20th December 2019 at Gandaki College of Engineering and Science (GCES) in Pokhara, Nepal.
Sahan Priyanayana, a Mphil student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa attended and presented at the IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference which was held from November 12 - 14, 2019 in The Depok City, Indonesia. Sahan is a member of the Intelligent Service Robotics Group led by Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara and Dr. Chandima Pathirana.
