FacultyOfEng – Page 26 – Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna

Breaking Boundaries to innovate – UBL in Sri Lanka

September 9, 2016August 1, 2017FacultyOfEng

The GIZ SME Development Program with the partnership of the University Grant Commission organize a national event on 9^th September 2016. This was attended by UGC Vice Chairman, German consultants, GIZ officers, Universities’ coordinators, Deans of the Faculties and other officers. This was “Breaking boundaries to innovate University Business Linkage in Sri Lanka”. This program is conducted to conclude the project carried out for last one year period with the support of the GIZ by inviting German experts. Continue reading

IIT Professors visited to the Faculty of Engineering

September 7, 2016July 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

Four professors from Indian Institute of Technology, where two of them are from IIT Bombay, one of them is IIT Indore and one prof is from IIT Punjab, visited to the Faculty of Engineering. This visit and discussion was organized on 7th September 2016 by Hon. A. Natarajan, Consul General of India, Jaffna consulate. Acting Dean of the Faculty, Dr. A. Anburuvel, invited all the professors from IITs and had very good interactive discussions with all the staff and students of the Faculty of Engineering.

Talk on “Video Sensor Networks” by Dr.Kuganeswaran Thambu

September 6, 2016August 1, 2017FacultyOfEng

The Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society (EEES) organized a talk on “Video Sensor Network” on 6^th of September 2016 from 10.15 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. at Lecture hall 2. This talk was done by Dr.Kuganeswaran Thambu, Software Architect, Cicerone Technology Inc.

UBL “Best Solution Oriented Thesis Award” Ceremony 2016

September 5, 2016July 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

This University level competition was organized by the University Business Linkage (UBL) committee on 5th September 2016. This committee was headed by Mr. K. Umashankar at the University level while faculty level activities were coordinated by Mr. R. Valluvan. For this event Professor S. Mohanadas, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna, was invited as the chief guest. All faculties’ deans were invited to deliver short speeches about this award. This event was supported by the German Sri Lanka Cooperation, GIZ, Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Yarlpanam, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. M.Siyamalan joined the Department of Computer Engineering

September 5, 2016October 27, 2017FacultyOfEng

Dr. M. Siyamalan joined the Department of Computer Engineering as Senior Lecturer on 5^th September 2016. He received BSc Degree with first class honours from University of Jaffna in 2006, MSc from Polytech, University of Nice, France in 2011, and PhD from University of Dundee, UK in 2015. He has over 7 years of fulltime research (including 2 years at industry), and about a year of tutoring and lecturing experience.

Talk on “Wearable physiological information monitoring Systems and future trends of Telemedicine” by Dr. Ravindra Wijesiriwardana

September 2, 2016August 1, 2017FacultyOfEng

EEES organized a talk on “Wearable physiological information monitoring Systems and future trends of Telemedicine” on 2nd of September 2016 from 10.15 a.m. to 11.00 a.m at Lecture hall 2. This talk was done by Dr. Ravindra Wijesiriwardana,Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Best thesis proposal award competition among the Faculty of Engineering Students

August 30, 2016July 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

This competition was organized by the University Business Linkage (UBL) committee on 30th August 2016. The UBL is initiated by the UGC for all the Universities with the support of GIZ. The University of Jaffna conducted several workshops and seminar to get the views of the staff and administrators and drafted a circular for establishing the UBL. A team of professors, deans and senior staff were working on it. From the faculty of Engineering, Mr. R. Valluvan and Mr. M. Vignarajah were nominated for the UBL committee.

Inauguration and certificate award ceremony of Kelani Shakthi programme – conducted by Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Jaffna

August 29, 2016August 1, 2017FacultyOfEng

The Kelani Sakthi program conducted in Tamil Medium by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering to produce good standard electricians to the region. The same is conducted by University of Peradeniya in Sinhala Medium.

WaSo Asia Workshop on Introduction to modeling River Flow and Morphodynamics within the IRIC interface

August 26, 2016July 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

D. S. Sampath, D. A. M. Jeerasinghe and M. D. T. Buddhimal attended WaSo Asia Workshop on Introduction to modeling River Flow and Morphodynamics within the IRIC interface on 25^th and 26^thAugust 2016 at Kandyan Arts residencies hotel, Kandy. Workshop organized and sponsored by WaSo Asia project of University of Peradeniya, United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Hokkaido University.

Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya delivered a talk at the Faculty

August 15, 2016August 1, 2017FacultyOfEng

Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya delivered a talk on Sri Lanka energy sector status and future outlook to the students of faculty of engineering, University of Jaffna, at his visit to Jaffna and Kilinochchi on 15^th August 2016. He was invited by Dr. A. Atputharajah, Dean Faculty of Engineering. The talk was excellent to update the students with the trends in energy sector. The talk attracted to the lecturers and students in the Faculty. During his visit he also observed the faculty development with all renewable energy technologies such as 60kW pilot project of the roof top solar system, solar measuring station and 5 kW wind turbine. Continue reading