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CodeStorm 2.0 organized by 𝒀𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝑰𝑻 𝑯𝒖𝒃

“CodeStorm 2.0 organized by 𝒀𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝑰𝑻 𝑯𝒖𝒃”

<π‚π¨ππžπ’π­π¨π«π¦ 2.0/> is a coding competition organized by 𝒀𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝑰𝑻 𝑯𝒖𝒃 on 08th March 2024. In the team’s name of Code_Space 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏, π‘«π’‚π’“π’”π’‰π’Šπ’Œπ’‚ π‘·π’“π’†π’Žπ’‚π’“π’‚π’π’‹π’‚π’, π‘΅π’‚π’—π’‚π’“π’‚π’•π’‰π’π’‚π’Ž π‘·π’“π’Šπ’šπ’‚π’…π’‰π’‚π’“π’”π’‰π’‚π’π’Š, students from Department of Computer Engineering selected as one of the finalists in the first online round among 300+ participants. Finally, they won the 2nd Runner-Up in the competition among 54 finalists.

Agnixtreme 1.0 organized by IEEEXtreme

“Agnixtreme 1.0 organized by IEEEXtreme”

Agnixtreme 1.0 is a 06-hour competitive programming competition organized by IEEEXtreme at SEUSL on 20th October 2024. Department of Computer Engineering students M.K.T.S.Thilakarathna , A.H.M.V.L.Bandara , and R.M.H.Pramuditha (Team name: DevDynamos) participated and became champions.

Spaghetti Bridge Competition organized by SLIIT Campus

“Spaghetti Bridge Competition organized by SLIIT Campus”

SLIIT university organized a Spaghetti bridge competition on 7th December 2024. Although 55 groups from all state and private universities of Sri Lanka registered for the event, 42 groups from were actively participated on the day. Some of the participated universities are University of Moratuwa, University of Peradeniya, University of South-Eastern etc. From Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna, six teams participated, and their details are given in below table. This time students were asked to construct only truss bridges which was different from previous year arch shape bridges. Hence Department organized a practicing workshop for all groups. The competition started at 8.30 AM morning and ended at 7 PM with price giving. The Dean of SLIIT Eng Prof Ajantha Gomes, Associate Dean Dr (Eng) Gopiraj Tharamarajah, Head Dr Janaka Perera, Dr Chandima, Dr Dhammika Dayaratne and other staff members from SLIIT and staff members from South-Eastern also participated in the event. Dr B Janarthanan, Eng Ahamed MAR and Eng Kisotharan participated from our faculty.
As part of the preparation for this competition, we also conducted an Inter-Faculty Bridge Competition on 21st November 2024. This preliminary event provided valuable practice and exposure for our students, helping them refine their designs and techniques before participating in the SLIIT competition.

Group 1 Group 2
A.Fathima Musarrafa-2021/E/004
M. Sanjeevan-2022/E/094
P. Pavan-2021/E/116
S. Thanojan-2021/E/141
S. Paraveen-2021/E/145		 IlzamUlhaqM.I.M – 2020E055
Jenis M.M – 2020E062
Riflan M.M.M- 2020E134
Farsan M.F.M – 2020E042
Madurshika – 2020E94
Group 3 Group 4
Rifthi A.R.M 2022E001
Athnan A.J.M. 2022E003
Manaseer S.M. 2022E133
Ahamed A.A.S. 2021E007
Banuka S.R. 2022E143		 Dissanayake DMNSD (2021/E/031)
Marasingha MALL (2021/E/092)
Jayathissa RDNS (2021/E/129)
Rathnayake RIN (2021/E/130)
Kaluvila SL (2021/E/137)
Group 5 Group 6
Kularathna B.G.D.C 2022/E/013
Wijerathna B A.D.P 2022/E/015
Rathnayake B.M.H 2022/E/016
Sandamali H.G.C.H 2022/E/046
Panagoda S.A 2022/E/151		 S.Krishnasaai -2022/E/078
Logithas-2022/E/066
Thusharika-2022/E/159
Evonciya -2022/E/005
Vignesh-2022/E/148

Students travelled to SLIIT, Colombo by arranged private transportation and half of the transport cost (Rs 42000) was supported by Alumni students of the department. Participated students paid Rs 1200.00 per student. The breakdown of the Alumni student support is as below.

Ms K Elilarasi Rs 10,000.00 Mr S Nithisan Rs 3,000.00
Ms M Maduranya Rs 5,000.00 Mr Baazul Rs 2,000.00
Ms S Sanjika Rs 5,000.00 Ms Fazlath Rs 1,000.00
Mr R Randula Rs 4,000.00 Ms Vithushika Rs 2,000.00
Ms S Kosalya Rs 3,000.00 Unknown Rs 2,500.00
Total Rs 37,500.00

We are proud to announce that our department’s students achieved remarkable success in the SLIIT competition, securing 2nd ,3rd ,4th, 6th, and 10th places.

Thank you for all, especially head of the department and academic staff members, non-academic members for your support.
Dr B Janarthanan
Senior lecturer,
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

Winner- student/academia category IEEE SA Telehealth Solutions Virtual Pitch Competition

Winner- student/academia category IEEE SA Telehealth Solutions Virtual Pitch Competition

TheΒ IEEE SA Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm Industry Connections ProgramΒ in collaboration with theΒ IEEE SA Healthcare and Life Sciences PracticeΒ held its first annual IEEE SA Telehealth Solutions Virtual Pitch Competition β€œRethink the "Machine: Transforming RPM to a Patient-Centered Care System”

The theme of the competition focused on Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), a subset of telehealth, enabling physicians to better monitor and care for patients in real-time in a remote location. The competition sought solutions across the many touchpoints of the RPM experience with the goal of identifying potential opportunities to nurture ideas for global technical and/or data standards.

The Final Year Research Project β€œMulti-Purpose Health Monitoring Bracelet” of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Jaffna was selected among the 9 global finalists of the competition. It was the only team among the finalists representing an Asian Country.

The research project Multi-Purpose Health Monitoring Bracelet (MHMB) was carried out by the students Nilojkanth Loganathan andΒ  Pramuka Sooriyapatabandige under the supervision and guidance of Mr R. Valluvan (Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna), Prof. R. Surenthirakumaran (Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna) and Dr S. Sivasothy (Founder, Dotshook, France).

The final virtual pitch event took place virtually on the 8th of February 2022.

The Project MHMB was placed first in the category of Student/Academia at the IEEE SA Telehealth Solutions Virtual Pitch Competition

The research project Multi-Purpose Health Bracelet has also won the Professor S. Mahalingam Memorial Innovative Project Proposal Award 2020 presented by the Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna and Best Innovative Product/ Project – University – Northern Province at the SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2022.

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We congratulate the team for winning the 1st place of this international competition, representing University of Jaffna and Sri Lanka.

 

Students obtained First place and the most popular invention awards at the β€œUndergraduate inventor of the year (UIY) 2021” competition

The IESL established the Undergraduate Inventor of the Year (UIY) 2021 competition for undergraduates to encourage and stimulate interest in engineering inventions and provide an opportunity to organize and present their inventions. This is a unique opportunity to recognize and reward the nation’s most remarkable and innovative undergraduate students.

Competition was opened for any student member of IESL or an undergraduate of engineering faculties of the University of Peradeniya, University of Moratuwa, University of Ruhuna, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, South Eastern University, University of Jaffna and Open University of Sri Lanka. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the final competition was held online on October 8th 2021. Undergraduates from the universities of Peradeniya, Sri Jayewardenepura, and Jaffna had selected to the grand finale. Each entry was judged on its originality, inventiveness, scope of use, and potential social, environmental, or economic value.

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Faculty staff attended the WaSo Asia Africa Joint meeting at Ethiopia

Dr. S.S. Sivakumar, coordinator of WaSo project of UoJ and Mr. D.S. Sampath, Secretary of WaSo project attended WaSo Asia and Africa joint meeting at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia from 17th -19th November 2017. Meeting hosted by Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University of Ethiopia. Meeting held at Adulala Resort, Bishoftu, Ethiopia. This meeting was focused on followings.

  • Administration issues
  • NORAD annual meeting preparation
  • Curricula development
  • Project implementation plan
  • Sustainability of WaSo – during and beyond

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