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Workshop conducted by Eng Srirajan on “Leadership Skills and Demands in Industry”

July 24, 2017April 24, 2018FacultyOfEng

This workshop is to introduce the leadership skills that is needed for engineers to fulfill the demands in industry and how they can develop their soft skills to become confident leaders in the future. This workshop was conducted at the Faculty of Engineering Seminar room on 24th July 2017. The faculty students and the staff participated to this excellent workshop on leadership skills. This was organized by the Engineering Students Union together with the Faculty carrier guidance cell. Eng. Srirajan’s contacts were strengthen through the faculty team visit to the USA with the support of Care for Education.

Guest Lecture on “Application of Engineering Principles in the Building Industry as a Case Study”

July 21, 2017April 23, 2018FacultyOfEng

This lecture was focused to the final year students but not limited to. It was delivered by Mr. B. Kiriparan (Structural Engineer CSEC Sri Lanka) on 21st July Friday 9.45am to 10.30am at Main Auditorium. The Department of Civil Engineering together with the carrier guidance cell of the faculty engineering thanking Mr. B. Kiriparan for his valuable time on sharing his design experience with our students.

Guest Lecture on “Challenges in Design and Construction of Colombo Lotus Tower”

July 21, 2017April 23, 2018FacultyOfEng

This lecture was focused to the final year students but not limited to. It was delivered by Mr. Shiromal Fernando (CEO CSEC Sri Lanka) on 21st July Friday 9.00am to 9.45am at Main Auditorium. The Department of Civil Engineering together with the carrier guidance cell of the faculty engineering thanking Mr. Shiromal Fernando for his valuable time on sharing his experience with our students.

Initiation of IT based Industry collaboration with the Department of Computer Engineering

July 18, 2017April 23, 2018FacultyOfEng

Mr. Canagasaby Ramoshan, Engineer and Social Entrepreneur, CTO of iTEE Foundation in USA, visited to the Faculty with his colleges for initiating IT based industrial collaboration. He initiated this discussion, when the faculty team visited to the USA with the support from Care for Education. Mr. Ramoshan came together with his industrial partners to get connected with the Faculty of Engineering. Mr. C. Ramoshan has been CTO of the iTEE Foundation and an integral part of Yarl IT Hub – an IT incubator in Jaffna for the past 5 years. He is the Director of Engineering, Systems and Applications at Rambus, based in Sunnyvale, CA. He is also the CEO & Co-Founder of Vetri Holdings LLC, which “intends to become the de-facto integrator for the development of IT-based infrastructure in Sri Lanka”.

Water Harmony Erasmus+ VII Annual meeting at Ukraine

July 11, 2017April 23, 2018FacultyOfEng

Dr. S.S. Sivakumar, Coordinator of WaterH project of UoJ and Mr. Saliya Sampath, Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, UoJ attended WaterH Erasmus+ 7th annual project meetings at Cherkassy, Ukriane from 9th – 11th July 2017.

Presentation on IIT Gandhinager experience by the students of the Faculty of Engineering

July 10, 2017April 23, 2018FacultyOfEng

Three Mechanical and Process Engineering final year undergraduate students from the faculty got a golden opportunity to spend their 12 weeks of special industrial training period as summer research interns at the (IITGN) Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. The expenses in India was totally sponsored by the IITGN. The students were engaged in this research internship program from the 27th of March to the 16th of June 2017. Those three students Mr. Nidershan and Mr. Neethan and Ms. Dinusha Wickramaarachchi had expressed their real experience at the IITGN during their training period. This presentation was organized by the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies to the students of the Faculty of Engineering on 10th July 2017. It was excellent to hear their experiences with excellent achievements and team work with IITGN students.

Faculty staff participated to the seminars on “Water in the changing world” and “Water: from challenges to opportunities” at Ukraine

July 10, 2017April 23, 2018FacultyOfEng

Dr. S. S. Sivakumar, Coordinator of WaterH project of UoJ and Mr. Saliya Sampath, Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, UoJ attended two seminars at Cherkasy State Technological University (ChSTU), Cherkassy, Ukraine on 10th July 2017 during WaterH 7th annual meeting. Details about the seminars are given below.

Workshop on “Internet of Things”

July 8, 2017April 20, 2018FacultyOfEng

Workshop on “Internet of Things” was held at Department of Computer Engineering on 8th July 2017 with the support of IT and Communication Engineering Sectional Committee of the Institution of Engineering Sri Lanka (IESL). Objective of the workshop was to boost the understanding of engineering students on IoT and enhance the awareness of applications of IoT in various industries. More than 50 undergraduate students and staff members attended this workshop.

Seminar on Marketing Strategies by Visiting American expert Cheryl

July 7, 2017April 20, 2018FacultyOfEng

American embassy officers and the resource person visited to the Faculty as educational initiatives program on 7th July 2017. The officers’ team included Mr. James Russo (Counselor for Press, Academic, and Cultural Affairs from the American Embassy), Ms. Cheryl Edison (visiting American expert/resource person and Serial Entrepreneur and global strategist) and Ms. Sharmini Sinniah (Outreach Coordinator, Public Diplomacy Office of the American Embassy). Initially the team had a discussion with the Dean, Heads of the Departments and lecturers. It was good to learn the opportunities of number of possible services that the faculty students can be benefited from the embassy.

Talk on “The biological impact of Natural and Electrical Light on Human Health” by Dr. Uthayan Thurairajah.

July 6, 2017April 20, 2018FacultyOfEng

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society of the University of Jaffna organized a talk on “The biological impact of Natural and Electrical Light on Human Health” on 6th of July 2017 from 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. This talk was conducted by Dr. Uthayan Thurairajah, Researcher, Senior Electrical Engineer, Scientist, and Lecturer with over 20 years of experience in the Electrical Engineering and Lighting Design field. .