Events

The Center for Biomedical Innovation hosted a Collaborative Research Seminar which showcased research conducted at the Imperial College London and at the University of Moratuwa on topics related to Injury Biomechanics with a particular focus on lower limb fracture injury mechanics. The seminar was held at the Department of Electrical Engineering Seminar room on the 26th of November, 2018.

The speakers of the day included, Professor (Col) Jon Clasper, Dr Spencer Barnes, and Dr Michael Bertaume from Imperial College London and Thiran Sellahewa, Achintha Iroshan, and Dinesh Kumara who are PhD students from the University of Moratuwa working under the NIHR funded PrOTeCT project, a collaborative project with Imperial College London.

On the second day of the technical sessions in the conference on healthcare in the 4th Industrial revolution, CEBI and University of Moratuwa members presented 3 more projects. The conference held from 24th-26th October provided a great opportunity to discuss current global technological transformations in healthcare.

The Centre for Biomedical Innovation hosted 'Celebration Evening' an event to commemorate the first year of operations as a Centre, engaging its' collaborators in academia, engineering, medicine, and corporates.

The session was conducted on the 31st of October, from 6.30 pm onwards at the Mirror Hall, PIM Colombo. The program witnessed a mixed audience including the centre's collaborations in academia, engineering, medicine, and the corporates, student innovators, and the centre's project and advisory teams.

Following a progress review of the session's achievements in the past year, an interactive and engaging panel discussion was hosted by Prof. Saroj Jayasinghe and Dr. Anjula Silva, centre team members in-charge of collaboration, on how the centre can move forward in 2019 and beyond.

The session was helpful in strengthening the relationships fostered within and beyond the centre.

Center Director Dr. Pujitha Silva, Working Committee Member Dr. Angelo Karunarathne, and Research Assistant Bahavathy Kathirgamanathan attended the 8th World Congress on Biomechanics, in Dublin, Ireland, from the 8th-12th July, 2018. 

The attendees presented their research work at the event.

Center director, Dr Pujitha Silva giving an invited talk about CEBI to MBA students undertaking a small business management course at the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM).

This was an initiative to strengthen the collaboration between CEBI and PIM. 

CEBI was the Innovation Partner for BRAINSTORM 2018, the premier biomedical competition in Sri Lanka.

The event was hosted by the EMBS chapter of the University of Moratuwa.