FEATURED NEWS

Civil Engineering Society of University of Moratuwa initiated the “SKILL-UP WITH CES-Webinar Series” for the undergraduates to get expert advice from renowned professionals from around the world. As the 2nd webinar under this series, Prof. Sunanda Dissanayake (Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE – Chair and Professor of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Kennesaw State University, USA) conducted an insightful online session on “Higher educational paths for Civil Engineering undergraduates” on 24th of October, 2021 from 6.00 p.m. onwards.

A felicitation ceremony of Senior Professor Priyan Dias was held on 30th September 2021, the day of his retirement as a hybrid event launched from the boardroom of Faculty of Graduate Studies at University of Moratuwa. The event was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering to celebrate his 40+ years of long and distinguished service rendered to the department and the university. The highlight of the event was the farewell lecture by Senior Professor Dias aptly titled “On Connectivity” where he traced the linkages of the many aspects of his research. These included truss and road connectivity; system dynamics for concrete durability; neural networks for pattern recognition; structuring and interactions among various types of connected entities (e.g. in vulnerability, sustainability and degradation); socio-technical linkages (e.g. in resilience); and analogical transposition.

With the CES Official Website launch on 22nd of November, 2021, a golden memory was written down on the diaries of the Civil Engineering Students at the Department. On this remarkable day, Civil Engineering Society of University of Moratuwa proudly initiated an official website to showcase talents of the students embracing the tides of new technology. All the staff members, graduates and undergraduates of Civil engineering Department witnessed that blazing moment through a session conducted via Zoom.

Civil Engineering Research Symposium 2021 was successfully held at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa on the 17th November 2021 with the participation of eminent academics, students and the industry from Sri Lanka and around the world. This is an annual symposium organised by the Department of Civil Engineering to showcase the latest research activities undertaken by undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Department.

Civil Engineering Research Symposium is an annual symposium organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa to showcase the latest research activities undertaken by undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Department. A 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Challenge was featured for the first time in history of the Civil Engineering Research Symposium to demonstrate the latest research achievements of the postgraduate students in a creative manner.

Civil Engineering Research Symposium 2021 showcases the latest research activities undertaken by undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. The book of abstracts published with the symposium comprises the findings of the latest Civil Engineering undergraduate research projects, conducted under broad themes of Structural, Geotechnical, Hydraulic, Construction, Environmental and Transportation Engineering. A selected set of abstracts will be presented during the morning session, held fully online.

“Mix Design and Pavement Analysis of Thin Surfaced Asphalt Pavements for Low-Volume Roads”, a final year individual research project of Jesudasan Arjoon Moses under the supervision of Prof. W. K. Mampearachchi won the “Engineer Chandrasena Award for Best Paper – 2021” at the IESL Young Members’ Technical Conference 2021, held virtually on the 9th of October 2021. It was an Island-wide call for research papers from the undergraduates and young engineers below the age of 35, in which 43 research papers were selected over 145 submissions.

Dr. H. R Pasidu, Senior Lecturer of Department of Civil Engineering at University of Moratuwa has been appointed as the Director of Engineering Research Unit (ERU) of Faculty of Engineering. ERU was set up in the late 80s with a view to disseminate the knowledge gained through research carried out at the Faculty of Engineering to the Scientific Community at large, and to promote research among Faculty members and Graduate Students. ERU organises the flagship International Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Conference, MERCon, which has been held over seven times with the presence of eminent academics from all over the world.

Department of Civil Engineering (DoCE) is pleased to announce that as of the 15th June 2021, Senior Professor (Mrs.) Chintha Jayasinghe is now the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering. Professor (Mrs.) Jayasinghe is an accomplished academic with an international reputation as a leading Sri Lankan scholar whose research provides considerable insight into the area of construction management, with a specific focus on Sustainable design & Green Building, Earthen construction and indoor air quality.

After 40 years of dedicated service to the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Moratuwa, Professor Priyan Dias is setting his sights on a well deserved retirement from 30th of September 2021. Therefore, the Department of Civil Engineering is organising an online Farewell Lecture delivered by Professor Dias to mark this milestone event.