News & Events

Dr. Asanka Rodrigo conducted a two day training on Solar PV system designing, Installation and Testing for the engineers at the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), which was being held at Sustainable Energy Authority on 6th and 9th November 2021. The outcome of the training will empower the PUCSL’s effort on producing professional solar technicians island wide.

EECon 2021, the Third International Electrical Engineering Conference organized by the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Moratuwa was successfully held on 24th September on virtual mode. EECon 2021 was technically cosponsored by IEEE Sri Lanka Section, and Sri Lanka Chapters of IEEE Power and Energy Society, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and IEEE Power Electronics Society. 

IEEE FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE (“GAMMEDDATA IEEE API”) – Phase 2, which was organized by the IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter of the University of Moratuwa has been awarded as one of the GOLD WINNERS of DARREL CHONG STUDENT ACTIVITY AWARD 2021.  It’s a remarkable milestone of the student branch chapter to be affiliated with this award by continuing its glorious streak of that phase

The paper “Simulation and hardware implementation of automatic load balancer for distribution transformers” based on the final year undergraduate project conducted by Mr. Rajitha V Liyanage, Mr. Muditha Senevirathna and Mr. Akalanka Kanankege, supervised by Prof. Anura Wijayapala, Prof. JP Karunadasa and Eng. Arosha Fernando, emerged winners of the best paper contest of the 1st Sri Lankan Power Engineering Conference held virtually on 24^th October 2021.

The Annual general meeting of the Electrical Engineering society (EESoc) of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa was held for the 25th consecutive time on the 30^th of July 2021 from 6.00 pm onwards in virtual mode with the presence of the Head of the Department Prof. K.T.M.U. Hemapala, other academic staff members and undergraduates of Department of Electrical Engineering.

Dr. Logeeshan Velmanickam has been appointed as a Senior Lecturer Gr-II in the Department of Electrical Engineering with effect from 4^th August 2021 by the Council of University of Moratuwa. 

Dr. Priyantha Dhammika Wijayatunga, former Senior Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering has been promoted to the post of Head of Energy Division of the Asian Development Bank. 

Electrical Engineering Society (EESoc) of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa initiated a G. C. E. Ordinary Level Mathematics Seminar series as  “සිප්දරණ". The first seminar was successfully held on the 13th , 14th  and 20th  of February at Kelegama Kanishta Vidyalaya, Digannawa, Nikaweratiya.

Electrical Engineering Society (EESoc) of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, took the lead in initiating a program to renovate the school laboratory of Kelegama Kanishta Vidyalaya in Nikaweratiya. That school is located in a very rural village with lack of many of the facilities. The renovation was successfully commenced on 21st December at the school premises with the presence of Dr. Thushara Rathnayaka, Dr.