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Dr. Asanka Rodrigo submits the “Safety and Technical Management Plan of Electricity Licensees” to PUCSL

The final report of “Safety and Technical Management Plan of Electricity Licensees” to ascertain the Safe Electrical Practices in the Electricity Sector was handed over to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka by Dr. Asanka Rodrigo. Representatives from CEB and LECO were also present at this event.

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2022/07/11 - 09:16

Dr. Asanka Rodrigo is appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Studies for Research Degree -Faculty of Graduate Studies

Dr. Asanka Rodrigo has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Studies for Research Degree at the Faculty of Graduate Studies with the effect of 01/06/2022 for a period of 03 years. Dr. Rodrigo is a former Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Faculty of Engineering.

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2022/07/11 - 08:52

Undergraduate Project Team Wins the Best Paper Award at IEEE World AI IoT Congress 2022, USA

The technical paper titled “Low-Cost Ensembling for Deep Neural Network-Based Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM)” based on the work of the undergraduate project team, B. Gowrienanthan, K. D. I. S. Ratnayake, and N. Kiruthihan, jointly supervised by Dr. V. Logeeshan and Prof. Sisil Kumarawadu in the Department of Electrical Engineering has won the Best Paper Award in the category of Neural Networks at the IEEE World Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Congress held in Seatle, USA, 6-9 June, 2022.

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2022/07/04 - 08:46

The official welcome of the 2020 intake to the Department of Electrical Engineering

 

The official welcome of the 2020 intake to the Department of Electrical Engineering was held on the 27th of May 2022 at the department seminar room. The event was graced by Prof. Udayanga Hemapala, Head-Department of Electrical Engineering, academic staff of the department, students of the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 intakes, including executive committee members of the Electrical Engineering Society.

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2022/06/15 - 11:19

"Energizing Sri Lanka"- A panel discussion on the potential technical solutions for the energy crisis in Sri Lanka

In a short period of time, the term “Energy crisis” has become one of the most common terms within Sri Lanka due to frequent power cuts. To give this term a technical value IEEE Power and Energy Society(PES) Student Branch Chapter of the University of Moratuwa had joined hands with the Electrical Engineering Society(EESoc) of the University of Moratuwa by organizing a panel discussion named “Energizing Sri Lanka”. The theme for the event was “Solving Sri Lanka’s present energy dilemma through scientific research and development”.

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2022/06/03 - 17:16

Team STIMULUS of University of Moratuwa wins a FIRST PRIZE at the 3rd Regional Association of Energy and Power Universities (RAEP) Energy and Electricity Market Business Decision Simulation Competition 2021

The team (STIMULUS) represented by the University of Moratuwa won a FIRST PRIZE at the 3rdRegional Association of Energy and Power Universities (RAEP) Energy and Electricity Market Business Decision Simulation Competition 2021 organized by the Shanghai University of Electric Power (SUEP), Shanghai, China and the Batangas State University, Philippines. The competition was held online this year. Opening ceremony of the competition was held on 7th September 2021. The completion had several rounds.

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2022/01/13 - 13:50

Dr. Asanka Rodrigo conducted training on Solar PV system designing, Installation and Testing for the PUCSL

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.

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2021/11/25 - 10:06