A ceremony organized by the Department of Earth Resources Engineering to commemorate the retirement and appreciate the invaluable service by the Former Senior Lecturer and Consultant Chartered Mining Engineer; Eng. P.V.A. Hemalal and Former Head of the Department; Professor Emeritus U.G.A. Puswewala was held on 29th Oct 2022 at Golden Rose, Borelasgamuwa.
The Hydraulic Earth Drill bought by the department twenty years back under the ADB Project was repaired and recommissioned with the presence of the Vice-Chancellor; Professor N.D. Gunawardena and Dean-Faculty of Engineering; Professor N.K. Wickramarachchi at University Ground.
ERE CCTV System with Night Vision, donated by Mining & Mineral Engineering - 94Group was commissioned by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Moratuwa; Professor N.D. Gunawardena, this morning (17th March 2021)
The annual community service project organized by the Earth Resources Engineering Society of the Department of Earth Resources Engineering named “Gurugedarata Arunellak – Phase II” took place on 9th and 10th February 2020 at Walipatanwila Maha Vidyalaya, Nonagama.
“Yuthukamen Bindak” was a volunteer tree plantation event where, 12500 plants were donated to Panagoda Sri Lanka Army Camp along with watering system, soil auger and water pump on 23rd January 2020. The objective of this event was to help the world to cope up with sustainability concepts of the world.
As per the collaborative agreement with the College of Mining and Safety Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China for mutual benefit, the first five students arrived at the department on 23rd September 2019, for a three months training.
