- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Theory of Electricity -Undergraduate -2020
Circuit Theory -Undergraduate -2020
Electrical Machines and Drives-III(Partially) -Undergraduate -2021
Systems Control and Automation -Postgraduate -2022
Engineering Design -Undergraduate -2021
Individual Project -Undergraduate -2022
Industrial Communication Systems -Postgraduate -2021
Sensors and Actuators for Automation -Postgraduate -2021
Surface Effects -Postgraduate -2021
Industrial Sensors and Actuators -Postgraduate -2022
Embedded Systems -Postgraduate -2022
Project -Postgraduate -2022
Odd Semester Laboratory Coordinator - (2021 To date)
Department Representative for Engineering Research Unit - (2022 To date)
Department Representative for the Career Guidance Unit - (2022 To date)
PG Certificate in Industrial Automation Course Coordinator - (2021 To date)
Research Coordinator- Department of Electrical Engineering - (2022 To date)
Laboratory Practice Coordinator - Semester 1 - (2022 To date)
Personal Mentor - Intake 2021 - (2022 To date)
Even Semester Laboratory Coordinator - (2022 To date)
Research Activities
AI and IoT Applications
Instrumentation
Smart Sensor Development
Lab-on-a-Chip Development
Dielectrophoresis Application
Finite Element Analysis
Applications of Plasmonic in Sensor Development
Renewable Energy.
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, NDSU, USA ,2019 Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bachelors, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka ,2014 Electronic and Electronic Engineering (First Class Honors)
IEEE(2016 To date)
IESL(2014 To date)
SPIE (2018 To date)
IEEE HKN(2017 To date)
Phi Kappa Phi(2017 To date)
Career
* Committee Member of Fargo Cricket Club (2017 - 2019)
Honours and Awards
Best Paper award in the 3rd International Conference on Electrical Engineering 2021 (EECon 2021) under the Energy Systems and Smart Technologies Track, 2021, SL. (Received 2021)
NDSU College of Engineering Best Graduate Research Student of the Year, USA (Received 2018)
1st prize in NDSU Innovation Challenge Competition, USA (Received 2019)
NDSU Graduate Researcher of the Year, USA (Received 2018)
NDSU Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Award, USA (Received 2018)
1st prize in the IEEE Red River Valley Graduate Poster Competition, USA (Received 2017)
Won the National level champion award in Music Competition held by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development, Sri Lanka (Received 2008)
Certified Music Lecturer by North Ceylon Oriental Music Society of the Department of Education-Sri Lanka (Received 2009)
Honor Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society[ Awarded only for having 4.00/4.00 GPA], USA (Received 2017)
Honor Member of IEEE HKN[ Awarded only for the first 10% of students who have the highest academic records ], USA (Received 2017)
Won the Provincial level champion award in English day Drama competitions, Sri Lanka (Received 2007)
Publications*
K. V. S. D. Gunawardhana, W. H. A. S. Lakshitha, U. L. D. E. Perera, S. P. Kumarawadu,".Deep Learning-Based Power Baseline Modelling of a Range of Electrical Loads in Smart Green Building.",Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, SL,2024,
M. A. S. P. Dayarathne, M. S. M. Jayathilaka, R. M. V. A. Bandara, Velmanickam L., S. Kumarawadu and C. Wanigasekara,".Deep Learning-Based Cyber Attack Detection in Power Grids with Increasing Renewable Energy Penetration.",2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA,2024,
R. D. Sandakelum, V. H. Liyanage, P. M. Chandrasekara, Velmanickam L., S. Kumarawadu and C. Wanigasekara,"."Development of Deep Learning Model to Detect Cyber-Attacks within Vehicular Networks.",2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA,2024,
S. M. L. Arampola, M. S. K. Nisakya, W. A. Yasodya, S. Kumarawadu, Velmanickam L. and C. Wanigasekara,".Self-Adaptive Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Using Deep Learning.",2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA,2024,
S. M. Wickramaarachchi, S. A. Dewmini Suraweera, D. M. Pasindu Akalanka, Velmanickam L.and C. Wanigasekara,".Accurate Prediction of Remaining Useful Life for Lithium-ion Battery Cells Using Deep Neural Networks.",2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA,2024,
Senarathna, S. I. and Prasanshi, L. A. U. and Senanayake, S. D. W. and Wimalarathne, Dhammike and Kumarawadu, S. and Logeeshan V.,".A Data-Driven Approach Based on Artificial Neural Networks for the Detection and Classification of Bearing Anomalies in Power Generation Plants.",2023 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA, ,2023,
M. J. S. Kulathilaka, S. Saravanan, H. D. H. P. Kumarasiri, Velmanickam L., S. Kumarawadu and C. Wanigasekara, ,".Maximizing Efficiency in Commercial Power Systems with an Optimized Load Classification and Identification Method Using Deep Learning and Ensemble Techniques.",2023 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA,2023,
19. Witharama, W. M. N. and Bandara, K. M. D. P. and Azeez, M.I. and Adhikari, Muditha and Bandara, Kasun and Velmanickam L. and Wanigasekara, C., ,".Optimal Scheduling of a Solar-Powered Microgrid Using ML-Based Solar and Load Forecasting.",2023 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA,2023,
20. J. A. R. R. Jayasinghe, J. H. E. Malindi, R. M. A. M. Rajapaksha, Velmanickam L. and C. Wanigasekara, ,".Enhanced Fault Classification and Localization in Microgrids Using Machine Learning.",2023 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),Seattle, WA, USA,2023,
S.A. Munasinghe, T.D. Waththegedara, I. R. Wickramasinghe, O.K. Herath,".Smart Traffic Light Control System Based on Traffic Density and Emergency Vehicle Detection.",MerCon 2022,University of Moratuwa,2022,
B. Gowrienanthan, N. Kiruthihan, K. D. I. S. Rathnayake, S. Kumarawadu ,".Low-Cost Ensembling for Deep Neural Network based Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring.",IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),USA,2022,
I. B. C. Irugalbandara, A. S. M. Naseem, M. S. H. Perera ,".HomeIO: Offline Smart Home Automation System with Automatic Speech Recognition and Household Power Usage Tracking.",IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),USA,2022,
Y. Kodithuwakku, A. D. Sandanayake, C. Bandara,".IoT Based Healthcare Kit for Domestic Usage," .",IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),USA,2022,
A. D. Sandanayake, Y. Kodithuwakku, C. Bandara ,".Smart Three In One System For Indoor Safety Assurance.",IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),USA,2022,
18. C. Bandara, A. D. Sandanayake, Y. Kodithuwakku ,".Automated Medicinal-Pill Dispenser with Cellular and Wi-Fi IoT Integration.",IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT),USA,2022,
Velmanickam L, David H Chang, Ganepola APG, Nawarathna D.,".Low-cost and Rapid micro-RNA detection for Identification Pancreactic Cancer.",IEEE Rapid Conference ,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2021,
Wickramarachchi W.A.T., Panawenna P.H., Majuran J., Kumarawadu S., Velmanickam L.,".Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring for High Power Consuming Appliances using Neural Networks.",IEEE ICECIE 2021 Conference,Kualalumpur Malaysia,2021,
Nayanathara W., Nilanga P., Dilshan A, Velmanickam L.,".Optimum wind turbine design to harvest wind energy from fast moving vehicles in highways.",EECon 2021Conference,University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2021,
Velmanickam L., Lima Jr. I. T. and Nawarathna D.,".Achieving about billion-fold fluorescence enhancement for biosensing applications.",IEEE Rapid Conference ,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2020,
Velmanickam L., Vidura J., Madhava S.V., Umamaheswara R.T and Nawarathna D.,,".Universal Biosensor for Multiple Biomarker Detection for Medical Applications.",IEEE Rapid Conference ,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2020,
Vidura J., Velmanickam L., Nathaniel J., Sherri S., Kyle H. and Nawarathna D.,".miRNA Testing to Identify Individualized Weight-loss Intervention.",IEEE Rapid Conference ,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2020,
Velmanickam L., Lima Jr. I. T. and Nawarathna D.,".External low frequency electric fields maximize the fluorescence enhancement through light-metal-fluorophore interactions of target biomolecules.",SPIE Photonics West,San Francisco, California, USA,2019,
Velmanickam L. and Nawarathna D.,".Electric fields assisted fluorescence enhancement for microRNA biomarker detection in serum samples: strategies for combating cancer, obesity and addiction to opioid.",SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing ,Baltimore, Maryland, USA,2019,
Velmanickam L., Rounak P., Lima Jr. I. T. and Nawarathna D.,".Label free microRNA biomarker detection in serum samples for diagnosis applications at point-of care .",IEEE Rapid Conference ,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2019,
Gudagunti F. D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I. T,".Detection of Nucleotide Polymorphisms Using Dielectrophoresis.",IEEE Rapid Conference ,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2019,
Rounak P., Velmanickam L., Vidura J. and Nawarathna D.,".Label free microRNA biomarker detection in serum samples for potential diagnosis applications at point-of care .",Graduate Student Council 3rd Annual Research Symposium,Fargo, ND,USA,2019,
Velmanickam L., Rounak P. and Nawarathna D.,".MicroRNA biomarker detection in serum samples for potential diagnosis applications at point-of-care settings.",Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2019),Philadelphia, USA,2019,
Velmanickam L., Lima Jr. I. T. and Nawarathna D.,".High throughput and low-cost detection of short nucleic acid biomarkers in serum using dielectrophoretic biosensor.",IEEE Rapid Conference ,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2018,
Gudagunti F. D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I. T.,".Biosensor for Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Based on Dielectrophoresis and Image Processing.",IEEE Rapid Conference,Miramar Beach, Florida, USA,2018,
Gudagunti F. D., Velmanickam L., Thrash III J. E., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I. T.,".Accurate method to measure concentration of CA 19-9 using dielectrophoresis.",55thAnnual Rocky Mountain Biengineering Symposium, An International Society of Automation Symposium,Fargo, North Dakota, USA,2018,
Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M. and Nawarathna D.,".Integrated dielectrophoretic and plasmonic system for high-throughput miRNA detection in biological samples.",IEEE Red River Valley Graduate Students Poster Competition,Fargo,ND, USA ,2018,
Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M., Lima Jr. I.T., Nawarathna D.,".High sensitive integrated dielectrophoretic and LSPR sensor for biomarker detection.",Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2018),Georgia, Atlanta, USA,2018,
Velmanickam L., Bains M., Dorsam G.P. and Nawarathna D.,".Target miRNA detection in serum samples at point-of-care settings.",Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2018),Georgia, Atlanta, USA,2018,
Gudagunti F. D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I. T.,".Spectroscopy Method for the Quantification of Pancreatic Cancer Antigen in Serum Using Dielectrophoresis.",Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2018),Georgia, Atlanta, USA,2018,
Kirmani S. A. M., Gudagunti F. D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I. T.,".Dielectrophoretic Spectroscopy Using a Microscopic Electrode Array.",SPIE Photonics West 2017,San Francisco, California, USA,2017,
Gudagunti F. D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I. T.,,".Label-Free DNA Identification Using Light Scattering from Microbeads and Dielectrophoresis Spectroscopy.",IEEE Photonics Conference,Orlando, Florida, USA,2017,
Velmanickam L. and Nawarathna D.,".Nucleic Acid Biosensor Using Comsol Multiphysics® Software.",COMSOL Conference,Boston, Massachusetts, USA,2017,
Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M. and Nawarathna D.,".Detection of extremely low level of bio-markers by utilizing integrated dielectrophoretic and surface plasmonic platform.",IEEE Red River Valley Graduate Students Poster Competition,Fargo,ND,USA ,2017,
Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M. and Nawarathna D. ,".Detecting Antigens in biological samples without ELISA.",Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2017),Phoenix, Arizona, USA,2017,
Gudagunti F. D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I. T,".Dependence of Negative Dielectrophoresis Spectrum on the Length of Single-Stranded DNA.",Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2017),Phoenix, Arizona, USA,2017,
Velmanickam L., and Nawarathna D.,,".Dielectrophoretic cell isolation in microfluidics channels for high-throughput biomedical applications.",IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT),Grand folks,ND,USA,2016,
Lima Jr. I. T., Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M. and Nawarathna D.,".Quantification of Fluorescence Enhancement Due to Dielectrophoresis and the Plasmonic Effect Using TimeResolved Fluorescence.",Frontiers in Optics 2016 ,Rochester, New York, USA,2016,
Velmanickam L. and Nawarathna D.,".Design of Dielectrophoretic Cell Traps in Microfluidics Devices Using Comsol Multiphysics® Software.",COMSOL Conference,Boston, Massachusetts, USA,2016,
Kirmani S. A. M., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., Sherif S. S., and Lima Jr. I. T.,,".Simulation of Diffuse Optical Tomography using COMSOL Multiphysics.",COMSOL Conference,,Boston, Massachusetts, USA,2016,
Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M., Lima Jr. I. T., and Nawarathna D.,".Rare Biomarker Sanali RathnayakeQuantification Through Integrated Dielectrophoretic and Plasmonic based Fluorescence Enhancement.",Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2016),Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,2016,
Denielle D., Vidura J., Velmanickam L., and Nawarathna D.,".Single Stranded DNA Separation using Dielectrophoresis.",ND EPSCoR Regional Conference ,Grand folks, ND, USA,2016,
Kulathilaka, M.J.S.; Saravanan, S.; Kumarasiri, H.D.H.P.; Velmanickam L..; Kumarawadu, S.; Wanigasekara, C.,".Deep Neural Networks Tackling Nonlinear and Multi-Phase Loads.",Energies,17,2024
J. A. R. R. Jayasinghe, J. H. E. Malindi, R. M. A. M. Rajapaksha, V. Logeeshan and C. Wanigasekara,". Classification and Localization of Faults in AC Microgrids through Discrete Wavelet Transform and Artificial Neural Networks.",IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy,,2024
W. M. N. Witharama, K. M. D. P. Bandara, M. I. Azeez, K. Bandara, Velmanickam L. and C. Wanigasekara,".Advanced Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Microgrid Scheduling Considering Solar and Load Forecasting, Battery Degradation, and Demand Response Dynamics.",IEEE Access,12,2024
Velmanickam L., Nawarathna Dharmakeerthi,".Recent progress in microRNA detection using integrated electric fields and optical detection methods.",Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies,3,2024
Pirashanthiyah, L.; Edirisinghe, H.N.; De Silva, W.M.P.; Bolonne, S.R.A.; Velmanickam L.; Wanigasekara, C.,".Design and Analysis of a Three-Phase Interleaved DC-DC Boost Converter with an Energy Storage System for a PV System..",Energies,17,2024
Janith G., Herath H., Attygalle D., Amarasinghe D., Velmanickam L., Wickramasinghe, P., Wijayasinghe, Y.,".Advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors for Medical Diagnostics: An Overview of Recent Developments and Techniques.",Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Open,02,2023
Gowrienanthan B., Kiruthihan N., Sanali R., Velmanickam L., Kumarawadu S., C Wanigasekara “,".Deep Learning based Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring for a Three-Phase System.",IEEE Access,vol. 11,2023
Irugalbandara, C.; Naseem, A.S.; Perera, S.; Kiruthikan, S.; Velmanickam L.. ,".A Secure and Smart Home Automation System with Speech Recognition and Power Measurement Capabilities.",Sensors,23,2023
Y. Kodithuwakku, C. Bandara, A. Sandanayake, R.A.R. Wijesinghe, Velmanickam L. ",".Smart Healthcare Kit for Domestic Purposes .",Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal,vol. 8,2023
C. Bandara, Y. Kodithuwakku, A. Sandanayake, R.A.R. Wijesinghe, Velmanickam L. ,".Design and Implementation of an Automated Medicinal-Pill Dispenser with Wireless and Cellular Connectivity.",Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal,vol. 8,2023
Velmanickam L., Vidura J, Madhava S.V., Umamaheswara R.T and Nawarathna D.,".Recent advances in dielectrophoresis toward biomarker detection: A summary of studies published between 2014 and 2021.",Electrophoresis,,2022
Velmanickam L., Vidura J. and Nawarathna D.,".Integrated dielectrophoretic and impedimetric biosensor provides a template for universal biomarker sensing in clinical samples.",Electrophoresis,,2021
Gudagunti F.D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D. and Lima Jr. I.T.,".Nucleotide Identification in DNA Using Dielectrophoresis Spectroscopy.",Micromachines,,2019
Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M. and Nawarathna D.,".Integrated dielectrophoresis and fluorescence-based platform for biomarker detection from serum samples.",Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express,,2018
Gudagunti F.D., Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D. and Lima Jr. I.T.,".Label-Free Biosensing Method for the Detection of a Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Based on Dielectrophoresis Spectroscopy.",Chemosensors,,2018
Velmanickam L., Bains M., Fondakowski M., Dorsam G.P. and Nawarathna D.,".iLluminate-miRNA: Paradigm for high-throughput, low-cost, and sensitive miRNA detection in serum samples at point-of-care.",Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,,2018
Velmanickam L. and Nawarathna D.,".Design & fabrication of a dielectrophoretic cell trap array.",Advance in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal,,2017
Velmanickam L., Fondakowski M., Lima Jr. I.T., Nawarathna D.,".Integrated dielectrophoretic and surface plasmonic platform for million-fold improvement in the detection of fluorescent events.",Biomicrofluidics,,2017
Velmanickam L., Laudenbach D. and Nawarathna D.,".Dielectrophoretic label-free immunoassay for rare-analyte quantification in biological samples.",Physical Review E,,2016
Kirmani S.A.M., Gudagunti F.D.,Velmanickam L., Nawarathna D., and Lima Jr. I.T.,".Negative dielectrophoretic spectroscopy for rare analyte quantification in biological samples.",Journal of Biomedical Optics,,2016