- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
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Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Individual Project -Undergraduate -2016
Electrical Measurement and Instrumentation -Undergraduate -2017
Applied Electricity -Undergraduate -2017
Advanced Engineering Mathematics -Postgraduate -2017
Industrail Electronics -Postgraduate -2017
Control Systems Design -Postgraduate -2017
Coordinator -Coordinator- PG Certifcate in Industrial Automation (2015 To 2019)
Memebr -Member of the Board of studies (2017 To 2020)
Memebr -Faculty Quality assurance committee (2009 To 2016)
Coordinator - MSc in Building Services Engineering (2015 To 2018)
Convener - Faculty Curriculum Revision Commitee (2017 To 2021)
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering - (2021 To date)
Research Activities
Industrial Robotics
Humanitarian Demining
Service and surveillance robotics
Power system control
Smart Grid
D.S.V Bandara: Development of a Prototype of an Anthropomorphic Transhumeral Prosthetic Arm for Upper-Arm Amputees
Asitha Kulasekara :Agent Based Control and Protection for Smart Grids (Completed 2011)
MNS Ariyasinghe: Design and Development of an Experimental Microgrid Test-bed
MSc, Vision based Automation of a Manual Tablet Sorting Machine, AN Hewagama (2011 March)
MSc, Design of an Automated punching system for refrigerator door manufacturing process, GT Galagedarage (2011 February)
Error Correction for Teba Application in a Building Mangement System, Janaka Gunatilake, (January 2012)
Industrial Robotics, Humanitarian Demining, Service and surveillance robotics, Power system control, Smart Grid
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2004 Electrical Engineering
PhD, University of Genova ,2009 PhD in Industrial Engineering
IESL(2004 To date)
IEEE(2004 To date)
Career
Professor : At University of Moratuwa from 2017/07/06 to date
Director General : SLIATE, Ministry of Higher Education, 2019/02/01 to 2019/12/04
Senior Lecturer GII/I : At University of Moratuwa from 2010/06/02 to 2017/07/05
Senior Lecturer (On Contract) : At University of Moratuwa from 2009/05/04-2010/05/31
Post Doctor : At University of Genova from 2009/01/01-2009/03/31
PhD Scholar : At University of Genova from 2006/01/01-2008/12/31
Temporary Instructor : At University of Moratuwa from 2004/04/01– 2005/11/30
Member of the Education committee , Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) -From 2107
Curriculum and Program Reviewer for 03 Institutes (KDU, OUSL, Jaffna Engineering Faculty)
Preparing Engineering and Technology degree recognition manuals, IESL, 2020-21
Team leader, Curriculum revision committee for
Institute of Engineering Technology, Katunayake, 2020
Chairman, Sub committee for evaluation of the syllabus prepared by Institute of Technology, University of Moratuwa
Chairman, Curriculum revision committee, Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education, (From 02.2019 to 12.2019)
Consultant for Curriculum revision, Technology faculty, Rajarata University, 2021
Team Leader, Curriculum preparation, Engineering Faculty, University of Colombo, 2021
Honours and Awards
Research Excellence Award (Received 2015)
Award of Excellence, Outstanding Research Performances (Received 2016)
Award of Excellence, Outstanding Research Performances (Received 2017)
Award of Excellence, Outstanding Research Performances (Received 2018)
Award of Excellence, Outstanding Research Performances (Received 2019)
Publications*
Jayasinghe, S. L.; Kulasekera, A. L,".'Multi-agent based control of smart grid.",IET,2017
,".Robots for Humanitarian Demining.",I-Tech Education and Publishing,2017
MS Dayarathne, OV Gnana Swathika,".Optimized cost enabled rural electrification system.",Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2017 Moratuwa,UoM,2017,1
NGIS Samarawickrama, AGBP Jayasekara,".Support Vector Machine Regression for forecasting electricity demand for large commercial buildings by using kernel parameter and storage effect.",MERCON,,2016,
HMN Dinushi, MHMS Kariapper, GD Porawagamage, PKH Rathnayaka, UP Srimal,,".Defining multi agent system for a reliable micro-grid.",Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),,Moratuwa,2015,
SL Jayasinghe,".Multi Agent Based Power Distribution System Restoration—A Literature Survey.",Energy and Power Engineering ,7,
Publications
Book Chapters
1. Hemapala, K. T.; Jayasinghe, S. L.; Kulasekera, A. L.: 'Multi-agent based control of smart grid' (Energy Engineering, 2017), 'Communication, Control and Security Challenges for the Smart Grid', Chap. 12, pp. 321-345, IET Digital Library
2. Hemapala, MU. 2017. Robots for Humanitarian Demining. In: Canbolat, H (ed.), Robots Operating in Hazardous Environments. London, UK: I-Tech Education and Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70246
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
1. M.U.Hemapala, Effects of landmines in Sri Lanka , Journal of Mine Action, 2006, Volume 10.2, ISSN 1533-6905
2. E.E.Cepolina, M.U.Hemapala, Power tillers for demining: blast test , International Journal of Advanced Robotics Systems, 2008, Vol.4, ISSN 1729-8806
3. Manjula Hemapala, Vittorio Belotti, Rinaldo Michelini, Roberto Razzoli, "Humanitarian demining: path planning and remote robotic sweeping", Industrial Robot: An International Journal, 2009, Vol. 36 Iss: 2, pp.146 – 156, ISSN: 0143-991X
4. K.T.M.U. Hemapala and Roberto P. Razzoli, Design and Development of a Landmines Removal Robot, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2012 ,Vol 9
5. Ariyasinghe Suranjith, KTMU Hemapala , Microgrid Test-Beds and Its Control Strategies , Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2013, Vol 4 No 1, pp 11-17
6. K. K. M. S. Kariyawasam, K. K. N. P. Karunarathna, R. M. A. Karunarathne, M. P. D. S. C. Kularathne, K. T. M. U. Hemapala, Design and Development of a Wind Turbine Simulator Using a Separately Excited DC Motor, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 2013, Vol 4 No 3, pp 259-265
7. A Kulasekara, KTMU Hemapala, RARC Gopura, Dual Layered Architecture for Multi Agent Based Islanding and Load Management for Microgrids, Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 2015, Vol 3 No 5,pp 29-42
8. K. T. M. U. Hemapala and Lilantha Neelawala, “Benchmarking of Electricity Distribution Licensees Operating in Sri Lanka,” Journal of Energy, vol. 2016, Article ID 2486319, 10 pages, 2016
9. HBD Yasaranga, WDAS Wijayapala and KTMU Hemapala “Techno Economic Analysis on the use of High Temperature Low Sag (HTLS) Conductors for Sri Lanka’s Transmission System”, January 2017, Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
10. D.S.V Bandara, R.A.R.C Gopura, K.T.M.U Hemapala, and Kazuo Kiguchi, “Development of a Multi-DoF Transhumeral Robotic Arm Prosthesis”, Journal of Medical Engineering and Physics, 2017, 48, 131-141
11. T S S Senarathna, K T M Udayanga Hemapala, Review of adaptive protection methods for microgrids, AIMS Energy, 2019, 7(5): 557-578.
12. Swathika, OV Gnana, and K. T. M. U. Hemapala. "IOT Based Energy Management System for Standalone PV Systems." Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology (2019): 1-11.
13. Attanayaka, A. M. S. M. H. S., J. P. Karunadasa, and K. T. M. U. Hemapala. "Estimation of state of charge for lithium-ion batteries-A Review." AIMS Energy 7.2 (2019): 186.
14. Hemapala, K. T. M. U., H. M. J. N. Herath, and OV Gnana Swathika. "Benchmarking medium voltage feeders using data envelopment analysis: a case study." Telkomnika 17.3 (2019): 1547-1558.
15. Hettiarachchi, H. W. D., KTM Udayanga Hemapala, and AG Buddhika P. Jayasekara. "Review of Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Multi-Agent-Based Control System of AC-DC Hybrid Microgrid." IEEE Access 7 (2018): 1284-1299.
16. Optimized Overcurrent Relay Coordination in a Microgrid SystemRecent Advances in Computer Science and Communications, 2019-12-04 | journal-article
17. Benchmarking medium voltage feeders using data envelopment analysis: A case study, Telkomnika (Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control), 2019 | journal-article
International Conference Papers
1. R.C.Michelini, R.P.Razzoli, M.U.Hemapala , Humanitarian demining: efficiency by intelligent planning and low-cost robotics , Intl. Annual EUROSIS Industrial Simulation Conf. ISC, Lyon, June 2008
2. V.Belotti, M.U.Hemapala, R.C.Michelini, R.P.Razzoli, Remote robotic path control and mine clearing , ASME-ESDA 08 Conf., Haifa, July 2008
3. V.Belotti, M.U.Hemapala, R.C.Michelini, R.P.Razzoli, Lean robotics for humanitarian mine sweeping, ICAR 2009, June 2009
4. K. T. M. U. Hemapala and N. Perera , Harmonic elimination in induction generator based micro-hydroelectric schemes, International Conference on Energy, Automation, and Signal ,ICEAS 2011 , India, 28-30 Dec. 2011
5. A. L. Kulasekera, R. A. R. C.Gopura, K. T. M. U. Hemapala and N. Perera, A Review on Multi-Agent Systems in Microgrid Applications, in Proc. of Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference ,ISGT 2011
6. A. L. Kulasekera, R. A. R. C.Gopura, K. T. M. U. Hemapala, N. Perera, and Achala Pallegedara, Dual Layered Multi Agent System for Intentional Islanding Operation of Microgrids, International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics AROB 2012, Beppu, Japan, 2012. PDF
7. D. S. V. Bandara, R. A. R. C.Gopura, K. T. M. U. Hemapala and K. Kiguchi, Upper Extremity Prosthetics: Current Status, Challenges and Future Directions, International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics, AROB 2012, Beppu, Japan, 2012. PDF
8. A.L. Kulasekera, K.T.M.U. Hemapala and R.A.R.C. Gopura, "Dual layered multi agent system for load management during islanded operation of a microgrid", in Proc. The Fifth IASTED Asian Conference on Power and Energy Systems AsiaPES 2012, Phuket, Thailand, April, 2012.
9. K.T.M.U. Hemapala and A.L. Kulasekera, "Demand side management for micro grids through smart meters", in Proc. The Fifth IASTED Asian Conference on Power and Energy Systems, AsiaPES 2012, Phuket, Thailand, April, 2012.
10. H.P.G.R.N.Chamikara, K. T. M. U. Hemapala, M. N. S. Ariyasinghe, New load shedding scheme for reliability improvement of an existing transmission network: A Case study , 3rd International Conference on Instrumentation Control and Automation (ICA), Bali, Indonesia, August 28-30, 2013
11. M. N. S. Ariyasinghe, K. T. M. U. Hemapala, Distributed Autonomous Control Strategies for Microgrid Test-bed, 3rd International Conference on Instrumentation Control and Automation (ICA), Bali, Indonesia, August 28-30, 2013
12. D.S.V. Bandara, R.A.R.C. Gopura, K.T.M.U. Hemapala, Kazuo Kiguchi, A multi-DoF Anthropomorphic Transradial Prosthetic Arm, 2014 5th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics ,BioRob 2014, August 12-15, 2014.
13. HMN Dinushi,MHMS Kariapper, GD Porawagamage, PKH Rathnayaka, UP Srimal, KTMU Hemapala, Defining multi agent system for a reliable micro-grid, Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2015 , vol., no., pp.94,99, 7-8 April 2015.
14. H. W. D. Hettiarachchi, D. D. J. P. Dangalla, C. D. Yapa, D. J. M. G. D. Jayamaha and K. T. M. U. Hemapala, "Controlling of the micro grid test bed with an automated distribution system," 2016 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics (AEEICB), Chennai, 2016, pp. 241-245.
15. R. M. J. Rathnayaka and K. Hemapala, "Developing of scalable SCADA in view of acquiring multi-protocol smart grid devices," 2016 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics (AEEICB), Chennai, 2016, pp. 182-187
16. N. G. I. S. Samarawickrama, K. T. M. U. Hemapala and A. G. B. P. Jayasekara, "Support Vector Machine Regression for forecasting electricity demand for large commercial buildings by using kernel parameter and storage effect," 2016 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), Moratuwa, 2016, pp. 162-167
17. P. D. M. Chandrasekara, W. L. D. M. Chathurangi, I. N. Kodikara, N. C. T. Kumara and K. T. M. U. Hemapala, "Agent based building automation and control system for moderate scale buildings," 2016 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Optimization Techniques (ICEEOT), Chennai, 2016, pp. 2881-2886.
18. Pasan Gunawardena, Geeth Bodhinayake and Udayanga Hemapala, “Development of a Multi Agent System for Voltage and Outage Monitoring”, AEEICB 2017, Chennai
19. KTMU Hemapala, Dilum Hettiarachchi, Heshan Hasaranga, R.D.T.M.Hemarathne, M.D.C.P.K. Mahawithana and M.G.A.B.N Sandanuwan A Fuzzy Logic based Battery SOC Level Control Strategy for Smart Micro Grid, AEEICB 2017, Chennai
20. Mahesh Dunuweera, Gayashan Dasun, Udayanga Hemapala and Narendra De Silva, “Techno Economic Analysis, Design And Implementation of a Suitable Communication Method For Remote Meter Reading using Zigbee”, AEEICB 2017, Chennai
21. T.P.G.T.A. Priyankara, M.J.L.R. Fernando, I.A.K.Sandeepa, N.M.K.D Bandara,H.W.D.Hettiarachchi, K.T.M.U.Hemapala, Design, Simulation and Implementation of a UPFC (Unified Power Flow Controller) for Transmission Line Model, i-PACT 2017, Chennai
22. K.M. G. Y. Sewwandi, T. S. S. Senarathna, K. A. H.Lakshika, V. Y. Wong, K. T. M. U. Hemapala, J. R.Lucas, G. D. Porawagamage, Wind Turbine Emulator for a Microgrid, , i-PACT 2017, Chennai
23. M.K.G. Lakshitha, K.D.M. Jayawardhana, M.A.K.S. Boralessa, W.G.R.W. Rohitha, K.T.M.U. Hemapala, JR Lucas, Narendra De Silva, G.D. Porawagamage Operation of a Grid Connected Microgrid with a Variable Load Bus and a Diesel Generator Set, , i-PACT 2017, Chennai
24. H.V.V.Priyadarshana, W.K.I. Madushanaka , L.L.L. Anuruddha, G.T.Chathura,H.W.D. Hettiarachchi, K.T.M.U. Hemapala, Multi-agent Controlled Building Management System, , i-PACT 2017, Chennai
25. H.W.D. Hettiarachchi, K.T.M.U. Hemapala, A.G.B.P Jayasekara, A Fuzzy Logic based Power Management System for an integrated AC-DC Hybrid Microgrid Model, MERCON 2017
18. K.T.M.U. Hemapala, M.S. Dayarathne, O.V.Gnana Swathika, Optimized Cost Enabled Rural Electrification System, MERCON 2017
19. Disturbance Analysis and Implementation of High Voltage Gain Non-Isolated DC-DC Converter for Renewable Applications, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2019 | conference-paper
20. Estimation of state of charge for lithium-ion batteries - A Review AIMS Energy, 2019 | journal-article
21. IOT Based Energy Management System for Standalone PV Systems, Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, 2019 | journal-article
22. Low Voltage DC Microgrid Control Strategy Using Single Phase DQ Transformation, MERCon 2019 - Proceedings, 5th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference, 2019 | conference-paper
23. Review of adaptive protection methods for microgridsAIMS Energy, 2019 | journal-article
24. Review of Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Multi-Agent-Based Control System of AC-DC Hybrid MicrogridIEEE Access, 2019 | journal-article
25. Techno-economic analysis of on-site hydrogen production and storage system with solar PV for telecom sites in Sri Lanka2018 8th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, ICPES 2018, 2019 | conference-paper
26. A shortest path planning algorithm for PSO base firefighting robotsProceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics, AEEICB 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
27. A study on reactive power sharing and voltage variation in an inverter dominated islanded microgridProceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics, AEEICB 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
28. An Adaptive Protection Scheme for Small Scale Microgrids Based on Fault Current Level2018 2nd International Conference On Electrical Engineering, EECon 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
29. Defining of Normalized Load Profile Curves for Domestic Customer Groups to Estimate Feeder Power Loss2018 3rd International Conference on Information Technology Research, ICITR 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
30. Designing an energy monitoring, analysing and solution providing system for energy auditingProceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics, AEEICB 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
31. DQ Transform Based Current Controller for Single-Phase Grid Connected Inverter2018 2nd International Conference On Electrical Engineering, EECon 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
32. Droop based voltage and frequency controller for an islanded AC micro-gridProceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics, AEEICB 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
33. Long term annual electricity demand forecasting in Sri Lanka by artificial neural networksAsia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC, 2018 | conference-paper
34. Message from the Program Chair2018 2nd International Conference On Electrical Engineering, EECon 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
35. Simulation Performance of Grid Connected Z-Source Solar Inverter with Incremental Conductance MPPT2018 2nd International Conference On Electrical Engineering, EECon 2018
36. State of charge based droop controlling of voltage for islanded DC microgridProceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics, AEEICB 2018, 2018 | conference-paper
37. Techno-economic feasibility of lighting protection of overhead transmission line with multi-chamber insulator arrestors, Development Engineering, 2018 | journal-article
38. Weerakoon, W. M. S. H., et al. "Low Voltage DC Microgrid Control Strategy Using Single Phase DQ Transformation." 2019 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon). IEEE, 2019.
39. Hemapala, K. T. M. U., K. V. R. Perera, and O. V. Gnana Swathika. "Performance Evaluation of Power Distribution Sector of Srilanka based on Data Envelopment Analysis." Available at SSRN 3350953 (2019).
Local symposiums
1. J. Sanjeewa, N. Sandaruwan, H. Sandaruwan, L samarakoon, U Hemapala, “Robotics and Agricultural Technology for Landmines removal in Sri Lanka”, 16th Annual Symposium, ERU, University of Moratuwa, 2010, pp.154-156
2. WADSL Wettasinghe, HR Widisinghe, PDDS Wijayasekara, SRMDTS Wijesekara, KTMU Hemapala, “Demand Side Management for Micro Grids through Smart Meters”, 17th Annual Symposium, ERU, University of Moratuwa, 2011, pp.56-58
3. KD Rajapakshe, K Suluxon, AMCK Perera, RARC Gopura, SWHMTD Laltharathne, KTMU Hemapala, “Develeopment of a 2 DOF Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Robot”, 17th Annual Symposium, ERU, University of Moratuwa, 2011, pp.64-67
4. MLDR Karunarathna, HACH Jayawardana, IDG Jayawardana, KTMU Hemapala, 17th Annual Symposium, ERU, University of Moratuwa, 2011, pp.78-80
5. BMAN Balasooriya, KTMU Hemapala, “Energy efficiency and envorenmetal impacts on an organization”,Annual Technical Conference , IET young professionals section, 2011
6. V V Muthugala, NPDS Pathirana, WHKP Nanayakkara, NPDCD Nanayakkara and KTMU Hemapala, Design and Implementation of a Laboratory-scale Microgrid, 19th ERU Research Symposium, November 26, 2013, The University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Pages 21-25 PDF
7. AL. Kulasekera , K.T.M.U. Hemapala and R.A.R.C. Gopura, "Multi Agent based Islanding and Load Management System for Microgrids" pp. 306-312, Transactions of Annual Sessions of Institution of Engineer Sri Lanka 2013, vol. 1, Part B
8. K.T.M.U. Hemapala, H.M. Wijekoon and L.K. Dissanayake, "Identification of the Optimum Protection Co-ordination In Medium Voltage Distribution System Of Sri Lanka" pp.471 - 478, Transactions of Annual Sessions of Institution of Engineer Sri Lanka 2015, vol. 1, Part B
9. Panagoda, K.T.M.U. Hemapala and N. De Silva, “Distribution System Fault Localization, Fault Restoration and Network Reconfiguration using Multi Agent Based System”, Annual Sessions of IESL, pp. 135-140, 2016
10. D.M.D.K. Dissanayaka, K.T.M.U. Hemapala and W.D.A.S. Rodrigo, “Fault Management Algorithm for Voltage Feeder Automation in Electricity Distribution”, Annual Sessions of IESL, pp. 119-126 , 2016
11. K.T.M.U. Hemapala and D.L.P. Munasinghe, “Capacitor Switching Transient Analysis on a Transmission Grid Substation”, Annual Sessions of IESL, pp. 127-134, 2016
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