- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade I
Contact information
Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation -Undergraduate -2016
Power systems II -Undergraduate -2016
Applied Electricity -Undergraduate -2016
Energy and Environment -Postgraduate -2016
Power Distribution Systems -Postgraduate -2016
Research Activities
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelor's, University of Peradeniya ,2007
PhD, National University of Singapore ,2013
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(IEEE)(2008 To date)
Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)(2008 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
G Amarasinghe, S Abeygunawardane, C Singh,".Application of Novel Evolutionary Algorithms for Analyzing the Impact of Integrating Renewables on the Adequacy of Composite Power Systems.",2022 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Sri Lanka,2022,1-6
Jeyakumar, P., Kolambage, N., Geeganage, N., Amarasinghe, G., Abeygunawardane, S.K.,".Short-term Wind Power Forecasting Using a Markov Model.",2021 3rd International Conference on Electrical Engineering, EECon 2021,Sri Lanka,2021,19-24
Melagoda, A.U., Karunarathna, T.D.L.P., Nisaharan, G., Amarasinghe, P.A.G.M., Abeygunawardane, S.K.,".Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Vegetation Related Outages in Power Distribution Systems.",2021 3rd International Conference on Electrical Engineering, EECon 2021,,Sri Lanka,2021,25-30
Jayasuriya, R.P.S.K., Amarasinghe, P.A.G.M., Abeygunawardane, S.K.,".Application of artificial intelligence for maintenance modelling of critical machines in solid tire manufacturing.",2021 International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology (ICITIIT),Kottayam, India,2021,1-5
P. A. G. M. Amarasinghe, S. K. Abeygunawardane and C. Singh,".Impact of pumped storage on the adequacy of renewable rich power generation systems.",16th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems,Belgium,2020,1-6
M. S. S. Meegoda, B. A. D. T. Balasooriya, E. G. M. C. Dharmapriya, J. I. A. N. Kumara, P. A. G. M. Amarasinghe and S. K. Abeygunawardane,".Impact of solar PV systems on the reliability of power distribution systems.",Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Sri Lanka,2020,1-6
P. A. G. M. Amarasinghe, S. K. Abeygunawardane, C. Singh,".Adequacy Evaluation of Composite Power Systems Using an Evolutionary Swarm Algorithm.",IEEE Access,10,2022
P. A. G. M. Amarasinghe, S. K. Abeygunawardane, C. Singh,".Kernel Density Estimation Based Time-Dependent Approach for Analyzing the Impact of Increasing Renewables on Generation System Adequacy.",IEEE Access,VOLUME 8,2020
P. A. G. M. Amarasinghe, N. S. Abeygunawardana, T. N. Jayasekara, E. A. J. P. Edirisinghe, S. K. Abeygunawardane,".Ensemble models for solar power forecasting—a weather classification approach.",AIMS Energy, vol. 8, no. 2,2020
Journal Publications
U.L.D.V. Deshapriya, D.H.T. Dinumpura, J.M.S.M. Jayasekara, K.K. Uyanahewa and S.K. Abeygunawardane, “Maintenance Management and Real Time Monitoring Tool for the Distribution Network in Sri Lanka”, Annual Transactions of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, pp. 495-502, 2015.S. K. Abeygunawardane and P. Jirutitijaroen, "Application of probabilistic maintenance models for selecting optimal inspection rates considering reliability and cost trade-off", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 178-186, 2014.
S. K. Abeygunawardane, P. Jirutitijaroen and H. Xu, “Adaptive maintenance policies for ageing devices using a Markov decision process”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 3194-3203, Aug. 2013.
S. K. Abeygunawardane and P. Jirutitijaroen, “New state diagrams for probabilistic maintenance models”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 2207-2213, Nov. 2011.
S. K. Abeygunawardane, J. R. S. S. Kumara, J. B. Ekanayake and A. Arulampalam, “A magnetic-core based fault current limiter for utility applications”, Journal of National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 227-235, Sep. 2011.
Conference Publications
N. H. K Sameera, J. A. P. A Ovinda, N. A Palayangoda, A. D Sanjeewa and S. K. Abeygunawardane, “Smart energy tracking system for domestic consumers”, Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, April 2016.S. K. Abeygunawardane, P. Jirutitijaroen and H. Xu, “Power system maintenance planning using value function approximation”, 13th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Durham, United Kingdom, July 2014.
S. K. Abeygunawardane and P. Jirutitijaroen, “Effects of maintenance on reliability of probabilistic maintenance models”, 12th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2012.
L. Zijuan, S. K. Abeygunawardane, and P. Jirutitijaroen, “Smart asset management of aging devices in energy systems: A case study of transformers”, 2nd European Conference and Exhibition on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, ISGT-EUROPE 2011, Manchester, United Kingdom, Dec. 2011.
S. K. Abeygunawardane and P. Jirutitijaroen, “A realistic maintenance model based on a new state diagram”, 11th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Singapore, June 2010.
S. K. Abeygunawardane and P. Jirutitijaroen, "A Markov model for a wind energy conversion system with condition monitoring", International Technical Conference of IEEE Region 10, Singapore, Nov. 2009.
S. K. Abeygunawardane, K. I. R. Prasanna, A. Arulampalam and J. B. Ekanayake, “Power factor correction and harmonics effect to an industrial load”, Proceedings of Peradeniya University Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2007.
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