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University of Moratuwa Bimonthly UOM News September - October Issue ISSN: 2279-2023 2019 Volume: 08 Issue: 05 02 09 University of Moratuwa Bimonthly UOM news September - October Issue ISSN: 2279-2023 2019 Volume: 08 Issue: 05 09 09 09 09 08 06 th Inside 40 General Convocation of the University of Moratuwa [From front page] Page 4 Research Initiatives, Accomplishments & Disseminations Academic & Industry Collaboration Page 5 Academic Programs Page 4 Conferences & Symposium Page 6 Conferences & Symposium The 40th General Convocation of University postgraduates students with 8 Doctoral Page 7 of Moratuwa (UoM) was held on 3rd and students receiving their PhDs. Delivering Foreign Visits 4th September 2019 with all its glory and the Chancellor’s address, the Emeritus Page 8 pride at the Bandaranaike Memorial Professor KKYW Perera, pointed that Student Achievements International Conference Hall (BMICH) gradaunds should try to exercise both in four sessions. The Chancellor of the ‘guna’ (inner goodness) and ‘nana’ Page 9 Staff Achievements University, Vidya Jyothi Professor Emeritus (knowledge) simultaneously irrespective of KKYW Perera, presided the Convocation the field they are employed in. He further Page 10 Ceremony in the presence of graduands, elaborated that by selecting a career which Exhibitions, Field Trips & Workshops their parents, distinguished invitees and is beneficial for both oneself and others, Clubs & Societies academic and administrative staff of the one can achieve long term satisfaction and Page 11 University. contentment. Foundation Stone Laying A total of 2910 competent graduands with University of Moratuwa graduates are Society & Community Responsive remarkable potential to innovate and in high demand among employers of Activities challenge the status quo were conferred both private and public sectors. It is Sports degrees in their respective fields such praiseworthy that most graduands of all as Engineering, Architecture, and academic Departments find employment Information Technology. This includes within three months after Convocation. Faculty First Degree Postgraduate Diplomas MSc MSc (Research) MBA M.Phil PhD Architecture 354 29 33 1 - 1 - Engineering 790 103 147 46 73 14 8 Information Technology 263 1 45 - - 2 - 02 The following Doctoral students were awarded PhDs at the General Convocation 2019 Rizna Arooz - Building material with low carbon footprint Shamain Saparamadu - Airport terminals for passenger comfort Supervisor: Prof. Rangika Halwatura, Department of Civil Supervisor: Prof. Saman Bandara, Department of Civil Engineering Engineering Rizna’s research focused on using earth- Shamain’s research fcused on designing a based, sustainable construction material model to optimize passenger flow through without reinforcement to construct load- any airport terminal in the world, by bearing walls. She created a patented applying theoretical, statistical and computer technology: a mix of self-compacting soil simulation techniques to collected data. stabilized with a small amount of cement. Nishamanie Ranasinghe - Improving landslide prediction Wasantha Illangasinghe - Solving problems in water treatment Supervisors: Prof. Anuruddha Puswewala, Department of Civil Supervisor: Prof. Niranjanie Ratnayake and Prof. Jagath Engineering and Dr. Thilantha Dammalage, Manatunge, Department of Civil Engineering University of Sabaragamuwa Wasantha investigated mixing of particles Nishamanie’s research was on improving the from the sludge blanket with clear water prediction of landslides, combining satellite temporarily, at one stage of water purification imagery and the Digital Elevation Model by the National Water Supply and Drainage (DEM) of the earth. Board. Nadika Jayasooriya - Traffic light coordination Chameera Udawattha - Sustainable building blocks Supervisors: Prof. Saman Bandara, Department of Civil Supervisor: Prof. Rangika Halwatura,Department of Civil Engineering Engineering Chameera’s research focus was to evaluate a Nadika’s PhD was on developing suitable range of innovative alternatives as stabilizers guidelines for traffic signal coordination in in construction. He was able to obtain non-similar intersections in Sri Lanka. encouraging results with a mix of mud and fly-ash enhanced with caustic soda. Blocks made using this mix was found to be stronger than those made with the mud-cement mix. Shakila Pathirana - Energy rating for sustainable consumption Chamali Hewawasam - Towards walkable cities Supervisors: Prof. Rangika Halwatura, Department of Civil Supervisor: Prof. Saman Bandara, Department of Civil Engineering, and Dr. Asanka Rodrigo, Engineering and Prof. Chan Wirasinghe, University of Calgary, Department of Electrical Engineering, Canada. Shakila’s research is about a rating system Chamali focused on developing a tool for that captures the sustainability of Sri city planners to identify priority areas for Lanka’s residential energy consumption. improving pedestrian facilities. A comprehensive set of parameters that included building characteristics, occupancy behavior and the source of energy go into her model which rates the energy requirement of a building. 03 Research Initiatives, Accomplishments & Disseminations Publication in IEEE RO-MAN 2019 Robotics, University of Moratuwa, student at SUTD, Singapore. The paper presented a research paper titled was compiled based on research work “An Exploratory Study on Proxemics conducted in Intelligent Service Robotics Preferences of Humans in Accordance with Group, University of Moratuwa. The paper Attributes of Service Robots” at the 28th was co-authored by Dr. AGBP Jayasekara, IEEE International Conference on Robot Department of Electrical Engineering, and Human Interactive Communication University of Moratuwa, Dr. MAVJ Mrs. SMBP Samarakoon, a research (RO-MAN) held from Oct 14 - 18 in New Muthugala, SUTD, Singapore, and Prof. M assistant at the Center of Advanced Delhi, India. Mrs. Samarakoon is a PhD. R Elara, SUTD, Singapore. Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Real-time Traffic Sensing (DNN) to infer the traffic level height. Keeping the cost per sensor unit in real-time. The not- that- lowest was one key objective so that this deep DNN was trained using technology is made economically feasible a set of traffic images taken in large scale deployment. Nevertheless, an at Maharagama junction on intriguing result has already been achieved. Piliyandala outer circular road. Next, the team will further develop the These images range from very sensor unit and deploy a bunch of these low (intensity 1) to very high sensors at the same location (four-way (intensity 5) traffic levels. After junction) for traffic light control liaising training, the sensor unit was with the respective authorities. The success deployed at the same location of this project will avoid unnecessary for accuracy testing. During waiting of vehicles, presently caused by testing, the sensor displayed static signal timing. University of Moratuwa has successfully the real-time traffic intensity on its display tested artificial intelligence (AI) for real- This project. funded by the World Bank as shown at the bottom right corner of each time traffic sensing, most probably for the through a AHEAD grant is a part of figure, using a number ranging from 1 to 5 first time in Sri Lanka. A research team lead ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) (very low traffic to very high traffic). by Prof. Rohan Munasinghe has developed multi-disciplinary research group of the a sensor unit which has a miniature camera The team has so far completed only University. The initial stage of the project to take images of the road, process those the proof-of-concept part disregarding was funded by the Innovation Quotient images, and run a Deep Neural Network processing delay and inadequate camera (Pvt) Ltd. Academic & Industry Collaboration Industry collaborations – Dept of Textile & Clothing and - Opening Ceremony – SL IoT Teejay Lanka Plc. Design Innovation Lab The Opening Ceremony of SLIoT Design Innovation Lab was held on the 29th October 2019 at the University of Moratuwa. The Lab was declared open by Prof. Kapila A team from Teejay Lanka Plc including Lanka Plc sponsors the Department’sannual Perera; Vice Chancellor of the University two designers from Teejay India Design Graduation Fashion Show under a of Moratuwa and Mr. PG Kumarasinghe Center visited the Department of Textile memorandum of understanding. This visit Sirisena; Group Chairman, Sri Lanka and Clothing Technology on 17th October facilitated further exploration of student- Telecom PLC, in the presence of SLT senior 2019 to strengthen ties between two parties industry collaborations through industry- management, Deans of Faculties and through knowledge sharing projects. Teejay driven projects, and training schemes. Heads of Departments of the University. 04 work in Internet of Things (IoT) based solution development at both prototype and field deployable levels. It comprises state-of-the-art test and measurement equipment for IoT product building, and unlike a typical study environment, it also has space designed for student group work, brainstorming and software design and construction. Ongoing projects in smart healthcare, smart retail, intelligent manufacturing plant monitoring, and autonomous indoor navigation were The lab, a joint venture between the Engineering of the University of Moratuwa demonstrated at the inauguration Department of Computer Science and and Sri Lanka Telecom, supports student ceremony. New Timber Design Innovation Center (TDIC) to uplift the woods based craft industry in Moratumulla The Coordinating Secretariat for Science
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