University of Moratuwa Bimonthly UOM News September - October Issue ISSN: 2279-2023 2019 Volume: 08 Issue: 05

09 University of Moratuwa Bimonthly UOM news September - October Issue ISSN: 2279-2023 2019 Volume: 08 Issue: 05

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 of Ministers. The successful establishment University of Sri Jayawardhanapura and Technology & Innovation (COSTI) of the center will enhance and introduce COSTI on implementing this project. under Ministry of Science, Technology the Sri Lankan timber and timber based Financial allocation for TDIC was handed and Research (MSTR) in cooperation industry to high-end global export market over to University of Moratuwa in October with Department of Integrated Design, and, in the future this will function as a 2019. University of Moratuwa initiated a project fully- fledged center to support the timber Various design intervention activities to uplift the Moratumulla timber based sector. University of Sri Jayawardanapura such as design competitions, community industry. A Timber Design Innovation is also involved in this project in outreach programs and special design Center (TDIC) is expected to be established timber processing research. A tri-party workshops for product development, are under this project at the Department Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expected to be organized under this project. premises with the approval of the cabinet was signed among University of Moratuwa,

Academic Programs

Inauguration Ceremony – Iluminar’ 19–Official Career Fair of Department of MEng/PG Diploma in Energy Transport & Logistics Management Technology

Exclusive Event Partner - IFS Sri Lanka Strategic Partner - SAGT, JOHN KEELLS The Inauguration Ceremony of intake 13 of HOLDINGS PLC MEng/PG Diploma in Energy Technology Gold Partner - Hambantota International was held at the Department of Mechanical Port, GAC, Unilever, PickMe Engineering on 4th November, 2019. The Silver Partner - DIMO Lanka, Colombo Chief Guest for the event was Prof. Rahula International Container Terminals Ltd, Attalage, former Deputy Vice Chancellor, INSEE Cement University of Moratuwa. Prof. Kapila. Iluminar’, the annual career fair which Perera - Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ruwan provides a platform for future logisticians Gopura – Head, Department of Mechanical to meet the pioneers in the field, was held at Engineering and lecturers were present at the Department of Transport and Logistics the ceremony. on 06th November 2019. Sponsors for the event were as follows: Official Logistics Partner Hayleys Advantis – Corporate

05 Gold Award for the Best University Stall at Techno 2019 [From front page] consecutive years consecutively competing with other state universities. The exhibition was organized to provide an innovative and exciting experience under the theme “Innovative Engineering towards Sustainable Sri Lanka”. Modern and thrilling exhibits from undergraduate and postgraduate research projects of all Departments of the Faculty of Engineering were showcased at the exhibition. The award is the result of the untiring efforts of a Dr. Indika De Silva, Chairman, Faculty The Faculty of Engineering, University of organized by the Institute of Engineers, Exhibition Committee, academic staff Moratuwa won the Gold Award for the Best Sri Lanka. This was held on 11th, 12th and members and undergraduate students, University Stall at Techno 2019, the National 13th of October at BMICH. University of under the keen leadership of Prof. Nalin Engineering and Technology Exhibition, Moratuwa attained the Gold Award for four Wickramarachchi, Dean of the Faculty.

Conferences & Symposium

Transport Research Forum - 2019 transportation engineering to present and publish their research. The inauguration session was held in the morning with the participation of key personnel from both the academia and the industry. A poster session and a paper presentation session under major research areas were held following the inauguration.

63rd ATypI Research Conference 2019 The 12th annual Transport Research Forum of Civil Engineering was held on 5th (TRF) organized by the Transportation September 2019. This conference served as Engineering Group of the Department a platform for the engineers in the field of

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC) 2019

from 21st-25th June in Mercure Zakopane Kasprowy Hotelm, Zakopane, Poland. The three papers that were presented were “A Conceptual Model to Improve Understanding of Dr. Sumanthri Samarawickrama, a senior Distance Related Uncertain lecturer of the Department of Integrated Information”, “Enhancing Design, Faculty of Architecture, presented Cognitive Virtual Maps for at the 63rd ATypI Research Conference 2019. Domestic Service Robots by It was held from 4th to 7th september 2019 at HM Ravindu T Bandara, BMSS Basnayake Adapting the Users Perception Miraikan National Museum of Emerging and KS Priyanayana postgraduate on Uncertain Information Based on the Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan. research students of Intelligent Service Robot Experience: a Neural Network She was also appointed as a delegate of Sri Robotics Group, Department of Approach” and “Enhancing Human-Robot Lanka, to facilitate communication on type Electrical Engineering, presented three Interaction by Amalgamating Spatial th and typography related research activities research papers at the 19 International and Attribute Based Cognitive Maps of in Sri Lanka. Conference on Artificial Intelligence Assistive Robot”. and Soft Computing ICAISC 2019 held 06 Innovating for our own Foreign Visits growth, 37th National Information Technology Training Workshop on Nuclear Reactors at Beijing, China Conference

Dr. RM Thushara Damayanthi, a senior Board through the Ministry of Higher lecturer of Department of Electrical Education. Engineering attended “Regional Training The workshop was held under the activities Workshop on Phenomenology, Application, of International Atomic Energy Agency and Assessment of Passive Systems in (IAEA), under the project “Supporting Advanced Water Cooled Reactors (WCRs)”, The National Occupational Safety & Health Decision Making for Nuclear Power which was held in Beijing, China from Conference – 2019 was held on 14th October Planning and Development – Phase III” 9th to 13th of September in 2019. She was at Shangri-La, Colombo, under the theme and was hosted by the government of nominated from University of Moratuwa “Driving OSH Excellence with integrity for China through the Institute of Nuclear and at the request of Sri Lanka Atomic Energy the future”. New Energy Technology (INET), Tsinghua University.

Delegates from Incheon National University, Korea, visit UoM

A team of delegates from Incheon National Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, • Research collaborations University (INU), Korea visited the Dr. Nuwan Dayananda, Head, Department • Joint postgraduate degree programs and University of Moratuwa (UoM) on 29th of Electronic & Telecommunication joint supervision October 2019. Engineering, Dr. Ranga Rodrigo, Senior • Student exchange Lecturer, Department of Electronic • Hosting staff members of the partner The Team consisted of Prof. Hyunchul & Telecommunication Engineering, university for short term visits Kang, Dean of College of Information Dr. Chamira Edussooriya, Senior • Joint research publications and jointly Technology, INU, Prof. Kyungkoo Jun, Lecturer, Department of Electronic applying for research grants Vice Dean of College of Information & Telecommunication Engineering Technology, INU, Prof. Song Noh, Assistant Following the meeting, the team met and Ms. YS Karunarathne, Assistant Professor, Department of Information UoM scholars and made a presentation on Registrar, External Affairs, Publicity and and Telecommunication Engineering research at INU, to the students and the International Students Promotion Division INU, Dr. Hyunchae Chun, and Assistant members of the academic staff of UoM. for an initial discussion. Professor, Department of Information and It is expected to immediately start Telecommunication Engineering, INU. It was decided to explore the possibility of a number of collaborative research collaborations in the fields of Electronic & The delegates met Prof. PKS Mahanama, projects in the areas of visible light Telecommunication, Computer Science & Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. NK communications, computer vision and Engineering and Information Technology Wickramaarachchi, Dean, Faculty of wireless communications. in the following areas; Engineering, Prof. (Mrs.) SAD Dias, 07 Student Achievements

2nd Runners up at HackX 2019 – Faculty of IT Speech on “Artificial Innovative Startup Challenge. At the Intelligence for Modern competition, undergraduates were Society” at National Science given a chance to design innovative and feasible solutions and execution Foundation plans to solve existing issues both locally and globally. The team Bits of Erised from the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa consisting of the second year students: Nethmi Wijesinghe, hackX 2019 is an Inter University Rashmi Perera, Dilini Peiris, Nethmee Hackathon organized by the Industrial Sellahewa and Dilushi Rathnayake were Chapa Sirithunge, a final year PhD. Management Science Students’ Association awarded 2nd Runners up of hackX 2019 student at the Department of Electrical of the University of Kelaniya. This year’s on 29th September 2019, after successfully Engineering, University of Moratuwa event allowed more solid refined startups getting through the initial filtration round, participated at the Knowledge Sharing to emerge through the industrial level semi finals and finals of the competition Program organized by National Science product development guidance as an Foundation. The event was held on 24th September at the National Science Gold Medal Winner at Student Creative Award - Spikes Foundation Auditorium. She delivered a Asia 2019, Singapore speech on “Artificial Intelligence for Modern Society” on behalf of the National Science [From front page] Foundation. Students, staff members and Spikes Asia, Singapore provides a platform general public interested in the field of AI for the Asia Pacific’s creative community to attended the event. The speech was a part come together for a spectacular three-day of the Knowledge Sharing Program which celebration of creativity in communication. was meant for sharing the knowledge she Spikes Asia Festival is considered a once- gained from the Advanced Course on AI in-a-lifetime opportunity for learning and 2019 (ACAI) summer school. The summer networking for creative communications school was held at the Technical University professionals across the region. In the of Crete, Greece and this trip was funded Young Spikes Student competition in part by the National Science Foundation organized under this, students were asked under the Overseas Training Program to create a poster in response to a brief (OSTP) grant scheme. provided by UNDP. Sathira Perera of Level II, Media and Communication Design, design. He also got the opportunity to go Speak Out for Engineering Department of Integrated Design, Faculty to Singapore for a conference, a workshop South Asian Region of Architecture, University of Moratuwa and an awards ceremony from 25th to 27th 2019 won the Gold Medal for the Student September 2019 at the Suntec Convention Creative Award for Print for his poster Center, Singapore.

InnovateFPGA 2019 – Regional Final – Asia Pacific and Japan Region – Iron Award

unveiled at the InnovateFPGA, which is a global FPGA design contest where teams from around the world compete to invent the future of Artificial Intelligence with Terasic and Intel. The members of the Mr. AshanWanasinghe of Department group were Ramith Hettiarachchi (ENTC), of Mechanical Engineering, University Kithmini Herath (ENTC) and Hasindu of Moratuwa became the First Runner of Kariyawasam. From the 30 teams which Speak Out for Engineering 2019 South participated, they were able to secure the A group of students from Electronic and Asian Region, which was held in Kolkata, Iron Award at the Asia Pacific and Japan Telecommunication Department were India, on 09th Nov 2019. Mr. Fahim Islam regional final round of the InnovateFPGA able to present a design idea for a device Anik from Bangladesh, and Ms.Vishaka competition. that helps people with speech disorders to Naik from India became the Winner, and communicate with others. The idea was the second runner up respectively. 08 Honorary Mention at the IEEE ComSoc Student Competition 2019 Team ‘AKMA Bionics’ comprising 4 final year undergraduates, Ashwin De Silva, Malsha Perera, Kithmin Wickramasinghe and Asma Naim, presented their project titled ‘Wearable Cost Effective Wireless Dry Contact sEMG Sensor System for Controlling Digital Technologies’. Ranjula Hettiarachchi ,Rashinda Wijethunga, Ravindu Rashmin, Hashini De Silva of AKMA Bionics and RcubeH, two student theme ‘Communications Technology Team ‘RcubeH’ presented their project teams from the Department of Electronic Changing the World Student Competition’. titled ‘Indoor Navigation for Visually and Telecommunication Engineering Having being ranked among the top 15 in Impaired’. competed at the IEEE ComSoc Student the world, the two teams were offered Competition held this year under the Honorary Mentions at the competition.

Staff Achievements

Presidential Award Winners - Scientific Publications in 2017 [From front page]

Prof. MTR Jayasinghe (Senior Professor), Prof. Mrs. C Jayasinghe (Senior Professor) and Dr. JCPH Gamage of Department of Civil Engineering (Senior Lecturer) became the Presidential Award Winners for Scientific publications in 2017.

ICT LifeTime Achiever Award Brain-Computer Interface The Best Safety Academic [From front page] Hackathon Award [From front page]

The Department of Mechanical Engineering proudly congratulates Dr. Thilina Lalitharathne, Sanjaya Mallikarachchi and Dulith Chinthaka The Best Safety Academic Award from the Professor Gihan Dias of the Department for winning the First Prize at the Brain- National Safety Professionals Association of Computer Science and Engineering Computer Interface Hackathon held (NSPA) was awarded to Prof. Ajith De was awarded the “ICT Lifetime Achiever during the IEEE BIBE 2019, Athens, Alwis during the National Safety Awards Award” for the invaluable services rendered Greece for their “Brain Signaled Controlled Day conducted by National Institute of for the development of local ICT Industry. Wearable Surgery Assistant Robot”. Occupational Safety and Health of Sri This recognition is awarded jointly by BCS Lanka of Ministry of Labour and Trade Chartered Institute for IT and ICT Agency Union Relations. The event took place on (ICTA) of Sri Lanka at the NBQSA Awards 26th September 2019 at Nelum Pokuna Ceremony on 11th of October 2019. Theatre, Colombo. 09 Exhibitions, Field Trips & Workshops

Post Conference Workshops – Transport Research “Information Session for Forum 2019 Directors of Postgraduate Study and Research Coordinators”

A workshop on procedures and online resources relevant to postgraduate research The Transportation Engineering Group Dr. Pasindu, Dr. Dimantha De Silva, degree programmes was conducted at the of the Department of Civil Engineering Dr. Loshaka Perera and Dr. Nadika Faculty of Graduate Studies, University took an initiative to impart knowledge to Jayasooriya represented the Department as of Moratuwa on the 31st October, 2019 by the representatives from the industry by resource persons. Prof. Rohan Munasinghe, Prof.(Mrs.) Dileeka Dias, Dean - Faculty of conducting 5 post conference workshops Dr. Adeesha Wijayasiri, Dr. Chathura Graduate Studies. on 6th and 7th September 2019 in line with De Silva, Prof. Dileeka Dias, Dr. Kasun the Transport Research Forum. Associate Hemachandra and Mr. BH Sudantha This session was informative for all Prof. Russell G. Thompson (University conducted multidisciplinary workshops participants as they got the opportunity of Melbourne) conducted a session on on Intelligent Transport Systems. to enhance their knowledge with regard Urban Freight Transportation as an Subsequently, a training session on Cube to handling their duties and common invited speaker. Prof. Saman Bandara, software programme was also conducted challenges. The participants actively Prof. Wasantha Mampearachchi, by CITILABS. participated in this session, discussing their views, issues and suggestions for improvements. It was highlighted that Clubs & Societies there are over 300 postgraduate research students currently registered at University and most of them are full-time students. Beyond Illusion - TLM Transformers launched The Directors of Postgraduate Study and the Research Coordinators have an important role to play in ensuring that these students complete their programs successfully and in a timely manner. The Supervisors’ responsibility in guiding their students on ethical, academic and administrative aspects was stressed at the workshop.

about road safety in Sri Lanka. Dr. Ranil Sugathadasa delivered a motivational speech highlighting how the youth need to The Department of Transport and Logistics think about the society and do good with launched TLM Transformers with the positive attitudes. TLM Transformers was objective of nurturing desirable attitudes initiated by Dr. Niles Perera, an alumnus of in the undergraduate community. The the Department of TLM. official launch of the TLM Transformers took place on 11th of March 2019 at the Department premises. Prof. Nalin Wickramaarachchi, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Prof. Amal Kumarage by the Dean, who relived his school days, attended the event as Chief Guest and emphasizing the importance of developing Guest of Honor respectively. The launch a positive outlook. Prof. Kumarage was marked by an inspirational speech inspired the audience by stating how a roadside death motivated him to rethink 10 Evaluation Contest of Area Foundation Stone Laying A2, District 82 of Toastmasters Extension building International Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony - for DoME

Ms. Ishani Athukorala, of the Department of Transport and Logistics Management and President of University of Moratuwa Toastmasters Club, won the first place in The foundation stone laying ceremony of the new extension building for Department the Evaluation Contest of Area A2, District of Mechanical Engineering was held on 26th September 2019 under the patronage of the 82 of Toastmasters International held on Chancellor, Prof. Emeritus KKYW Perera, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. KKCK Perera, Deputy th 5 October 2019. She also took part in the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. PKS Mahanama, Registrar, Mrs. WMDPM Hulugalla, Dean-Faculty Divisional level of the contest which was of Engineering, Prof. N. Wickramarachchi, Bursar, Mr. KAD Pushpakeerthi and past and rd held on 3 November 2019 at the Centre for present DoME staff members including Prof. Emeritus PA De Silva. Banking Studies Rajagiriya. Society & Community Responsive won the first place with a cash prize of Rs.50,000. Team Galaxy from Wycherley Activities International School and team Neo-revolt from Maliyadeva Model School secured Sri Lankan Robotics Challenge 2019 second and third places with cash prizes of Rs.30,000 and Rs.15,000 respectively.

Sports

FIT SIXES 2019

Sri Lankan Robotics Challenge (SLRC) performance of the day. Winner was is one of the most glorious and iconic awarded with a cash prize of Rs.100,000. events organized by the Electronic Team Circuit Breakers from University Club of Department of Electronic and of Moratuwa won second place securing Telecommunication Engineering, a cash prize of Rs.60,000. Team White University of Moratuwa. The 8th edition Walkers representing University of of SLRC commenced on 19th of October Ruhuna became 2nd runners up winning a FIT SIXES is a six-a-side cricket tournament 2019 with the guidance of the Head of cash prize of Rs.30,000. organized annually by the Student Union the Department, Dr. Nuwan Dayananda, of the Faculty of Information Technology patron of Electronic Club, Kithsiri to strengthen the bond among graduates, Samarasinghe, Senior Treasurer and Staff undergraduates and academic staff of the Advisor, Dr. Ranga Rodrigo, Dr. Peshala Faculty. Jayasekara and the President of Electronic “FIT Sixes 2019” was held on 26th October Club Mr. Matheesha Abeysekera. The event 2019, at the University premises with was planned to create the best platform for the participation of teams from Faculty competitors to showcase their talents. of IT undergraduates, graduates and IT In the university category, Team Neo- Professionals in the industry.“Extrogene In the school category, Team Aloyz from St. RX from ICBT Campus, Kandy secured Software” was the main sponsor of the Aloysius College emerged as the winners the winning title achieving the best event and FIT Moments (IT Faculty official of the title ‘The Best Robot Design’. overall scores and the most outstanding media unit) was the official media partner Team Infinity from Maliyadeva College for the event. 11 ADVISORY BOARD

Professor PKS Mahanama (Chairman) Professor N Wickramarachchi Professor Lalith De Silva Eng. PM Karunarathne Mrs. Ruvini Kodikara Professor. (Mrs) BMWPK Amarasinghe Archt. Sithumini Rathnamalala Dr. GD Samarasinghe

EDITORIAL BOARD

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