Mr. Kasun Thushara, a third-year student from the EE department, won the “Best Oral Presentation-Undergraduate” award at the International Conference on Innovation and Emerging Technologies (ICIET) 2021 (Track – Agricultural technologies for sustainability), which was organized by the Faculty of Technology, USJ. The presented work was conducted by a team comprised of M.A.D.K. Thushara, F.R....Read More
A team of students from the Engineering faculty, USJ won the first runner-up at the SLIOT Challenge 2020. The team comprised of students from the Department of EE: Kasun Thushara, Udara Kumarasena, Sajana Wikramasingha, and from the Department of ME: Kasun Chanuka Sooriyapperuma. The competition was organized by The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)...Read More
With the aim of enhancing knowledge in the area of product development and commercialization, the NextGen Lab together with members of E2 Club and RaIS lab organized an online webinar series titled “EnPro Path 1.0”. The first session titled “Know Your Project” was successfully conducted on 27th November 2021 at 10.30 am. The founding director...Read More
Ms. Charithri Yapa has been appointed as a Lecturer (Unconfirmed) in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, USJ, with effect from 15th November 2021Read More
Dr. Vidura Jayasooriya has been appointed as a Senior Lecturer Grade II in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, USJ, with effect from 15th November 2021Read More
Prof. Jagath Samarabandu was appointed as a visiting professor on honorary basis in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering department, USJ, from November 2021. He is also a professor of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western University, Canada. Prof. Jagath Samarabandu is the first international academic to join the Faculty of Engineering, USJ, on...Read More
The Department has relaunched their Product Development Laboratory as “NextGen Lab”. The NextGen Lab will serve as a resource center for postgraduate research, undergraduate research, and collaborative research. Within the NextGen lab, separate labs will be established in the future targeting specialized areas. At present, the lab has collaborations with several industry partners including, Orel...Read More
An information session related to Industrial Training was conducted on 1st November 2021. The session was conducted by Ms. Charithri Yapa, Lecturer/ Industrial Training Coordinator of the Department of EE, USJ. During the session students from the first batch of the Department shared their experience with students in the department who are expected to commence...Read More
Dr. Akila Subasighne, Department of EE, USJ participated in the Sri Lanka Power Engineering Conference (SLPEC) 2021 as a member of the judge panel. The conference was held on 24th October 2021 under IEEE power and energy society – Sri Lanka chapter.Read More
An article on “Blockchain – The Next BIG Thing” written by Dr. Chamitha de Alwis, Head of Department, Department of EE, USJ was published in the paper, “The Morning” on 26th October 2021. The article envisages to provide a basic idea on what blockchain is to the general public. The department is actively engaged in...Read More
