2016 – Page 3 – Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna

Faculty staff participated to the workshop on Effective Research Higher Degree Supervision Practices

November 25, 2016August 15, 2017FacultyOfEng

A workshop on “Effective Research Higher Degree Supervision Practices for the PhD Supervisors” was organized as part of the collaboration of the University of Melbourne together with the University Grant Commission. This was conducted by Professor Sophie Arkoudis, who is the Associate Director and Professor in Higher Education, Melbourne CSHE. She shared the experience on guiding the research students at the Melbourne with the University staff members in Sri Lanka. Four staff members from each University participated to this workshop. Continue reading

Faculty staff participated to the Institutional Quality Assurance Enhancement Workshop

November 24, 2016August 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

A workshop on Institutional Quality Assurance Enhancement workshop was held 22^nd to 24^th November 2016. This was organized specially for the staff members, who were the members of the Internal Quality Assurance Unit (IQAU) of the University of Jaffna (UOJ).

Talk on “ICT Perspective” delivered by Dr. Shanmugalingam Sivasothy

November 24, 2016August 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society (EEES) organized a talk on “ICT Perspective” on 24^th of November 2016 from 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. at Lecture hall 2. This talk was done by Dr. Shanmugalingam Sivasothy, R&D Technical Expert at Astellia, Rennes Area, France.
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E16 fresh students visited around the University premises at Ariviyal Nagar

November 21, 2016July 26, 2017FacultyOfEng

75 students entered to the E16 batch of faculty of Engineering, university of Jaffna on 21^st November 2016. To familiar with university surrounding, they have visited Ariviyal Nagar university premises on 22^nd November 2016. They have visited Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Technology, Laboratories, Agriculture farms, hostels and surroundings. They took the first batch photo in front of old Engineering faculty admin building for remembrance. Mr. Vignarajah organized the visit and Mr. Vignarajah and Mr. Sampath and second year students guided them during visit.

Inauguration of 4th batch of students (E16 batch)

November 21, 2016September 11, 2017FacultyOfEng

The fourth batch with 75 students was inaugurated on 21^st November 2016. The Faculty took first batch with 39 students on 21^st February 2014 in small buildings. Orientation program for the first batch was held for 6 weeks to allow the students smoothly settled in the new environment with poor facility in 2014.However, students learnt a lot by visiting to over 20 industrial visits. The second batch was taken with 54 students on 1^st December 2014 and again in small buildings with reasonable facilities. For them also the orientation program was held for 5 weeks as to allow them to settled properly while get to use to the environment. The students were also taken for over 15 industries for orient them towards Engineering Education. The third batch of students were taken with 48 students on 9^th November 2015.

The IESL YMS UOJ Chapter had lunch time discussion with the IESL President

November 19, 2016August 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

Eng. J. Meegoda, President of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL), visited to the Faculty on 19^th November 2016. The IESL Younger Members Chapter of the University of Jaffna, together with the dean and staff of the Faculty of Engineering met him for a discussion. It was very fruitful discussion about the 2017 activities of the IESL YMS UOJ.

Workshop on “Five year strategic plan” to Kilinochchi schools’ principals

November 19, 2016July 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

A workshop was initiated by Mr. M. Kanapathipillai, who is former principal of the Royal College and Council Member of the University of Jaffna. This was organized by the Zonal Director of Education office of the Kilinochchi on 19th November 2016. Here the two Deans of the Faculties: Prof. (Mrs.) Thushyanthy Mikunthan – Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Prof. A. Atputharajah – Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, together with Mr. M. Kanapathipillai conducted this workshop.

Faculty staff participated to the Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) and ragging prevention workshop

November 16, 2016August 10, 2017FacultyOfEng

The above workshop was held on 15th and 16th November 2016 at the Mini-Auditorium of the Faculty of Science of the University of Jaffna from 09:00 to 16:00. The following resource persons conducted the workshop:

Faculty staff participated to the workshop on “Designing Active Learning for Engineering Education” Organized by the IESL

November 15, 2016August 2, 2017FacultyOfEng

A full-day workshop on the theme “Designing Active Learning for Engineering Education” was conducted by the Accreditation Board of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) head office in Colombo on 15th November 2016. This was intended for university academic staff involved in curriculum development.
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Field Trip of Faculty students to study the Wave Theory and Coastal Engineering

November 15, 2016August 2, 2017FacultyOfEng

Wave theory and coastal engineering is a technical elective course offered for students in their 6^th semester of study in the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering. As part of the curriculum, the students visited specific locations along the Northern coastal belt of Sri Lanka (Mannar, Mullaitivu and Trincomalee) to study the coastal morphology, beach profiling and coastal waves. Continue reading