Dr. M.K. Ahilan was recruited to the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr. M.K. Ahilan joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka in January 2017 as a senior lecturer. He was working as visiting researcher at Speech, Audio, Image and Video Technologies (SAIVT) lab, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He is holding Australian and Sri Lankan Citizenships since 2016.Continue reading

Dr. Ravi Wijesiriwardana was recruited to the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr. Ravi is specialized in the multi-disciplinary field of wearable physiological information monitoring systems. He received his PhD from University of Manchester UK from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in 2005. His PhD has resulted the first electro mechanics model for the electro conductive fabric structures and Novel Fiber Meshed Transducers for wearable physiological information monitoring systems. His work has produced two international Patents and startup companies as smart life technologies Inc UK and in Textronics Inc USA.Continue reading

Purchase of Civil Engineering Design Codes: SLS-EN Standards

The faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna, has purchased civil engineering design codes from the Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI). Structural and Geotechnical Designs are core entities of civil engineering curriculum, based on Eurocodes (EN-Standards). The following codes (690 documents, almost 3 million worth) are available in the engineering library for the usage of students. This is mainly focus on producing undergraduates with the design knowledge by using the latest standards.Continue reading