2017 – Page 17 – Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna

Faculty staff participated to the Strategic Cities Development Project on Jaffna Integrated Multi Model Transport Study

March 14, 2017January 3, 2018FacultyOfEng

The Government Agent of the Jaffna District, invited Dr. A. Anburuvel to participate the Strategic Cities Development Project Meetings to get his advice as expert on transportation. It was planned to conduct number of discussions from March 2017. It has been decided to study the Jaffna integrated multi model transport system to identify and stream line to the traffic and transport management towards future development in city area. It is targeted to establish the development plan throughout till 2050. It is an excellent initiative by the Government Agent of the Jaffna District to integrate the experts’ advices for the long term future plan. The faculty is happy to help in all means on helping to develop the strategic cities development plan for the sustainable solutions for problems in the cities, around this region, with long term focus. This will help to move forward with sustainable development of the country at large scale.

Faculty staff participated to the Stakeholder Consultation on Vertical Building Complex

March 14, 2017January 3, 2018FacultyOfEng

The Stakeholder consultation on vertical building complex related to the 2017 budget proposal was held on 14th and 21st of March 2017 at the Chief Minister’s secretariat in Kaithadi, Jaffna. The discussion was to build a vertical building complex for commercial and recreational purpose. Eng. M. Vignarajah participated both meetings on the above title. During the meeting it was emphasized that a city development plan for the next 25 years, considering space management, traﬃc planning, utility managements, waste management etc. Also it was discussed that without demolishing the existing buildings, it is advisable to refurbish with modern architecture which manifest the local landscape. It was a golden opportunity for the Faculty to provide the technical advice for the better development.

Staff attended to the short course on Open-Source GIS and Applications -QGIS

March 6, 2017December 27, 2017FacultyOfEng

Mr. D.S. Sampath attended short course on Open-Source GIS and Applications – QGIS (6 Day Training program) from 6th March – 11th March 2017 at PGIS, University of Peradeniya. This was fully residential program and it covered mainly QGIS and other open source GIS packages. Workshop organized by Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya.

Second WaSo Workshop on Introduction to GIS using ArcGIS

February 21, 2017December 6, 2017FacultyOfEng

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna has organized the second workshop on Introduction to GIS using ArcGIS on 20th and 21st February 2017. Workshop covered basic features of ArcGIS and some advanced analysis sections. This workshop was funded by Water and Society (WaSo) Project of University of Jaffna.

Medical Activities during the Engineering Week Program

February 19, 2017December 5, 2017FacultyOfEng

The Engineering Week also help the community in many different ways. There were always a medical camp organized with the help of medical doctors. The Kilinochchi hospital is always helping on this regards.

Indoor Games Activities during the Engineering Week Program

February 19, 2017December 5, 2017FacultyOfEng

Indoor games activities were conducted throughout the Engineering Week program. It was mostly held from 6:30pm till 10:00pm. Number of games were played among all the students, between staff and student, mixture of staff and students. It was very well organized to make it in parallel operation to accommodate many activities. The faculty congratulate all students for their effective and efficient way of conducting these activities.

Students participated to the IESL Cricket Fiesta 2017

February 18, 2017December 5, 2017FacultyOfEng

The cricket tournament organized by Young Members’ Section for the IESL Members and University Students was held on Saturday, 18th February 2017 successfully at the Thurstan grounds. Twenty two (22) teams competed representing Sectional committees, Provincial chapters & Universities. Matches were conducted under two categories namely, ‘Members Category’ & ‘University Category’.
Students from Faculty of Engineering of the University participated to this tournament with the team name of University of Jaffna. The team was organized by the IESL YMS University of Jaffna chapter. The faculty also thank the IESL for organizing very interactive event.

Sports activities conducted during the 2nd day of the Engineering Week Program

February 16, 2017December 5, 2017FacultyOfEng

The second day program on sports is also started on 16th February afternoon. It was so energetic sports among the students. Very well coordinated all batch of students and the play was fantastic. This created excellent interaction between students, also with the staff members. This was started from 3:00pm and went up to 6:30pm.

Inauguration of the Engineering Week Program of the Faculty

February 15, 2017December 5, 2017FacultyOfEng

Engineering week is an annual event of the Faculty. It has number of activities including sports, talent shows, exhibitions, laboratory demonstration to school children and many social activities. The E-week 2017 started on 15th February with a cricket match between students, staff including academics and non-academics. It covers all the members in the faculty. It is one of the best event where the whole faculty come to the highly interactive sessions. It was very interesting cricket tournament activities started from 15th late afternoon onwards.

Faculty staff attended to the training program on GIS Using ArcGIS

February 13, 2017December 5, 2017FacultyOfEng

D. S. Sampath attended workshop on Introduction to GIS Using ArcGIS (5 days training course) from 13th Feb – 17th Feb 2017 at GIS Solutions (Pvt) LTD, 370, Galle Road, Colombo 3. Workshop was organized by GIS solutions (Pvt.) Ltd. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna purchased 31 license of ArcGIS software from GIS solutions (Pvt.) Ltd. This training program also included in the same package. This workshop targeted to cover basic principles and some advanced analysis using ArcGIS software.