“Spaghetti Bridge Competition organized by SLIIT Campus”
SLIIT university organized a Spaghetti bridge competition on 7th December 2024. Although 55 groups from all state and private universities of Sri Lanka registered for the event, 42 groups from were actively participated on the day. Some of the participated universities are University of Moratuwa, University of Peradeniya, University of South-Eastern etc. From Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna, six teams participated, and their details are given in below table. This time students were asked to construct only truss bridges which was different from previous year arch shape bridges. Hence Department organized a practicing workshop for all groups. The competition started at 8.30 AM morning and ended at 7 PM with price giving. The Dean of SLIIT Eng Prof Ajantha Gomes, Associate Dean Dr (Eng) Gopiraj Tharamarajah, Head Dr Janaka Perera, Dr Chandima, Dr Dhammika Dayaratne and other staff members from SLIIT and staff members from South-Eastern also participated in the event. Dr B Janarthanan, Eng Ahamed MAR and Eng Kisotharan participated from our faculty.
As part of the preparation for this competition, we also conducted an Inter-Faculty Bridge Competition on 21st November 2024. This preliminary event provided valuable practice and exposure for our students, helping them refine their designs and techniques before participating in the SLIIT competition.
| Group 1 | Group 2 |
| A.Fathima Musarrafa-2021/E/004 M. Sanjeevan-2022/E/094 P. Pavan-2021/E/116 S. Thanojan-2021/E/141 S. Paraveen-2021/E/145 |
IlzamUlhaqM.I.M – 2020E055 Jenis M.M – 2020E062 Riflan M.M.M- 2020E134 Farsan M.F.M – 2020E042 Madurshika – 2020E94 |
| Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Rifthi A.R.M 2022E001 Athnan A.J.M. 2022E003 Manaseer S.M. 2022E133 Ahamed A.A.S. 2021E007 Banuka S.R. 2022E143 |
Dissanayake DMNSD (2021/E/031) Marasingha MALL (2021/E/092) Jayathissa RDNS (2021/E/129) Rathnayake RIN (2021/E/130) Kaluvila SL (2021/E/137) |
| Group 5 | Group 6 |
| Kularathna B.G.D.C 2022/E/013 Wijerathna B A.D.P 2022/E/015 Rathnayake B.M.H 2022/E/016 Sandamali H.G.C.H 2022/E/046 Panagoda S.A 2022/E/151 |
S.Krishnasaai -2022/E/078 Logithas-2022/E/066 Thusharika-2022/E/159 Evonciya -2022/E/005 Vignesh-2022/E/148 |
Students travelled to SLIIT, Colombo by arranged private transportation and half of the transport cost (Rs 42000) was supported by Alumni students of the department. Participated students paid Rs 1200.00 per student. The breakdown of the Alumni student support is as below.
Ms K Elilarasi Rs 10,000.00 Mr S Nithisan Rs 3,000.00
Ms M Maduranya Rs 5,000.00 Mr Baazul Rs 2,000.00
Ms S Sanjika Rs 5,000.00 Ms Fazlath Rs 1,000.00
Mr R Randula Rs 4,000.00 Ms Vithushika Rs 2,000.00
Ms S Kosalya Rs 3,000.00 Unknown Rs 2,500.00
Total Rs 37,500.00
We are proud to announce that our department’s students achieved remarkable success in the SLIIT competition, securing 2nd ,3rd ,4th, 6th, and 10th places.
Thank you for all, especially head of the department and academic staff members, non-academic members for your support.
Dr B Janarthanan
Senior lecturer,
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
