A Glance At Our Achievements
“Shining like a star ...”
Faculty of Engineering,
University of Peradeniya is the oldest Engineering
faculty in Sri Lanka. In 1950,
the faculty was established as one of the
faculties of University of Ceylon based in
the Colombo campus and was then shifted
to Peradeniya in 1964. Earlier, there
were only three departments in the faculty.
They were the Department of Civil Engineering,
Department of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering and the Department
of Mechanical Engineering. But at
present, there are five additional departments.
They are the Department of Chemical
and Process Engineering, Department of
Computer Engineering, Department of
Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering,
Department of Engineering Mathematics
and the Department of Engineering
Management.
Over the past few years, both the undergraduates
and the graduates of the Faculty
of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
have gained a number of achievements
bringing glory to the faculty, university
as well as to our motherland, Sri Lanka.
SLT robot battle 2019 which was organized by
SLT with the INFOTEL 2019 was held at BMICH from
the 1st to the 3rd of November 2019. Group stage
matches were held on the first two days and the
finals were held on the third day. Sixteen teams
participated in this competition and they were the
final 16 teams from Uwa Wellassa robot battle.
This league included teams from University of
Peradeniya, University of Moratuwa, SLTC campus,
University of Vocational Technology, ICBT campus
and University of Kelaniya. Among them, Team
Scorpion from the faculty of Engineering, University
of Peradeniya could achieve the second place.
This victory was able to enhance the recognition of
the university in the entire robotics industry. The
team members who gained this achievement were Ruchira Thilan Munasinghe, Thilanka Gunarathne,
Kalpana Ranasinghe, Prabath Ekanayake and Harshana Madushanka.
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