Engineeria is an international
quiz contest which is organized by
the CADD Centre, India. Competition
for this year was held on the
2nd of December 2019 at the headquarters
of CADD
Centre in Chennai
around 3.00 p.m.
Two undergraduates
from the Department
of Mechanical
Engineering of the
Faculty of Engineering,
University of
Peradeniya, W. M.
R. K. Wijesundara
and P. H. T. D. Weerarathne
represented
Sri Lanka under the Mechanical
Engineering stream, while 3 other
teams from Gujarat state, Kerala
state and Tamil Nadu represented
India. Each team consisted of
two members. Three rounds were
held in the competition where five
general questions were asked in
the first round. During the second
round, questions were asked based
on a picture related to Mechanical
Engineering. Gujarat team had
scored the highest marks by the
end of the first round,
but after the second
round Sri Lanka was
ahead obtaining the
highest marks. The
third round was much
more competitive as
negative marks were
given for every wrong
answer and a chance
was given to the other
groups to answer the
unanswered questions.
During this
third round, most answers
were given by
the Sri Lankan team
and they were able to
walk off with victory,
beating all the other
teams, leading by 60
marks.
Indian Rover Challenge (IRC) is one of
the biggest international space and robotics
events in the world. This competition
gathers not only the specialists in planetary
robotics and Mars rover designers but also
represents science and business, the newtech
sector and the general public interested
in the development of science and new
technologies. The main objective of IRC is
to make teams compete in the tasks analogous
to those performed by rovers on the
surface of Mars and the moon. Teams representing
universities from all over the world
will participate in this competition which will be held from 17th to 21st January 2020 at VIT
Chennai campus, Chennai, India. A team including members from the University of Peradeniya,
University of Colombo School of Computing, University of Moratuwa, University of Ruhuna,
IESL College of Engineering and Uwa Wellassa University will participate in this competition
representing Sri Lanka.
Kasuntha Madumal of University of Peradeniya is appointed as the Rover Team leader to lead
the team comprising members from a number of universities in Sri Lanka.
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